I vaguely remember Steve Kelly. I recall he had a debut TV match in which he defeated Mick Shannon and then he appeared on another Dale-Martin TV show some weeks later with quite an advantage in weight but certainly not in experience against Zoltan Boscik. And that was it! He seemed to disappear almost as quickly as he came in.
Who would have thought in 1936 that the lowly Brixton middleweight in the curtain-raiser would go on to be THE biggest name in UK promoting! At the home of billiads.
Even with ten bouts we can exceed that other bill with 22 wrestlers.
Wrestling overseas today, Bert Assirati fought to a draw with Tiger Joginder Singh, in Calcutta, India, on this day in 1953.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1965: -
El Greco (DQ) v Ted Heath
Ted Hannon (RSF) v Barry Cannon
The Outlaw (RSF) v Steve Veidor
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I vaguely remember Steve Kelly. I recall he had a debut TV match in which he defeated Mick Shannon and then he appeared on another Dale-Martin TV show some weeks later with quite an advantage in weight but certainly not in experience against Zoltan Boscik. And that was it! He seemed to disappear almost as quickly as he came in.
50 years ago tonight at the good old Kingston Granada!!
Who would have thought in 1936 that the lowly Brixton middleweight in the curtain-raiser would go on to be THE biggest name in UK promoting! At the home of billiads.
Even with ten bouts we can exceed that other bill with 22 wrestlers.
That is some show and many of the international stars were not made up. They were genuine top men. That was how wrestling was built in this country.
For sure the two Billy's would have traveled together below.
Same day Mal was born, wrestling was on: