Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

Stanislaus-Zbyszko

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, ktorý bol

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Oliver Kirk a 1904 St. Louis olympijské hry

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Oliver Leonard Kirk má vyznamenanie za bytia jediný olympijský boxer vyhrať zlatú medailu v dvoch rôznych váhových triedach v rovnakých olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodnom meste olympijských hier v 1904. St. Louis hostil tretiu olympiádu v priebehu 1904 Svetová výstava Expozícia. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Gotcha drvenie Jenkins v hlave

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On Thursday, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svoje americké majstrovstvo v zápasení proti začínajúcemu zápasníkovi z Iowy. After the first fall, fanúšikovia si uvedomili, že to bol najťažší zápas c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins porazil Gotcha

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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, November 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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