I enjoyed reading about the Paul Lincoln creation of the Wild Man of Borneo. It must have been around 1960 when I first saw him at the Hackney Empire against - from memory - Judo Al Hayes with the result being a double DQ after Hayes had been busted open quite badly.
On the same bill, Ray Hunter was up against Mike Marino and towards the end, in ambles the Wild Man of Borneo to knock out Marino. The whole theatre was up in arms against this new "freak" but couldn't wait to see him again. Just one of the reasons why I always preferred Paul Lincoln to Joint Proms back then...