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 và 126 bảng. Unlike his fellow smaller fighters, who overwhelmed their opponents with punching volume, McGovern possessed exceptional knockout power. McGovern proved his power on Tuesday, Tháng Chín 12, 1899, when he fought British

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Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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At the beginning of 1911, các công wrestling coi ba người đàn ông là thách thức lớn nhất đối với đương kim vô địch thế giới Frank Gotch. Cựu vô địch George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko và “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout muốn có cơ hội để đánh bại Gotch. Gotch, là người ngốc của ai, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up

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Frankie Darro trong Luck Ailen (1939)

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Frankie Darro và Mantan Moreland đã được ghép nối với nhau lần đầu tiên trong Quốc tế Người thuê nhà này, Ltd (Monogram Hình ảnh) quay phim, Luck Ailen (1939). Trong phim (liên kết liên kết), Frankie Darro đóng “Buzzy” O'Brien, một nhân viên trực tầng khách sạn, trong khi Mantan Moreland là Jefferson, các porter khách sạn. “Buzzy của” cha đã được một sĩ quan cảnh sát thiệt mạng trong khi làm nhiệm vụ. “Buzzy” wants to be

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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. Trong 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, Mississippi around

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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, which is why both promoters

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Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Khi 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. Initially, 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. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

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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 “Bác 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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