Listen up, nerds! John L Sullivan vs Jake Kilrain proved that boxing can indeed be pro wrestling. A young Dan McLeod challenges Evan Lewis. Jack Wannop gets worked over in Chicago... but Sarah Cox from Grapplingwithhistory.com has another opinion. Chango talks about breaking arms, and Nick talks about sitting in jail after a fight.

All this, and plenty more madness!

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Primary Sources:

-Chicago's Greatest Sportsman- Charles E "Parson" Davies, by Mark T Dunn

-grapplingwithhistory.com

-Evan "The Strangler" Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century, by Ken Zimmerman Jr

-Cited newspapers