Who were your not so famous boyhood heroes?

[stevedoc]

i remember dyer good fighter ,,,, i had a few rocky kelly was one i met him in the royal albert hall dressing room after he fought i was about 13 at the time and there to see my big brother who was on the bill ..
prince rodney the light middle was another i saw him fight when i was 12 again at the albert hall , i was quite lucky my dad would take me to fights alot .

[witherspoon]

I was a big fan of Paul Hodkinson when I was in my early teens. He's not exactly unknown, but I was constantly having to tell my ignorant class mates who he was and explain why he wasn't going to fight Tyson.

[mickey1975]

I was a big fan of Paul Hodkinson when I was in my early teens. He's not exactly unknown, but I was constantly having to tell my ignorant class mates who he was and explain why he wasn't going to fight Tyson.

Hoko was a big name at the time. Heartbreaking, his first World Title defeat on ITV.

[ThereByTheGrace]

Wayne Rigby was great to watch for me. His battles with Michael Ayres are legendary!

[el_grande_mauro_mina]

'The Casbah Kid' Najib Daho. Very much a local celebrity in Greater Manchester. I followed
Lloyd Christie's career a great deal and thought he could get himself a world title shot but
was stopped in 6 rounds in France against Tex N'Kalaente for the European crown.

[jameswilson]

'The Casbah Kid' Najib Daho. Very much a local celebrity in Greater Manchester. I followed
Lloyd Christie's career a great deal and thought he could get himself a world title shot but
was stopped in 6 rounds in France against Tex N'Kalaente for the European crown.

Surprised not to hear you say 'Purple Aki.'

[Deserter]

I was a big fan of Paul Hodkinson when I was in my early teens. He's not exactly unknown, but I was constantly having to tell my ignorant class mates who he was and explain why he wasn't going to fight Tyson.

Hoko was a big name at the time. Heartbreaking, his first World Title defeat on ITV.

Yep, I remember being absolutely gutted when he lost Mickey. Consoled myself with the thought he'd lost to the next great Mexican fighter, but then Vaca got taken out by Kevin Kelley!
I always had a lot of time for Ross Hale and Glen Catley, as I was a West Country boy. Think those guys (and, of course, the Sanigars) did a lot to put Bristol on the map in boxing terms, as it's never been a hotbed.

[mickey1975]

It was Villasana. Vaca did Honeyghan, mate.

[tommo100]

used to follow carl crook when i was younger,being from the chorley,he was a bit of a small town hero and a decent bloke to boot,had 2 right right tears up with najib daho at the preston guild hall,which were viewed as a local grudge matches
i could`nt believe it when he lost to paper skinned bill schwer,that fight took it out of him and after a beating at the hands of the excellent john baptiste mendy he retired with his functions intact

[johnnygreaves]

My hero when I first got really into it was the dynamo, Colin dunne. Loved his style.tough little man.proper fell in love after getting the chance to move around with him when our club did a 20/4 hour sparathon for charidee.if not for that man I truly don't think I would've got into it enough to fight

[Deserter]

It was Villasana. Vaca did Honeyghan, mate.

We're both wrong mate - I was thinking of Vargas!

[mickey1975]

It was Villasana. Vaca did Honeyghan, mate.

We're both wrong mate - I was thinking of Vargas!

I'm not! I was thinking of his first challenge when he couldn't see!

[Deserter]

It was Villasana. Vaca did Honeyghan, mate.

We're both wrong mate - I was thinking of Vargas!

I'm not! I was thinking of his first challenge when he couldn't see!

Yep, but I was clearly referring to Vargas, hence the reference to Kevin Kelley!

[stevedoc]

'The Casbah Kid' Najib Daho. Very much a local celebrity in Greater Manchester. I followed
Lloyd Christie's career a great deal and thought he could get himself a world title shot but
was stopped in 6 rounds in France against Tex N'Kalaente for the European crown.

daho was a tough bastard he fought my brother pat doherty twice winning one each

[mickey1975]

No worries, I was more upset when he lost to Villasana though!

[Deserter]

No worries, I was more upset when he lost to Villasana though!

Yep, know what you mean... that was a cruel way to lose. Didn't get me as much as the Goyo fight though for some reason - I think it was because I thought he was better than Villasana so would win the rematch, whereas with Vargas it was a bit of a beatdown that didn't leave much room for optimism afterwards.
On a separate note, I'd squeeze Dennis Andries in there as well - while he had a degree of fame, it was nothing in relative terms when you think he held a world title and fought Hearns etc... I remember him saying he travelled home from one title fight on the tube! Just loved his warrior spirit and the way after getting worked over by Hearns his response was to go and train at the Kronk to improve. Legend.

[tear up]

My hero was allan temple as a kid till I grow up and realised he was so far stuck up his own arse all time fighter was iAn super cooper am and pro won the aba in 1998 turned pro but never really wanted to do it

[lefty]

'The Casbah Kid' Najib Daho. Very much a local celebrity in Greater Manchester. I followed
Lloyd Christie's career a great deal and thought he could get himself a world title shot but
was stopped in 6 rounds in France against Tex N'Kalaente for the European crown.

Surprised not to hear you say 'Purple Aki.'

I think i remember hearing about him in the past on here haha. Wasnt he the local child molester who happened to be a huge black fella that everyone was scared of or something?

[mickey1975]

My hero was allan temple as a kid till I grow up and realised he was so far stuck up his own arse all time fighter was iAn super cooper am and pro won the aba in 1998 turned pro but never really wanted to do it

Didn't Cooper do a bit of unlicensed? I think he beat Darren Rhodes in the Northern Counties ABAs on 97.

[Tarquin Tarpaulin V]

I'd not been boxing long when I read about a 17 year old(?) lad called Jimmy Batten who'd won 75 straight(?) so got my dad to take me to Stratford Town Hall to watch him.

Jimmy obviously went on to better things and it was a pleasure to train alongside him at the Royal Oak gym, albeit for just an hour or so, and to have him present my winners trophy at an amateur show some 7 or so years after that first night in Stratford.

[jonp]

Peter Buckley Nobby brought him to my amatuer gym when he was just turning pro for a bit of training used to follow all his fights.When i got to know pete on pro scen you could see he was a bit shocked that i knew quite so much about his career lol

[tear up]

My hero was allan temple as a kid till I grow up and realised he was so far stuck up his own arse all time fighter was iAn super cooper am and pro won the aba in 1998 turned pro but never really wanted to do it

Didn't Cooper do a bit of unlicensed? I think he beat Darren Rhodes in the Northern Counties ABAs on 97.

Cooper was un beat on the unlicence scene and in the am he beat some great guy s in John pearce jim twitte he boxed jeff Lacey in England v USA Lacey said in an interview he was one tough guy

[darren_simion]

Marian Simion

[rhino222]

'The Casbah Kid' Najib Daho. Very much a local celebrity in Greater Manchester. I followed
Lloyd Christie's career a great deal and thought he could get himself a world title shot but
was stopped in 6 rounds in France against Tex N'Kalaente for the European crown.

Surprised not to hear you say 'Purple Aki.'

I think i remember hearing about him in the past on here haha. Wasnt he the local child molester who happened to be a huge black fella that everyone was scared of or something?

I think he used to grope adolescents muscles?......... weirdo!! ....

[fasteddie]

richie evett and scrap iron ryan were my fav british level fighters,felt for evett when he was beating junior jones only to get his head nearly took off in about round 11