I am unsure if there was any Lancashire Style catch Heavy Champion after the Alhambra era.
Could Jack Winrow have been the last.
George Gregory would not have been heavyweight when he even turned pro.
From the start of the Billy Riley Era I can only think of Joyce and Robinson who were true heavies.
That it seems would be why only Robinson could handle Kendo Nagasaki's training as Billy Joyce was getting a bit old for scrapping it out . All other guys , no matter how good were too small for Naggers.
Truly Lancashire catch had always been for smaller men.
Ron, Clark's Catch title was according NAWA Amateur Rules, he won both his matches on points. As for the old Lancashire Rules I don't think we will ever get answer. May be there were some contests in the 1920s and there sure weren't any in the 1930s and later. Sometimes you would see Geo Gregory of Bolton being called Catch-as-catch-can Champion of England (or Britain), etc, but there's no prove of him winning any official Catch title. So yeah Clark it is.
Official name of Mount Evans Style was Professional Freestyle Wrestling? In the 1930s they had All-in pro wrestling. My concern is about Catch-as-catch-can, the 1904 version as established by the NAWA of Great Britain for both Am and Pro. Here's what I have. The last champion at that style of wrestling was: Douglas Clark, when he won the elimination tournament in London in 1931 (beat Oakeley in the final) and received 50gs worth cup symbolic of the professional Catch-as-catch-can Heavyweight Championship of Great Britain.
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The Mountevans title was Joint's and Tony St Clair brought it to All Star in the early 80s. Dalbir Singh brought the new 80s Joint version to All Star in 1989 and renounced it in favour of StClair. So the title lives on to this day as the All Star "Superslam" British Heavyweight title.
But yeah my concern is about another kind of catch wrestling, the one which fans refer to as "real CACC" practiced in the early 1900's Music Halls by stars like Peter Gotz, Lauritz Neilsen, Bob Berry, Tom Rose, Jack Winrow, and etc.
Good find Ron, "modern international CACC", so Manto was Oakeley's champion. Was it Harringay Arena's title? What was the "start" of this claim, and when Oakeley invented "Modern" one?
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I am unsure if there was any Lancashire Style catch Heavy Champion after the Alhambra era.
Could Jack Winrow have been the last.
George Gregory would not have been heavyweight when he even turned pro.
From the start of the Billy Riley Era I can only think of Joyce and Robinson who were true heavies.
That it seems would be why only Robinson could handle Kendo Nagasaki's training as Billy Joyce was getting a bit old for scrapping it out . All other guys , no matter how good were too small for Naggers.
Truly Lancashire catch had always been for smaller men.
Ron, Clark's Catch title was according NAWA Amateur Rules, he won both his matches on points. As for the old Lancashire Rules I don't think we will ever get answer. May be there were some contests in the 1920s and there sure weren't any in the 1930s and later. Sometimes you would see Geo Gregory of Bolton being called Catch-as-catch-can Champion of England (or Britain), etc, but there's no prove of him winning any official Catch title. So yeah Clark it is.
Doug Clark was the last CACC Champion.
Official name of Mount Evans Style was Professional Freestyle Wrestling? In the 1930s they had All-in pro wrestling. My concern is about Catch-as-catch-can, the 1904 version as established by the NAWA of Great Britain for both Am and Pro. Here's what I have. The last champion at that style of wrestling was: Douglas Clark, when he won the elimination tournament in London in 1931 (beat Oakeley in the final) and received 50gs worth cup symbolic of the professional Catch-as-catch-can Heavyweight Championship of Great Britain.
The Mountevans title was Joint's and Tony St Clair brought it to All Star in the early 80s. Dalbir Singh brought the new 80s Joint version to All Star in 1989 and renounced it in favour of StClair. So the title lives on to this day as the All Star "Superslam" British Heavyweight title.
But yeah my concern is about another kind of catch wrestling, the one which fans refer to as "real CACC" practiced in the early 1900's Music Halls by stars like Peter Gotz, Lauritz Neilsen, Bob Berry, Tom Rose, Jack Winrow, and etc.
Good find Ron, "modern international CACC", so Manto was Oakeley's champion. Was it Harringay Arena's title? What was the "start" of this claim, and when Oakeley invented "Modern" one?
I wonder which bit(s) we can't believe Ron?
The "Modern International Catch as Catch Can" was the name of Oakeley's rules.
Or is it Frank Mantovich's "undisputed status?"
Or "The World's School girl Judo Champion?"
Raoul Ravelle was Lou Ravelle who was the editor of the Wrestling World magazine. He was in touch with Heritage a few years ago, living in Spain.
Ideas, opinions, and info on this subject would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance to everyone for their feedbacks.