Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, who was

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Oliver Kirk a 1904 St. Gemau Olympaidd Louis

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Oliver Leonard Kirk sydd â'r fraint o fod yr unig bocsiwr Olympaidd i ennill medal aur mewn dau ddosbarth pwysau ar wahân yn yr un Gemau Olympaidd. Gyflawni Oliver Kirk camp hwn yn ei dref enedigol Gemau Olympaidd yn 1904. St. Cynnal Louis y trydydd Olympiad yn ystod y 1904 Dangosiad Ffair y Byd yn. Fel y Gemau Paris bedair blynedd cyn, St. Louis gave

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Ar ddydd Iau, Ionawr 27, 1904, Amddiffynnodd Tom Jenkins ei Bencampwriaeth Reslo America yn erbyn reslwr addawol o Iowa. Ar ôl y cwymp cyntaf, sylweddolodd y cefnogwyr mai hon oedd gêm anoddaf y c Frank Alvin Gotch, yr Humboldt, Bachgen fferm Iowa sydd yn mynd yn groes Georg Hackenschmidt ar gyfer Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd yn 1908, Roedd Jenkins’ Challenger. Jenkins wedi trechu Gotch

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Tachwedd 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Jake Kilrain Boxes to a Draw

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While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major

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