Павле Понс, Кафу рвања Старс

Павле Понс је грчко-римским стилом шампион Француске у 1890. Он је освојио турнир у Фолиес-Бергерес пре победе на турниру у Русији у 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Понс капитализује на овом озлоглашености отварањем теретану да тренира рвача и јаких мушкараца.

Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of his age. Paul Pons was born in 1864 чинећи га 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’ biographers claimed Pons won other World Championships after 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

Several European countries held wrestling tournaments throughout the year. When a wrestler won one of the tournaments, he often claimed to be the World Champion. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", the recognized World Champion from 1901 до 1908 was George Hackenschmidt. Pons never defeated Hackenschmidt. Pons normally finished second or third in the tournaments “Пијук” entered.

Paul Pons was a giant of a man. He stood between 6’05” to 6’06” висок и тежак 260 pounds in his prime. Pons was most famous for proving the legitimacy of up-and-coming wrestling stars. When George Hackenschmidt beat Paul Pons, the wrestling community knew he was a serious contendor for the World Championship.

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, who won the French wrestling championship many times. George Hackenschmidt considered Constant a tough challenger.

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Paul Pons Plaque in France

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

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