TONIGHT'S WRESTLING.
"Wee Willie" Davis and Jack Forsgren will meet in the wrestling bout which is to be staged in the Town Hall tonight Davis is probably the biggest i wrestler who has ever competed in j the: local ring, being 6ft 6in in height and weighing well over 18 stone. He is so well proportioned, howe'vei, *iiat his size is deceptive, and' it is evti* more hard to believe when he goes into action, for he moves with': the speed of a middleweight In Forsgren Davis will be meeting one of the biggest of the men who preceded him in the invasion of New Zealand this season, the Canadian champion .weighing close on 17 stone, and standing over 6ft in height. He is well known to local patrons for his colourful and aggressive displays and there is no doubt that he will keep his big opponent busily occupied all the time. There will be amateur preliminaries.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1936, Page 3
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157TONIGHT'S WRESTLING. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 35, 10 August 1936, Page 3
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