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Aprila 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktobra 20, 1916, Ad Santel, top-deset-legitimni-boroborec-platnica knjige, met Taro
Kdo je največji zakoniti profesionalni rokoborec v Združenih državah? Kako
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. Po 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Vstopil je tudi kot eden od
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 funtov, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly
Aprila 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. V
Frank J. Quinn, domačin St. Louis odvetnik, služil kot menedžer za profesionalne rokoborce George Baptise, Charley Olson in Fred Beell. Prvotno oboževalec Georgea Baptista, ki je bil legenda v St. Louis okoli avenij Cook in Vandeventer. Baptiste bi zaposlil Quinna kot svojega vodjo in kasneje odvetnika za svoje podjetje za šotore in platnene strehe. During his
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
In early 1916, Martin “Kmet” Burns, ki je treniral in vodil Franka Gotcha do naslova svetovnega prvaka v težki kategoriji, začel zanikati, da je razvil trenutnega ameriškega prvaka v težki kategoriji Joeja Stecherja. Trditev se je zdela nenavadna, saj je Burns s Stecherjem sodeloval že več let. Burns je Stecherju pomagal pripraviti na njegov dvoboj za naslov prvaka s Charliejem Cutlerjem 1915. Na nek način, kaj Burns
Oktobra 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Medtem ko je bil borec z golimi členki Tom Allen rojen v Angliji med 1840, večino svojega odraslega življenja je preživel v St Louisu, potem ko se je preselil v Združene države leta 1867. Po porazu proti Jemu Maceu v 1870, kjer je gledalce navdušil z galantno predstavo v izgubljeni igri, Allen je začel kampanjo za napad na Američana
Tom Allen se je rodil v Birminghamu, England on April 23, 1840 vendar je zaslovel kot goli borec v težki kategoriji v Ameriki. Naselitev v St. Louis around 1867, Allen je osvojil naslov ameriškega prvaka v težki kategoriji v 1873 in držal naziv do 1876. Vrnil se je v Anglijo za eno leto, preden se je vrnil v St. Louis za vedno noter 1878. Back
Do konca 1910, profesionalni rokoborski promotorji so rezervirali rokoborce za pripravljene ali vnaprej dogovorjene rokoborbe. Occasionally, običajno kot posledica dvojnega križa, navijači bi videli dejansko tekmovanje oz “shoot” tekma med rokoborci. Ena od teh tekem se je zgodila pozno 1921 in je nastal iz spora med Texom Rickardom, predvsem promotor boksa, in Jack