RIP Champ Remember reading about his early fights in Boxing News then on TV picking up the Commonwealth crown. Looked finished when decent American Victor Belcher stopped him but came back with a wicked one punch come from behind ko over Alex Dickson. Later on a young Holligan proved too much over 1...

She was married to Johnny McClain. I had to look up his record on Boxrec though I do remember him being the first to beat Ole Klementson who was a terrific puncher.

Your welcome. Pretty sure Williams was carried out on a stretcher. Their rematch was pretty good too. Prince Charles Williams was one hell of a brave fighter. He didn´t have a glorious amateur background and was thrown a little to the wolves. He lost his pro debut, after beating some journeyman he f...

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Tommy Shiels was a great answer. Remember the way he went through Del Bryan and Kid Milo, think he had a bad cut in that one.

Milo was pretty tough, fought Eubank and Benn in latter fights and neither demolished him like Shiels.

Heard cuts and fragile hands were the problem.

Tyrell Biggs fighting with a broken right collarbone from the 2nd round. Crude but massive punching Jeff Simms (check out his fight with Earnie Shavers, classic) was on a run of 10 wins (8 kos) when he took on the undefeated Olympian. Biggs boxed 8 rounds just with his left hand and dominated with h...

Too many to mention but always had a soft spot for Tony Sibson. Sweetest moment for me was against Brian Anderson when after 8 long years and 29 fights since beating Frankie Lucas in a classic to finally win the Lonsdale belt outright. Anderson was a dangerous fighter with some good kos abroad and s...

Yeah not Campbell's fault but that Martinez decision was so ludicrous and blatantly corrupt that it really turned a lot of people against him. Certainly is not Campbell fault but a rematch (even after a couple more learning fights)would have something he could have demanded. I have a lot of respect...

Clinton Woods was a class act. I remember reading about him in Boxing News and then seeing him lose to David Starie. I wrote him off after that but he proved me wrong against Crawford Ashley (another favourite of mine) and hit a vain of form that pleasentedly surprised me. Loved his down to earth pe...

Shotgun Joe wrote: ↑02 Feb 2024, 08:15 good shout, just ordered it, £10.30 on Amazon

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good shout, just ordered it, £10.30 on Amazon

Enjoy

Sibson was a hell of a fighter. So strong from his days working on building sites. His biography (Sibbo) is superb, can´t recommend it enough. Tony had problems with confidence, weight and really wasn´t that enamoured with the professional side of boxing. His wins over Minter, Collins, Dwight Daviso...

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :salut: I have read that Lumumba became an enforcer in Sweden, torched a house killing two. Was deported back to Kenya where he died of water poisoning. No idea if these claims are true. Glenn said he went back to Kenya and murdered his family :maybe:

By all accounts Lumumba was unlucky not to get the verdict over heavyweight James Broad. He definately sparred Tyson, as did McCrory, and in his last two fights before Glenn had beaten former champ Alfonso Ratliff and future champ Jeff Lampkin. Lampkin would travel to England to stop McCrory in 3 wi...

Fenech is severly underrated. The way he destroyed two ferocious punchers in Payaroon and Callejas was brutal especially against Callejas whose left hook was a thing of beauty. He also beat tough future champions Zaragoza and Villasana with ease. The Nelson draw was his best fight. Travesty he didn´...

My favourite Spanish fighter (classy José Legra and tough Javier Castillejo close runner-ups) of all time. A durable pressure fighter who never gave up, he fought his heart out against Frampton in their 1st fight only to get kayoed. Dusted himself off and 6 months later travelled to the USA to hamme...

Good write up. Ditto and nice to have shout-out in there for the all-action Mark Reefer, who was a great warrior Thanks. I became a big fan of Reefer after his fight with Mo Hussein who was just to big and strong for him. He went on a great run after that defeat to pick up the Commonwealth title at...

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Mo Hussein-Lloyd Christie Good little battle. Commonwealth lightweight champion,Mo, goes up to light-welter to challenge recently crowned British champ Lloyd Christie. Lloyd is the brother of Errol Christie but whose career was completely different, 16 loses at that point (only 17 wins) but a wealth...

Davey Moore-John David Jackson Moore was one of my favourite fighters of the 80´s. Duran beating ruined him though he did manage to stop a washed up Benitez in 2 before being stopped by Buster Drayton in another title tilt. Moore scored two official knockdowns but 1st was courtesy of a headbutt and ...

Some great hipster choices there..!

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My favourites would be: Sibson-Frankie Lucas (wish there was more footage of Lucas) Sibson-Brian Anderson (I was so elated he finally won the Lonsdale belt outright after 8 years) George Feeney-Ray Cattouse (brutal and brilliant at the same time) Michael Watson-Benn+Eubank II Benn-Anthony Logan, Eub...