Lewis’ and Acton’s Hippodrome

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Bazar ertəsi, Fevral 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis və “Little Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to

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Kilrain Battles Godfrey in Brutal Fight

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Cümə günü, Mart 13, 1891, Jake Kilrain fought George Godfrey at the California Athletic Club in San Francisco, California. The men fought for a trophy and $5,000. The men entered the ring at 9:52 p.m. William Muldoon, former World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, seconded Kilrain, who Muldoon trained for this fight. Muldoon trained Kilrain’s opponent, John L. Sullivan, for their 1889

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Counter-Casus (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, Michael cəsədi kimi Warren Williams oynadığı, mənim sevimli biridir “B” film series. Williams şirin jewel oğru oynadı, kim nədənsə həmişə polis cinayətlərin bir sıra həll kömək bitir. Counter-Casus (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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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 qədər 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 developed the talents of the young champion and helped him

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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” wrestling promotion and beat Munn for the

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Sam Langford KOs BattlinJim Johnson

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Çərşənbə axşamı, Dekabr 12, 1916, Sam Langford defended the “Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship”, which he won from Sam McVea in February 1916. Arasında 1904 və 1919, the best African-American boxers, or black Canadians like Langford, were stuck fighting each other forColoredChampionship. If a white fighter did fight them, it was only to develop their own reputation to

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Corsair (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Ilə 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,

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Jeffries Ceksonu KO-ya vurur

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James J. Jeffries dən Amerika ağır çəki boksunda üstünlük təşkil etdi 1899 qədər 1904. Bob Fitzsimmons-dan ağır çəkidə boks üzrə dünya çempionatını qazandıqdan sonra 1899, Jeffries etdi 9 növbəti beş il ərzində müvəffəqiyyətli titul müdafiəsi. O, məğlubiyyətsiz təqaüdə çıxdı 1905 before be lured back for an ill-fated comeback against the great Jack Johnson. Jeffries didn’t win his bouts with superior boxing

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