It was certainly around this time of year in 1963 when Steve Veidor/Bell met Alan Garfield on television and it was pretty well the main bout of the afternoon.
A new addition to our “Mysterious Regional Championships“ with Pat billed as “Heavyweight Champion of the Midlands”. Don’t recall seeing that prior to this.
Let's Zoom Back to 1951-On This Day On 31ST AUGUST-and We're in GLASGOW's
ST. MUNGO HALLS to Witness BERNARD's Favourite-NORMAN WALSH with a
Very Tough Assignment against BOB SILCOCK!!!- The Latter Previously Fighting
Under A MASK!! +
Also Here is JACK DEMPSEY-The Future BRITISH WELTERWEIGHT Champion!-
( Real Name- TOMMY MOORE) Taking-On JOHNNY STEAD-The BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT Champion!!
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Tommy Mann, World Heavyweight champion???
31 August 1946
A drawn heavyweight championship match at Belle Vue between Bert Assirati and George Gregory was filmed and screened in cinemas the following week.
It was certainly around this time of year in 1963 when Steve Veidor/Bell met Alan Garfield on television and it was pretty well the main bout of the afternoon.
Wrestling overseas, on this day, our own Steve Wright, won against our own Terry Rudge, in Wolfsburg, Germany, on this day in 1973.
On our TV screens, on this day in 1963: -
Monty Swann (1) v Don Branch
Eddie Capelli (RSF) v Mick McMichael
Also billed: Alan Garfield v Steve Veidor
Gentleman Jack Pye, really?
Cheers
Cracking Bill Topper Here at CIVIC HALL-DIGBETH-On This 31ST AUGUST-
With COUNT BARTELLI Taking-On PAT ROACH!-I Never Saw This Bout Live!!
++ MASAMBULA and ZIMBA-Here Billed as The MASAMS?#!- In The Tag
against The ST.CLAIR Brothers!!
Also Here AL NICOL-But Wouldn't Have Said DAVE BARRIE Was a........
MIDDLEWEIGHT??##!!
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