Charles Green Preps għal Evan Lewis

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Charles Green, wrestler Ingliż tas-sengħa catch-as-catch-can, ivvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti fl-aħħar tas-snin tmenin biex tiġġieled l-aqwa wrestlers Amerikani. Green kiseb l-opportunità tiegħu f'Lulju 21, 1889, meta ġġieled liċ-Champion Amerikan tal-Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Evan Lewis. Biex nippreparaw għal din il-partita, Green ħa attakk ta' handicap mal-wrestler tal-vjaġġaturi Bert Scheller fl-aħħar ta' Ġunju. Scheller twieled

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Ketchel Starches Sullivan

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Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 lira

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Double-Cross Marret Ħażin

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Kemm jekk kien double-cross jew attentat biex jitwaqqaf kompetizzjoni leġittima, It-tentattiv ta’ Paul Bowser li jassigura partita bejn Joe Stecher u Joe Malcewicz kważi rriżulta f’rewwixta f’Marzu 11, 1926. L-avvenimenti tas-sena ta’ qabel fil-fatt wasslu għal din id-diżgrazzja. Mill-aħħar ta 1922, it-Trio tat-Trab tad-Deheb tal-Ed “Strangler” Lewis, tiegħu

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Jenkins’ u Beell’s Closed Door Match

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Tom Jenkins kellu d-distinzjoni li kien l-uniku wrestler li għeleb lil Frank Gotch diversi drabi. Jenkins u Gotch innegozjaw il-Kampjonat Amerikan tal-Lotta Heavyweight bejn 1902 u 1906. Fil-ħin ta’ din il-partita, Jenkins reġa’ kien iċ-champion. Fred Beell kien ilu jikkampanja għal logħba ma’ Jenkins għal dawn l-aħħar xhur. Beell finalment ikkonvinċa lil Jenkins biex

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Little Demon Wrestles Tom Cannon

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F’għeluq it-33 sena ta’ Joe Acton, Marzu 8, 1885, huwa ġġieled lil pajjiżu Tom Cannon f'logħba ta' 2 minn 3 waqgħat fi Sportsman Park fi New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton u Cannon kellhom storja twila flimkien. Iż-żewġt irġiel twieldu fl-Ingilterra kmieni 1952. Cannon twieled xahar wara minn Acton f'April 19, 1852. Iż-żewġt irġiel bdew jiġġieldu fil-

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Ketchel Fights Light Heavy Champ

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1909 saw Stanley Ketchel continue his torrid pace through all the top fighters around the middleweight limit. In March 1909, Ketchel faced a rare challenge, when he fought reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion Philadelphia Jack O’Brien. O’Brien was a slick boxer, who used his speed and elusiveness to pummel Ketchel in the early rounds. Despite O’Brien’s size advantage, Ketchel was

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“Toots” Mondt’s Injured in 1922

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Joseph “Toots” Mondt wrestled professionally from the early 1910s through the 1930s but he made his real mark as a booker, booking agent and promoter. While Ed “Strangler” Lewis considered Mondt his equal in a legitimate wrestling match, Mondt has a genius for creating angles and finishes in worked wrestling exhibitions. Mondt would join Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow

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Taro Miyake Jiġġieled f'St. Louis

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Minn tard 1921 li 1923, John Contos ippromwova l-lotta professjonali f’St. Louis, Missouri. Madankollu, Contos iddeċieda li jħalli l-promozzjoni biex jiffoka fuq il-ġestjoni tal-karriera tal-istilla li qed tibdid Dan Kolov. Qabel ma titlaq minn St. Louis, Contos biegħ il-promozzjoni lil Tom Packs, in-neputi u l-assistent tiegħu fil-promozzjoni. Pakketti’ l-ewwel karta kienet skedata għall-Ġimgħa, Jannar 4, 1924.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Box Office Bust?

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Meta tiddiskuti renju tat-titlu ta 'Stanislaus Zbyszko minn 1921 li 1922, ir-raġuni ewlenija li ngħatat biex ħa t-titlu mingħandu kienet li r-renju tat-titlu tiegħu kien falliment fil-box office. In-numri jivvalidaw dan it-twemmin? Qabel ir-rebħ tal-kampjonat, Zbyszko wrestled ex champion Joe Stecher fil-71 Regiment Armory quddiem 7,000 fans. Fil 1915, l-

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Ernst Roeber Claims Vacant Title

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When William Muldoon retired as the World Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion in 1889, there was no ready successor to the championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis was the best wrestler in the United States not named William Muldoon but his specialty was catch-as-catch-can wrestling. The best American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, had died in Australia during 1885. Muldoon’s handpicked successor was German-born

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