Zbyszko Bests Giant Nogert

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En xaneiro de 11, 1911, world heavyweight wrestling championship contender Stanislaus Zbysko faced the challenge of the powerful but less talented Peter “Giant” Nogert. Nogert was a South African wrestler, who came to the United States for a few years in the early 1910s. Due to a strong international reputation, uns cantos loitadores estadounidenses incluso afirmaran ser Nogert antes

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In November 1923, St. O xornalista do Louis Star-Times, Billy Murphy, entrevistou a St. O promotor de loita libre Louis John Contos. Murphy propuxo a Contos que a era dos loitadores dominantes como William Muldoon rematara. Murphy falou do recente partido entre “Campión do Mundo” Hardneck Phillips e o competidor Webster O'Malley. Phillips defendeu con éxito o seu campionato lanzando a O'Malley despois 1 hour, 50

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Muldoon Spars Con Sullivan

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William Muldoon foi o actual campión mundial de loita libre e un destacado culturista físico, cando Muldoon foi comprometido por John L. Os apoios de Sullivan para poñer o seu loitador en forma. Sullivan foi o campión mundial reinante de loita do premio Bare Knuckle. Asinou un acordo para enfrontarse ao seu rival máis duro, Jake Kilrain, en xullo 1889. Sullivan admitiu que estaba en mal estado,

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Ad Wolgast gaña o título peso lixeiro

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O martes, Febreiro 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast desafiou ao campión mundial de boxeo lixeiro que loitaba contra Nelson polo título de Nelson no Richmond Arena en Point Richmond, California. Nelson, de 28 anos, gañou o título noqueando ao gran Joe Gans 1908. Os expertos en boxeo non esperaban que Wolgast derrotase a Nelson aínda que Wolgast mantivo unha decisión do xornal sobre Nelson en 1909. Os expertos

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Lewis Frustrates Stecher and Mayor

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E “Estrangulador” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Meets Charley Olson

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Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George

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Dr. Rolo e Zbyszko Batalla deseñar

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O martes, Marzo 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 e 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.

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Wladek Zbyszko perde inesperadamente,en

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Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, que era 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Desafortunadamente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona

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