Canon City, Colorado: Monday, May 15, 1978 (Canon City High School Gymnasium) … International Heavyweight Champion Cyclone Negro b. Hans Schroeder (2/3) … Dory Funk Jr. and Dennis Stamp were both disqualified … Larry Lane b. Mr. Pogo (DQ) … Terry Garvin and The Super Destroyer drew … (promoter: Jess Haines) … (sponsored by: Canon City Optimist Club) Notes: Cyclone Negro was called the reigning International Heavyweight Champion, weighing 250 pounds Schroeder was 280 pounds, and a former titleholder. He was managed by Sir Oliver Humperdink. The Canon City Daily Record (5/10/78) stated: “Negro, a former middleweight and light heavyweight boxer, lost by decision to two-time boxing heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson in the Pan-American Games during the 1950s. As a power weightlifter, Negro bench-pressed 560 pounds.” The paper said that Funk “with his father, Dory Funk Sr., popularized the family name to grappling fans throughout the world.” He was a former captain of the football team at West Texas State. Dennis Stamp “was an NCAA wrestling All-American at Concordia College.” Larry Lane was a Colorado native and “three time Rocky Mountain Conference champion while at the University of Northern Colorado.” Lane and Funk hold the Western States Tag Team Title. Research by Tim Hornbaker |
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