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 “Hack” di St. Louis during the 1904 Pameran Dunia. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 di Chicago,

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Menyimpan Tarian Terakhir untuk Tam

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Saya berjumpa dengan isteri saya di majlis perkahwinan kakak saya pada bulan September 1995. Saya telah dikenali Tam sebagai kawan Adik perempuan saya yang terbaik untuk 10 tahun tetapi saya tidak benar-benar melihat dia sebagai seorang wanita yang dia telah menjadi sehingga hari ini pada lewat September. I actually got to know her better because I was on wolf duty this day although it

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Cara untuk Live di Kesihatan dan Kekuatan

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Cara untuk Live di Kesihatan dan Kekuatan (link affiliate) 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 tahun sehingga kehilangannya

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