Love boxing and wrestling. Love the fights and fighters. Love the action. Can't get enough of the competition. Long live sports and athletes.

What makes these matches is Russ Davis commentary.

Verne really sells for Eric, makes you believe Yukon Eric is so powerful he can't be beat.

Damn, Yukon Eric is HUGE!!! 💪

Great match. Some guys today could learn from this: A great match takes great storytelling, regardless of how many backflips a guy can do.

Many many years ago my brother picked up Yukon Eric, who was hitchhiking barefoot. Brother Ed said he was a pleasant fella during their few miles they rode together.

EXCELLENT STUFF! 2 tough badass dudes right here...

as great a wrestler as verne was, he learned a few lessons from this big ol' yukon boy.

damn! Yukon takes those hard right fists to his gut from Verne and never even grunts... dude is ALL man

Vern could be surprisingly quick back then. Guess I'm more used to watch old Vern because I wasn't expecting flying head scissors or any quick moments from him.

It had to be tough for Verne here. Yukon Eric works about as good as The Great Khali. But Verne's trying to make lemonade out of it.

Vern looks like he's in his 50's in this match and he's not even 30 yet.

They must be joking. Yukon Eric is more powerful that his 220 pound lightweight. For 5 years, when I was 10 years old living in East York, Yukon Eric liver on the same block as me, just around the corner. He drove a 1958 Lincoln Continental Mark 111. It was a pink convertible. Too bad he had no one to turn to in his time of need! Yukon Eric was a graduate of the University of Washington. He had a 66 inch chest! Both brains and braun! Yukon Eric's yard was filled with pear trees, and one day his wife came out the back door, saw me, and said to me " better not let my husband see you up there!" Sure enough, the pink Lincoln came down the driveway and a giant steeped out! Glad he never looked around the yard, just went in the house!

Great match. Especially liked Eric's big bearhugs at 22:35, 23:23 and 25:15 .

The split open was accident or fake?

Did these films come from the old Dumont system?

I wonder if Eric was actually the stronger wrestler of his era.

Yukon Eric had a huge upper body . I wonder what his chest measured at ? His back was very wide.

Fantastic match but the finish is strange. I assume Eric is disqualified for punching Gagne in the corner, but not only was there no count initiated, but it came seconds after Gagne punched Eric repeatedly in the corner for a lot longer than that

All-natural men. No steroids and growth hormones like today. Yukon Eric could bench-press over 500 pounds. What today's growth hormones he be six or seven hundred pounds

Better than todays crap.

Max, you know this is a work, right?

豊登と同じにナチュラルな怪力レスラー🎵♥️ジョナサンをはじめカナダのレスラーが誇りとする伝説の強豪ですね🎵♥️

It was a pleasure seeing Verne getting his ass kicked through the match...It always is. In typical fashion Verne was being pummeled and guess what..yep..he won. Also holding titles as a 60 year old skinny man is ridiculous and pathetic.

Hot Bearhug 22:34