Rocky Balboa wrote:It's alarming that there has not been one single mention of the late, great George Francis.

i did mention on my original thread the late george francis

just read jimmy tibbs book and good read it was too,britain have had some exellent trainers and churned out so many great champions over the years,who would you say was our best ? i can think of terry lawless,george francis,the gutteridge twins,jim wicks but in my opinion ive got to say eddie thoma...

and of course brendan ingle

just read jimmy tibbs book and good read it was too,britain have had some exellent trainers and churned out so many great champions over the years,who would you say was our best ? i can think of terry lawless,george francis,the gutteridge twins,jim wicks but in my opinion ive got to say eddie thomas...

should be the nuts....i read a good one from harry holland well worth a look he was a real geezer Eh i read that ,it was pretty funny from what i remember i got it from the pound shop i think ... from sparring with ali to debt collecting and being a male escort ...he certainly lead a full live i kn...

people wanna get in touch with that ed brophy director of hall of fame and put brendans name forward to be nominated

The amount of champions that Brendan Ingle has created and the service he has provided for children and adults in Sheffield should get him into the Boxing Hall of Fame. I had the fortune to speak with Brendan in Hull last year and he is fascinating man. He would gladly talk about boxing all day lon...

ronnie kray told me his eyes were very sensitive to light as he took horrendous flashes from the field guns he fired in normandy,nice fella alec was,originally from leeds.

has anybody got any knowledge if the singer dean martin was a former pro ? and how many fights he had ?

no jack gardner was not related to john l, jack was related to the train robber tommy wisbey tho.

thanx guys

i was recently watching a chat show on tv and chris isaak the singer was being interviewd and he said he was a former golden gloves champion. i have looked on various sites on him and just said he was a former amateur boxer. does anybody have any info on his career ? thanx guys

itv4 tonite at 9pm "klitchko" documentary, come out a cpl of years ago as i have it on dvd,if you havent seen it then have a butchers cos its a good un

was the great american western author a former pro boxer ? i have just read his book "education of a wandering man " and he says he won 51 out of 59 fights but cant find anyone by that name on here regarding his record

whatta crock load of shite :( never even give budd schulberg a mention ! thought it was too good to be true as it was a load of bollox

did the commentator ronald macintosh ever box ? looked up on here what little i found on him and its not much,but someone told me he was a former basketball player ! just wondered if he is a newspaper journalist on boxing or summit.

BBC2 on monday17th march at 10pm "the culture show" tony parsons and the art of boxing,looking why cultural figures of the 20th and 21st century share a passion for boxing. wortha watch !

i heard on the radio that amateur fred evans has been nicked in birmingham for assault its just been now

shagging fit young birds the jammy c**t

i got rid of the boxing news 4 years ago as i had it religiously since 1976,it just went down hill after claude abrahams left. so give it the big toe as you can get all the news off here and its instant

well that sums the knobhead up what he done to his own mother ! im glad hes on his arse and karma is a true thing as i met him once in grazianos bar in canastota when i attended the boxing hall of fame in new york,and whatta arsehole as hes the most obnoxious man on the planet ! he snubbed and was r...

yea agree but wouldnt it be amazing to see such a great tradition comin back,like yourself fascinates me.

just looking on e bay and noticed a a complete boxing booth is up for sale for £25,000 ! i can only think it was the late,last booth proprietor ron taylors from cardiff. he was the last to travel with the booth intil he passed away a few years ago at the grand old age of 96 :salut: i only ever went ...

Coco wrote:14 quid is not crazy money esp with free postage and they are taking offers too

it is as ive never paid over a fiver for one off ebay and amazon and charity shops

thanx kmh il do that for sure,and it will be goin to a good home and thanx again