https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ5FCjYvq5k If you have nt already, check out this WOS programme of England v Pakistan. Not the greatest of latter day TV shows but intriguing never the less. Little Prince's brother Mohammed Afzel was apparently having his first ever pro bout, surely a fictitious Waltonism if ever ? Did he have many other matches thereafter ? Looks like he had a good physique and could have developed into a good middleweight. How about Ali Shan and Mohammed Butt ? Had they done much before (or after). Ali Shan came wearing a World Heavyweight title belt, where did that come from, was he ever a bigger and better star elsewhere around the World or was he someone that Max Crabtree brought in to give us some international flavour ? Neither really had the flair of other good heavyweights of that era such as Ray Steele, Pete Roberts, Dalibar Singh etc
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Ali Shan also partnered Jamaica George against Haystacks and Daly.
John Lister also has him listed against Ray Steele on June 6th 1977
I wrote the above before watching the match on youtube, and indeed I do remember that very weight lifting act, when it was on TV.
I can only see results of Ali Shan in the 1986 German tournaments, he lost all his singles matches.
Mohammed Butt used to do a weight lifting act in the ring, before the actual match. Dynamite Kid played a prank on him, which his mentioned in his book.