The One Opponent Gotch Could Not Beat

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Ngày 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 Arrested

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Vào thứ ba, Tháng Mười Một 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Tháng Mười Một 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with

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Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao’ và Acton’s Hippodrome

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Hôm thứ Hai, Tháng Hai 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Little Demon” Joe Acton gặp nhau tại Battery D ở Chicago, Illinois. Đây sẽ là cuộc triển lãm đầu tiên giữa những người đàn ông. Họ đã thực hiện những cuộc triển lãm này ở các thành phố lớn hơn ở Trung Tây vào đầu 1887. Giống như St. Paul trận đấu mà tôi đã đề cập trong một bài viết trước đó, Lewis và Acton đồng ý

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Evan Lewis’ Sự nắm cổ người nào

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This post was formally a podcast broadcast in 2015. Trong tập phim này, Tôi thảo luận những gì Evan “Các Strangler” Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao’ giữ sẽ được gọi là ngày nay. Nội dung chính – When I first heard of the stranglehold or “hang hold” of Evan “The Strangler” Lewis, it sounded like a guillotine choke. Tuy nhiên, several sources I checked described it as a rear naked choke. Đồ dùng móc đá lên cao

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Kilrain Battles Godfrey in Brutal Fight

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Vào thứ Sáu, Diễu hành 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 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 để 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 đã phát triển tài năng của nhà vô địch trẻ tuổi và giúp anh ta

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Promoted to 4th Dan

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Hôm thứ Năm, Tháng một 31, 2020, Grandmaster Pat Weseman promoted me to 4th Dan in Taekwondo at the Advanced Class. When I started classes with Grandmaster Weseman and her husband Art, I did not foresee reaching this milestone. I originally started taking classes with my nephew Jim in Spring 1995. After getting married in 1996, I stopped taking classes for several

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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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

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Sam Langford KOs BattlinJim Johnson

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Vào thứ ba, Tháng mười hai 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Giữa 1904 và 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other forColoredChampionship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to

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Jeffries KOs Jackson

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James J. Jeffries dominated American heavyweight boxing from 1899 để 1904. After winning the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Bob Fitzsimmons in 1899, Jeffries made 9 successful title defenses during the next five years. He retired undefeated in 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing

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