Acton maadleb Fitzsimmonsiga

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Reedel, November 27, 1891, Endine Ameerika raskekaalu maadlusmeister Joe Acton maadles San Franciscos tulevase poksi raskekaalu maailmameistri Bob Fitzsimmonsiga, California. Mehed maadlesid teate pärast $1,000.00 purse. Tavaliselt loobus Acton oma suurusest oma vastasele, kuid Acton kaalus 148-kilose Fitzsimmonsi seitsme naela võrra üles. Mehed maadlesid kaks kolmest kukkumise matši vastavalt püüa-saak-saab maadlusele

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Maadluses Proovib Boxing

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Teisipäeval, Jaanuar 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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McVey KOs Ferguson

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August 11, 1915, Praegune värvilise poksi raskekaalu maailmameister Sam McVey võitles Bostonis Sandy Fergusoniga, Massachusetts Atlase Athletic Associationi jõusaalis. McVey võitles ajastul, mil promootorid külmutasid kõik Aafrika-Ameerika poksijad, välja arvatud suur Jack Johnson, võitlusest maailmameistritiitli nimel. McVey alistas enamiku teistest suurtest mustanahalistest võitlejatest

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“Terrible” Terry Dies in Charity Hospital

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On February 22, 1918, former World Bantamweight and Featherweight Boxing Champion “Terrible” Terry McGovern died in New York City’s Kings County Hospital. McGovern checked in a few days earlier with what McGovern thought was a severe upper respiratory infection. Siiski, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Märtsil 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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