Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Huhtikuun 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, met Taro
Kuka on suurin laillinen ammattipainija Yhdysvalloissa? Kuinka tehdä
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 vuotta, 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
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance osallistui koiranäyttelyyn Coen ja hänen kanssaan
Maaliskuun 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
Earl Caddockilla oli suhteellisen lyhyt mutta tarinallinen ammattipainiura 1910-luvun lopulla ja 1920-luvun alussa. Tekee ammattilaisdebyyttinsä 1915 voitettuaan kolme AAU National -titteliä amatööripainissa, Caddock paini ammattimaisesti vain asti 1922. Kuitenkin, hänet tunnustettaisiin maailmanmestariksi voitettuaan Joe Stecherin huhtikuussa 1917. Caddock menettäisi tittelin takaisin
Torstaina, Tammikuu 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, yksi St. Ludvig’ rikkaimmat miehet, omistamia asuinkiinteistöjä ja muuta omaisuutta arvostettuna 2 miljoonaa dollaria. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Ludvig. Hän
Heinäkuun 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.” Vaikka Georges Carpentier
Maaliskuun 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. Tässä elokuvassa (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Tiistaina, Tammikuu 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, Seattle lääkäri ja pro painija, joka oli riittävän hyvä voittamaan American Heavyweight Championship, selittämättömästi päätti kokeilla kättään ammattilaisnyrkkeilyyn. Vastustaja oli ystävä ja sparraaja, “Denver” Ed Martin, kuka voittaa Värilliset Maailman Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Viljelijä” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 kiloa. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg paini sisään
Tammikuu 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, takes him