Londres vs. Nagurski a 1938
Al novembre 18, 1938, L'antic campió del món de lluita lliure Jim Londos va lluitar amb l'actual campió del món Bronko Nagurski, el gran exjugador de futbol dels Chicago Bears. Els homes van lluitar a Filadèlfia, Pennsylvania per a la versió de Nagurski del campionat mundial de lluita lliure. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube.
Quan vaig veure el partit per primera vegada, several things stood out. Primer, a wrestler needed to hold his opponents shoulders to the mat for three seconds to win the match. In some of the early surviving films from the 1930 to 1934, a wrestler only need to touch both his opponents shoulders to the mat to win like Londos does in the match above.
Artist rendering of Jim Londos (Domini Públic)
While Bronko Nagurski did not know much legitimate wrestling, Tony Stecher taught him enough wrestling to have a credible match with Londos, a shooter and hooker although Londos was not on the level of Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, Joe Stecher or John Pesek.
The match also disproves that matches wrestled before the past twenty years are slow and boring. Nagurski and Londos wrestled a fast-paced match for the entire fourteen minute match. Watch the match and judge for yourself.
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