In 1952 in Newcastle Ernest Baldwin KO'd Dave Armstrong in a defence of his British heavyweight championship.
A few more moments of wrestling on this day through the ages
1950 in Cambridge
1960 at Lime Grove
Hull in 1971
Burgess Hill in 1978
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Wrestling overseas today, Mark Rocco (as Black Tiger), defeated Ryuma Go, in Chiba, Japan, on this day in 1983.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1966:-
Heavyweight: Steve Veidor (Wirral, Cheshire) v Pietro Chapelle (Florence)
Catchweight: Mike Eagers (Sheffield) v Alan Miquet (Huddersfield)
Another Relwyskow excess ... typed through the gritted teeth of Dale Martin jealousy.
Masambula v Catweazle would have worked well stature wise. And of course Guil Don elevates any bill to Gold. Wonder if Peter Preston tried double-crossing him?
The Monster won by a KO against a much lighter opponent.
Leon Harris was a no show the referee, Dick Richards, a former wrestler took on Ezzard Hart but went down by 2 subs to 1 sub. Jackie Harris stood in as referee.
Earlier Harris was KO;d by a dropkick from Cassio.
26 January 1926
Birth of Kid Callon
He was born Derek Anthony Callon in Keighley on 26th January, 1926, Young Derek was taught to box by his father, a former bare knuckles fighter, whilst he was still at school. When he left school Derek started work in the local metal works, on full production as part of the war effort. In 1944, aged 18, he was conscripted into the army and within a short time he was posted to Singapore, a hotbed of professional wrestling in the 1940s. In 1945 we find him wrestling at the Great World Arena in Singapore, wrestling alongside the likes of Con Balassis, Jeff Conda and Dara Singh,labelled. From 1945 until 1948 he was a regular competitor in the rings of Singapore and Malaysia, a man renowned for his rough tactics inside the ring.
In 1948 Derek returned to Britain where he continued his wrestling career and played rugby league for Keighley. We found him in 1950 wrestling the likes of Bob McDonald, Larry Laycock and Alf Cadman in northern England and Scotland.
Derek Callon died on 1st July, 2008, aged 82, but his remarkable life, more so for his exploits outside the ring, live on in the book that celebrates his life, "The Untamed White Savage," written by his son Derek.
I remember this show taking place with Ricki Starr and Brian Maxine wrestling to four cats at a time when Starr was beating everyone including Pallo and much heavier men such as Mal Kirk and Johnny Yearsley. Maxine must have been highly thought of by those at the top in Dale-Martin land!
....and 4 years later on the same date against Bruno at the Royal Albert Hall.
My first sight of Kendo........
Our travelling wrestler today is "Tiger" Joe Robinson, who drew with perennial European villain, Rene Lasartesse in Berlin, on this day in1956.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1975: -
Middleweight: John Naylor (Wigan) (0) v Vic Faulkner (Bolton) (F)
Lightweight: Jim Breaks (Bradford) (SS) v Bobby Ryan (Stoke-on-Trent) (S)
Tag Team: The Rockets (Tug Wilson and Mark Rocco)(FF) v The Barons (Jeff Kaye and Mick McMichael) (F)