Owen Moran 'the fearless' was a very interesting fighter.
Bad tempered, nasty but at 5ft 3ins tall he would fight with anybody and did.
Fought 2 draws with Abe Attell and met the very best in the States including Battling Nelson the Durable Dane and stopped him.

Back in the early 70's Vernon Sollas looked like he was going to go all the way.....
Same with Alex Arthur.
Bomber Graham could have been king in another era and fought top notch opponents.That brain scrambling right hand from Julian Jackson didn't help.

I'd favour Mugabi although Fernandes is a favourite of mine.
Fernandes, courtesy of his wide shoulders threw a really eye catching left hook but wasn't himself very durable

It's a very good course. Did mine at The Solly in Liverpool. In a nutshell you are shown the textbook way of performing/demonstrating: Basics of Boxing stance How to throw a jab to the head or body How to throw a back hand to the head or body Basic hand defences/arm defences Basics of planning a tr...

Roco wrote: ↑08 May 2020, 20:15 Nothing for nabc and school boys?

I've come across school boy and junior fights but never the NABC's.
I boxed in the NABC's one year and my mate got to the final, losing to Nick Wilshere.

Jimmy Wilde, the ghost with a hammer in his hand usually gets in the top 10 punches p4p. Little Jimmy rarely weighed over 7st when he was in his pomp and flattening his opponents. Nigel Benn is a grade A banger and should be on any list of big hitters. Artie Levine came the nearest to koing Sugar Ra...

Willie Pastrano's line early in his career; after getting decked for the second time in an early round he wobbled to his feet and the ref yelled..."do you know where you are?" Willie: "Hell yeah I know where I am; I'm in the middle of Madison Square Garden gettin' the shit kicked out ...

Jones
Calzaghe
Toney
Froch
Eubank/Benn/Collins

Thanks for this.
This is the most comprehensive list of his amateur career that I've seen

Freddie Mills was in carry on constable and carry on regardless.Eric boy Boon was in one of them.
Jack kid Berg was a stuntman in a few films.
Terry Downes was in a horror film.
Billy Walker was in up Pompeii
John H Stracey was in one of the films about the Kray twins