Charley Olson Kills Wrestler

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I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.

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Stanislaus Zbyszko defèt Ansyen Boxer

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Nan mwa janvye 10, 1910, fèk rive Polish wrèstle Stanislaus Zbyszko te pran sou Charlie “Kid an” Cutler nan yon pi bon de-soti-of-twa tonbe matche ak. Cutler te yon boxer nan yon Twoup kouri pa John L. Sullivan anvan tranzisyon nan lit. Pandan ke te gen anpil Cutler difisil, Stanislaus Zbyszko te batay depi l 'jenn gason. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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Tom Allen genyen, Kalite

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Pandan 19yèm syèk la, tou de prizefighters ak duelists te pran avantaj sou zile sandbar yo nan Rivyè Mississippi, alantou St. Louis, Missouri, pou kenbe prizefights oswa duèl. Otorite yo te vire tèt yo sou lut nan lanmò nan nenpòt kote. Sepandan, tou de Illinois ak Missouri te entèdi tou prizefighting. Bloody Island nan mitan Rivyè Mississippi jis nan nò Downtown St.

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Batay Levinsky ranpòte premye tit

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Pa gen moun ki te pran avantaj de epòk No Decision nan boksè pwofesyonèl tankou Battling Levinsky. Levinsky te yon boksè defansiv kalifye, ki te fè ti domaj pandan batay li yo. Lè Ring Magazine te mande l poukisa li te tèlman aktif, pafwa pran 3 batay nan yon jou alantou New York, Levinsky te di, “Mwen renmen lajan e mwen pa janm blese.” Levinsky te

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Kilrain batay Godfrey nan batay brital

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Nan Vandredi, Mas 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain te goumen ak George Godfrey nan California Athletic Club nan San Francisco, California. Mesye yo te goumen pou yon trofe ak $5,000. Mesye yo antre nan bag la nan 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, ansyen chanpyon World Heavyweight Wrestling, segonde Kilrain, ki moun ki Muldoon te antrene pou batay sa a. Muldoon te antrene advèsè Kilrain a, John L. Sullivan, pou yo 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 to 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 devlope talan jèn chanpyon an e li te ede l

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