“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 ja 126 naela, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juulil 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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On laupäev, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokoll. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Burns Beats Hart for Heavyweight Title

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On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.

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Johnson tõrjub McVeyt

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Neljapäeval, Veebruar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson kaitses oma värvilise raskekaalu poksi maailmameistrivõistlust võitmatu Sam McVey vastu. McVey tõi a 6-0 rekord kuue nokautiga meistrivõistluste matšis. Kuna poksi edendajad keeldusid lubamast mustanahalistel võitlejatel võistelda poksi raskekaalu maailmameistrivõistlustel, sajandivahetuse parimad poksijad võitlesid värvilise maailma eest

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