Horace Notice

Post by **The Law** » 14 Jul 2005, 06:43

How good was Horace Notice? He retired undefeated due to an injury.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=021914

He beat a top quality fighter in his career (Anaclet Wamba).

Anaclet Wamba beat every other opponent he ever faced, other than Horace Notice.

Horace Notice was from Birmingham and I was wondering if any of you guys ever watched his fights in the 80's. Apparently he had great potential before his injury (detached retina) in 1988 :(

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 14 Jul 2005, 06:58

I think he would have been a cruiserwieght nowadays , was a very good technical fighter, could definetly have won the Euro heavy title. Might have found his size a problem in World class.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 14 Jul 2005, 07:00

I used to really like Horace. He was a cut above a lot of his domestic opposition. Decent technically I seem to remember, which is all you had to be to be a cut above the likes of Andy Gerrard and Noel Quarless.

Look at his early weight. He would have been a fornicating monster at the new cruiser level.

Post by **The Law** » 14 Jul 2005, 07:04

Well he did beat Anaclet Wamba who became a world champ and defended his world title quite a few times before retiring as the champ.

So who knows what Horace could have achieved? .....

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Jul 2005, 07:45

Horace looked an excellent prospect at the time, always thought he was better than Mason for instance. Very unlucky to have to retire like that - I think I heard he drives a cab these days.

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 14 Jul 2005, 12:01

He originated from Birmingham as far as I'm aware but settled in New Cross when he was boxing I believe.

I used to like watching Horace too. His fitness used to seperate him from most of the other British contenders. He was on the verge on an EBU challenge to Francisco Damiani as remember before he had to call it quits.

Had two good fights with Trevor Hughroy Currie for the British title, both televised on ITV.

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 14 Jul 2005, 14:15

I still shudder when I see Horace's brutal knockout of Harold Hylton in the ABA Heavyweight final back in the 80's.

Post by **The Law** » 14 Jul 2005, 16:07

MightyWarrior wrote:Horace looked an excellent prospect at the time, always thought he was better than Mason for instance. Very unlucky to have to retire like that - I think I heard he drives a cab these days.

Driving cabs?

It's a pity that he never had the chance to achieve his true potential