Continuing My Special Memorabilia Items for ATHOLL OAKELEY's HARRINGAY Spectaculars!...
One of My Personal Favourite Posters for this Venue is Packed with Interesting Detail!...
ATHOLL Puts on an EUROPEAN HEAVYWEIGHT Championship Match between The Holder-
ALEX CADIER and our Own BERT ASSIRATI!- Also CADIER is Billed as OLYMPIC Champion
while-it states- BERT is 'Undefeated for the Title since becoming BRITISH MOUNTEVANS-Style!!
Champion!!+++
A 19 Year Old AL HAYES Fights for The Junior BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT Title!
An Appearance by LUCKY BRIGHT!
Another GOLDEN ARROW Bout- He's a 20 Year Old PARISIAN Adonis-and Undefeated..apart
from being Defeated by ALEX CADIER!!-He Faces that 'Miracle of Muscular Might'-SPENCER
CHURCHILL!
And most Interestingly a Bout Featuring THE GONG MAN!-The Guy Who Strikes the GONG at
the Beginning of RANK ORGANISATION Films!! Here he could be Boxer BOMBADIER BILLY
WELLS- OR- Wrestler KEN RICHMOND??
Note the 2 Great Photos and Great INKS on My Super Rare Poster I'm Holding Below!!....
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Hi Adrian ;
Great poster, Harringay was a 7,000 seater, used for large exhibitions etc.....the Golden Arrow was Lou Revelle bodybuilder/gym owner/magazine publisher/author/ and wrestler. The match took place on April fool`s day 1950, and Assirati demanded a large fee, plus a large percentage of the gate, as he did not trust Oakley (he called him a fraud and a conman) he put his friend Angelo Papini who was supposed to work on the bill, on the main entrance to count how many people came in, and then to accompany the cashier to the office where the takings were counted, and the total amount announced. Assirati had beaten Cadier about six times in tournaments on the continent before this match. Cadier was Oakleys golden boy, good looking, muscular, and a former Olympic champion, he wanted Assirati to put him over, make him look good, so he could use him on future Harringay tournaments. But as Assirati didn`t like Oakley he decided to give Cadier a good beating by slapping him from one side of the ring to the other, to show the local London crowd that he was not in his class. After the match Oakley was furious with Assirati and they never worked together again. The story was told to me by Angelo Papini when I interviewed him at his house. I have now moved to Kings Lynn, Norfolk so come and see me when your free.
Best for now Mike..................
There was a number of Gong men, Would Rank allow Nieman to use the name, I know he was replaced in 1955 by Ken Richmond who was an Olympic wrestling medalist .
The Gong Man was Phil Nieman
Close Up of AL HAYES and GONG MAN-Poster Detail!
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