Marc Fisher said: “Craig you always talk about Dudaev's positioning in a defensive style and for good reason. But Offensively, though I believe Sergei is perhaps the best at initiating moves and holds, while staying or working to be in the best position. I also believe him to be , along with John Smith, perhaps the highest scoring freestyler I have seen out of the "freestyle gods." He has the ability to think like a chess player (I'll bet he is good at that too) at a high rate of speed, and attack an opponent using a vast array of set-ups, all the while staying in beautiful position. He may be the best of all-time, and perhaps one of the least athletic (compared to the other greats) in that discussion. Craig, how many times did he and Jordanov go at it, if ever?”
I think all of those "gods" scored a lot of points. Fadzaev, Saitiev, Jordanov, Khadartsev -- Each was extremely dominant. Fadzaev and Khadartsev had one or two World Championships where they did not surrender a single point.
I do not believe Sergei and jordanov ever faced each other. Jordanov did wrestle Anatoli and beat him at the 1983 Worlds in Kiev, Jordanov's first World title. I believe they wrestled another time and Anatoli beat him. Not sure though.
What makes you think Sergei was un-athletic?
Craig you always talk about Dudaev's positioning in a defensive style and for good reason. But Offensively, though I believe Sergei is perhaps the best at initiating moves and holds, while staying or working to be in the best position. I also believe him to be , along with John Smith, perhaps the highest scoring freestyler I have seen out of the "freestyle gods." He has the ability to think like a chess player (I'll bet he is good at that too) at a high rate of speed, and attack an opponent using a vast array of set-ups, all the while staying in beautiful position. He may be the best of all-time, and perhaps one of the least athletic (compared to the other greats) in that discussion. Craig, how many times did he and Jordanov go at it, if ever?
Anonymous Coward said: “shoulda shown the lewis match! where he pins the russian in rapid city! he came and spent the evening with my h.s team this year and was telling us about his stories. absolutely moving.”
shoulda shown the lewis match! where he pins the russian in rapid city! he came and spent the evening with my h.s team this year and was telling us about his stories. absolutely moving.
This week I am choosing the 57 kg bout from the 1980 USA/USSR Dual in Rapid City, SD between Sergei Beloglazov and Joe Corso.
Beloglazov is arguably one of the greatest wrestlers ever. Definitely one of the most dominant. I believe he had one or two World Championships where he pinned all of his opponents.
His technique is almost flawless. He is a master at controlling the tie and working set ups. He is one of the best I've seen at working one side of his opponent only to open up an attack to the other side.
Corso on the other hand is long and lanky and very difficult to score on. He was the 1976 Olympian for the United States and was also 3rd in the World in 1979.
This match shows why Beloglazov is one of the greatest. This was very early in his career, before he even won his first world title. He was only 23 at the time of this match. He won the Olympics later that year. As good as he looked here, it's amazing to see how much better he actually was in the mid to late 80s.
Beloglazov shows a wide variety of attacks including an ankle pick, ankle lace, double leg, and a very nice leg lace throw to secure the fall.
“Craig,
Do you have any video of John Azevedo?”
Do you have any video of John Azevedo?
“Craig you always talk about Dudaev's positioning in a defensive style and for good reason. But Offensively, though I believe Sergei is perhaps the best at initiating moves and holds, while staying or working to be in the best position. I also believe him to be , along with John Smith, perhaps the highest scoring freestyler I have seen out of the "freestyle gods." He has the ability to think like a chess player (I'll bet he is good at that too) at a high rate of speed, and attack an opponent using a vast array of set-ups, all the while staying in beautiful position. He may be the best of all-time, and perhaps one of the least athletic (compared to the other greats) in that discussion. Craig, how many times did he and Jordanov go at it, if ever?”
I do not believe Sergei and jordanov ever faced each other. Jordanov did wrestle Anatoli and beat him at the 1983 Worlds in Kiev, Jordanov's first World title. I believe they wrestled another time and Anatoli beat him. Not sure though.
What makes you think Sergei was un-athletic?
Thanks
i wasnt being a downer i just saw rapid city against USSR and thought about it
“shoulda shown the lewis match! where he pins the russian in rapid city! he came and spent the evening with my h.s team this year and was telling us about his stories. absolutely moving.”
http://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrest/start.php
Freestyle = LL
"NICE.. Sh!t."
Beloglazov is arguably one of the greatest wrestlers ever. Definitely one of the most dominant. I believe he had one or two World Championships where he pinned all of his opponents.
His technique is almost flawless. He is a master at controlling the tie and working set ups. He is one of the best I've seen at working one side of his opponent only to open up an attack to the other side.
Corso on the other hand is long and lanky and very difficult to score on. He was the 1976 Olympian for the United States and was also 3rd in the World in 1979.
This match shows why Beloglazov is one of the greatest. This was very early in his career, before he even won his first world title. He was only 23 at the time of this match. He won the Olympics later that year. As good as he looked here, it's amazing to see how much better he actually was in the mid to late 80s.
Beloglazov shows a wide variety of attacks including an ankle pick, ankle lace, double leg, and a very nice leg lace throw to secure the fall.
Enjoy.