کشتی چیمپیئن باکسنگ کی کوشش کرتا ہے

منگل کے روز, جنوری 19, 1909, ڈاکٹر. بنجمن رولر, امریکی ہیوی ویٹ چیمپئن شپ جیتنے کے لئے کافی اچھا تھا جو ایک سیٹل معالج اور پرو پہلوان, inexplicably پیشہ ورانہ باکسنگ میں اپنا ہاتھ کرنے کی کوشش کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے. ان کے مخالف دوست اور درمیان تلواریں ساتھی تھا, “ڈینور” ایڈ مارٹن, رنگ دنیا ہیویویٹ باکسنگ چیمپئن شپ جیت گے جو.

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

بدھ, جنوری 20, 1909 edition of The Seattle Star was not kind in it’s reporting of the six round affair. The headline was “ڈاکٹر. Roller Not Made of Championship Material”. All three columnists felt “ڈینور” 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. ڈاکٹر. 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 “کسان” Burns, Fred Beel, اور “Strangler کے” Lewis and Joe Stecher. ڈاکٹر. Roller, who was born in Illinois on July 1, 1876, wrestled until he was 42 میں سال کی عمر میں 1918.

“ڈینور” Ed Martin stood 6’03” to 6’04” and packed tremendous punching power. تاہم, Martin was also known for his scientific boxing and ability to evade an attack. میں 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.

“ڈینور” 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, میں 1904. Despite retiring in 1914, Martin staged a comeback in 1921 میں 40 عمر کے سال. 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. تاہم, 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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