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The date & location in bold letters indicate the card has full results (incomplete results and/or missing venue name otherwise).
Foreign participants:
Bobby Bruns
Andre Adoree
Ovira Asselin
Casey Berger
Harold Sakata
Dr. Len Hall (injured on 10/11)
Gino Vagnone (replaced Hall)
1951/09/30 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Ovira Asselin (30min limit draw) Bobby Bruns
Harold Sakata (2-1) Casey Berger
Dr. Len Hall (2-1; utc in 3rd) Andre Adoree 1951/10/04 Yokohama - Fryar Gym (2,500+, near capacity)
Bobby Bruns def Casey Berger
Andre Adoree (2-1) Harold Sakata
Dr. Len Hall (2-1) Ovira Asselin 1951/10/11 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Bobby Bruns (time limit draw) Harold Sakata
Andre Adoree (2-0) Casey Berger
Dr. Len Hall (2-1) Ovira Asselin
* Hall injures his back during this match. 1951/10/14 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Ovira Asselin (1-1 45min) Harold Sakata
Andre Adoree (11:10) Casey Berger
Andre Adoree & *Harold Sakata (1-0) Ovira Asselin & *Bobby Bruns
1: Sakada def Bruns
2: (time limit draw)
* Originally scheduled: Bruns vs Dr. Len Hall (injured on previous card) 1951/10/28 Tokyo - Ryogoku Memorial Hall
Exhibition Match: Bobby Bruns (10min limit draw) Rikidōzan
* Rikidōzan's debut as a pro-wrestler.
Andre Adoree (30min limi draw) Harold Sakata
Ovira Asselin (2-0) Casey Berger
Ovira Asselin & Bobby Bruns (2-1; DQ in 3rd) Harold Sakata and Gino Vagnone
* Sakata & Vagnone initially win the 3rd fall but are DQ'd for the continuous attacks after the match. 1951/11/14 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Exhibition Match: Bobby Bruns drew Kokichi Endo
Exhibition Match: Ovira Asselin drew Rikidōzan
Harold Sakata (2-0) Casey Berger
Andre Adoree & Gino Vagnone (NC) Ovira Asselin & Bobby Bruns
1: Adoree & Vagnone won
2: Asselin (pin) Adoree
3: (NC)
* Adoree gets pinned after Vagnone hits him by mistake. The team splits and the 3rd fall is declared no contest. 1951/11/18 Tokyo - Korakuen Stadium (10,000 or 20,000)
six boxing exhibitions (3R each)
Exhibition Match: Ovira Asselin (10min limit draw) Rikidōzan
Bobby Bruns (2-1) Gino Vagnone
Andre Adoree (30min limi draw) Harold Sakata
Boxing Exhibition (6R)
1: Joe Louis (KO) Willie Polite
2: Joe Louis (points) Lee Giles
3: Joe Louis (TKO) Jim Hickey
4: Joe Louis (points) Buck Decordova
5: Joe Louis (points) Nat Gray
6: Joe Louis (KO) Allan Williams 1951/11/20 Yokosuka, Kanagawa - Naval Base (3,000)
Exhibition Match: Casey Berger (time limit draw) Rikidōzan
Ovira Asselin (time limit draw) Gino Vagnone
Bobby Bruns def Harold Sakata (referee: Joe Louis)
plus two preliminary matches 1951/11/22 Sendai - Miyagi Pref. Stadium
Exhibition Match(?) : Harold Sakata vs Kokichi Endo
Exhibition Match: Bobby Bruns (time limit draw) Rikidōzan
Ovira Asselin vs Gino Vagnone
Boxing Exhibition
1: Joe Louis (1R KO) Richard Carr
2: Joe Louis (1R TKO) Jerome Cowley
3: Joe Louis (3R points?) Lindy Bulhex? 1951/11/25 Osaka - Osaka Stadium (3,000)
Exhibition Match: Harold Sakata [sub for Bobby Bruns] (10min limit draw) Kokichi Endo
Exhibition Match: Andre Adoree [sub for Harold Sakata] (10min limit draw) Rikidōzan
Ovira Asselin [sub for Andre Adoree] (forfeit) Gino Vagnone
Boxing Exhibition
1: Joe Louis (1R points) E. Richardson
2: Joe Louis (2R points) K.O. Hubbard
3: Joe Louis (2R points) Cyril Samuels 1951/12/02 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
Boxing (3R) : Harold Gibbs drew Don Walker
Andre Adoree & Gino Vagnone (2-1; COR in 3rd) Ovira Asselin & Harold Sakata
Exhibition Match: Andre Adoree (10min limit draw) Kokichi Endo
Exhibition Match: Bobby Bruns (10min limit draw) Rikidōzan
Boxing Exhibition (6R)
1: Joe Louis (2R draw) Ozie [K.O.] Hubbard
2: Joe Louis drew Allan Williams
3: Joe Louis drew Clarence Saunders
4: Joe Louis drew Willie Polite
5: Joe Louis drew Buck Decordova 1951/12/09 Yokohama - Fryar Gym
seven prelimnary amateur boxing matches
Exhibition Match: Andre Adoree drew(?) Yasuyuki Sakabe
Exhibition Match (10min) : Ovira Asselin drew(?) Kokichi Endo
Exhibition Match: Harold Sakata drew Rikidōzan
Ovira Asselin & Bobby Bruns vs Andre Adoree & Gino Vagnone 1951/12/11 Tokyo - Memorial Hall
Exhibition Match: Bobby Bruns drew Rikidōzan
Boxing Exhibition
1: Joe Louis def Allan Williams
2: Joe Louis (TKO) James Boll?
3: Joe Louis def(?) Buck Decordova |
