Our heavy weight in Junior College had to wrestle Chris Taylor. Our heay weight was at least 225 lbs. He would not go unto the mat to wrestle Chris. We had to push him onto the mat. Our heavy weight tried to tackle him, bounced off Chris, and ran off the mat to the locker room. I never forgot it.
I think these type of heavyweights like Taylor Thacker Shelton Yarbrough Jackson do not get enough credit. It always seems that the ones commenting about them are ones who never had to wrestle them.
I went to the Midlands tournament with two heavyweights and another wrestler. One 230# heavyweight from JC got rolled by Chris and screamed as he went under Chris and got pinned. The other heavyweight was a freshman 235# at Iowa. He had Chris on his back and then Chris got his hand in the crotch and flipped him through the air and pinned him. He was very strong to do that.
i mean whats the point. it was an obvious flaw in the rules. This dude should have never been allowed to wrestle in the first place, and he still got suplayed lmao.
i was reserve at muskegon wrestler n met this wrestler in 1971 or therabouts at home from iowa. doug diga introduced me. nice guy he was..mr. taylor. . Always saddened me that he passed so young.
Chris also wrestled at Muskegon college where I wrestled. Chris also wrestled my highschool coach John Major at the Olympic trials. I believe Coach lost in the finals to him and was the Olympic alternate. If there was a 280lb max weight as there is now. My coach would have went to the Olympics instead of Chris.
Thanks for sharing this. First time seeing it. I watched him wrestle a few times in Ames. I still have his autograph somewhere. He was a gentle giant. Sad he died so young.
I would like to comment on the one who said safe to say wrestling has evolved. I will bet that the one who said that has never wrestled a 400 pounder plus who can move like Taylor! Every thing goes out the window that is typical to a normal wrestling match. One wrong move and its over. One cannot imagine the power these guys like Thacker Yarbrough etc had. I know i wrestled them. I wonder if the guy did who made that comment?
My dad and I flew to Seattle to watch the tournament at the UW in "73. Taylor was there. I walk over to were he was sitting and sat down beside him. I was 17 and 6' 2". He was 6' 8" 450lbs. He was so big I had to lookup at him! Just a hell of a nice guy! Real class! Had a picture with me sitting with him and got his autograph! He was a giant!
Maybe my memory is going bad because I was only about 11 or 12 at the time But I think Chris Taylor won the bronze medal at the 72 Olympics Maybe I’m wrong
I was too young to remember, maybe 10 or 11 but we had a big HWT from my home town in southern,MN that was about 6-7" and 270pounds. He was a solid wrestler that competed at state. He went on to wrestle at Mankato State University (now Minnesota State) and some older guys from my town said they all went down to Mankato to watch him wrestle Chris Taylor. who at the time was very well known. He proceeded to lose by a decision and they said it was a moral victory that he was one of the few that did not lose to him by fall.
Nothing better than some big boy weight classes. When is the NCAA gonna wake up and get rid of the 88 pound differential between 197 and 285. Good God add a 225 at 2:50 275 unlimited get rid of some of these little guys weights that are like 8 pounds apart ridiculous
You clearly havent wrestled competitively or maybe at all before. FYI... there is no 8 lb difference in weight class after 165 (157, 165, 174, 184, 197...). And 8 lbs is very significant in the lower and mid weights to not only cutting weight but in strength of a guy who is 8lbs heavier. Ask any lighter weight wrestler if it matters (assuming they are ranked and decent) and you wont get anyone to agree with you...including coaches. Not in total disagreement about after 197 but lower weights feel the weight difference a LOT more than heavyweights.
It’s not 1932 anymore, stunting peoples growth, forcing them into these tiny little weight classes, with under 10 pounds difference between classes is ridiculously outdated and forcing somebody to go from 197 to 285 Is equally unhealthy. 125, 138, 150 163, 175, 188, 200, 225, 250, 300!!!!
I’d like see 220/225 added, but title 9 killed that years ago.not enough scholarships to go around. It also killed men’s wrestling at many schools. I have nothing against women’s sports and especially enjoy volleyball. Did you know for instance men’s basketball is limited to 12 scholarships but women’s basketball gets 14? At least that was the case the last I looked.
Yep. Chris Taylor had a four year run in the AWA before retiring due to chronic health problems. He died in 1979 from cardiovascular problems. Wojciechowski, like many amateurs at that point in time, transitioned to the pro ranks after the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics due to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Dick the Bruiser trained him in pro styles and booked him under the name "The Great Wojo". After retiring from the pro ranks, he went back to coaching high school wrestling. Even after suffering a dissected aorta while demonstrating a move on a heavyweight team member, he recovered and returned to coaching.
What qualifies as being in "terrible shape?" They are competing at the top levels of their sport, so they are in great shape. You seem to have a bodybuilder mentality.
It isn't one of the more exciting amateur bouts I've ever seen. However, these were the two top amateur collegiate wrestlers in the country at that time competing for the NCAA Championship here. Chris Taylor was just so huge that you couldn't do anything against him. Wojo gave away 150 pounds and a height advantage to Taylor. It was an absolute mismatch.
Our heavy weight in Junior College had to wrestle Chris Taylor. Our heay weight was at least 225 lbs. He would not go unto the mat to wrestle Chris. We had to push him onto the mat. Our heavy weight tried to tackle him, bounced off Chris, and ran off the mat to the locker room. I never forgot it.
I think these type of heavyweights like Taylor Thacker Shelton Yarbrough Jackson do not get enough credit. It always seems that the ones commenting about them are ones who never had to wrestle them.
I went to the Midlands tournament with two heavyweights and another wrestler. One 230# heavyweight from JC got rolled by Chris and screamed as he went under Chris and got pinned. The other heavyweight was a freshman 235# at Iowa. He had Chris on his back and then Chris got his hand in the crotch and flipped him through the air and pinned him. He was very strong to do that.
i mean whats the point. it was an obvious flaw in the rules. This dude should have never been allowed to wrestle in the first place, and he still got suplayed lmao.
Wow. Cool untrue story. Wierdo
Imagine having to cut weight 24/7 and having Chris Taylor just laugh at you and you couldn’t do anything about it. 😂
Safe to say, wrestling has evolved.
Kubuki dance
still wrestling
i was reserve at muskegon wrestler n met this wrestler in 1971 or therabouts at home from iowa. doug diga introduced me. nice guy he was..mr. taylor. . Always saddened me that he passed so young.
Chris also wrestled at Muskegon college where I wrestled. Chris also wrestled my highschool coach John Major at the Olympic trials. I believe Coach lost in the finals to him and was the Olympic alternate. If there was a 280lb max weight as there is now. My coach would have went to the Olympics instead of Chris.
Sometimes I feel bad for guys that are like 6'6" and 325 that cannot wrestle, then I see this and I am glad they cap it at 285
Wojo was a great wrestler, but Taylor was about twice his weight. It's tough to spot a man 6" in height and 240 lbs.!
This is Great, never seen Wojo before. Supposedly, he's the 2nd best Ohio hwt ever behind Fickell.
Rowlands & Fox as well.
Thanks for sharing this. First time seeing it. I watched him wrestle a few times in Ames. I still have his autograph somewhere. He was a gentle giant. Sad he died so young.
I would like to comment on the one who said safe to say wrestling has evolved. I will bet that the one who said that has never wrestled a 400 pounder plus who can move like Taylor! Every thing goes out the window that is typical to a normal wrestling match. One wrong move and its over. One cannot imagine the power these guys like Thacker Yarbrough etc had. I know i wrestled them. I wonder if the guy did who made that comment?
My dad and I flew to Seattle to watch the tournament at the UW in "73. Taylor was there. I walk over to were he was sitting and sat down beside him. I was 17 and 6' 2". He was 6' 8" 450lbs. He was so big I had to lookup at him! Just a hell of a nice guy! Real class! Had a picture with me sitting with him and got his autograph! He was a giant!
Taylor was a machine. If he wrestled today he’d probably major someone like Gable Steveson.
Probably. 🤣🤣🤣
Maybe my memory is going bad because I was only about 11 or 12 at the time
But I think Chris Taylor won the bronze medal at the 72 Olympics
Maybe I’m wrong
maybe google
@@KQwest98 maybe stuff it
I was right
He got front suplayed and pinned by the west German heavyweight in semis
You’re right he was a 1972 Olympic bronze medalist at super heavyweight.
The speed is wrong right? It's running slow?
Yea I immediately bumped it up to 1.25x then 1.5x
It’s due to the frame rate of the old footage not being corrected
Are they wrestling in slow motion?
haaaahaaaa.maybe
no he is so fat it just looks like slow motion
The tape is in slow motion due to a bad transfer from film. Bump the speed up to 1.25 or 1.5.
I was too young to remember, maybe 10 or 11 but we had a big HWT from my home town in southern,MN that was about 6-7" and 270pounds. He was a solid wrestler that competed at state. He went on to wrestle at Mankato State University (now Minnesota State) and some older guys from my town said they all went down to Mankato to watch him wrestle Chris Taylor. who at the time was very well known. He proceeded to lose by a decision and they said it was a moral victory that he was one of the few that did not lose to him by fall.
In the past when Heavy Weight meant unlimited. That weight class no longer exists. The big men can no longer compete due to a maximum weight limit.
Nothing better than some big boy weight classes. When is the NCAA gonna wake up and get rid of the 88 pound differential between 197 and 285. Good God add a 225 at 2:50 275 unlimited get rid of some of these little guys weights that are like 8 pounds apart ridiculous
You clearly havent wrestled competitively or maybe at all before. FYI... there is no 8 lb difference in weight class after 165 (157, 165, 174, 184, 197...). And 8 lbs is very significant in the lower and mid weights to not only cutting weight but in strength of a guy who is 8lbs heavier. Ask any lighter weight wrestler if it matters (assuming they are ranked and decent) and you wont get anyone to agree with you...including coaches. Not in total disagreement about after 197 but lower weights feel the weight difference a LOT more than heavyweights.
It’s not 1932 anymore, stunting peoples growth, forcing them into these tiny little weight classes, with under 10 pounds difference between classes is ridiculously outdated and forcing somebody to go from 197 to 285 Is equally unhealthy. 125, 138, 150 163, 175, 188, 200, 225, 250, 300!!!!
I’d like see 220/225 added, but title 9 killed that years ago.not enough scholarships to go around. It also killed men’s wrestling at many schools.
I have nothing against women’s sports and especially enjoy volleyball.
Did you know for instance men’s basketball is limited to 12 scholarships but women’s basketball gets 14? At least that was the case the last I looked.
@@g.t.richardson6311How many scholarships does women's football get?
At least now, we're seeing Iowa with a women's wrestling program.
@@caseyclausen2627 how many men’s scholarships does field hockey get
both eventually turned to professional wrestling?
Yep. Chris Taylor had a four year run in the AWA before retiring due to chronic health problems. He died in 1979 from cardiovascular problems.
Wojciechowski, like many amateurs at that point in time, transitioned to the pro ranks after the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics due to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Dick the Bruiser trained him in pro styles and booked him under the name "The Great Wojo".
After retiring from the pro ranks, he went back to coaching high school wrestling. Even after suffering a dissected aorta while demonstrating a move on a heavyweight team member, he recovered and returned to coaching.
Wow the big guy was 460??? At first I thought that these guys were normal sized and just in terrible shape.
What qualifies as being in "terrible shape?" They are competing at the top levels of their sport, so they are in great shape. You seem to have a bodybuilder mentality.
Wojciechowski was normal sized. Chris was 460 and 6 foot 5.
Loved when he got suplexed at the Olympics
I saw this match,
Chris had enormous technique for such a big man, Joe Woodell
lmao you have to be joking bro, what technique? the 150 extra pound he had on everyone?
I would love to see that guy vs modern slim wrestlers... Stevenson
this guy wouldnt make it to college today
No. He’s too heavy. Back then heavyweight was unlimited.
@@joesteck6631 he wouldn’t even make it against normal hvys
Unfortunately, Chris didn't even make it to middle age. He died at the age of 29, about seven years after this footage.
No offense to these guys really but this looks like a junior high school wrestling match. They have absolutely no idea how to wrestle.
It isn't one of the more exciting amateur bouts I've ever seen. However, these were the two top amateur collegiate wrestlers in the country at that time competing for the NCAA Championship here.
Chris Taylor was just so huge that you couldn't do anything against him. Wojo gave away 150 pounds and a height advantage to Taylor. It was an absolute mismatch.
It's slowed down because of age of video transfer