In 1960 a man we mentioned yesterday, Eric Taylor, defended his British title against Clay Thomson at Govan Town Hall.
In 1961 we head for a bit of seaside at Brighton
Not a lot of sea to be found in Dewsbury, 1963.
The comment regarding Martin Robson is distasteful to our mind as it was after the fight with Robson that Beaumont died.
Wrestling overseas today, Geoff Portz defeated Kendo Nagasaki for the Stampede North American Heavyweight title, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on this day in 1972.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1967:-
Heavyweight - Count Bartelli v. Tony Charles (Wales)
Welterweight - Bill Conner (Salford) v. Vic Faulkner (Bolton)
Middleweight - Bert Royal (Bolton) v. Abe Ginsberg (Manchester)
1963
The Govan Town Hall is a mystery then as this was the advert.
And on our TV screens on this day in 1961.
Sandy Orford (2) v Dai Sullivan (1)
Billy Howes (2) v Ernie Riley (1)
Tosh Togo (2) v Bobby Graham (1)