Londres Wrestles Coleman i Shikina
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, que incloïa dos de Jim Londos’ partits de la dècada de 1930. En el primer partit, Londres lluita contra Abe Coleman. En el segon partit, Londres lluita en un partit d'estils mixts amb Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, el cinturó negre de judo i lluitador professional.
Jim Londos from the November 16, 1920 edition of Idaho Statesman (Domini Públic)
Londos was the biggest box office star in professional wrestling history. While Londos was not in the same league as Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, Joe Stecher or John “El tigre de Nebraska” Sorra, Londos did know “hooking”, the insider term for submission wrestling.
Abe Coleman achieved fame as “the Hebrew Hercules.” While Coleman stood only 5’03”, he weighed over 200 lliures. Coleman also possessed a professional bodybuilder’s physique without the use of steroids. When Coleman died in 2007 at 101-years-old, he was the oldest living former professional wrestler.
Oki Shikina was born Morio Shikina in Okinawa. Shikina debuted in the early 1930s. Shikina wrestled until 1955, when he was 51-years-old.
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