Episode 19 – Acton vs. Fitz
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Katika sehemu hii, I discuss the 1891 pambano la mieleka kati ya Joe Acton na bingwa wa baadaye wa ndondi uzito wa juu Bob Fitzsimmons.
Mwisho
I decided to take on a shorter book project on a 19th-Century wrestler to be completed in late summer or early fall 2023.
Sanaa ya Podcast kwa Ilikuwa Karibu Halisi: Podcast ya Historia ya Mieleka ya Pro
The next project after this book will be a longer book on a wrestler, who wrestled several legitimate contests in the 1920s.
Content Kuu
In 1891, the mostly retired former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The match was not a mixed styles bout but a catch-as-catch-can wrestling contest.
Links Referenced During the Podcast
Ketchel Trying to Double-Cross Johnson (Attempted Double Cross is about 4 minute mark. Overhand right not a left hook.)
Martin “Mkulima” Burns Gambling Scheme
Kagua
Sticking with the theme of professional wrestling’s checkered reputation, I review Dangerous Breed, the Peacock original documentary on Tedy Hart. Peacock is currently streaming this three episode sereis. The documentary details how aspiring wrestlers come to Hart for instruction and how it ends for many of the hopefuls.
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