Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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אויף מאַרץ 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, נעוואַדאַ. 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

לויס-און-סטעטשער

In his book Hooker, Lou Thesz wrote about the rivalry between two of his favorite wrestlers, Joe Stecher and Ed “סטראַנגלער” לויס. 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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סטיל שטעלט זיך פאָר לעווינסקי אין אַ געמישטן באַוט

שטראַל-שטיל

אויף נאוועמבער 19, 1935, פאַכמאַן ראַנגלער Ray Steele באגעגנט פאַכמאַן באַקסער קינגפיש לעווינסקי אין אַ געמישט ראַנגלערייַ קעגן באַקסינג באַוט. די מאַזעראַ שטאַט אַטלעטיק קאַמישאַן באשאפן ספּעציעל כּללים פֿאַר די גלייַכן. די קאַמישאַנערז רולד די באַוט וואָלט צונויפשטעלנ זיך פון דריי-מינוט ראָונדס ווי אַ באַקסינג גלייַכן. ד י קאמיסאר ן האב ן געלאז ט לעװינסקי ם זעץ , אפיל ו ע ר אי ז געװע ן אויפ ן מאטע. סטיל קען

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“פּויער” Burns Puts in a Full Night

פּויער-ברענט-פראַנק-גאָטש

אין 1899, מארטין “פּויער” 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

יוסף-טאָאָץ-מאָנט

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. יוסף “Toots” Mondt booked wrestlers out of New York and was aligned with

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Jim Browning Campaigns in Tennessee

דזשים-בראַונינג

אין 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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More Beating Than Shoot

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I’ve written in the past that Fall Guys: The Barnums of Bounce by Marcus Griffin is a problematic source. While Griffin has insider knowledge due to his time in the Buffalo promotional office in the 1930s, he wrote the book for the purpose of revenge against the promoters who fired him. The book contains factual information mixed in with interesting

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McLaughlin Wrestles Bauer

James-hiram-mclaughlin

James Hiram McLaughlin holds the distinction of being the first American professional wrestler. While people wrestled professionally before McLaughlin, he was the first to earn a professional living from wrestling. McLaughlin began wrestling professionally in 1860 בייַ 16 years of age but the Civil War interrupted his career for a few years. McLaughlin began wrestling again in 1866. דורך 1877,

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

דזשאַק-דעמפּסיי-טריינינג

אויף יולי 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.” כאָטש דזשאָרדזש קאַרפּענטיער

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