Charley Olson Beats Russian

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Frank J. Quinn, a local St. Louis attorney, served as the manager for professional wrestlers George Baptise, Charley Olson and Fred Beell. Originally an admirer of George Baptiste, who was a legend in the St. Louis neighborhood around Cook and Vandeventer Avenues. Baptiste would employ Quinn as his manger and later attorney for his tent and awning company. During his

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Ketchel Starches Sullivan

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Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound

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Burns Denies Association with Stecher

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In early 1916, Martin “Zemědělec” Burns, who trained and managed Frank Gotch to the World Heavyweight Championship, began denying that he developed current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. The claim seemed odd because Burns had been working with Stecher for several years. Burns helped prepare Stecher for his championship bout with Charlie Cutler in 1915. In a way, what Burns

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Tom Allen Beats Mike McCoole for Title

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While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American

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Pesek Palm Strikes Rickarda z Wrestlingu

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Do konce 10. let 20. století, profesionální wrestlingoví promotéři rezervovali zápasníky v odpracovaných nebo předem domluvených wrestlingových zápasech. Occasionally, obvykle v důsledku dvojitého kříže, fanoušci by viděli skutečnou soutěž nebo “shoot” zápas mezi zápasníky. Jeden z těchto zápasů se odehrál pozdě 1921 a vznikl ze sporu mezi Texem Rickardem, především propagátor boxu, a Jack

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Belief No Longer Suspended

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Prosince 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann

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Jake Kilrain Krabice k remíze

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Zatímco se proslavil bojem s Johnem L. Sullivan v posledním zápase světového šampionátu soutěžil podle pravidel holých kloubů, Jake Kilrain se také zúčastnil mnoha zápasů v rukavicích. Zápasy o ceny přecházely z pravidel pro holé klouby na zápasy v rukavicích podle pravidel Marquess of Queensberry. (raný amatérský a profesionální box) na konci 19. století. Jako Sullivan, Kilrain bude bojovat v majoru

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