Jordan Burroughs, a New Jersey state champion from Winslow High School who won the gold medal in the 2012 London Olympics beat Ben Askren, an undefeated MMA cagefighter who was a two-time national champion at Missouri by 11-0 technical fall at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater on Monday, May 6 2019. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance MediaAndrew Mills | NJ Advance Media
Whatever happens at this week’s 2024 Olympic Wrestling Trials, Jordan Burroughs is at peace.
Arguably the greatest United States wrestler in history and a person who carried U.S. Wrestling on his back for at least a half-decade, the 35-year-old New Jersey native knows the end of his career is near.
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