Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 rokov, 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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Marca 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 a W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Earl Caddock mal koncom 10. a začiatkom 20. rokov relatívne krátku, ale slávnu profesionálnu zápasnícku kariéru.. Svoj profesionálny debut v r 1915 po zisku troch národných titulov AAU v amatérskom zápasení, Caddock profesionálne zápasil len do r 1922. Však, bol uznaný za majstra sveta po tom, čo v apríli porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by stratil titul späť

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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On Thursday, Január 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, jeden zo sv. Louis’ najbohatších mužov, vo vlastníctve obytných nehnuteľností a iných aktív ocenených na 2 miliónov dolárov. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. On

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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On July 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.” Aj keď Georges Carpentier

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Zápas Champion Skúsi Box

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On Tuesday, Január 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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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Poľnohospodár” 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 libier. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg zápasil

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Palooka (1934)

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On 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, berie ho

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