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Posts about professional boxing from 1890 mus 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. Tom qab
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 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, ib
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ezswfi6nskgzp6hb/Episode_69arvtq.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, we discuss Martin “Ua teb” 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 mus 1928. Shooter in a Worked World is available
Txog rau hnub Friday, Lub rau hli ntuj 10, 1910, Ntiaj teb Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought nws kawg sib ntaus tus unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel muaj cleared tawm tus middleweight faib, Ces boxing promoters struggled nrhiav suitable sib txeeb rau Ketchel. Ntawm xwb 24 xyoo, Ketchel nyob nyuaj thiab fought lossi yuav ua tau ib breakdown thaum ntxov ntawm nws lub cev. Tom qab ntaus Smith, Ketchel npaj siab rau
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4gvdnq/Episode_477tfz4.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | DownloadIn no rov, Peb tham txog cov hauj lwm ntawm Jim Londos thiab Primo Carnera ua rau ib txoj kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm cov 1950 wrestling match. Hloov tshiab peb pib nrog ib qho hloov tshiab txog peb cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg. Ib pab neeg no rau qhov raug mob reserve, Li ntawd, peb yuav tau teev tseg rau Skype rau ob peb lub sijhawm uas nws rov.
Sib xyaw style bouts ntawm wrestlers thiab strikers, Qhov ntxiv yog ib zaug tus wrestler tau nws txhais tes rau tus striker, Kev sib ntaus no lawm. Feem ntau mixed style bouts ntawm wrestlers los yog grapplers thiab boxers, Tus grappler nquag yeej xwb tom qab dragging tus striker rau hauv pem teb. Ray Steele tua yeej Battling Levinsky. "Judo" Gene LeBell smashed Milo Savage. niaj hnub no
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9e7e9/Episode_4382qwo.mp3Podcast: Ua si nyob rau hauv cov qhov rai tshiab | 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
Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 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
Txog rau hnub Friday, Kaum ib hlis 27, 1891, former American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Joe Acton wrestled future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. The men wrestled for a reported $1,000.00 hnab tawv pojniam. Acton usually gave up size to his opponent but Acton outweighed the 148-pound Fitzsimmons by seven pounds. The men wrestled a two-out-of-three falls match according to catch-as-catch-can wrestling
Tsis muaj leej twg muab kom zoo dua qhov kev txiav txim siab tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab era ntawm kev boxing xws li Battling Levinsky. Levinsky yog ib tug skilled defensive boxer, Leej twg muab me ntsis puas thaum nws fights. Thaum Ring Magazine nug nws vim li cas nws thiaj li dhia, qee zaus noj 3 fights nyob rau hauv ib hnub nyob Ib ncig ntawm New York, Levinsky hais tias, “Kuv nyiam nyiaj thiab kuv yeej tsis tau mob.” Levinsky yog