Sou entènèt jwèt Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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Nan Vandredi, Novanm 27, 1891, Ansyen chanpyon Ameriken lit pwa lou Joe Acton lite lavni chanpyon mondyal boksè pwa lou Bob Fitzsimmons nan San Francisco., California. Mesye yo te lite pou yon rapò $1,000.00 purse. Acton anjeneral te bay opozan li a gwosè men Acton te depase 148 liv Fitzsimmons pa sèt liv.. Mesye yo te lite yon match de-sou-twa tonbe selon catch-as-catch-can wrestling

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Lit chanpyon Eseye boksè

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Nan Madi, Janvye 19, 1909, Doktè. 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. Doktè. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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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. Sepandan, 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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Sou Mas 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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