Nat Pendleton Speaks Against Commission

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In the fall of 1921, Jack Curley and Tex Rickard engaged in a promotional feud that started in professional boxing but spread to professional wrestling. Curley and Rickard settled their feud in a legitimate contest in November 1921. Curley selected John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek to act for him against Rickard’s wrestler Marin Plestina. Before Curley and Rickard could arrange

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McLaughlin Wrestles Dufur

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Të enjten, Tetor 7, 1884, Colonel James Hiram McLaughlin wrestled Henry Moses Dufur for what both men claimed would be the last time. The 40-year-olds specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled in Detroit, Michigan, the home territory of McLaughlin. The match took place at the Detroit Opera House in front of a small crowd. Professional wrestling had not developed

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Beell dominon kundërshtarin

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If he had been bigger, Fred Beell would have been a dominant heavyweight in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. Në vend të kësaj, larger opponents often defeated Beell only because the opponent outweighed Beell by thirty to fifty pounds. On the rare occasions that Beell wrestled a middleweight, Beell crushed his opponent. Ne Janar 13, 1905, Beell wrestled H.P. Hansen in

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Përsëri lufton me rërë Plestina

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During November 1921, John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek wrestled a legitimate contest with Marin Plestina to settle a promotional war between Jack Curley and boxing promoter Tex Rickard. Pesek fouled an injured Plestina, who was helpless to defend himself. After the match, Rickard returned to boxing while the New York State Athletic Commission banned Pesek from wrestling in New York.

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Pesek Bests Londos

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Në 1919, Nevojtore “The Nebraska TigermanPesek found himself in the same position as Marin Plestina. The dominant wrestling trust would not give Pesek a match with one of theBig Four” – Earl Caddock, Joe Stecher, Dhe “Strangler” Lewis, and Wladek Zbyszko. Unable to secure a match with Stecher, Pesek wrestled Jim Londos in Omaha, Nebraska on October 10,

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Mahmout Beats Jenkins in Straight Falls

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On Thanksgiving in America, Thursday, Nëntor 26, 1908, Yussouff Mahmout wrestled former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mahmout recently to the United States to wrestle Frank Gotch for the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. If Mahmout defeated Jenkins, Mahmout would prove to be a bona fide challenger to Gotch. Jenkins was the

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McLaughlin Defends Title?

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Të martën, Janar 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American

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Jack Claybourne’s Missouri Roots

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Jack Claybourne, one of the earliest African-American, professional wrestlers, was born Elmer Claybourn at Mexico, Misuri, on March 8, 1910. Në 1910, Mexico was home to about 5,939 residents. Claybourne started his professional wrestling career in Missouri in 1931. Fillimisht, Claybourne wrestled in nearby Moberly, Misuri. Moberly had a population of 13,722 residents compared to 8,290 residents in Mexico, Misuri

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Para se të ishte Ed “Strangler” Lewis

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Historianët e mundjes e konsiderojnë ose Ed "Strangler" Lewis ose Frank Gotch si mundësin më të madh profesionist amerikan.. Ndërsa ne dimë mjaft për karrierën e hershme të Frank Gotch, ne dimë shumë më pak për karrierën e hershme të Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Burime të ndryshme pretendojnë se Lewis mësoi mundjen në karnavalet kur ishte vetëm katërmbëdhjetë vjeç.. Lewis

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Burns Wrestles Wasem

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Përveçse është vendi i preferuar për boksierët profesionistë dhe mundësit për t'u stërvitur kur janë në St. Louis, St. Gjimnazi i Burrave të Biznesit Louis organizoi ngjarje më të vogla të boksit dhe mundjes. Në 1898, Ish-kampioni amerikan i mundjes së peshave të rënda, Martin "Farmer" Burns luftoi me Oscar Wasem para një turme të vogël në gjimnazin e burrave të biznesit. Burns po kalonte në stërvitjen e mundësive me kohë të plotë dhe

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