ZAMBIA: TOO BLACK INTERNATIONAL WRESTLERS COMPETE IN EXCITING PROGRAMME.

Record ID: 870023

  • Title: ZAMBIA: TOO BLACK INTERNATIONAL WRESTLERS COMPETE IN EXCITING PROGRAMME.
  • Date: 10th November 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV Kid Chocolate (dark trunks) and Alan Bardoville somersault to pinfall each other 0.21 2. GV Crowd applauds 0.24 3. SV Referee trying to separate wrestlers 0.34 4. SV Official enters ring and separates wrestlers 0.40 5. TV Crowd applauds 0.42 6. CV John Mwale (Zambia) with bandages and Johnny Kwango (Central Africa(in a headlock and wrestlers release 1.05 7. SV Spectator 1.07 8. GV Kwango cross-arm stranglehold on Mwale and Mwale floors him 1.18 9. TV Crowd watching 1.20 10. GV Bout between Masambula (spotted trunks) and Prince Kumali 1.28 11. SV Man takes photograph 1.31 12. GV Prince Kumali headlocks Masambula with his legs 1.47 13. GV Crowd applauds 1.49 14. GV Masambula released from headlock 2.00 FIGHTS BETWEEN KID CHOCOLATE AND ALAN BARDOVILLE. JOHN MWALE AND JOHNNY KWANGO & MASAMBULA AND PRINCE KUMALI Initials BB/1730 JW/PN/BB/1801 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th November 1974 12:00
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  • Location: LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
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  • Country: Zambia
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  • Reuters ID: LVA1ALVYJ2JP66WQC0K2SMVVHYOU
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  • Story Text: A team of top black international wrestlers came to Lusaka ??? Zambia's capital - -for the first time on Thursday (7 November) night.

    Wrestling is a popular sport in the country and the crowd was well pleased with he evening's programme.

    The evening opened wit ha close-fought battle between Kid Chocolate -- Jamaica's Lightweight Champion -- and the Dominican Republic's Middleweight Champion, Alan Bardoville. The result was a draw.

    Next on the programme, a contest between the local Middleweight Champion -- John Mwale -- and Johnny Kwango of the Central African Republic. Kwango is a leading television personality in Baaing, but he could not match the Zambian's skill and determination and lost after a knock-out.

    The high spot of the evening was a bout between Masamboula, the Heavy-weight Champion of gambia, and Prince Kumali, the Guyanan Heavyweight Champion, who is called (with geographic licence) the 'Lion of Africa'. After six hard-fought rounds, Kumali gained the winning pinfall.
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