A time I thought was forgotten

His match against Jim Breaks as Max Hunter is exceptionally good over 11,000 views on You Tube

I saw a match involving Maurice on YouTube a while back, at the International Garden Festival in Stoke On Trent. He was billed on this occasion as "Max Hunter" I also recall seeing him as 'third man' at Liverpool Stadium a few times.

Joanne, did you receive Ron's records of your dad?

..You should now have received Ron's bills Joanne Email us If not

Very Posh is Alderley Edge..... Think it was a Wryton Promotion.

Your dad got to many Nook and Crannies , her is another bill for you to drool over.

I have found sixteen and they will be with you soon.

Keep the anecdotes coming Joanne.

Clive was a great career wrestler.

Started out as a quiet welterweight in 1970 billed from Morden. About 1974 he morphed into Iron Fist, fleetingly masked but otherwise just with wild athletic kicking and lots of posing. Very exciting. In the intervening years on Fred Trueman's Indoor League, Clive had sprung to prominence as an arm wrestling champion.

Then he got involved in all sorts of tag matches with Kung Fu and Rocco and others, and he eventually seemed to defy his weight class to take on the likes of Nagasaki and Marty Jones and Fit Finlay.

Never a bad word said about him, and check him out in our A-Z.

Actually a super pro. Read the item in Armchair Corner entitled Spring-Heeled & Surley where Clive does a tremendous professional job to put over an ageing portly Mick McManus, carrying the whole show. This was correct procedure, just as McManus had done as the youngster himself thirty years previously. Not all wrestlers went along with this respectful hierarchy.

My surprise at their being friends stems from the fact that they worked for different promoters and were from different parts of the country. Must have just hit it off.

Yes, Clive was and probably still is black. But I only recall him being billed from Morden.

Hope this is of interest to you.

You'll find Clive on YouTube Joanne (he was also known as Iron fist) your Dad might also be there too which would be cool. Thanks for the replies, so nice to have some inside info!

Thanks for confirming that for me, Joanne.

Clive Myers - well, well; we would have bet against that. Just goes to show how much they all intermingled.

Clive ended up very religious - was that a link with Mo?

Do tell us about fireside chats with Kendo and The Count....

Thank you to you all for such great memories, I remember going and watching him fight and screaming 'dont hurt my dad' lol...I remember old ladies loved him...oh my goodness...they really did and he signed photos and autographs and I would be sat on his shoulders. He still has his boots, cloak and belt, he won the European something for a few years in his weight class...for a small man he hand big hands like hammers...many good memories ..thank you!

How cool to have a Dad that was a pro wrestler! I would love to have seen the look on your boyfriends faces as a teenager when they found that out!

I shall resist the temptation to consider the Campbell v Wild Man bout and the weight difference (if original); and also the tag with the Saints and the Martinis. But great bills as ever, Ron.

I shall stick on topic - wasn't Maurice also Mo Hunter?

I see Maurice billed from Stoke and also wrestling Ryland Junior. I wonder therefore if Joanne has any memories about others from that area like Count Bartelli and Kendo Nagasaki and Stan Ryland? Did they pop in for afternoon tea?

I saw Maurice Hunter quite a few times, both as Maurice and Ian McKenzie. He was a very fast lightweight, always good to watch. There was so much talent in those days. With the right connections he could have gone much further and easily be compared to the Jackkie Robinson and Bobby Ryan's of the 1970s.

Also as Ian Mckenzie here is some more nostalgia.

As far as I know (and can remember), I'm sure that Maurice Hunter wrestled a few times against both my good friends Ian St John and Andreas Swaijek. These were good ans fast bouts, mainly around the North of England.

Cheers

Looks like dad was a regular at Liverpool Stadium