whatever happened to ray hood ?

[johnnykayo]

does anybody know whatever happened to ray hood ? he was a light-welterweight from queensferry,north wales. fought kevin pritchard,the late najib daho and i think his last fight was against jason rowland in york hall,i use to watch him fight in the early 80s,he was a good fighter and i havent seen him for years,he was one of the first boxers i have ever seen covered in tatoos !! be good to know what hes up to these days.

[scaff1]

yea,unfortunately ray passed away about 6 years ago i think,personal problems,did,nt know najib daho was no longer with us?

[johnnykayo]

christ thats well sad as he was a smashing guy,was he living in london as i heard he went to live their ? what a damn shame though,thanx for letting me know pal,your a gent. i just cant believe it,thanx again

[scaff1]

yea he worked at one of the big airports down south,he was a great character and is sorely missed,i have many fond memories of his fights at the deeside leisure centre.on a lighter note theres a good local lad called tom doran fighting at the d.l.c. on friday 20th may.

[johnnykayo]

yea thanx bruv i did know,im gonna go to that as hes suppose to be a cracking fighter doran,but thanx for letting me know on ray

[orbtastic]

yea,unfortunately ray passed away about 6 years ago i think,personal problems,did,nt know najib daho was no longer with us?

Daho died in a car crash in Morocco, years ago?

[bennie]

[johnnykayo]

thanx bennie what a fantastic photo of ray !

[choody92]

hi guys my name is chris Hood son of ray just been doing a bit of research on my old man yeah he died feb 2004
( suicide ) have any of you guys got any storys any pics anything what so ever would be very very much appreciated
thanks
chris

[bennie]

His stoppage loss to Ian McLeod, a man who beat McGuigan as an amateur, is misleading because Ray suffered a broken jaw and had no option but to retire on his stool.

[choody92]

His stoppage loss to Ian McLeod, a man who beat McGuigan as an amateur, is misleading because Ray suffered a broken jaw and had no option but to retire on his stool.

thats news to me was you at this fight ?

[bennie]

His stoppage loss to Ian McLeod, a man who beat McGuigan as an amateur, is misleading because Ray suffered a broken jaw and had no option but to retire on his stool.

thats news to me was you at this fight ?

Remember it at the time. McLeod was British title level, just a level above Ray.