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To describe Lew Phillips Thursday night shows at the Digbeth Civic Hall as legendary may be an exaggeration, but not much of one. The Birmingham boxing promoter turned to wrestling when boxing was in the doldrums during the 1960s, calling on the support of Jack Taylor to put on some tremendous shows. When Wrestling Heritage writers met up with the great Count Bartelli some forty years ago he singled out Phillips as one of the promoters he respected most. Some forty years later fans still recall Bartelli’s defence of his Commonwealth title against India’s Maruti Vardar on a 1968 Lew Phillips show. Bartelli laughingly told us this was because it had gone to a fifteen round draw and they missed the last bus home!
Lew Phillips promoted at various Birmingham venues and around the midlands until his sudden death on 24th May, 1969.
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