Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 snin, 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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The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

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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 kellhom ħafna għedewwa, iżda l-akbar misteru għall Vance huwa kif Coe kien maqtul fil-kamra msakkra,,en,George Wiggins attenda prova tiegħu għall-qtil ta 'San,,en,Louis Uffiċjal tal-Pulizija Louis Schnarr f'Ġunju,,en,Nonchalantly chewing gum,,en,Wiggins sena deher totalment tagħtix każ l-gravità tal-prova,,en,Wiggins twieġeb ħatja għall-qtil bit-tama,,en,Lewis defeated Joe Stetcher għall Kampjonat tiegħu World Wrestling Heavyweight,,en,lotta professjonali kien wirja fi stadji mill,,en,bħal din kienet l-sentimenti qawwija bejn l-irġiel li l-logħba setgħu kienu ta ',,en,jew logħba leġittimu,,en,Heenan-ewwel,,en,fejn maltempata żamm Ispettur Hornleigh u tiegħu,,en. Vance attenda wirja tal-klieb ma’ Coe u tiegħu

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Dwar Marzu 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 and W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock lilha biss professjonalment sakemm 1922. Madankollu, kien ikun rikonoxxut bħala champion tad-dinja wara li f’April għeleb lil Joe Stecher 1917. Caddock jitlef it-titlu lura

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Jannar 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, wieħed minn St. Louis’ irġiel l-aktar sinjuri, proprjetà immobbli residenzjali u assi oħra stmati fi 2 miljun dollaru. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. He

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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Fuq Lulju 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier

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Wrestling Champion Tries Boxing

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 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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Fuq Jannar 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, jeħodlu

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