Evan Lewis

United States
Born 1860-05-24
Died 1919-11-03

Also known as

Strangler Lewis

Description

American catch wrestler, "Strangler" Lewis, the first recognised American heavyweight champion and known for the stranglehold.

Honours (1)

  • receipt_longAmerican Heavyweight Champion Probable
    Probable
    Wikipedia only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    Title
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Wikipedia only.
    “Evan Lewis (May 24, 1860 – November 3, 1919) was an American professional wrestler who was the first recognized American Heavyweight Champion”
    — Evan Lewis (wrestler) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“In North America, prominent turn-of-the-century wrestlers included Evan “Strangler” Lewis (1860–1919), Martin “Farmer” Burns (1861–1937), Tom Jenkins (1872–1957), and Frank Gotch (1878–1917).”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM3CQNAKVH0VG9YB12
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Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Evan Lewis. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM3CQNAKVH0VG9YB12 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5JVVMHM3CQNAKVH0VG9YB12, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Evan Lewis}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JVVMHM3CQNAKVH0VG9YB12}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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