Gobar Goho
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Gobar Goho was a notable practitioner of Pehlwani from India. Gobar Goho is best known for his world heavyweight championship win against catch wrestler Ad Santel. The world heavyweight championship bout took place in 1922 in San Francisco.
In addition being the world heavyweight champion, Ad Santel was also the self proclaimed World Judo Champion at the time, a title he proclaimed on the basis of defeating champion Judokas from the Kodokan hall in Japan from 1914 till 1921.
Gobar Goho was the first Asian to win a World Heavyweight Championship in the United States.
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- Abridged wrestling events History.
- A copy of the original "The Japanese Pro-Wrestling / Reality Based Martial Art Connection" article by Sam Chan
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