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Iceboy53
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 8/25/2006 1:31:30 PM 60swrestling for anyone interested in the wrestling of the sixties. |
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paulr
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/15/2006 8:32:22 PM Hi Colin I'm Les's brother. Is this the bout you've mentioned? Ripley and Heanor News April 12th 1963 WRESTLING AT HEANOR RILEY BEATEN-TURPIN REJECTS WIN Heanor Town Hall was packed to capacity on Saturday when International Promotions (Leicester) staged another action packed tournament. The main event was a light-heavyweight bout between Randolph Turpin (Leamington) and Les Riley (Langley Mill). It was action and excitement all the way, as both wrestlers warmed up with Irish Whips and Turpin laid on a leg lever, Riley hit back with a knee drop. Turpin took the first fall in this round however, with a victory roll and shoulder press. The third round was very much Turpin's as he lay on a gruelling body scissors and then hammered Riley round the ring with three mighty forearm smashes. At the start of the fourth Turpin held Riley in a bear hug but amid great excitement, the local star escaped and equalised with a double knee on the shoulder press. Now it was Riley's turn to raise the cheers, as he executed a short arm scissors on Turpin, but the coloured star replied by knocking Riley out of the ring twice. Riley dropped Turpin with a piledriver and quickly applied an overhead throw. His next move however,brought disaster, when he tried to follow up with a flying two-foot drop kick, which Turpin sidestepped and Riley tangled himself in the ropes with the top rope tightly secured round his groin. He was temporarily knocked-out, and Referee Pygall, Turpin and two seconds worked feverishly for five minutes before Riley recovered and was able to be assisted to his corner. Ken Mason announced Turpin the winner with a technical knock-out, but the former world middleweight boxing champion declared "No Contest." On the same bill was a tag match featuring Jack Taylor and his brother Raymond against the Red Scorpion and the Toff(USA), this was won by the Taylor's with Jack getting the winning fall after 20 minutes. In the tag team captains contest the Red Scorpion beat young Raymond by one fall in the fourth round. At the New Co-op Hall, Ilkeston on Good Friday, another local lad, Alan Benniston (Heanor) meets Cliff Mills (Denmark) in a tournament promoted by International Promotions. Thanks to Jenny for all the hard work in my research. PAULR |
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paulr
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/15/2006 9:26:50 PM WRESTLING AT HEANOR LOCALS WIN. The Town Hall, Heanor,was packed for the programme of international wrestling on Saturday, presented by International Promotions (Leicester). Heanor has produced several good wrestlers,and this opening tournament of the season was between four wrestlers from Heanor and district, who were opposing the rest. BENNISTON WINS Al Benniston (Loscoe) the Midlands lightweight champion, was matched in a lightweight contest with 16 year-old Taffy Jenkins (Tonypandy), and the local boy got Heanor away to a good start with a smart win. Jenkins is probably the youngest professional wrestler in the country. The winning fall came in the fifth round,when Benniston cleverly folded Jenkins to the canvas for the verdict. POLE DISQUALIFIED A rousing cheer greeted the arrival of Ronto the Bull (Heanor) who was making his first appearance in a come-back bid, and his opponent, Adolf Dabrowski (Poland) drew cat-calls,wolf whistles and shouts of "He's wearing a topless" as he stripped for action. Ronto applied an arm lever on the cumbersome Pole in the first round, but was subjected to some cruel treatment in the second. Ronto was obviously troubled by the aggressiveness of his opponent and was constantly appealing against illegal use of the fist and eye gouging by Dabrowski. The Pole jumped on top of the Heanor favourite to win the first fall with a body press. Ronto rushed the Pole at the start of the fifth round, but was savaged by Dabrowski after he had been knocked to the floor, and the Pole was disqualified, leaving Ronto the winner. RILEY WINS BY K.O. Spike Riley, Langley Mill plumber,was involved in another hair-raising clash with Cowboy Jack Cassidy (Canada) and right from the bell it was action all the way. Cassidy piled on the pressure in the second round and scored the first fall with a double knee shoulder press. Riley won an equalising fall with a full body press. Riley tied Cassidy in the ropes and executed two well-timed two-foot drop kicks to the chest. Cassidy savaged Riley on the ropes, but Riley recovered, and a terrific smash sent Cassidy through the ropes and scattered the ringside spectators. The Cowboy hurt his back in falling and was unable to beat the count, leaving Riley the winner by a knock-out in the fifth round. Odie (Underwood) and Doctor Death (USA) wrestled a draw in a hair raising bout which had the crowd on their toes from start to finish. Odie won the first fall in the second round, with a counter off the ropes. The equaliser came in the fourth round when Odie was forced into submission with a twisted leg lever. The end came dramatically in the fifth, when Odie knocked Doctor Death out of the ring and scattered the ringside spectators,Enraged by the Doctor's rough treatment, Odie dived on the Doctor as he tried to free himself from a ringside chair and they both crashed to the floor and were unable to beat the count, thus the contest was declared a draw. Thanks again to Jenny. PAULR. |
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paulr
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/20/2006 9:02:57 PM WRESTLING AT HEANOR. Four Tip-Top Bouts. Moore Gets His Return Professional wrestling returns to Heanor Town Hall. When International Promotions re-commence their winter programme. Popular Les Riley of Langley Mill, Spike to all his fans, has a hard battle ahead of him, for he tangles with one of the toughest men in the business, the renowned Harry Bennett of Sheffield. Popular Jack Taylor of Accrington who is graduating to heavier weights now faces up to the Red Scorpion in yet another sizzler. This match should draw alone, for supporters everywhere have often wondered what the outcome would be if the Scorpion met a scientific wrestler who could possibly wear him down. Billy Red Cloud of Canada, here in his first season meets a rough one in Ken Davies of Cardiff, and Davies also well known in these parts who likes his grappling rough will certainly find his match in Red Cloud. Moore's Return Ronto the Bull gets his chance on this occasion to make or break, whether he is destined to wear the Midlands heavyweght crown will be forseen in how he tackles the Midlands number one contender, Young Vulcan, this time. Say nothing about their previous match, this will be the decider and this is the one that counts. I think this may have been one of Ron's last fights. PAULR with Thanks to Jenny. |
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 9/22/2006 4:09:27 PM thankyou for all the info,he was my uncle, my dad will be very pleased. regards |
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suzard
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Ron Moore (Ronto the Bull) and other Wrestlers
replied on: 5/9/2007 12:42:59 AM R&H 10 Mar 1961 WRESTLING STARS Heanor's Ronto the Bull With wresting becoming increasingly popular in Heanor, it is interesting to read some of the stories of the rise to fame of the popular stars who will appear from time to time. Way out at the top is "Ronto the Bull"-Heanor's own versatile star, who is one of the promoters at many of the Town Hall Tournaments. Some people may wonder who "Ronto the Bull" is and why he wrestles under that name. His real name is Ron Moore, and when he was in the Army, serving in the Malay-Chinese Regiment, he took up wrestling while resting at Singapore At that time, early in 1945, Ron, who was an officer, had no recreation, so he asked Count Bartelli, an Italian who now wrestles in England, if he wanted a knock-about, to which the now celebrated masked star agreed, so Ronto was in very little time wrestling with the best in the great World Stadium, Singapore. he then wrestled as "Busty the Bomber", and he soon reached the highspot when he won the title of the British Army Overseas heavyweight Champion. Yes, Ronto has only the fabulous Count Bartelli to thank for his famous wrestling career. After seven years in the Army, Ronto came home and started touring this country, with high honours, and it was after a fight at Tilbury Docks that the promoter came to him and said, "Ron, with your tactics in the ring, we ought to call you "The Bull", so Ron said, "Right, make it "Ronto the Bull" and he has appeared under that name since then. This past two years Ronto has been helping out various promoters by refereeing contests, and here, too, he has reached a high standard, and is now rated as No.2 referee in wresting circles. Naturally, he still maintains a pinnacle of peak fitness, and will at times wrestle on charity shows. He runs a Health and Strength Club at the Heanor Town Ground pavilion, where he is training and coaching several young boys in the art of wrestling. He has organised charity wrestling tournaments in Heanor, and the three bills he has put on have raised a total of nearly £90 for the charities for which they were held. The wrestling public of Heanor have nominated Ronto as their Sportsman of the year 1960, and the Wrestling Association say "Keep up the good sport, Ronto," to which the wrestling public also add their congratulations" Sadly Ronto died November 1964 (see Jennypeg's post on page 2) |
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