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- concert clashed with a televised heavyweight boxing match between Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott and as a result was poorly attended. Thankfully ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- American boxer Jack Johnson. Himself a devotee of boxing, Davis drew parallels between Johnson, whose career had been defined by the fruitless search ...36 KB (5,661 words) - 15:45, 20 September 2023
- chi gong, meditation and forms of boxing. === Prohibition of Shaolin kung fu === The Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911) prohibited all combat arts ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 21:14, 16 June 2023
- Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine soldier and politician, elected three times as president of Argentina ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- scene, along with baseball's Babe Ruth, boxing's Jack Dempsey, American football's Red Grange, and tennis player Bill Tilden. He was ...19 KB (3,121 words) - 05:16, 17 November 2023
- and bets were paid, a Yale alum threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. The other person grabbed a stick and swung at it. Hancock called ...50 KB (8,173 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- sport, followed by track and field, boxing, and table tennis. Yoruba athletic events take place in either the National Stadium, Lagos (55,000 ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- *Many boxing matches have been held at Yankee Stadium, notably Joe Louis's first-round knockout of Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938. Heavyweight ...20 KB (3,137 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- fist," or "great extremes boxing" (note that 'chi' in this instance is an earlier romanization of modern 'ji,& ...44 KB (6,584 words) - 00:21, 16 February 2024
- Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; Boxing Day in England and Wales and St Stephen's Day in Ireland), and five in Scotland (New Year's ...22 KB (3,231 words) - 02:32, 9 February 2023
- George Corley Wallace, Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998), was United States politician who was elected Governor of Alabama as a Democrat ...23 KB (3,280 words) - 07:33, 15 May 2024
- Thailand. The disaster has been variously named the Boxing Day Tsunami in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, because it took place ...44 KB (6,499 words) - 06:40, 13 June 2023
- whose featured event is the Wanamaker Mile. Boxing is also a very prominent part of the city's sporting scene, with events like the Amateur Boxing ...44 KB (6,512 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- Other popular sports are hockey, boxing, football, golf, table tennis ... Stadium of Pakistan, UBL Hockey Ground), boxing (KPT Sports Complex), squash ...41 KB (5,975 words) - 17:58, 14 May 2024
- time of his introduction to gambling and boxing; he refereed a fight between ... 3, 1896, Earp was the referee for the boxing match to determine the heavyweight ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- seated at ringside during Stan's ill-fated boxing match. As a teenager, Costello had been an amateur boxer in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey. ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- and first centuries B.C.E. However, except for boxing and chariot racing, most Romans had little interest in Greek athletics, in which serious injuries ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- styles of Greco-Roman and freestyle to boxing, judo, jujitsu, European styles of folk wrestling, and even fencing. The rules for sport sambo ...26 KB (4,025 words) - 01:00, 17 April 2023
- jump. In addition, events such as wrestling, boxing, pankraton and hoplitodromos were added as well. The games existed until 393 C.E. when Roman ...24 KB (3,812 words) - 04:52, 1 May 2023
- cycling, rugby union, handball, tennis, boxing, and martial arts. Soccer is the most popular sport in Burkina Faso, played both professionally ...22 KB (3,224 words) - 18:45, 22 November 2023
- By 1939 he had improved his theatre projection system to televise a boxing match on a screen 15|ft|m|abbr=on by 12|ft|m|abbr=on . "Baird ...26 KB (3,809 words) - 20:54, 1 May 2024
- King's first cousin, and former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston was his uncle. |right|250px|B. B. King's favorite singer was ...26 KB (3,986 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- not only in academics but also in soccer as well as boxing. In 1930, at the age of 17, however, Camus contracted tuberculosis. This put a halt to his ...25 KB (3,796 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- As a young man he enjoyed riding, boxing, and entertainment with friends. Yuan had wanted to pursue a career in the civil service, but failed ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 21:35, 4 June 2023
- Category:Image wanted {{Infobox Celebrity | name = James Joseph Brown, Jr. | image = James Brown Live Hamburg 1973 1702730029.jpg ...25 KB (3,918 words) - 21:04, 20 March 2024
- New York, where his mentor was the New York Boxing Commission official and former Harlem Rens basketball legend Frank "Strangler" Forbes. ...29 KB (4,418 words) - 15:22, 14 May 2023
- The rise of Mike Tyson in boxing, who held most of his fights in Atlantic City in the 1980s, also boosted Atlantic City's popularity. On ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- and has also hosted ice hockey, indoor soccer, and boxing. San Diego has the dubious distinction of being the largest United States city to have ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- as a soldier in Fixed Bayonets! (1951), a boxing cornerman in Sailor Beware (1952), ... | Boxing Trainer | Hal Walker | Uncredited |- | 1952 | Deadline – U.S.A. ...56 KB (8,516 words) - 01:32, 8 February 2023
- In 1974, Kinshasa hosted the "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match in which Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman to regain the World ...28 KB (3,888 words) - 23:14, 3 March 2023
- Other popular sports include basketball, netball, boxing, volleyball, athletics, and rugby. The National Sports Council also known as Baraza ...29 KB (4,092 words) - 04:27, 27 February 2023
- Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-born American entertainer whose prolific career spanned ...28 KB (4,249 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- Kenya, among them football (soccer), cricket, and boxing. But Kenya is known chiefly for its dominance in cross country and the marathon, middle and ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:JohnTNeufeld.jpg|thumb|right|John T. Neufeld was a WWI conscientious objector sentenced ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- Boxing, baseball, and basketball are popular. They have their own professional baseball leagues, though San Juan hosted the Montreal Expos for ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- , and auto racing. He flirted with boxing, and he was offered a pro football contract by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1966. He also was an actor ...36 KB (5,732 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- rounders, lawn tennis, basketball, table tennis, boxing, squash, and a few others. Guyana played host to international cricket matches as part ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- imposing Idi Amin was the Ugandan light heavyweight boxing champion from 1951 to 1960, as well as a swimmer and rugby player. [https://www.scotsman.com/news/ob ...36 KB (5,445 words) - 21:36, 25 July 2021
- League has a large following. Muay Thai (Thai boxing), Thailand's native martial art, is probably the most popular spectator sport. The other main ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- medalist, Clarence Hill, who won a bronze medal in boxing. Bermuda also competed in Men's Skeleton (head first luge) at the 2006 Winter Olympics ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- skiing, gymnastics, volleyball, track and field, boxing and wrestling) despite losing the thumb and index finger of his left hand when he and some friends ...42 KB (6,205 words) - 19:43, 20 November 2023
- attended. Aged nineteen, he took an interest in boxing and running. After matriculating, he started to study for a B.A. at the Fort Hare University, where ...40 KB (6,067 words) - 04:28, 11 March 2023
- table tennis, volleyball, tennis, boxing, and track and field are also popular in the country. ==Sierra Leone in literature== Several Hollywood ...38 KB (5,601 words) - 20:08, 21 April 2023
- star was granted after the committee decided that boxing could be considered a form of "live performance." Its placement on a wall of the Dolby ...43 KB (6,309 words) - 19:40, 23 July 2022
- include soccer, track and field, judo, boxing, women's basketball and women's tennis. Madagascar sent its first competitors to the ...38 KB (5,416 words) - 04:52, 5 November 2022
- table tennis, fencing, weightlifting, boxing, judo, short track speed skating, marathon, taekwondo, kumdo, wrestling, as well as handball and ...42 KB (5,837 words) - 16:22, 6 March 2024
- are the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, starting on Boxing Day in Sydney and usually arriving at Constitution Dock in Hobart around three to four days later ...42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
- sports include field hockey, basketball, rugby, boxing, tennis, polo, and auto racing. === Public holidays === Argentines commemorate a number ...44 KB (6,290 words) - 17:44, 4 January 2024
- murder. He loved hunting, martial arts (except boxing), and was a patron of the arts. Whether his attempt at cultural fusion was purely pragmatic, or ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- tiles, is very popular, especially with women. Boxing, badminton and billiards are popular. === Social status === Filipinos value social acceptance ...42 KB (6,083 words) - 15:26, 27 March 2024
