Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

બોબ-ફિટ્ઝસિમોન્સ

માર્ચ પર 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, નેવાડા. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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Lewis and Stecher Work a Draw

લેવિસ અને સ્ટીચર

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “Strangler” લેવિસ. Stecher and Lewis would emerge as the two best legitimate professional wrestler of the 1910s. Either man could beat every other wrestler at the time in a legitimate contest or “shoot”. The men wrestled three long, boring contests

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Dusek Double-Crosses Mondt

sol-slagel

Prior to the creation of the territorial system in 1948, pro wrestling promoters fought with each other to control the world championship. Promoting the world champion led to bigger gates, so most promoters wanted to control the championship. In the 1930s, promoters would enter into agreements with each other but they were often fleeting. When one promoter got offended, thought

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Steele Faces Levinsky in Mixed Bout

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નવેમ્બર પર 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could

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“ખેડૂત” Burns Puts in a Full Night

ખેડૂત-બર્ન્સ-ફ્રેન્ક-ગોચ

માં 1899, માર્ટિન “ખેડૂત” Burns was transitioning into the role of part-time wrestler and full-time trainer. One of his most famous pupils would be Frank Gotch, who Burns defeated a week after this match. Burns was 38 years-old and had lost his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship two years earlier. Burns blended both roles on a very busy December night in

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Pat O’Shocker Refuses Double-Cross

જોસેફ-ટૂટ્સ-મોન્ડ

William Hayes Shaw, who wrestled as Pat O’Shocker through most of his wrestling career, found himself in the spotlight in 1933. O’Shocker wasn’t looking for this sort of fame though. Newspapers were carrying a story about how wrestling promoters tried to use O’Shocker in a planned double-cross. જોસેફ “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with

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Jim Browning Campaigns in Tennessee

જિમ-બ્રાઉનિંગ

માં 1933, about 10 years into his wrestling career, Jim Browning would win the world title. Starting his career in Kansas and his home state of Missouri, Browning would have to leave these familiar grounds, if he intended to reach the highest pinnacle in professional wrestling. Because World Champions had to tour nationally, and often internationally, the world title was

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શૂટ કરતાં વધુ મારવું

લેવિસ અને સ્ટીચર

મેં ભૂતકાળમાં લખ્યું છે કે ફોલ ગાય્સ: માર્કસ ગ્રિફીન દ્વારા બાર્નમ્સ ઓફ બાઉન્સ એ સમસ્યારૂપ સ્ત્રોત છે. જ્યારે ગ્રિફીન 1930માં બફેલો પ્રમોશનલ ઓફિસમાં તેમના સમયને કારણે આંતરિક જ્ઞાન ધરાવે છે., તેણે પ્રમોટરો સામે બદલો લેવાના હેતુથી પુસ્તક લખ્યું જેણે તેને નોકરીમાંથી કાઢી મૂક્યો. પુસ્તકમાં રસપ્રદ સાથે મિશ્રિત વાસ્તવિક માહિતી છે

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મેકલોફલિન રેસલ્સ બૉઅર

જેમ્સ-હીરામ-મેક્લેફલિન

જેમ્સ હીરામ મેકલોફલિન પ્રથમ અમેરિકન વ્યાવસાયિક કુસ્તીબાજ તરીકેનું ગૌરવ ધરાવે છે. જ્યારે લોકો McLaughlin પહેલાં વ્યાવસાયિક કુસ્તી, કુસ્તીમાંથી વ્યવસાયિક જીવન કમાનાર તે પ્રથમ હતો. મેકલોફલિને વ્યાવસાયિક રીતે કુસ્તીની શરૂઆત કરી 1860 પર 16 વર્ષોની ઉંમર પરંતુ ગૃહયુદ્ધે તેમની કારકિર્દીને થોડા વર્ષો માટે અટકાવી દીધી. મેકલોફલિને ફરીથી કુસ્તી શરૂ કરી 1866. દ્વારા 1877,

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

જેક-ડેમ્પ્સી તાલીમ

જુલાઈ પર 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” ભલે જ્યોર્જ કાર્પેન્ટિયર

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