Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the 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 “Entaille” à St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition universelle. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Sherlock Holmes à Washington (1943)

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Sherlock Holmes à Washington (1943) est la troisième de douze productions Universal image de la franchise Sherlock Holmes. Basil Rathbone et Nigel Bruce favoris comme Holmes et Watson, respectivement dans deux films pour Twentieth-Century Fox et douze autres pour Universal Pictures. Ce film est à nouveau mis dans les années 1940. Holmes et Watson se sont rendus à Washington, D.C. to keep secret

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Charlie Chan au Treasure Island (1939)

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Charlie Chan au Treasure Island (1939) est le troisième film de Fox Twentieth-Century vedette Sidney Toler comme Charlie Chan. Inspecteur Chan et Jimmy Chan, joué par Victor Sen Yung, s'envolent pour l'Exposition universelle de San Francisco à 1939 alors que le film s'ouvre. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. L'ami de Charlie, Paul Essex, est également à bord du vol., played

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The Way to Live in Health and Strength

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 ans jusqu'à perdre son

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