Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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Die Veneris, November 27, 1891, pristinus American Heavyweight luctando Champion Joe Acton luctatus in posterum Mundus Heavyweight Boxing Champion Bob Fitzsimmons in San Francisco, California. Viri luctaretur in nuntiata $1,000.00 purse. Acton magnitudinem adversario suo plerumque reddidit, sed Acton praeponderat CXLVIII libra Fitzsimmons septem libras. Viri luctaverunt duo-of-tres casus pares secundum capere, ut capere potest luctando

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Champion palaestrica cupit Boxing

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Die martis, January 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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“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. Autem, 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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On March 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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Steele Faces Levinsky in mixto Bout

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Novembres 19, 1935, luctator professionalis Ray Steele occurrit pugil professionalis Kingfish Levinsky in mixto luctando versus pugilatu praedura palaestrae. Missouri Civitatis Athletica Commissio speciales regulas in par. Legati imperaverunt IRCA tres-minute rounds constaret quasi caestu par. Legati permiserunt Levinsky ut ferrum etiam si in mat. Steele poterat

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