保羅·龐斯, 摔跤明星機

保羅·龐斯是法國在19世紀90年代的古典式摔跤冠軍. 他在女神遊樂，Bergeres贏得俄羅斯在比賽之前，贏得了比賽 1898. 這些勝利使他獲得了世界希臘羅馬摔跤冠軍. 龐斯利用了這個惡名打開一個健身房訓練的摔跤手和強壯的男人.

龐斯’ victory was particularly remarkable because of his age. Paul Pons was born in 1864 making him 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.

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. 然而, the recognized World Champion from 1901 至 1908 was George Hackenschmidt. Pons never defeated Hackenschmidt. Pons normally finished second or third in the tournaments “哈克” entered.

Paul Pons was a giant of a man. He stood between 6’05” to 6’06” 身高，體重 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.

在 1915, Paul Pons died at 49 歲以下. What caused his death or if it was related to World World I, I have not been able to find. 不幸的是, Pons is not well known outside of his native France today.

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