Kansas, United States of America: 1954
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1954
JANUARY 1954
JANUARY 7, 1954 (THURSDAY)
Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas
1 - Bob Orton (of Kansas Ciyt) def. Larry Hamilton
JANUARY 14, 1954 (THURSDAY)
Thesz Vs. M'Coy
Promotion: Wyandotte American Legion Post 83
Promoter: George D. Simpson
Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Kansas
Timekeeper: Barney Granoff
Referee: Frank Hewitt
1 - Twenty Minute Time-Limit
Dick Hutton (of Tulsa, Ok.) def. Frank Altman (of Kansas City)
(00:09:42)
2 - Thirty Minute Time-Limit
Richard Brown (of Kansas City) def. Cowboy Roy Graham (of Corsicana, Tex.),
Disqualification (00:11:32)
3 - Two out of Three Falls - Forty-Five Minute Time-Limit
Bob Orton (of Kansas City, Kansas) def. Bobby Lane (of Miami, Fla.),
Two Falls to One (F1 BL 00:12:30 - F2 BO 00:10:02 - F3 BO 00:07:15)
4 - NWAlliance Heavyweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls - Forty-Five Minute Time-Limit
Lou Thesz (of St. Louis) (c) def. Bibber McCoy (of Boston),
Two Falls to One (F1 LT 00:13:53 - F2 BM 00:02:30 - F3 LT 00:11:04 - C 00:27:27)
Notes:
The first match was scheduled to start at 20:30.
This is said to be Brown's professional debut. He is the son of Orville Brown.
Graham was disqualified for failing to break an illegal hold.
Hutton is listed as a three time N.C.A.A. Heavyweight Champion during his time as an undergraduate at Oklahoma A & M.
Ed "Strangler" Lewis is said to be sponsoring Hutton.
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