Paul Pons, Creatore di Wrestling Stars

Paolo Pons è stato il campione di wrestling greco-romana di Francia nel 1890. Ha vinto un torneo al Folies-Bergeres, prima di vincere un torneo in Russia nel 1898. Queste vittorie gli hanno permesso di rivendicare il campionato mondiale di lotta greco-romana. Pons capitalizzato su questa notorietà aprendo una palestra di lottatori treni e uomini forti.

Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of his age. Paul Pons was born in 1864 facendolo 34 years old at the time of his victory. While he was not ancient by grappling standards, he was getting up there. Several of Pons’ i biografi hanno affermato che Pons ha vinto altri campionati del mondo dopo 1898 but many of these claims are hard to prove.

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Paul Pons With His World Championship Belt from the Public Domain

Diversi paesi europei hanno organizzato tornei di wrestling durante tutto l'anno. When a wrestler won one of the tournaments, he often claimed to be the World Champion. Tuttavia, the recognized World Champion from 1901 a 1908 was George Hackenschmidt. Pons never defeated Hackenschmidt. Pons normalmente è arrivato secondo o terzo nei tornei “Hack” entered.

Paul Pons was a giant of a man. He stood between 6’05” a 6’06” tall and weighed 260 pounds in his prime. Pons era famoso soprattutto per aver dimostrato la legittimità di star del wrestling emergenti. When George Hackenschmidt beat Paul Pons, la comunità del wrestling sapeva che era un serio contendente per il campionato del mondo.

Paul Pons made stars in the ring but he also made stars in the gym. One of his pupils was Constant LeVaux, Constant the Butcher, che ha vinto più volte il campionato francese di wrestling. George Hackenschmidt considered Constant a tough challenger.

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Paul Pons Plaque in France

In 1915, Paul Pons died at 49 anni. What caused his death or if it was related to World World I, I have not been able to find. Sfortunatamente, Pons is not well known outside of his native France today.

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