威廉·馬爾登, Physical Culture Legend

我第一次讀到威廉·馬爾登在約翰·L的傳記. 沙利文, 最後裸關節重量級冠軍. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare-knuckle bouts.

約翰·L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain fought the last major bare-knuckle bout in 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.

Fans expected Kilrain to be Sullivan’s hardest challenger. Kilrain lived up to his billing as shown by John L. needing seventy-five of the scheduled eighty rounds to beat Kilrain. The man responsible for getting Sullivan into shape for this important victory was William Muldoon.

馬爾登的最大的挑戰是保持沙利文走出酒吧. Muldoon would go into a tavern and drag him back to training camp. The biography of Sullivan said Sullivan openly feared Muldoon. 人誰嚇得約翰·L·. 沙利文是一個人，我想更多地了解.

威廉·馬爾登出生5月 25, 1852, in Alleghany County, 紐約. 他加入了聯合軍隊作為一個鼓手男孩 1864 at twelve years of age. Even at this early age, Muldoon was wrestling other men and boys and doing quite well.

Muldoon made his early living by a combination of professional wrestling and working as a New York City police officer. The NYPD promoted Muldoon to detective before Muldoon resigned in 1881 to be a full-time wrestler. Muldoon already won the World Championship prior to his resignation.

Muldoon beat all the top Greco-Roman wrestlers. The only wrestler Muldoon could not defeat was Clarence Whistler. Muldoon and Whistler wrestled for seven hours without a single fall in one bout.

No one could defeat Muldoon for his world title, which Muldoon quit defending in 1890 在 38 歲以下. 在 1889, 當他拖著約翰·L·. 走出酒吧, Muldoon was thirty-seven to John L.’s thirty-one years of age. 在他退休, 馬爾登開始專注於自己的培訓體系，構建自己的健康農場西平原, 紐約.

在 1900, when Muldoon was 48 歲, 他張開衛生研究所, “奧林匹亞”, 在購買, 紐約. Muldoon continued training boxers, 摔跤手, 運動員, celebrities, and other health-conscious people. Muldoon ran one of the first commercially workable health and fitness companies.

Like other old-time wrestlers before and after him, 馬爾登活到八十年代他. Professional wrestlers focus on healthy living prior to the steroid era allowed them to live longer and more productive lives. 他去世前，在 81 歲六月 3, 1933, Muldoon was also chair of the New York State Athletic Commission.

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