Quite a few threads recently have centred around the time McManus became matchmaker of Dale Martin Promotions.
He's recently been credited with the championship success of Southern wrestlers, an increased power of Dale Martin within the JP group, 1980s changes resulting from his retirement and today that this low card 1950s welterweight played a pivitol role in the award of the television contract. That's a remarkable period spanning 30 years. When did he find time to split the atom and bring peace to northern Ireland?
What we have never done is identify during what years he held this matchmaking role at Dale Martin?
We really do need someone on the inside who actually knows, most of us would just be guessing.
Somewhere in this timeline we have to find space for Jack Dale, Les Martin, Joe D'Orazio, Mike Marino and Max Crabtree.
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Hack, so what do you think on this - on DM bills McManus was British welterweight champion in 1952...you think Morell & Co approved this?
It doesn't matter what I think, you think, and to a lesser extent what Norman Morrell thought.
In 1952 Dale Martin were not part of Joint Promotions and so could not have recognised Joint Promotion champions even if they'd wanted to do, which they wouldn't. In 1953 following the merger McManus was no longer champion until he won the JP version in 1957.