Ben Peterson - What was his relationship with Levan Tediashvili

Ben Peterson talks with Tony Black about his relationship on the mat and years later with Levan Tediashvili, the Russian wrestler who beat Ben and his brother John Peterson for Olympic Gold.

[@botchora]

Today we gave final applause to Mr. Levan Tediashvili. You are all Legends !!!

[@saurmags]

Two-time Olympic, four-time world and three-time European champion, legendary Georgian Palavan Levan Tediashvili died at the age of 75.

[@iliaortho]

Thanks Ben for sweet words about Levan. Both of you are great athlets

[@conrad862]

I wrestled Ben Peterson at Federation tournament at Hofstra University in 1978. He let me put him in a crossface cradle and pin him. I will cherish this memory forever.

[@patrickkanas3874]

Thanks for all the lessons Ben. Your camps made my summers

[@Caucasian_Shepherd]

Ben: "First, he's not a Russian, he's a Georgian".
USA Wrestling: "Levan Tediashvili, the Russian wrestler who beat Ben and his brother John Peterson for Olympic Gold".
Do you watch your own videos or not?

[@patrickkanas3874]

He told us that story a lot of times and it never got old

[@arbur4746]

what a classy guy! there was another great US-Georgian(Soviet) rivalry Bruce Baumgartner-David Gobejishvili

[@FightHopPodcast]

✊ from 🇬🇪 Never back to USSR

[@chrisvaughan2462]

Thank you for underlining the fact that Levan was Georgian and not russian!