Manjiro "Matty" Matsuda (1887–1929) [1] was a Judo practitioner who later became a professional wrestler.[2] Matsuda was born in Japan but emigrated to the United States, and wrestled in many different areas.[3] He was promoted by William Muldoon who also managed boxing heavyweight champion John Sullivan.[4] Matsuda wrestled many different opponents throughout his career.[4] He eventually became a champion by defeating Tiger Daly.[3] Matsuda later died as a result of injuries sustained in the ring against Basanta Sinzh.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com.
  2. ↑ "The Immigrant Experience: Asian Martial Arts in the United States and Canada, by Joseph R. Svinth". November 29, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Long, Trish. "El Paso wrestler Matty Matsuda was undefeated at Liberty Hall in 1920s". El Paso Times.
  4. 1 2 Green, Thomas A. (June 9, 2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842432 – via Google Books.
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