威廉·马尔登, Physical Culture Legend

三月 24, 2014 小肯·齐默尔曼. 19世纪职业摔跤历史

我第一次读到威廉·马尔登在约翰升的传记. 沙利文, 最后的裸关节重量级冠军. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts.

最后一个主要的裸关节回合战斗了由沙利文对杰克Kilrain在 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. He was in terrible condition before fighting Kilrain and the fighting public knew it.

Kilrain was expected to be Sullivan’s hardest challenger. Kilrain lived up to his billing as evidenced by John L. needing 75 预定的 80 回合击败Kilrain. The man responsible for getting Sullivan into shape for this important victory was William Muldoon.

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Muldoon’s biggest challenge was keeping Sullivan out of the bars. Muldoon would go in to to a tavern and drag him back to training camp. The biography of Sullivan said Muldoon was the one man Sullivan feared. Anyone who scared John L. Sullivan was someone I wanted to know more about.

威廉·马尔登出生于五月 25, 1852 在Alleghaney县, 纽约. 他在加入联合军队作为一个鼓手男孩 1864 在 12 岁. 即使在这个年轻的年龄, 他被其他摔跤男子和男孩和做得不错.

马尔登了他早期的生活由奖摔跤和工作的结合作为纽约市警察. He would be promoted to detective before resigning in 1881 成为一个全职的摔跤手. Muldoon already won the World Championship prior to his resignation.

Muldoon beat all the top Greco-Roman wrestlers. 他不能打败唯一的摔跤手是克拉伦斯惠斯勒. They wrestled for seven hours without a single fall in one bout.

Muldoon was never defeated for his title, 这是他放弃卫冕 1890 在 38 岁. 在 1889, 当他拖着约翰·L. 走出酒吧, 他 37 约翰L的 31 岁. 在他的退休, Muldoon began focusing on his system of training and building his health farm in West Plains, 纽约.