A Cork strong man, Tadgh Justice, has ambitions to be a major figure in the world of wrestling in America.
Weight lifting champion Tadgh Justice from Newmarket in County Cork is planning to leave Ireland in search of fame and fortune as a wrestler in America.
He admits he does not know much about the sport, but has been undertaking a strict fitness regime in the mountains to ensure he is in peak condition.
I’ve done quite a bit of running up there and I’ve wrestled some wild animals.
Diet is an important part of the training process and in the mountains Tadgh Justice survives on,
Raw meat and goat’s milk.
Recently fined £10 for the possession of two and a half pints of poteen he insists it is used to keep his body warm when in competition. He is certain he will be able to get this type of commodity in America.
A wrestler's name is an essential element of their persona. Tadgh Justice and his friends have come up with the moniker the Banteer Bouncer for his American wrestling career.
Acknowledging that some Irish men have succeeded in American wrestling, Tadgh Justice is determined to prove he is the greatest of them all.
I intend to do what Cassius Clay did for boxing.
Cassius Clay has proven he is a gifted boxer as well as a talker. Tadgh Justice demonstrates his strength is not all talk by scooping up reporter Dick Hogan with one arm and effortlessly walking away with him.
This episode of 'Hall’s Pictorial Weekly’ was broadcast on 14 April 1973. The reporter is Dick Hogan.
