At a Minnesota Wrestling Camp my son asked Sergei why he came out of retirement. He said he was coaching the next batch of wrestlers at his weight and none of them could beat him so he put the best wrestler in his weight class on the mat.
۱۴ مسابقه کجا بود سرگئی ۵۷ بود جان ۶۲ اینا هیچوقت بهم نخوردن اینا ی دوره مسابقه برای صلح و دوستی بین امریکا و شوروی بود سرگئی ۸۸ خدافظی کرد با ۸ تا طلا جهانو المپیک جان اسمیت تازه ۸۶ ب مدال رسید پ بی زحمت پرتو پلا نگین
I was at this match. It was held in Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena. The evening was filled with great matches, but this was the last and marquis match-up. I got to meet both of these guys in my life and both were gracious and nice gentlemen
wow ! thanks for this video I live in iran and I love wrestling but this important fight did not show in iran and many years I was looking forward to see this match😊😊
You can only wish to see matches like this. No one taking the foot off the gas to sit on a lead. If every wrestling match was put on to this pace people might actually come watch.
Smith at his absolute peak. One of the most impressive matches i've ever seen. Smith was so good at the NCAA style offence which is to attack until your opponent just dies from exhaustion. John didn't change at all when he went to senior freestyle. Amazing
The offense/defense exchanges starting at 4:15 and going for a fierce 15-16 seconds is some of the finest wrestling I've ever seen. Arguably, the two greatest wrestlers in history going toe to toe, simply breathtaking to witness.
Dani Alyunis Im not sure you know your wrestling history my man. But both of these TOP Wrestlers are each 2 time Olympic Champions! And multi world champions. So yes these 2 are legends and definatly top 10 of all time.
I remember when all international matches between the U.S. and Russia looked like this. Pure war. These two attacked just about more than the entire free-style olympics under the new rules.
@darrenmillerz John is one of the greatest U.S. wrestlers ever. as demonstrated in this clip, he is very technically sound. and his Oklahoma State wrestlers are very well coached.
this just goes goes to show you that you just need a good move, just one or two perfected and performed as fast as this and no doubt you will succeed. this is what i want to acheve as well and this video will be the key!2016 Olympics!
I guess the question is who would win in their prime . Sergei was a phenom at 57 kg and he was 4 years out of retirement, but he still gives a good reckoning. But smith s style was hard to beat . I remember at the Korean pre Olympic tournament i was cutting weight two nights before and happened into the Korean club practice . Smith ripped through one guy after another starting at 48 kg and working all the way to 90kg. He was doing a lot of low singles .. unstoppable
Two of the best of all time. Sergei wrestled at 125 so John had the weight advantage. I was at Sergei’s wrestling camp. His techniques worked well for me.
Seriously. I cant think of many better than this. Kenny Monday vs Arsen Fadzayev---Monday vs B Saitiev---Artur Taymazov vs Bilyal Makhov---Kevin Jackson vs Rasul Khadem Azghadi---This match has got to be the highest medal count though.
Anyone who thinks John Smith only hit low singles, lol. His high crotch to the other side was absolutely deadly. Hitting it three times in a row against one of the greatest wrestlers of all time Sergei Beloglazov (8 time world gold; two Olympic and six World Championships) is no small feat.
+slowjoe108 They didn't even medal at the same weight. Sergei won all his medals at -57 kgs, while John Smith competed at -62. In the same ballpark, but each kilogram makes a lot of difference at the lower weights.
I think this was an exhibition match, and I think they were going to stop anything that looked sketchy, also depending on the era the rules change and some holds from the 80's and 90's that werent legal are now legal and vice a versa.
Everyone seems to forget that Sergei was wrestling almost 12lbs up in weight class and coming out of retirement. I don't think this was a championship as the title states but a show meet. Love both guys but Smith was HUGE compared to Beloglosov. Just saying.
i doubt anyone who saw this match live or purchased the vhs tape of the entire dual meet doesn't realize that it was an older sergei and he was about 15 pounds lighter on the mat. both are legends.
What Do You Think? Is John Smith One of Our Top Freestyle Olympic And World Champion? If not let us know. I coached John at The 1983 World Jr. In Chicago. WorldEspoir twenty and under In Canada and took him several times to Tbilisi Championships a year later he won Six Medals in a row with Two Olympic Golds and Four World Championships ending his career at 26 years old.
Would have liked to see Smith in one more Olympics. What a dominating athlete. I'd be curious to see stats on records over the past 20 years. Wondering if he was the most dominant in terms of won/loss and would also be curious to see point stats. For every point against, it seems like he would have 4-5 of his own.
@@duncanmacleod2136 Right. Wasn't thinking of Greco. Karelin should have finished undefeated. I'm all for the US but that match had some new rules where you couldn't unlock your grip or something strange like that? It seemed strange to me.
@@duncanmacleod2136 I wrestled back in the 80's and have only been following the sport on occasion since then but will check out this match you're referring to.
@@stampscapes I wrestled in the 90s and 2000’s but my coach was older and he would tell me and my twin brother about different matches and he let us borrow a tape of Olympic champs vs Olympic champs and Kenny Monday beats Dave Shultz real bad on that then Monday gets beat pretty good by Satiev and I talked to him about the Satiev vs. Brandon Slay match and he said Slay winning the Olympic title was one of the biggest upsets in sports. After he beat Satiev he got beat in the finals but the guy failed his drug test so he became champ then retired kinda early. Slay never even won the ncaas. Satiev Slay and karelin gardner are both in the house 2000 Olympics like 24 hours apart. That was a rough Olympics for Russia’s wrestling. Well kinda, they still had 6 champs and won very handily. We only had two and we were second overall
It is a pity that the USSR did not participate in the 1984 Olympiad. there the Beloglazov brothers showed a good result. It is a pity that in 1980 the United States did not come to the Olympics in Moscow. it would be interesting to see
Satiev was also a master technician but in a heavier weight class so difficult to compare. Beloglozov was also wrestling a full weight class higher and a number of years past his prime. I rank Beloglozov, Smith and Satiev as 3 of the best wrestlers in history (there are others) but it's difficult to compare them with each other.
I agree with you, tough to compare, and it also depends on style match up. Smith had a style that was tough to match up with. Beloglozov, Smith and Satiev were innovators and good for long periods of time. Others have been better over one or two years but those guys did it over many years and that is truly greatness.
Beloglasov is, by wrestling standards, and old man who was coaching only at the time and I believe stopped competing. Beloglasov wipes the mat with him if younger.
