Unlikely to have been a middleweight but the middleweight title nonsense shouldn't be a surprise. He was usually a welterweight on the independents. 1959 was not a typo. But wrestlers are notorious for getting such information correct.
Surprised that according to the article he held the British Middle Weight Gold Belt of the Independent Promoters would never have thought he weighed enough to be a middle weight
The article shows Ian St John getting worked over but for a while these two were tag partners
Johnny Saint, was one of the best to lace up a pair of wrestling boots, and step into the ring.
Unlikely to have been a middleweight but the middleweight title nonsense shouldn't be a surprise. He was usually a welterweight on the independents. 1959 was not a typo. But wrestlers are notorious for getting such information correct.
Surprised that according to the article he held the British Middle Weight Gold Belt of the Independent Promoters would never have thought he weighed enough to be a middle weight
According to sources online it was his trainer Colin McDonald in June 1958 at Tynemouth
Wikipedia says summer of 1958.
In this 1970 interview Johnny said 29th June, 1959.
Ray Plunkett's listings have him wrestling Zolly Boscik in 1957.
Take your pick.
Probably familiar to far more fans worldwide in 2020 than he was fifty years ago at the peak of his career with his matches versus Jimmy Breaks
In Tynemouth
Extending his career started in 1958
and also on bt