Strongman Alan Dennision V Jim Breaks British Welterweight Championship rematch

[@SuperNeildavies]

Well posted Candy. This is a great bout between 2 real characters of the day. Lots of action.

[@fretboardmaster70]

I had an autograph book filled with signatures from all of the top British wrestlers. I used to watch the professional wrestling every second Wednesday in the Pavilion Bath (from 1979-1983) I loved it. God knows what happened to that book.

[@stevebrazilio]

Two very good technical wrestlers back in the day. Love the rivalry between them - AD having taken the title from JB. Funny how the referee gets a boo. I'm surprised AD made the welterweight as he looks a lot heavier than JB. Thanks for sharing, brings me back to World of Sport as a boy in the 70s.

[@greycooper1142]

Excellent bout. Good to see a proper 46 minutes.

[@kevinbeck6785]

Big Baby Breaks, magic days watch the wrestling on Saturday at 4 on the brilliant World of Sport with Dickie RIP what a shame these days will never return, Thank you Candy 🙂

[@clairecoultan4371]

Alan Dennison is great wrestler

[@AldershotDave]

"For the 58th time, break the hold/don't do that/let him up! Next time, it'll be a public warning"! Absolutely shite officiating and one of the bugbears I have with the wrestling industry!!

[@xmathmanx]

It's a show, the ref tells them what to do next

[@wil.61]

Respect .

[@clairecoultan4371]

Alan is such good wrestler brakes is just dirty fighter

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Alan Dennison was as dirty as they came until 1976 when he was inspired to change his style after wrestling Dynamite Kid (yes he had his soul saved by Tommy Billington LOL) Before that he was NASTY - tagging with Cyanide Syd Cooper as the Dennisons and using his leather wristbands to scrape away at opponents eyes. Check out this match from the early 70s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joaUq4t3jJ2bnKs

[@joannaevans422]

Breaks was the most vindictive, twisted man to enter a wrestling ring, he was also a cheat and the refs let him get away with it. Couldn't stand the man.

[@nickhill2223]

A good Friend of mine is the Nephew of the Wensor Brothers, he told me many a story that they'd relayed to him over the years. Not sure how much was staged, but as a wrestler, if you wanted to earn good money you needed a USP that would pull the crowds in. Being a Bad Guy was one option, Breaks was a complete and utter cheating, poor loser, but the people came to see him wrestle as they wanted to Boo him.

[@MrNewtonian]

The Breaks special.

[@wil.61]

Jim Breaks sounds like Bobby Ball..rock on Tommy 😂

[@billsymonds6289]

Breaks brought disgrace to any title he held with his blatant cheating. He was a one trick pony. Wall was useless as a ref.

[@graemestarkey7524]

It's all fake you know.

[@andrewwilliams7501]

Ward

[@sgtg4600]

It wasn’t real! You know that right?

[@RonaldArthurDewhirst]

I can't understand why Wall didn't intervene against Breaks. It was obvious from the start where Breaks was going. Every dirty trick in the book.

[@vrnamnchnm4770]

When was this?

[@mathewgeorge56]

I like. Alandennison. I ot like Jim break he very bithy

[@davegoldberg3282]

Dale Martin Extravaganza 1980 (6-11-1980) from the Wembley Arena

[@davegoldberg3282]

@mathewgeorge56 yeah but Breaks was a fantastic worker

[@jamesbrothers7017]

Alan Dennison died on the 27 th June 1984 what a lovely man and wrestler he was , always played fair , on the other hand we have dirty cheating wrestler Jim breaks , a sly puncher and kicker , but sadly and unbelievably Jim breaks and his partner moved to gran canaria in 1997 , as the years rolled along , she became his x partner , and one night in gran canaria , jim breaks who then suffered from dementia , attacked his x partner hit her over the head with a cup and punched her many times on the head , she passed away the next day , the court wanted to put him in jail for 15 years , as he had dementia they didn't do this , Jim breaks passed away on the 25 th of December 2023 , so everyone out there be good in life because you don't want to leave a bad memory of yourself , to everyone who knows you , kindness doesn't cost a thing ,but it brings great joy to others who will remember you , rip jim breaks , and your x partner , may god. Bless your souls ,🙏🙏

[@sgtg4600]

Great entertainment. 🇬🇧👍

[@richgaspariz9050]

Breaks total destruction impressive

[@KeithDeley]

I used to watch wrestling every Saturday, i really thought it was reel

[@johnmichaelford3615]

Alan had a public house in Denholm and it was called The Black Bull. Jim breaks had a nickname and he was called Cry Baby Breaks. For people who don't know but Denholm is in Bradford

[@davidfindlay878]

I was always a big fan of Denison. I didn't know he was a Yorkshire-man, however. And Denholm? not to far from I lived at Keighley.

[@johnmichaelford3615]

@@davidfindlay878 Denholm is between Bradford and Keighley

[@davidfindlay878]

@@johnmichaelford3615 I know - what surprised me is that I could have had a pint with one of my wrestling heroes when I lived in Keighley for a couple of years back in the '80s.

[@johnmichaelford3615]

@davidfindlay878 The other Yorkshire wrestler was Ray Steele and he was from Wakefield. Then Shirley (Big Daddy) Crabtree was from Halifax like his Nephew Greg Valentine, but Greg refused to be a tag partner of his uncle because he knew what would happen. Danny Boy Collins was a tag partner of his and he ended up in Leeds general infirmary to have a kidney removed

[@clvecooledge2407]

@davidfindlay878 Alan Dennison passed quite young he was about 52 .catweazel as well 1980,Steve peacock,Tibor zaccas, Jackie palo, all the great entertainers of world of sport .brilliant times.

[@marciadesouza3314]

This REFEREE is good, he is controlling the wrestling match evenly.👍👍

[@alancoverdale713]

Alan Dennison was a great wrestler and a gentleman,Breaks was the biggest cheat on the wrestlering circuit

[@donwilsmore3945]

Oh !…behave it was good to watch Jim !

[@adelinebrenner2407]

Ce porc d'arbitre est mou

[@emilythemotorhome9165]

Went in jimmy’s pub in Wyke Bradford most days Was a proper gentleman (when taking your money) there was Never any trouble Seen him in action Trust me hard as nails

[@peteraustin370]

Breaks still in Prison in Tenerife after killing his girlfriend...!!!!

[@andrewthornhill4229]

He died on Christmas day last year

[@SteveHarris-r3i]

Max Ward the referee who always needed GLASSES

[@thomasmcclean4352]

Does anybody remember when Alan Dennison was a really dirty figh, until he fought Kung-fu, and miraculously changed his ways?

[@arthurdeth7646]

Max Ward as a ref was so weak. I think he turned up as a ref for a baseball match according to his attire.

[@alancoverdale713]

Breaks is was the biggest cheat in wrestlering 😊

[@stephenm6100]

rip jimmy breaks🙏🙏

[@RaymondJowett]

IF PEOPLE CAN RISE. AND STAND STILL FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WHY DON'T THE DO SIMILAR AT ELEVENTH ELEVEVEN POPPY TIME HOW STANDARDS HAVE GONE DOWNHILL😂❤

[@DJT7362]

If I had been in Maxs Breaks would of been disqualified by now belt or no belt

[@SteveHarris-r3i]

The only way Breaks could win fighting a paper bag Is if the bag played by the rules

[@ChrisMason-q4w]

Whatever you say about Breaks he was quick.

[@RonaldArthurDewhirst]

Wall must have been paid off.

[@alancoverdale713]

Jim Breaks was just a filthy wrestler should have been banned from fighting Mr Big head

[@dennisisaacs9693]

Now he is in prison for killing his girlfriend 40 years younger in Spain he is doing thirty years

[@clvecooledge2407]

Breaks special move if you watch it carefully he lays it on opponent then he trys to lift opponent watching carefully his opponent puts his right hand on breaks shoulder jumps onto breaks thighs thus pretending he had lifted the opponent thus getting a submission. Shows how farcical it is every time a move is made the aggressor stamps his foot deliberately to announce the move they all do it could lt be a.code or some thing it's still good fun though. Best wrestler without a doubt less Kellet.

[@johnmichaelford3615]

@dennisisaacs9693 Breaks once broke into his gas and electric meters in the pub and he was arrested for that but i have no idea what happened to him

[@dennisisaacs9693]

That was a Gunuine scrap for the championship belt that was serious some matches are some matches not big daddy matches was never Genuine haystacks could put him away if he wanted to he put away Crusher Brannigan in a competitive scrap and John quin in hanova Germany

[@johnmichaelford3615]

Giant Haystacks put big daddy in hospital one night but it was not a televised match

[@clvecooledge2407]

Is breaks still in prison for killing his partner.

[@peteraustin370]

Yes ..!!...He was Committed to a secure mental health establishment in Tenerife after killing his girlfriend....May never come out..!!!!

[@clvecooledge2407]

@peteraustin370 maybe if he jumps up & down lowering bottom lip just like did in the wrestling ring they might let him out lol.

[@clvecooledge2407]

No he will get a public warning and a big dummy chucked in the ring then the lip will drop and jump up and down.

[@vaughanrose2151]

FIXED. But even so really bad referee. Would not trust him with.

[@gilliantregear1268]

Oh all the wrestling matches, I can remember Max Ward never took any crap from any of the wrestler's broke the rules

[@marciadesouza3314]

SHAME ON YOU JIM. PUT YOUR TAIL IN AND LEAVE THE RING. DENNIS BEAT YOU TO THE MATCH😅😅😅😂😂😂😅😂😅

[@tomtd]

Breaks died Xmas day.

[@hamerjohn]

god save our king

[@graemestarkey7524]

There is no god and monarchies are pointless - except for the mindless sheep.

[@VelvetMetrolink]

Silly old bootlicker. Save the biggest benefit scrounger in history so you can carry on paying for him. All because his recent ancestors were 1. Distantly related to Princess Sophia Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Hannover and 2. Not Catholic.

[@tomtd]

Breaks died Xmas day 23.

[@steveallen6525]

And now he is in a Spanish nursing home forever remembered not as a wrestler but a murderer

[@bar10ml44]

Wrestling love it

[@DrFingers]

Reading these comments it's as though a lot of you don't know they were acting. I knew Jim Brakes when he was about 65 and retired in the Canary Islands. I was a piano player and he was a regular. He used to sing with me. He told me he had his act and image as a cheat etc. And it was all completely staged. He later went on to be accused of murdering his girlfriend, and then became senile. Shame as he was a nice bloke.

[@keithcaldwell7673]

Cry baby jimmy breaks

[@jgryme6306]

This is terrible