The One Opponent Gotch Could Not Beat

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In December 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able

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John L. Sullivan comprehensus

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Die martis, November 18, 1884, Mundus Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan pugnavit Al Greenfield apud Madison Square Garden in New York City,. Sullivan opus est vincere plus quam solum adversario suo in hoc praedura. Primum inter homines Lunae pugnare, November 17, 1884, sed auctoritates Novi Eboraci hominibus comprehensis minabantur. altercatio cum

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Evan Lewis’ Stranglehold

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Hoc eventu, I discuss what Evan “The Strangler” Lewis’ hold would be called today. Main Content – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Autem, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Lewis

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Kilrain Proeliis Godefridi in Brutal Pugnate

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Die Veneris, Itinera 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain pugnavit George Godefridus in California Athletica Club in San Francisco, California. Milites pro tropaeo pugnaverunt $5,000. Viri intraverunt anulum 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, pristinus Mundus Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, clamore Kilrain, qui Muldoon ad hanc pugnam exercitati. Muldoon adversario Kilrain exercitatus, John L. Sullivan, pro 1889

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Blackburn and Langford Go Distance

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Charles Henry “Jack” Blackburn achieved his greatest fame as the trainer of World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis from 1934 ut 1942. Louis is widely considered to be one of the top three to five heavyweights in professional boxing history and some consider him the best heavyweight fighter. “Jack” Blackburn elaboravit ingenii iuvenis propugnatoris et adiuvit eum

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Zbyszko Double Crosses Trio

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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April 15, 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Zbyszko defeated Wayne Munn in one of the last shoot (not staged) professional wrestling matches in the United States. It was a shoot or legitimate match because Zbyszko double crossed the “Goldust Trio” luctando promotionem ac beat Munn pro the

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Edmundo Langford Sam KOs Battlin’ Jim Cicero

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Die martis, December 12, 1916, Edmundo Langford defendebant Sam “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, qui vicit McVea Februario a Sam 1916. Inter 1904 et 1919, African-American studiosissime pugiles et maxime, Edmundo Langford sicut Canada, aut nigrum, adhæsit invicem dimicantes “Orbis” pilae. Si enim album Pugnator pugna eorum et, ut fama erat, id solum ut develop suas

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