Man Kills Middleweight King

Stanley-Ketchel-1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 Jahre, 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

Bob-Fitzsimmons

Im März 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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Caddock und W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

Earl-Caddock

Earl Caddock hatte Ende der 1910er und Anfang der 1920er Jahre eine relativ kurze, aber erfolgreiche Karriere als Profi-Wrestler. Sein Profidebüt gab er in 1915 nachdem er drei nationale AAU-Titel im Amateur-Wrestling gewonnen hatte, Caddock rang bis dahin nur professionell 1922. Jedoch, Er würde als Weltmeister anerkannt werden, nachdem er Joe Stecher im April besiegt hatte 1917. Caddock würde den Titel wieder verlieren

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

desmond-Fragen-strother

Am Donnerstag,, Januar 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, einer von St. Louis’ reichsten Männer, Eigene Wohnimmobilien und andere Vermögenswerte im Wert von 2 Millionen US-Dollar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Er

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

Jack-Dempsey-Training

Im Juli 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.” Obwohl Georges Carpentier

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Wrestling-Champion Tries Boxing

Dr-Benjamin-Franklin-Roller

Am Dienstag, Januar 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)

Jimmy-während

Am January 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, nimmt ihn

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