Joe Taylor was born in Bradford on 18th November, 1907, and competed in the
1932 Olympic Games in the freestyle featherweight competition. He beat Einar
Karlsson of Sweden in his opening match and went on to lose to the Mexican
Fidel Arellano. In the subsequent tournament for the silver medal he had a bye
to the final, where he lost out to Ed Nemir of the United States. Joe was British
featherweight champion in 1931, 1932 and 1937 (with Norman Morrell champion
during the intervening years. He was champion for a fourth time in 1947. Joe's son was British professional champion Eric and his nephew, Jack, went on to compete in the 1956 Olympics. Joe Taylor died in 1992.
I was going to Digbeth at this time, but didn't go every Thursday. Understandably I gave this one a miss. I can tell you though that the heavyweight KO turned out more peculiar than you thought Main Mask. The mits of the promoter who shall not be named seem to have started leaving their prints in this once wonderful venue. For starters the four man knockout only had three wrestlers, no sight of Steve Wright. Steel and Rocco ended in a double knock out and Steel went through. Maurice went through with a bye. In the final, if you can call it that, Steel beat Maurice.
A rare Joint outing on Gernot's bill for Ian St John, he should have had many more pay days with them. I don't recall Syed Saif Shah venturing north very often, though he was on the first or second Brian Dixon show in Preston. I wonder how Monty Swann felt about being a Lancastrian?
A great collection from Ron.
Nov 18th Brighton isn't a tag, it's a 4 man K.O. Well done Main mask for your many varied offerings.
On This Day-18TH NOVEMBER in 1980- at MADELEY STREET BATHS in HULL-
We See The ROYALS in The Twilight of Their Incarnation before BERT ROYAL
Retired from The Ring!!
Apart from MARTY JONES- The Rest of This Bill is- I'm Afraid- Definitely
'Uninspiring' for Me!!- And I would have 'Swerved' This Show!!
MAIN MASK
Ilford 1965:
On 18th November 1966 Alan Colbeck beat Jose Rodriguez Cuesta to retain his European welterweight title.
Wrestling overseas today, Adrian Street beat Shawn Michaels in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, on this day in 1984.
Also overseas, J.J. Pallo (Jackie junior) defeated Jerry Grey in Tampa, Florida, USA, on this day in 1984.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1964:-
Geoff Portz v Ramon Napolitano
Yuri Borienko v Sean Regan
Birth of Olympian Joe Taylor
Joe Taylor was born in Bradford on 18th November, 1907, and competed in the
1932 Olympic Games in the freestyle featherweight competition. He beat Einar
Karlsson of Sweden in his opening match and went on to lose to the Mexican
Fidel Arellano. In the subsequent tournament for the silver medal he had a bye
to the final, where he lost out to Ed Nemir of the United States. Joe was British
featherweight champion in 1931, 1932 and 1937 (with Norman Morrell champion
during the intervening years. He was champion for a fourth time in 1947. Joe's son was British professional champion Eric and his nephew, Jack, went on to compete in the 1956 Olympics. Joe Taylor died in 1992.
Re: Digbeth 18th November
I was going to Digbeth at this time, but didn't go every Thursday. Understandably I gave this one a miss. I can tell you though that the heavyweight KO turned out more peculiar than you thought Main Mask. The mits of the promoter who shall not be named seem to have started leaving their prints in this once wonderful venue. For starters the four man knockout only had three wrestlers, no sight of Steve Wright. Steel and Rocco ended in a double knock out and Steel went through. Maurice went through with a bye. In the final, if you can call it that, Steel beat Maurice.
A rare Joint outing on Gernot's bill for Ian St John, he should have had many more pay days with them. I don't recall Syed Saif Shah venturing north very often, though he was on the first or second Brian Dixon show in Preston. I wonder how Monty Swann felt about being a Lancastrian?
A great collection from Ron.
Nov 18th Brighton isn't a tag, it's a 4 man K.O. Well done Main mask for your many varied offerings.
I have a bumper package for today.