Italy: 1951-1957
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1950 (no results)
1951
SEPTEMBER 1951
SEPTEMBER 1, 1951 (SATURDAY)
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Primo Carnera arrives here
SEPTEMBER 6, 1951 (THURSDAY)
Motoveldodromo, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Attendance: "About 6,000"
1 - Dick Steinborn def. Leone Jacovacci
2 - Gulio Travaglini def. Adi Berber
3 - Antonio Fusero def. Charles Ulsemer
4 - Primo Carnera def. Ecker
SEPTEMBER 29, 1951 (SATURDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Dick Steinborn Vs. Leone Jacovacci,
Draw
2 - F. Hewett def. Charles Ulsemer
(00:05:00)
3 - Adi Berber Vs. Bob Martin,
Draw
4 - Primo Carnera def. Karel Istaz
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 1951
OCTOBER 1, 1951 (MONDAY)
Palazzi del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Karel Istaz Vs. Antonio Fusero,
Draw
2 - Bob Martin def. Hewett
(00:14:59)
3 - Primo Carnera def. Abi Berber
(00:20:30)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 2, 1951 (TUESDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Antonio Fusero def. Charles Ulsemer
(00:16:05)
2 - Josef Stoffan def. Karel Istaz
(00:13:25)
3 - Primo Carnera def. Eckert
(00:07:41)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 3, 1951 (WEDNESDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Karel Istaz Vs. Hewett,
Draw
2 - Georg Blemenschutz def. Eckert
(00:14:58)
3 - Antonio Fusero def. Josef Stoffan,
Disqualification
4 - Primo Carnera def. Bob Martin
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 4, 1951 (THURSDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy Italy
1 - Leone Jacovacci def. Pederzoli
(00:19:16)
2 - Karel Istaz def. Charles Ulsemer
(00:09:24)
3 - Eckert def. Hewett
(00:16:15)
4 - Adi Berber Vs. Georg Blemenschutz,
No Contest
5 - Josef Stoffan def. Bob Martin
(00:11:14)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 5, 1951 (FRIDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy Italy
1 - Eckert drew Bob Martin
2 - Georg Blemenschutz def. Karel Istaz
(00:15:39)
3 - Adi Berber def. Antonio Fusero
(00:10:20)
4 - Primo Carnera def. Josef Stoffan,
Disqualification (00:20:00)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 6, 1951 (SATURDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy Italy
1 - Adi Berber def. Bob Martin
(00:24:00)
2 - Josef Stoffan def. Hewett
(00:15:16)
3 - Assen Georgieff def. Eckert
(00:03:20)
4 - Primo Carnera def. Georg Blemenschutz
(00:09:04)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 7, 1951 (SUNDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy Italy
1 - Georg Blemenschutz def. Hewett
(00:12:19)
2 - Bob Martin def. Karel Istaz
(00:14:15)
3 - Assen Georgieff def. Josef Stoffan
(00:6:15)
4 - Primo Carnera Vs. Adi Berber,
No Contest
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
OCTOBER 8, 1951 (MONDAY)
Palazzo del Ghiaccio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Charles Ulsemer def. Oberghi
(00:11:59)
2 - Georg Blemenschutz def. Eckert
(00:18:30)
3 - Adi Berber def. Josef Stoffan
(00:11:25)
4 - Battle of the Giants
Primo Carnera def. Assen Georgieff,
Disqualification (00:20:00)
Notes:
Also featured amateur Graeco-Roman wrestling matches.
1952 (no results)
1953 (no results)
1954 (no results)
1955 (no results)
1956
DECEMBER 1956
DECEMBER 29, 1956 (SATURDAY)
Team Italy Vs. Team Greece
Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Attendance: "Large Audience"
1 - Yannis Dourvetakis def. Oriaco
2 - Rodolfo Magnaghi def. Dimitris Karystinos
3 - Kostas Papalazarou def. Giardino
4 - Kostas Nathaniel drew Cesa
5 - Haralambos Karpozilos def. Pederzoli
6 - Andreas Lambrakis drew Raffaele Venisti
Notes:
A win was 2 points and a draw 1 point.
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Greece - 8 Points.
2. Italy - 4 Points.
1957
JULY 1957
JULY 2, 1957 (TUESDAY)
Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - King Kong Taverne Vs. Pope "Hercules" Cortez,
Result Unknown
2 - Raffaele Venisti Vs. Richard Gruppe,
Draw
3 - Yvar Martinson def. Leone Jacovacci,
Two Falls to One
4 - Lorenzo Fineschi def. Rodolfo Magnaghi,
Disqualification
5 - World Heavyweight Championship
Primo Carnera (c) def. Felix Miquet,
Two Falls to Onee (00:20:04)
Notes:
The claim in the Milan press is that Carnera became World champion when he defeated Lou Thesz in St. Louis in September 1956.
Martinson versus Venisti was the advertised match, but they both ended up wrestling other opponents.
[King Kong Taverne vs. Pepe (Hercules) Cortez was advertised, but the post-show report doesn't mention it]
JULY 3, 1957 (WEDNESDAY)
Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
1 - Primo Carnera & Raffaele Venisti Vs. Felix Miquet & Yvar Martinson,
Result Unknown
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Results from Italy: 1951-1957.
Updated: March 28, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
