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” glímukynning og vann Munn fyrir

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Sam Langford KOs Battlin’ Jim Jónsson

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Á þriðjudag, Desember 12, 1916, Sam Langford varði “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, sem hann vann frá Sam McVea í febrúar 1916. Milli 1904 og 1919, bestu afrísk-amerísku boxararnir, eða svarta Kanadamenn eins og Langford, voru fastir í baráttu hver fyrir öðrum “Litað” Meistaramót. Ef hvítur bardagamaður barðist við þá, það var aðeins til að þróa eigin orðstír til

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Jeffries KOs Jackson

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James J. Jeffries drottnaði yfir bandarískum þungavigtarhnefaleikum frá 1899 til 1904. Eftir að hafa unnið heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt í hnefaleikum frá Bob Fitzsimmons í 1899, Jeffries gerði 9 árangursríkar titilvarnir á næstu fimm árum. Hann lét af störfum ósigraður í 1905 áður en hann verður lokkaður til baka fyrir illa farna endurkomu gegn hinum frábæra Jack Johnson. Jeffries vann ekki bardaga sína með frábærum hnefaleikum

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Hvernig Did Alex Åberg Die?

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Ég ákvað að byrja 2020 með því að nota tvö dæmi úr atvinnuglímunni til að ræða hvers vegna þú myndir breyta sögulegum frásögn sem þú skrifaðir í fortíðinni. Í söguritun, þú takmarkast af tiltækum heimildum um efnið. Aðalheimildir eins og dagbækur, opinberar skrár og ævisögur eru mjög verðmætar. Aðrar heimildir eins og dagblöð eru líka góðar en

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How to Setup a Big Rematch

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On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Burns met the small but powerful Fred Beell. While both wrestlers weighed 165 £, “Farmer” Burns stood 5’11to Beell’s 5’04”. The 32-year-old Beell had a big age advantage over the 47-year-old Burns though. Burns debuted in 1879, when Beell was 3-years-old. The men were scheduled for a match in Omaha, Nebraska, one

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Lewis Takes Title Back from Munn

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Sama dag glímdi Joe Stecher Stanislaus Zbyszko um hina viðurkenndu útgáfu af heimsmeistaramótinu í þungavigt í St.. Louis, Og “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Stór” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and

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Jake Kilrain Knocked Out in 21 Rounds

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Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on

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Face Hart er Beats Up Johnsons Fist

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Á mars nótt í San Francisco, þungavigtar keppinautur Marvin Hart reyndist hreint árásargirni gæti stundum vinna ákvörðun. Eftir 20 umferðir box, Dómarinn Greggains, eina dómari, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart hitti Johnson mars 28, 1905. Johnson inn hringinn og betri uppáhalds. He also entered as one of

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Zbyszko and Lewis Start Riot

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Apríl 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Í

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