Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” ja 235 kiloa. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Kuitenkin,

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Lanka Thieves Tapa Poliisi

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Ennen perjantaita, Huhtikuu 7, 1916, oli yli, Lewis veljekset tappaisi kaksi St. Louis Poliisit, John McKenna ja William Dillon. McKenna oli ensimmäinen laskevan, kun hän keskeytti veljekset yrittää varastaa lanka, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. The St. Louis Police Department assigned

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