We regret to inform that the wrestling legend Anthony Enoch He has died at the age of 79 following a difficult fight once morest cardiac amyloidosis. Yahoo! Japan was the first media to make this news official. Inoki had been hospitalized multiple times since 2020 due to his health condition. The former fighter and politician was hospitalized one last time in recent days. Several wrestling personalities have expressed their condolences for the unfortunate death.
After a difficult childhood and adolescence, Muhammad Hussain Inoki he began training in the 1960s under the wing of Rikidozan. After a twelve-year career within the JWA, Inoki decided to leave it in 1971 and fundar New Japan Pro-Wrestling, a company that today is considered a standard of professional wrestling worldwide. In addition to his work in NJPW, Inoki came to compete in American companies such as NWF, WCW and WWF, being an unrecognized world champion in the latter in addition to being decorated with the Martial Arts Championship in 1978.
The legend is also a three-time IWGP heavyweight champion within his own company, and even starred in a historic moment for contact sports as it was his fight once morest Muhammad Ali. That combat that mixes boxing and wrestling is considered a pioneer of mixed martial arts, a sport that Inoki came to bet heavily on during his years as a competitor and promoter.
His last official wrestling match was in 1998.. Since then, Inoki has dedicated her career to politics with two instances within the Japanese House of Representatives. Inoki entered the WWE Hall of Fame during 2010. He would also found other wrestling companies such as the Inoki Genome Federation and ISM.
The SoloWrestling team offers its condolences to Antonio Inoki’s family, friends and close ones.
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