Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, January 25, 1922
( ) … World Middleweight Champion Johnny Meyers b. John Kilonis (for the middleweight
title) (15 round bout of 10 minutes each) (one fall will determine a winner, and if there was
no winner after 15 rounds, the judges would decide) … (6,000 fans)
Note:  Kilonis was from Norfolk, Virginia.

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, February 22, 1922
( ) … World Heavyweight Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko b. Armos Laitinen (1:33:00)
Note:  Zbyszko also beat this opponent in Boston in January.


Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, March 8, 1922
(Ashland Auditorium) … Marin Plestina b. William Demetral (7th round) (1:07:35) … Jack
Linow and Jim Londos drew in six rounds … Ralph Parcaut b. Otto Prapotnick (second
round, 2:45) … Mike Howard b. John Evkovitch (decision in the sixth round) … (promoter:  
Doc Krone) … (large crowd in attendance) … (gate:  $3,500)

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, April 3, 1922
( ) … World Middleweight Champion Johnny Meyers b. Ralph Parcaut (12 rounds)

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, April 17, 1922
( ) … John Pesek b. Charley Peters (2-0)

*A report in newspapers on April 20, 1922 stated that Ed “Strangler” Lewis was offered
$25,000 to meet John Pesek in Chicago on June 17 by the Theodore Roosevelt Post of
the American Legion.

Chicago, Illinois:  April 27, 1922
( ) … World Middleweight Champion Johnny Meyers vs. Heinie Engel


Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, May 16, 1922
( ) … John Pesek and Marin Plestina wrestled to a no contest (3-hours, 22-minutes) (The
referee stopped the match when both wrestlers were “too exhausted to continue” with
support from the Chicago City Athletic Commission) (After two hours, Plestina fell from the
ring and into the crowd, where he was punched in the face by a fan)

*The Chicago City Athletic Commission investigated the match between John Pesek and
Marin Plestina with allegations that both men did not do their best to win the match.

















Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 10, 2010
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1922