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Në prill 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Në tetor 20, 1916, Ad Santel, një mundës i shquar "hooker" ose mundës i aftë i dorëzimit, met Taro
Kush është mundja profesionist legjitim më i madh për të luftuar në Shtetet e Bashkuara? Si të bëni
Në një natë të marsit në San Francisco, konkurrent njeri shumë i rëndësishëm Marvin Hart provuar agresiviteti i pastër nganjëherë mund të fitojë një vendim. Pas 20 raunde boks, Arbitri Greggains, vetëm gjyqtar, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart takua Johnson në mars 28, 1905. Johnson hyrë në rrjet si bast preferuar. He also entered as one of
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 £, 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
Në prill 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. Në
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
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, Babil “Fermer” 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
Në tetor 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
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
Tom Allen ka lindur në Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 por ai u bë i famshëm si një luftëtar çmimesh i zhveshur në peshën e rëndë në Amerikë. Vendosja në St. Louis around 1867, Allen fitoi kampionatin amerikan të peshave të rënda në 1873 dhe mbajti titullin deri 1876. Ai u kthye në Angli për një vit përpara se të kthehej në St. Louis për të mirë në 1878. Prapa
By the end of the 1910s, professional wrestling promoters booked wrestlers in worked or pre-arranged wrestling matches. Occasionally, usually as a result of a double cross, fans would see an actual contest or “shoot” match between the wrestlers. One of these matches occurred in late 1921 and arose from a feud between Tex Rickard, primarily a boxing promoter, and Jack