“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 és 126 font, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Július 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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St. Louis Police Nab Robber of Policeman

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Hétfőn, Március 5, 1900, St. Louis Rendőr Thomas Meagher és Thomas Degnan elfogott férfi, aki kirabolt egy East St. Louis tisztviselője puskáját. Ed Sullivan, a 22 éves átmeneti, kirabolt egy East St. Louis Rendőr puskáját, ékszerek és vagyonát február végén 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “A Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” St. Louis during the 1904 Világkiállításon. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 Chicagóban,

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