Ali Ahmet Çapraz

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Ali Ahmet Çapraz (1911 in Kılıçköy / Nozharovo near Razgrad, Bulgaria -deceased ) is a retired Turkish wrestler with a claim to being undefeated in professional wrestling.[1] He is known widely with the nickname Alamet Pehlivan to Turkish public and used the alias Ali Bey for his international professional wrestling career.

Early life and career[]

Çapraz trained in oil wrestling from a young age and immigrated to Turkey clandestinely in 1932. He was settled in Lüleburgaz and later moved to İstanbul. Çapraz had participated in prestigious Turkish tournaments such as Kırkpınar. Although a member of the Turkish national team that would later participate in the 1950 World Wrestling Championships, he was expelled due to an alleged breach of discipline.[2] Çapraz then moved to Britain and decided to start a career in professional wrestling.[2]

Çapraz defeated Lebanese wrestler Ali Musa at a World Heavyweight title match[3] held in Beirut on January 31, 1948.[1] He later travelled to many countries and was known for his feuds with Greek, French, and American wrestlers[2] such as Karpozilos, Iliyazi, Bagras, and Kosta Natail.[3]

Personal life[]

As of 2001, Çapraz and his second wife (married in 1979)[3] were living in Bandırma where he settled after retirement.[2] He died sometime between 2001 to 2006. Archived (Date missing) at slam.canoe.com (Error: unknown archive URL)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dünya Pankreas Şampiyonu 100 Yaşında Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, CNN Türk, 20 September 2004
  2. ^ a b c d Alamet Pehlivan Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Analiz, April 2001
  3. ^ a b c Ali Bey profile at Obsessed with Wrestling


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