Anniversaries today of the death of two wrestlers that were great in contrasting ways.
In 2008 the death of Bob Sherry, an often overlooked welterweight who was in the same class as Dempsey and Colbeck.
In 2017 the death of an exciting heavyweight, the masked Samurai, Blackpool's Rex Strong.
Wrestling overseas today, Chris Adams wrestled to a double disqualification with Kevin Von Erich, in San Antonio, Texas, USA, on this day in 1984.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1961:-
Ernie Riley v Albert Wall
Josef Zaranoff v Bill Rawlings
Johnny Allen v Reg Williams
Harry Fields 2-0 Frank O'Donnell