Magazine coverage of a battle between Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and Killer Kowalski from Montreal, Quebec – November 1962

Magazine coverage of a battle between Nature Boy Buddy Rogers and Killer Kowalski from Montreal, Quebec – November 1962

Killer Kowalski dominates his match against Buddy rogers from the beginning. He’s using every legal and illegal trick in his vast repertoire. In a matter of minutes Rogers has become a bloody mess.

Kowalski keeps battering away at Rogers until the referee finally ends the punishment. But Rogers, whose pride is hurt much more than his body, isn’t about to let it stop at this.

Buddy has grabbed a chair and is assaulting Kowalski with it! Killer is down, but Rogers refuses to stop. Men are pouring into the ring, trying to pull Rogers off the fallen wrestler!

Rogers is being dragged away from his victim but Kowalski isn’t moving. The referee has called for the stretcher and they’re holding Rogers back as Kowalski is carried to the waiting ambulance.

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Inside Wrestling Magazine May 1969 Issue – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Antonino Rocca

Inside Wrestling Magazine May 1969 Issue – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Antonino Rocca

Inside Wrestling Magazine – May 1963

Antonino Rocca vs. Buddy Rogers

February 17, 1963 – New York City

‘My Toughest Bout”

Written and approved by Antonino Rocca

The one thing Buddy Rogers could not stand was to have an opponent twist and bend his legs. I learned that the first time I was in the ring with Rogers, and everytime I was in with him after that I centered my attack on his legs. The reason i call this particular match in NEW York with Buddy “the toughest I haver had” is because he was ready for me then as he had never been ready before. He had figured out a defens for his legs and he bugged me with it all night. Every time I even looked at his legs he took a step towards me and brought his knee up into my body. During that whole bout I was never able to touch his legs. Of course he was fooling me all the time, and I kept asking the referee to disqualify him. But the referee let him get away with it. When I got back to the dressing room my body was covered in lumps and every time I look a breath it felt like somebody was sticking a knife into me. This a bouth a want to forget.

Rogers was a master at choking opponents in such a way that the referee seldom caught him in the act. I spit blood for a whole month after this bout. I worked a lot on Buddy’s arms with the idea of neutralizing his attacks. The stragegy slowed him down only a little. I knew I had him when I raised him to my shoulders bounced him up and down a few times, spun around as fast as I could to make him dizzy, then slammed him to the mat just as hard as I could. The first fall was mine. You can see the condition Rogers was in after he hit the floor. I should have walked away with his title that night and I would have had it if it had not been for a referee whom I still say was blind.

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TV Mat Title Tournament – Buddy Rogers

TV Mat Title Tournament – Buddy Rogers

TV Mat Title Tournament Program featuring Buddy Rogers and Nell Stewart

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Inside Wrestling Magazine May 1969 Issue – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Antonino Rocca

Inside Wrestling Magazine May 1969 Issue – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Antonino Rocca
Inside Wrestling Magazine May 1969 Issue – Nature Boy Buddy Rogers vs Antonino Rocca

Inside Wrestling Magazine – May 1963
Antonino Rocca vs. Buddy Rogers

February 17, 1963 – New York City

‘My Toughest Bout”
Written and approved by Antonino Rocca

The one thing Buddy Rogers could not stand was to have an opponent twist and bend his legs. I learned that the first time I was in the ring with Rogers, and everytime I was in with him after that I centered my attack on his legs. The reason i call this particular match in NEW York with Buddy “the toughest I haver had” is because he was ready for me then as he had never been ready before. He had figured out a defens for his legs and he bugged me with it all night. Every time I even looked at his legs he took a step towards me and brought his knee up into my body. During that whole bout I was never able to touch his legs. Of course he was fooling me all the time, and I kept asking the referee to disqualify him. But the referee let him get away with it. When I got back to the dressing room my body was covered in lumps and every time I look a breath it felt like somebody was sticking a knife into me. This a bouth a want to forget.

Rogers was a master at choking opponents in such a way that the referee seldom caught him in the act. I spit blood for a whole month after this bout. I worked a lot on Buddy’s arms with the idea of neutralizing his attacks. The stragegy slowed him down only a little. I knew I had him when I raised him to my shoulders bounced him up and down a few times, spun around as fast as I could to make him dizzy, then slammed him to the mat just as hard as I could. The first fall was mine. You can see the condition Rogers was in after he hit the floor. I should have walked away with his title that night and I would have had it if it had not been for a referee whom I still say was blind.

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