Terrible Terry Wins Bantam Title

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern earned a reputation as one of the most powerful punchers in the history of the lighter divisions of professional boxing. McGovern weighed between 112 ແລະ 126 ປອນ. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x bbox_y = "335​" = "380​" bbox_w = "53​" bbox_h fsize = "17​" = "11​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = " 12, 1899, when he fought British

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Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, ຂ້ອຍໄປອອກກຳລັງກາຍຕະຫຼອດປີ

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hack ແລະ​ຮົບ Zbyszko ການ​ວາດ

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At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, ຕັດສິນໃຈເອົາທາດແປ້ງບາງສ່ວນອອກຈາກຜູ້ທ້າທາຍຂອງລາວໂດຍການຈັບຄູ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າ

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Frankie Darro ໃນ​ໄອ​ແລນ​ໂຊກ (1939)

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Frankie Darro ແລະ Mantan Moreland ໄດ້​ຄູ່​ຮ່ວມ​ກັນ​ສໍາ​ລັບ​ການ​ໃຊ້​ເວ​ລາ​ທໍາ​ອິດ​ໃນ​ນີ້​ສາ​ກົນ Renters, Ltd (Monogram ຮູບ) ຮູບ​ເງົາ, ໂຊກ​ໄອ​ແລນ (1939). ໃນ​ຮູບ​ເງົາ​ໄດ້ (affiliate link), ຫຼີ້ນ Frankie Darro “Buzzy” O'Brien, bellhop ໂຮງ​ແຮມ, ໃນ​ຂະ​ນະ​ທີ່ Mantan Moreland ແມ່ນ Jefferson, porter ໂຮງ​ແຮມ. “Buzzy ຂອງ” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” ຕ້ອງການທີ່ຈະເປັນ

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, John L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. ໃນ 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, ລັດ Mississippi ປະມານ

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Gotch Tries Boxing

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An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, ນັ້ນແມ່ນເຫດຜົນທີ່ຜູ້ສົ່ງເສີມທັງສອງ

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Jack Johnson ແລະ​ຕໍ່​ສູ້​ກັບ​ຂອງ​ສະ​ຕະ​ວັດ

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, ອ່ານ heavyweight ກິນ​ເບັ້ຍ​ບໍາ​ນານ​ໃນ​ອະ​ດີດ, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “ຄວາມ​ຫວັງ​ສີ​ຂາວ” contenders. ໃນ​ນາ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. ໃນ 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. ໃນ​ເບື້ອງ​ຕົ້ນ, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 ນາ​ທີ. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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