“Little dimostrazzjo” Mhux biex Beat Whistler

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Joe Acton kien wieħed mill-aqwa lottaturi tal-Ingilterra matul is-Seklu 19. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of

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Tom Allen Jirbaħ, Tip Ta

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Matul is-seklu 19, kemm prizefighters kif ukoll dulists ħadu vantaġġ mill-gżejjer sandbar fix-Xmara Mississippi, madwar St. Louis, Missouri, li jorganizza prizefights jew duelli. L-awtoritajiet ħarġu ħarsa lejn id-duelli għall-mewt fi kwalunkwe post. Madankollu, kemm Illinois kif ukoll Missouri pprojbixxew ukoll il-ġlied tal-premjijiet. Bloody Island f’nofs ix-Xmara Mississippi eżatt fit-tramuntana ta’ Downtown St.

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St. Louis Wrestler sorpriżi Gotch

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Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Billi 1904 jew 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,

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Peter Jackson Jiġġieled Frank Slavin

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Nhar it-Tnejn, Mejju 30, 1892, il-kbir Peter Jackson boxed bout gloved mal-ex protégé Frank Slavin. Iż-żewġt irġiel għexu u ġġieldu fl-Awstralja, għalkemm l-interess tal-partitarji wassal lil Jackson biex idur id-dinja biex jieħu vantaġġ mill-opportunitajiet finanzjarji fl-Istati Uniti u l-Ingilterra. Bħal fl-Awstralja, Jackson spiss sab boxers bojod mhux lesti jiġġielduh. Ftit

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Abe Attell Jegħleb lil Forbes

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St. Louis, fil-bidu tas-Seklu 20, kellu xena prominenti tal-boxing professjonali. Abe Attell, għalkemm imwieled f'San Francisco, kienet ibbażata St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell iddefenda l-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Boxing Featherweight tiegħu kontra r-rivali frekwenti Harry Forbes. Forbes kienet ukoll regolari fuq is-St. Louis xena tal-boksing. Forbes għeleb lil Danny Dougherty għall-

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Sam Langford Fights for Welter Title

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Sam Langford hija meqjusa waħda mill-lira akbar għall-ġellieda lira ta 'kull żmien. Imwieled f'Marzu 4, 1883 fl Falls Weymouth, Nova Scotia, hu meqjus bħala l-akbar boxer Kanadiż ta’ kull żmien. Il-karriera tal-ġlied tiegħu kienet tiġġebbed minn 1900 li 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. He

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L-Aħwa Ritz fil-Gorilla (1939)

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Il-Gorilla (1939) hija kummiedja-misteru “B” film starring l-Brothers Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi u Lionell ATWILL. Il-film kien prodott minn Għoxrin Seklu Fox qabel ma nieqaf teħid “B” films, the first film on a double bill. Il Brothers Ritz kienu attivi bejn 1925 u l-1960, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made

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Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Ottubru 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Kampjonat imma baqa’ barra mill-attenzjoni sa

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