Jock McAvoy and Randolph Turpin were two of the finest and hardest hitting Middleweights the UK ever produced.
If they had been able to meet, in their primes who do you think would have prevailed?
I lean towards the relentless power punching McAvoy to slowly grind Turpin down with brutal body shots and win by late stoppage.
15 rounds, who wins?
Jock McAvoy vs Randolph Turpin, What If?
Great match up Joe, one of those ones you can't believe you haven't thought of until someone mentions it.
I've only seen a few of Turpin's fights on film and none of McAvoy's so I'm going mostly on what I've read. Both had good chins so i think it would go the distance. I see McAvoy out-working Turpin to a hard fought decision, but it would be close.
I've only seen a few of Turpin's fights on film and none of McAvoy's so I'm going mostly on what I've read. Both had good chins so i think it would go the distance. I see McAvoy out-working Turpin to a hard fought decision, but it would be close.
well the man who was in the ring that night with Turpin & Robison, stated of McAvoy in his book Box-On: and I quote;
" Jock McAvoy was the most 'merciless', unrelenting, hard-hitting box-fighter I have ever come across..."
and this man came across them ALL, as the 3rd man...most people in the 'then' know claimed McAvoy (and many 'still' do) as Britain's greatest middleweight and like them JOCK gets my vote!
" Jock McAvoy was the most 'merciless', unrelenting, hard-hitting box-fighter I have ever come across..."
and this man came across them ALL, as the 3rd man...most people in the 'then' know claimed McAvoy (and many 'still' do) as Britain's greatest middleweight and like them JOCK gets my vote!
Turpin was the guy whose exploits first got me interested in boxing when I was very young, and I have always regarded him as something special. On his day, and at the top of his form, I'd rate him in the Top 10 British fighters since the war. Problem with Turpin was that he could be a bit inconsistent. I've not seen any of McAvoy's fights but his record and reputation speaks for itself. Tough one to call.... my heart says Turpin but my head says that McAvoy must have been a tough and very capable fighter and he would probablyget my vote to win a hard fight on points.
I wouldn't be betting on it though....
J
I wouldn't be betting on it though....
J
A friend of the family who must be pushing 70 by now saw Randy Turpin fight in and out of the ring a few times.
He saw him box in the booths and he was laying them all out, often with his head.
He told me all the siblings were vicious street fighters. I would imagine being of mixed race in those days you would have to learn to fight and fight hard.
He saw him box in the booths and he was laying them all out, often with his head.
He told me all the siblings were vicious street fighters. I would imagine being of mixed race in those days you would have to learn to fight and fight hard.
I read in a book about Turpin that his father was the "first black man to live in Leamington". Not sure what Leam was like in those days, though I know it quite well over the past ten years and while it has its rougher parts it never struick me as a street fightining town. But maybe I'm mixing with the wrong people! :)KOJOE90 wrote: I would imagine being of mixed race in those days you would have to learn to fight and fight hard.
Always wondered why the statue of Turpin is in Warwick rather than Leamington - I think the Leamington "powers that be" wouldn't give permission for it to be erected in the town but I don't recall why.
J
