BOSWELL ST LOUIS AND YOLANDE POMPEY

[punjabipal]

ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE BOXERS PLEASE ???
I HAVE HEARD BOSWELL WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT 16 YEARS AGO...KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YOLANDE.
BOXREC HAS THEM BOTH STILL ALIVE.
THANX,
MARTIN

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

Yolande died of cancer a few years ago, he was a chauffeur for the Trinidadian government in London and by all accounts was loved by all - RIP champ!

[punjabipal]

Thanx for the info...Have tried googling the names without success,
MARTIN

[Jeff Thomas]

My amateur coach Neville Rowe fought yolanda and said he was tremendous; nev was no slouch himself

[Jeff Thomas]

Interestingly a chap I knew called Ted Williams also boxed him

[punjabipal]

BOTH BOSWELL AND YOLANDE CAME FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. THEY CAME TO ENGLAND TO PLY THERE TRADE. BOTH WERE SUCCESSFUL ESPECIALLY YOLANDE. HE FOUGHT ARCHIE MOORE FOR THE WORLD L/HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, LOSING BY TKO IN THE 1OTH ROUND.
I RECENTLY PURCHASED BOTH THERE AUTOGRAPHS AND WHEN I LOOKED UP THERE RECORDS ON BOXREC, WERE SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE BOTH LISTED AS BEING ALIVE.
THE BOSWELL AUTOGRAPH WAS IN AN ALBUM ALONG WITH SOME OTHER GREAT NAMES....WIM SNOEK, EDDIE 'POLLY' SMITH, ERIC BRETT, EBE MENSAH, RONALD RUSH, ANDY BAIRD, ROY ANKARAH, LIAM CLARKE, GIANCARLO CENTO, GEORGE WHELAN, COLIN BARBER, BRIAN CARTWRIGHT, HOGAN 'KID' BASSEY AND FREDDIE MILLS.

MARTIN

[bennie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZradMnI8w4

Moore against Pompey. Check out the 4-18 mark when British referee Jack Hart lays into the great man, demanding more action. "He was rude to me," said Archie afterwards.