Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, 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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En marzo 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 e W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock tivo unha carreira de loita libre profesional relativamente curta pero con historia a finais da década de 1910 e principios da década de 1920.. Fai o seu debut profesional en 1915 despois de gañar tres títulos nacionais da AAU en loita afeccionada, Caddock só loitou profesionalmente ata 1922. Porén, sería recoñecido como campión do mundo tras derrotar a Joe Stecher en abril 1917. Caddock perdería o título

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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O xoves, Xaneiro 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, un dos St. Louis’ homes máis ricos, de propiedade de inmobles residenciais e outros activos valorados en 2 millón de dólares. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. El

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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En xullo de 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.” Aínda que Georges Carpentier

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Wrestling Campión Tenta Boxeo

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O martes, Xaneiro 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Rolo, un médico Seattle e loitador profesional que era bo o suficiente para gañar o Heavyweight Championship americano, inexplicabelmente decidiu probar a súa sorte no boxeo profesional. O seu adversario era amigo e compañeiro de adestramento, “Denver” Ed Martin, quen ía gañar o Campionato Mundial de Boxeo Pesado Coloreada. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Agricultores” 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 libras. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg loitou

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Palooka (1934)

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En xaneiro de 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, lévao

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