Henry Moses Dufur Reminiscències

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Henry Moses Dufur va ser campió mundial de lluita de coll i colze de pes pesat durant la dècada de 1870. Per 1855, Dufur es va retirar de la lluita professional per exercir la seva professió a temps complet de sastre de roba. Fins i tot durant la seva carrera de lluita lliure, Dufur treballava de sastre. Dufur va dir al corresponsal de The Boston Globe que va néixer a Richford, Vermont al juny 5, 1943. Aquesta data de

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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Al segle XIX, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Al gener 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paul Pons, Hacedor d'Estels Wrestling

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Paul Pons va ser el campió de lluita grecoromana de França en la dècada de 1890. Ell va guanyar un torneig en el Folies-Bergère, abans de guanyar un torneig a Rússia en 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons va aprofitar aquesta notorietat mitjançant l'obertura d'un gimnàs per als lluitadors de tren i dels homes forts. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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En 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Però, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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