Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Sou Mas 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 ak W. Zbyszko Lite pou trase

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Earl Caddock te gen yon karyè lit pwofesyonèl relativman kout men ki gen yon etaj nan fen ane 1910 yo ak kòmansman ane 1920 yo.. Fè premye pwofesyonèl li nan 1915 apre li te genyen twa tit nasyonal AAU nan lit amatè, Caddock sèlman lite pwofesyonèl jiskaske 1922. Sepandan, li ta dwe rekonèt kòm chanpyon mondyal apre li te bat Joe Stecher nan mwa avril 1917. Caddock ta pèdi tit la tounen

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Dempsey ko Carpentier

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Sou Jiye 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.” Menmsi Georges Carpentier

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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Sou Mas 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. Nan sa a fim (lyen afilye), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero

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Lit chanpyon Eseye boksè

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Nan Madi, Janvye 19, 1909, Doktè. 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. Doktè. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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Palooka (1934)

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Nan mwa janvye 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, pran li

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