“Farmer” Burns Holds Off Charles Green

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In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis i 1889. Ett år senare, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Farmer” Burns. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Emellertid, he would have to be in the top 10

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Gold Dust Trios dominans av professionell brottning i början till mitten av 1920-talet väckte mycket förbittring hos andra brottare och promotorer. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. Från och med nu, världstiteln ifrågasattes eftersom Joe Stecher hade en version, medan Ed “Strangler” Lewis höll den andra versionen. Due to the real resentment

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Charles Green Preps for Evan Lewis

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Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born

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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 pound

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Jenkins’ and Beell’s Closed Door Match

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Tom Jenkins had the distinction of being the only wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch multiple times. Jenkins and Gotch traded the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship between 1902 och 1906. Vid tiden för denna match, Jenkins was the champion again. Fred Beell had been campaigning for a match with Jenkins for the past several months. Beell finally convinced Jenkins to

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Caddock och W. Zbyszko brottas med oavgjort

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Earl Caddock hade en relativt kort men historia professionell brottningskarriär i slutet av 1910-talet och början av 1920-talet. Gör sin professionella debut i 1915 efter att ha vunnit tre AAU National-titlar i amatörbrottning, Caddock brottades bara professionellt tills 1922. Emellertid, han skulle bli erkänd som världsmästare efter att ha besegrat Joe Stecher i april 1917. Caddock skulle förlora titeln tillbaka

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