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 Defeats Boxer Ex

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Fuq Jannar 10, 1910, reċentement waslu wrestler Pollakk Stanislaus Zbyszko ħa fuq Charlie “Il Kid” Cutler fil-aħjar żewġ out-of-tliet waqgħat match. Cutler kien boxer fi Troupe mmexxija minn John L. Sullivan qabel jgħaddi għall lotta. Filwaqt Cutler kien estremament iebsa, Stanislaus Zbyszko kien lotta peress żgħożitu. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler

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Tom Allen Jirbaħ, Tip Ta

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Matul is-seklu 19, kemm prizefighters kif ukoll dulists ħadu vantaġġ mill-gżejjer sandbar fix-Xmara Mississippi, madwar St. Louis, Missouri, li jorganizza prizefights jew duelli. L-awtoritajiet ħarġu ħarsa lejn id-duelli għall-mewt fi kwalunkwe post. Madankollu, kemm Illinois kif ukoll Missouri pprojbixxew ukoll il-ġlied tal-premjijiet. Bloody Island f’nofs ix-Xmara Mississippi eżatt fit-tramuntana ta’ Downtown St.

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The One Opponent Gotch Could Not Beat

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Fuq Diċembru 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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Jiġġieled Levinsky Jirbaħ l-Ewwel Titlu

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Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien

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Kilrain Battalji Godfrey fil-Ġlieda Brutali

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Marzu 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain ġġieled kontra George Godfrey fil-California Athletic Club f’San Francisco, California. L-irġiel ġġieldu għal trofew u $5,000. L-irġiel daħlu fiċ-ċirku fi 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, eks Champion Dinji tal-Lotta Heavyweight, issekonda lil Kilrain, li Muldoon ħarreġ għal din il-ġlieda. Muldoon ħarreġ lill-avversarju ta’ Kilrain, John L. Sullivan, għal tagħhom 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 li 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 żviluppa t-talenti taċ-champion żagħżugħ u għenuh

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