Administrator 22 Report post Posted April 8, 2020 More current and archived matches at Themat.tv 2 1 2td3nf, Gantry and GranbyTroll reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mostTD 33 Report post Posted April 8, 2020 Thank you for this content. It's awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,708 Report post Posted April 8, 2020 Such great finishing technique by Smith, goodness. Was Bohay born in Canada? Most of their world level men's freestyle medalists grew up somewhere else. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alwayswrestling 206 Report post Posted April 8, 2020 Thanks, great reminder on how tough/slick Smith was! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2td3nf 546 Report post Posted April 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Alwayswrestling said: Thanks, great reminder on how tough/slick Smith was! Yeah, that was another nice match from John Smith. Guy was a hammer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachWrestling 327 Report post Posted April 9, 2020 These videos are awesome. The quality is amazing for an 80s match. Please keep them coming I am loving it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PinFallRecruit 69 Report post Posted April 9, 2020 19 hours ago, Gantry said: Such great finishing technique by Smith, goodness. Was Bohay born in Canada? Most of their world level men's freestyle medalists grew up somewhere else. He was born in Canada. Apparently a doctor down in AZ right now too. Went to ASU where he was an AA in 83'. 2 GranbyTroll and Gantry reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
77again 109 Report post Posted April 12, 2020 Gary Bohay grew up in Southern California. He went to Fountain Valley HS and wrestled his freshman and sophomore years at UCLA, after which they dropped the program in 1980. He subsequently transferred to Arizona State and wrestled for the great Bobby Douglas. He was arguably favored to win the NCAAs in 1981 @ 126lbs but completely blew out his knee in the PAC12 championships that year. Dan Cuestas (whom Bohay had beaten twice that year) won the NCAAs that year and in 1982, while Bohay recovered from a complete reconstruction of his knee. In 1983 Bohay returned to ASU lineup and made the NCAA finals at 126 but lost a 5-2 decision to Iowa's Barry Davis, who had moved up from 118. He had dual US/Canadian citizenship and wrestled on numerous Canadian world teams. He was in Med School when he wrestled John Smith in the World finals. Gary is currently a internal medicine physician in Tuscon, AZ. 2 PinFallRecruit and Gantry reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,708 Report post Posted April 13, 2020 Thanks for the info 77again, wow! Can you imagine being in fricking medical school and training senior freestyle? Pulling off a world silver during those conditions is pretty amazing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
77again 109 Report post Posted April 13, 2020 Yes, it takes a rare student/athlete to pull that off. Another one was Wayne Wells who passed his bar exam right around the 72 Olympics, where he won Gold at 163lbs. What a couple of studs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
