Muldoon Survives Hard Tilt With Whistler

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Sólo un hombre desafió seriamente a Muldoon durante su reinado dominante.. Clarence Whistler, de 165 libras, planteó constantemente a Muldoon sus desafíos más difíciles. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Noviembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California en uno de sus varios partidos.

William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed between 190 y 225 libras. Despite this great size disparity, El Whistler más pequeño pero poderoso usó tanto la velocidad como su propia fuerza considerable para nerviar Muldoon. The men met for $2,000 un lado y todos los recibos de la puerta para el evento.

The journalist in the November 2, 1883 edition of the Sacrament Bee took Muldoon to task for “spending as much time posing lately as training.” El comentario fue una referencia a Muldoon dividiendo su tiempo entre el entrenamiento de lucha.

Los hombres entraron al ring, se dio la mano y tomó sus esquinas. When the men came to the center for a tie-up, Whistler immediately secured a back hold and brought Muldoon down on all fours. Whistler was not able to turn Muldoon but brought him back to the ground two more times after Muldoon stood up.

Muldoon finally broke loose from the back hold. Muldoon levantó a Whistler sobre su cabeza solo para ser invertido por un revestimiento de cuello, que casi anotó la primera caída para Whistler.

La Sacramento Bee El periodista afirmó que Whistler en realidad tomó la caída, pero Muldoon salió de la plataforma llevando a Whistler con él antes de que el árbitro pudiera ver la caída. The men continued wrestling on the floor before the referee was able to separate the men.

Muldoon’s seconds claimed a foul against Whistler for grabbing Muldoon’s leg, que fue una clara violación de las reglas grecorromanas. Se prohíbe cualquier bodega debajo de la cintura. The referee did not allow the foul as the action occurred out of the ring.

Después de unos minutos confusión, Los hombres volvieron a la lucha hasta que Whistler intentó levantar a Muldoon y cayeron hacia atrás. Muldoon pinned Whistler’s shoulders for the first fall after 48 minutes of action. Both men took a ten minute rest before resuming the match.

Whistler was more aggressive to begin the second fall. Whistler scored three near falls in the first 15 minutes but the referee did not call any of the near falls for Whistler. Clarence Whistler would not be denied however. After continuous wrestling of about 42 minutes, Whistler slammed Muldoon onto his back to end the second fall and tie the score.

The capacity crowd that attended the fight went wild as the previously impervious Muldoon lost a fall to Whistler. Whether the crowd reaction irritated him or his frustration with Whistler boiled over, William Muldoon terminaría este partido de manera brutal.

After several minutes of fierce wrestling, Muldoon lifted Whistler over his head and threw him towards the floor head first. Whistler evitó que su cabeza golpeara el piso pero aterrizó sobre su hombro izquierdo. Whistler attempted to re-engage but signaled to the referee that he was injured. A doctor looked at Whistler’s shoulder and diagnosed a broken shoulder-blade. The referee declared the match a draw due to Whistler’s inability to continue the match.

Muldoon protested that he should be declared the winner but gave Whistler half of the $2,000, when public opinion turned against him. Despite his strong showing, Whistler was not able to wrest the title from Muldoon in the future. Continuó siendo el retador más duro de Muldoon. Ellos lucharon por 7 Horas sin caídas en un partido.

William Muldoon would reign as champion for 6 more years before retiring to become America’s first celebrity trainer. He lived into his 80s and trained many statesmen, atletas y celebridades en su Olympia de la granja de salud del estado de Nueva York. Until the day he died, he would single out Clarence Whistler as his toughest challenger.

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