Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 il, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Martın 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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Caddok və W. Zbyszko heç-heçə üçün güləş

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Earl Caddock, 1910-cu illərin sonu və 1920-ci illərin əvvəllərində nisbətən qısa, lakin yüksək səviyyəli peşəkar güləş karyerasına sahib idi.. Peşəkar debütünü burada edir 1915 həvəskar güləşdə üç AAU Milli titulunu qazandıqdan sonra, Caddok yalnız professional olaraq güləşdi 1922. Lakin, aprel ayında Joe Stecheri məğlub etdikdən sonra dünya çempionu kimi tanınacaqdı 1917. Caddok titulunu geri itirəcək

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Cümə axşamı, Yanvar 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, biri St. Louis’ ən varlı kişilər, mülkiyyətində olan daşınmaz əmlak və qiymətli digər aktivlər 2 milyon dollar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. O

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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Iyul 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Baxmayaraq Georges Carpentier

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Güləş çempionu Boks çalışır

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Çərşənbə axşamı, Yanvar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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Palooka (1934)

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Yanvar 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, onu aparır

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