Your Favorite Decade Of Boxing

[Jake Hughes]

Something about the aesthetics of the 20's through to the late 50's that was just perfect. The simple three runged ring, clear canvas, devoid of crass advertising slogans, the colour and proportions of the silk shorts, black or brown gloves all set in wooden strewn outdoor arenas or ball parks or characterful halls where devoted fans in multitudes would avidly devour the action which was undiluted by ubiquitous TV coverage. Whole neighbourhoods getting together throughout the country just to listen to a fight on the radio.

Extra trains having to be put on for the demand. Eight weights, eight champions. The importance and complete significance of it all.

Having said all that, , the depth of talent throughout the weights during the 70's and 80's was remarkable. The names on the fight CVs of most of those guys was were just like Boxing Hall of Fame lists.

[dillingham]

The Fifties. I was seventeen when 1950 dawned. After the grey days of the war years and the austerity of the late forties, a new era brought in great times here in the UK. Suddenly, with us there was the great sports, boxing, football, cricket, entertainment with music and films,it all came together as the decade progressed. Now I'm almost eighty, I often look back at the happenings of the greatest era of my life, thanks greatly to the internet.