Greece: 1928
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1928
NOVEMBER 1928
NOVEMBER 18, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Athletics Event
Promotion: Sports/Athletics (depends on translation)
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: Dimitrios Tofalos
1 - Regis Siki Vs. Serafino
2 - Boxing
Fanis Tzanetopoulos Vs. Nikolaos Iliopoulos
3 - Jim Londos Vs. Karol Zbyszko, [Karol Nowina]
Notes:
Postponed until November 25, 1928.
NOVEMBER 25, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Athletics Event
Promotion: Sports/Athletics (depends on translation)
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: Dimitrios Tofalos
1 - Regis Siki Vs. Serafino
2 - Boxing
Fanis Tzanetopoulos Vs. Nikolaos Iliopoulos
3 - Jim Londos Vs. Karol Zbyszko [Karol Nowina]
Notes:
Postponed until December 2, 1928 due to rain.
NOVEMBER 1928
NOVEMBER 18, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Athletics Event
Promotion: Sports/Athletics (depends on translation)
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: Dimitrios Tofalos
1 - Regis Siki Vs. Serafino
2 - Boxing
Fanis Tzanetopoulos Vs. Nikolaos Iliopoulos
3 - Jim Londos Vs. Karol Zbyszko, [Karol Nowina]
Notes:
Postponed until November 25, 1928.
NOVEMBER 25, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Athletics Event
Promotion: Sports/Athletics (depends on translation)
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Referee: Dimitrios Tofalos
1 - Regis Siki Vs. Serafino
2 - Boxing
Fanis Tzanetopoulos Vs. Nikolaos Iliopoulos
3 - Jim Londos Vs. Karol Zbyszko [Karol Nowina]
Notes:
Postponed until December 2, 1928 due to rain.
DECEMBER 1928
DECEMBER 2, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Athletics Event
Promotion: Sports/Athletics (depends on translation)
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece
Attendance: 40,000-50,000
Gate: 600,000 drachmas
Referee: Dimitrios Tofalos
1 - Regis Siki Vs. Serafino
2 - Boxing
Fanis Tzanetopoulos Vs. Nikolaos Iliopoulos,
Result Unknown
3 - Jim Londos def. Karol Zbyszko [Karol Nowina]
(01:14:00 or 01:15:00)
Notes:
Also featured fencing, amateur freestyle wrestling, and boxing.
Billed as Londos' first match in his home country of Greece.
The Londos match was filmed.
Londos was managed by Dimitrios Tofalos.
It was raining during the match, which was the headline attraction.
Listed Expenses (in drachmas):
- Zbyszko: 47,865
- Expenses for the newspaper: 46,792
- Food and housing for Zbyszko: 15,500
- Olympic Committee's cut: 14,858
- Building the ring: 12,500
- Ticket sellers' cut: 6,879
- Staff: 2,300
- Printing tickets: 1,855
- Reception for Londos and Zbyszko: 1,854
- Buying wrestling items: 750
- Total: 151,153
DECEMBER 16, 1928 (SUNDAY)
Argos, Peloponnese, Greece
Attendance: 12,000
1 - Exhibition
Jim Londos Vs. Dimitrios Tofalos,
Result Unknown
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Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Greece: 1928.
Updated: July 7, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Greece: 1928.
Updated: July 7, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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