المصارعة بطل الملاكمة يحاول

يوم الثلاثاء, يناير 19, 1909, الدكتور. بنيامين الرول, الطبيب سياتل والموالية المصارع الذي كانت جيدة بما يكفي للفوز في بطولة الوزن الثقيل الأمريكية, قررت لسبب غير مفهوم لمحاولة يده في الملاكمة للمحترفين. كان خصمه صديق وشريك السجال, “دنفر” إد مارتن, من سيفوز في بطولة الملاكمة للوزن الثقيل العالمي الملونة.

الدكتور. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete who used his prowess to help pay his way through college, where he eventually earned his doctorate. الدكتور. Roller became a Professor of Physiology with the University of Washington before resigning in 1906 for a full-time wrestling career. الدكتور. Roller also helped train George Hackenschmidt for his losing effort to regain his title from World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch in 1911.

الأربعاء, يناير 20, 1909 طبعة من The Seattle Star was not kind in it’s reporting of the six round affair. The headline was “الدكتور. Roller Not Made of Championship Material”. All three columnists felt “دنفر” Ed Martin carried his friend for six rounds. The writer allowed that Dr. Roller’s strength and tenacity would give lesser opponents problems. All agreed that his lack of pugilistic skill would result in loss or serious injury against a first rate boxer. الدكتور. Roller was considered a better orater than boxer.

While Dr. Roller was a subpar boxer, he was a good enough wrestler to win the American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion three times. Among the opponents Dr. Roller defeated were “مزارع” الحروق, Fred Beel, و “خانق” Lewis and Joe Stecher. الدكتور. Roller, who was born in Illinois on July 1, 1876, wrestled until he was 42 في سنة 1918.

“دنفر” Ed Martin stood 6’03” to 6’04” and packed tremendous punching power. لكن, Martin was also known for his scientific boxing and ability to evade an attack. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1902, he won the Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Frank Childs. He lost the title to Jack Johnson, who would one day win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship from Tommy Burns.

“دنفر” Ed Martin was born on September 10, 1881 in Denver, Colorado. He made his pro boxing debut in 1899 and continued fighting until 1914. Martin knocked out Victor McLaglen, a future Academy Award winning actor, في 1904. Despite retiring in 1914, Martin staged a comeback in 1921 في 40 سنوات من العمر. He won three fights in a row before being knocked out by Harry Willis in the first round. Martin retired for good after this loss.

Why Dr. Roller thought a six round fight with Martin would be good for his career is lost to history. لكن, it does not appear he ever tried such a stunt again, so maybe he learned his lesson in that cold January during 1909.

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