Boxing’s Effect on Legitimate Wrestling

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In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle

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Dick Tracy, Detektiv (1945)

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RKO Shekil dekabr böyük ekran üçün Dick Tracy comic strip xarakteri gətirdi 1, 1945. Film mütləq isə bir “B” film ikili faktura ilk nəzərdə, hələ də məşhur komik strip çox həvəskarları üçün maraqlı olardı. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit

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Caddok və W. Zbyszko heç-heçə üçün güləş

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Earl Caddock, 1910-cu illərin sonu və 1920-ci illərin əvvəllərində nisbətən qısa, lakin yüksək səviyyəli peşəkar güləş karyerasına sahib idi.. Peşəkar debütünü burada edir 1915 həvəskar güləşdə üç AAU Milli titulunu qazandıqdan sonra, Caddok yalnız professional olaraq güləşdi 1922. Lakin, aprel ayında Joe Stecheri məğlub etdikdən sonra dünya çempionu kimi tanınacaqdı 1917. Caddok titulunu geri itirəcək

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Fermer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 manat. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg mübarizə apardı

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Hack və Zbyszko Battle Draw

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Əvvəlində 1911, üç kişi hesab güləş ictimai Dünya Çempionu Frank Gotch hökm sürən üçün ən böyük problem olmaq. Köhnə çempionu George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko və “Qorxunc Turk” Yusif Mahmout Gotch geçme şansı istədi. Gotch, heç kim axmaq olan, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up

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Legend of Chief Two Feathers

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Dekabr 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the

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Güləş çempionu Boks çalışır

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Çərşənbə axşamı, Yanvar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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Evan “Strangler” Mövcud Lewis

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Yanvar ayında 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “Sorakiçi boğmaq

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