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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 to 1930.
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. After
Ar Dé hAoine, Márta 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, a
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ezswfi6nskgzp6hb/Episode_69arvtq.mp3Podcast: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss Martin “Feirmeoir” Burns training James J. Jeffries for his bout with Jack Johnson on July 4, 1910. Update Dan and I talk about my new project and how an earlier writer unfairly portrayed Joe Stecher’s world title run from 1925 to 1928. Shooter in a Worked World is available
Ar Dé hAoine, Meitheamh 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. Ag amháin 24 bliain d'aois, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podchraoladh: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadIn this episode, pléimid gairmeacha Jim Londos agus Primo Carnera as a dtiocfaidh athbhreithniú ar an 1950 cluiche wrestling. Nuashonrú Tosaímid le nuashonrú faoinár sceideal taifeadta. Tá duine den fhoireann sa chúlchiste gortaithe, mar sin beidh muid ag taifeadadh ar Skype don chéad roinnt eipeasóid eile.
I babhtaí stíl measctha idir wrestlers agus stailceoirí, Is é an adage nuair a fhaigheann an wrestler a lámha ar an bhuailteoir, tá an troid thart. Sa chuid is mó babhtaí stíl measctha idir wrestlers nó grapplers agus dornálaithe, de ghnáth bíonn an bua ag an grappler tar éis dó an buailteoir a tharraingt go talamh. Bhuaigh Ray Steele Cath Levinsky. Bhris “Judo” Gene LeBell Milo Savage. I nua-aimseartha
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Seinn i bhfuinneog nua | DownloadUpdate I have finished writing Origins of a Legend: The Making of Ed “Strangler” Lewis. After editing, it should be released in late January/early February 2024. We briefly discuss Vince Russo’s ideas for a women’s wrestling organization. We try to figure out the market for this material. We also suggest a therapist is probably
In March 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Ar Dé hAoine, Samhain 27, 1891, Bhí iar-Chluiche Mheiriceá Trom-Meáchan Wrestling Joe Acton i ngleic le Bob Fitzsimmons, Curaidh Dornálaíochta Trom-Meáchan an Domhain amach anseo i San Francisco, California. Na fir wrestled le haghaidh tuairiscithe $1,000.00 purse. Thug Acton suas méid dá chéile comhraic de ghnáth ach sháraigh Acton 148-punt Fitzsimmons le seacht bpunt. Bhí na fir ag troid ar chluiche dhá cheann as trí cinn de réir na cogaíochta catch-as-catch-can
No one took advantage of the No Decision era of professional boxing like Battling Levinsky. Levinsky was a skilled defensive boxer, who took little damage during his fights. When Ring Magazine asked him why he was so active, sometimes taking 3 fights in a day around New York, Levinsky said, “I like money and I never get hurt.” Levinsky was