Fred Beell Overcomes Old Champ

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Sou Oktòb 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) Championship but remained out of the spotlight until

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Americus Beats Charley Olson

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Sou Novanm 7, 1908, Charles Olson met “Americus” Gus Schonlein for the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. The match proved to be as exciting as observers suspected it would be but it ended in controversy. Olson stood 6’01” but weighed only 170 liv. Born Max Flaskamp in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, he took the name Charles or Charley Olson

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Gotch Easily Beats Raicevich

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Giovanni Raicevich stood only 5’07” tall but weighed a muscular 220 liv. Raicevich carried pro bodybuilder type muscle 50 years before the steroid era. Sepandan, when it came to wrestling, Raicevich’s skill set was not quite as developed as his physique. Raicevich was one of many foreign wrestlers, who traveled to America to take on Frank Gotch after he defeated

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Christmas Night Wrestling Fiasco

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Sou Nwèl lannwit 1911, Stanislaus Zbyszko met Giovanni Raicievich in a much-anticipated heavyweight wrestling bout. Zbyszko, who was campaigning for a rematch with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch, agreed to throw Raicevich 3 times in 90 minutes or be declared the loser. As the men entered the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, Zbyszko was clearly the

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Jem Mace Establishes World Title Again

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Sou Me 10, 1870, 39-year-old prizefighter Jem Mace met 30-year-old prizefighter Tom Allen in Kennerville, Louisiana for the World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Claims to the championship were very murky at the time. Thuggery and dirty tricks often obscured who was actually American Champion. Jem Mace, who was considered World Champion twice while fighting in England, was signed to meet Tom

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Strangler” Headlocks Caddock for Win

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EdStrangler” Lewis se youn nan pi gwo luteur pwofesyonèl ak chanpyon mondyal tout tan. Lewis’ signature move was the stranglehold, ki Lewis te kòmanse itilize kòm pwomotè ak luteur te fè tranzisyon lit pwofesyonèl nan yon egzibisyon ki te prepare oswa "te travay". Lewis orijinèlman te itilize fèmen figi devan oswa toufe guillotine. Lewis 'omonim Evan "Strangler" Lewis te fè fas a fèmen devan oswa

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