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| Koca Yusuf Who-is-who in oilwrestling By Mohamed el-Fers for Türkevi of the Amsterdams Kirkpinar |
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Koca Yusuf was born in 1857 in the village of Sumnu near Deliorman in Bulgaria. In 1885 he defeated Kel Alico at the Edirne Kirkpinar and got the Gold Belt. He defeated all the wrestle-champions in Europa and went to America to defeat Robert the Champion of America and becoming the Universal Champion of wrestling pn the 21st of May 1898. On his return to Turkey his ship sank on the 4th of June 1898 and Koca Yusuf died. Do you have more information, adittions or nice
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