Big Match Jaqa '

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In March 1893, gazzetti madwar il-pajjiż ħarġu l-istorja ta’ partita proposta bejn iċ-champion dinji attwali tal-boxing tal-piż ħafif Jack McAuliffe u l-għalliem tal-boxing ta’ Saint Louis Mike Mooney.. Għalkemm il-partita tkun tidher stramba minħabba li Mooney kien sfidant daqstant ħafif meqjus, l-attrazzjoni ta $2500 naħa hija probabbilment dak li ġab iċ-champion fuq il-mejda. Aġġustat

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Acton Wrestles Fitzsimmons

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Novembru 27, 1891, l-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Joe Acton ġġieled iċ-Champion Dinji tal-Boxing tal-Heavyweight tal-futur Bob Fitzsimmons f'San Francisco, California. L-irġiel iġġieldu għal rapportat $1,000.00 purse. Acton normalment ċeda d-daqs lill-avversarju tiegħu iżda Acton qabeż lil Fitzsimmons ta’ 148 lira b’seba’ liri.. L-irġiel iġġieldu logħba ta’ żewġ waqgħat minn tlieta skont il-lotta catch-as-catch-can

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Wrestling Champion Tries Boxing

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 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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Fuq Awissu 11, 1915, Iċ-Champion tal-Boxing tal-Heavyweight tal-Kulur Dinjija attwali Sam McVey ġġieled lil Sandy Ferguson f’Boston, Massachusetts fil-ġinnasju tal-Atlas Athletic Association. McVey ġġieled f'era fejn il-promoturi ffriżaw lill-boxers Afrikani Amerikani kollha, ħlief il-kbir Jack Johnson, mill-ġlieda għall-kampjonat tad-dinja. McVey għeleb ħafna mill-ġellieda l-oħra l-Iswed kbar ta 'dan

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Marvin Hart Jirbaħ Titolu Vakanti

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Fuq Lulju 3, 1905, Marvin Hart daħlu fil-ġlieda għat-titlu dinja vakanti bħala 3 li 1 underdog. Jack Root li tkun l-ewwel kampjonat heavyweight dawl kien il-favorit li tirnexxi l-James J reċentement rtirati. Jeffries. Jeffries kieku referì din il-logħba titolu sabiex jissostitwieh. Marvin Hart kienet riċentament imsawwat Jack Johnson. Widely considered the

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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. Madankollu, doctors diagnosed pneumonia. McGovern went from walking and talking to unresponsive in just one or two days. McGovern never recovered.

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Jiġġieled Levinsky Jirbaħ l-Ewwel Titlu

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Ħadd ma ħa vantaġġ mill-era No Decision tal-boxing professjonali bħal Battling Levinsky. Levinsky kien boxer difensiv tas-sengħa, li ftit ħasru waqt il-ġlied tiegħu. Meta Ring Magazine staqsieh għaliex kien daqshekk attiv, kultant tieħu 3 ġlied f’ġurnata madwar New York, Levinsky qal, “Inħobb il-flus u qatt ma nweġġa’.” Levinsky kien

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Dwar Marzu 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 Mixed Bout

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Fuq Novembru 19, 1935, professional wrestler Ray Steele met professional boxer Kingfish Levinsky in a mixed wresting versus boxing bout. The Missouri State Athletic Commission created special rules for the match. The commissioners ruled the bout would consist of three-minute rounds like a boxing match. The commissioners allowed Levinsky to punch even if he was on the mat. Steele could

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