john fury

[MPG]

Went to the Hatton gym (last spsr before Senchenko) and saw a traveller called Eddie Gallagher absolutely battering Craig Lyon. Never went pro, and disappeared into the traveller world.

Incredible waste

Eddie is a cousin of mines,we live on the same site.Really skilful boxer,real shame he didn't try pro.

[MPG]

I remember watching Henry Wharton & it wasn't untill after his career had finished had I relise that he were a Traveller.
I'm not saying that he didn't mention it but having only watch him box a few times when I was younger,I just didn't know.If I didnt,did average person know ?

Michael Gomez was brilliant to watch,coming in as the Irish Mexican but he wasnt associated with Travellers from the get go,I remember watching him box and didn't have a clue until he was having the bigger fights which by then he had an army of fans.

Just my thoughts and probably wrong.

Happy New Years

Yes, it got mentioned a lot by the BBC in his amateur days. They called him a travelling showman which him and his family hated. Everyone in Yorkshire knew, he grew up in a caravan in a very big family.

Ah right,I was young and didn't really know,he seem like a nice guy on interviews aswell.

[Stevieb8006]

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Michael Gomez was brilliant to watch,coming in as the Irish Mexican but he wasnt associated with Travellers from the get go,I remember watching him box and didn't have a clue until he was having the bigger fights which by then he had an army of fans.

Just my thoughts and probably wrong.

Happy New Years

Everyone knew Gomez was a traveller. They never stopped banging on about it on sky. Born in a car....all that spin. He banged on about his "gypo pride" enough after every grueller.

[thepocketrocket]

Went to the Hatton gym (last spsr before Senchenko) and saw a traveller called Eddie Gallagher absolutely battering Craig Lyon. Never went pro, and disappeared into the traveller world.

Incredible waste

Sparring means little though, there's tons of "gym fighters" out there, they look great in training but never amount to much more. Maybe the opponent Lyon was out of shape, told to go easy or was practising his defence. Former heavyweight Elijah Tillery was said to be a great gym fighter who often beat up world champs in training and was a popular pick in the sparring circuit, he didn't amount to much as a pro.

EDIT: This is Gallagher, said he was a pro boxer but can't find a record for him.

https://twitter.com/eddygallagher23

I hadn't put him in the HOF, I'm saying Lyon got caned and he looked exciting. How his career would have gone I don't know, i just wanted to see it.

[thepocketrocket]

Went to the Hatton gym (last spsr before Senchenko) and saw a traveller called Eddie Gallagher absolutely battering Craig Lyon. Never went pro, and disappeared into the traveller world.

Incredible waste

Eddie is a cousin of mines,we live on the same site.Really skilful boxer,real shame he didn't try pro.

Oh geez, what a small world! I hope he is well, and whatever he is doing, he is happy!

He struck me as a great fella!

[MPG]

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Michael Gomez was brilliant to watch,coming in as the Irish Mexican but he wasnt associated with Travellers from the get go,I remember watching him box and didn't have a clue until he was having the bigger fights which by then he had an army of fans.

Just my thoughts and probably wrong.

Happy New Years

Everyone knew Gomez was a traveller. They never stopped banging on about it on sky. Born in a car....all that spin. He banged on about his "gypo pride" enough after every grueller.

Surpose your right,He did have a good few Wars,beat some good men & win the Lonsdale belt outright,great achievement

[MPG]

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Michael Gomez was brilliant to watch,coming in as the Irish Mexican but he wasnt associated with Travellers from the get go,I remember watching him box and didn't have a clue until he was having the bigger fights which by then he had an army of fans.

Just my thoughts and probably wrong.

Happy New Years

Everyone knew Gomez was a traveller. They never stopped banging on about it on sky. Born in a car....all that spin. He banged on about his "gypo pride" enough after every grueller.

Surpose your right,He did have a good few Wars,beat some good men & won the Lonsdale belt outright,great achievement

[Stevieb8006]

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Michael Gomez was brilliant to watch,coming in as the Irish Mexican but he wasnt associated with Travellers from the get go,I remember watching him box and didn't have a clue until he was having the bigger fights which by then he had an army of fans.

Just my thoughts and probably wrong.

Happy New Years

Everyone knew Gomez was a traveller. They never stopped banging on about it on sky. Born in a car....all that spin. He banged on about his "gypo pride" enough after every grueller.

Surpose your right,He did have a good few Wars,beat some good men & win the Lonsdale belt outright,great achievement

couldve achieved more I reckon if he'd have lived the life. European title at least

[reggaereggae]

Henry Wharton, Tony Sibson were both popular and gypsies.

[Pugilist-specialist]

Answer what? Because I already shown your bias ("Where do you get your information from?") when it was a worldwide scandal about how Great Britain allowed shariah law to take over Rotherham and other regions, etc.

According to the last census, muslims make up 3.7% of Rotherham's poulation.
The national average of Christians is 54.9% but in Rotherham it is a whopping 66.5%.

[gp.]

Answer what? Because I already shown your bias ("Where do you get your information from?") when it was a worldwide scandal about how Great Britain allowed shariah law to take over Rotherham and other regions, etc.

According to the last census, muslims make up 3.7% of Rotherham's poulation.
The national average of Christians is 54.9% but in Rotherham it is a whopping 66.5%.

Everyone knows that the real power in Rotherham lies with the Chuckle Brothers, not Muslims.

[Counter-puncher]

Are you a traveller? As I grow up I must say I find this violent culture can be a bit repugnant and uncivilised. And 'culture' is not a valid excuse.

No I am not. Was never raised that way, or ever dealt with gypsies and travellers until I was in my twenties. That being said, Father's side was Scottish/Irish/Bavarian, Mother's side was Scottish/Irish/German/Native/Gypsy/African. So I guess, considering by and large my family came from people that nobody really wanted, or were forced into places nobody wanted to settle, etc. it's pretty easy to understand the mindset or culture that Fury came from--- cus our family was sort of closed off from others in one regard or another (you didn't come into our neck of the woods, and in turn we didn't go into yours).

the only man on boxrec to claim more ancestry than carlos

[Cyclops]

i know older boxrec-ers moan about the forum going down the pan over the years but this thread was absolutele gold

[Stevieb8006]

i miss henrys mark twainesque romanticisms on travelling life

[peter barlow]

John Fury is probably the toughest man in British Boxing at the moment. Absolutely terrifying, there is an aura when this man walks into the room. You can literally smell the tension in the air.

The usual nerds on here slagging him off, would be shaking with fear if they even glanced in his direction.

[Counter-puncher]

would he win a fight with Frank Grant, though?

[mickey1975]

would he win a fight with Frank Grant, though?

I KNOW Frank wouldn't be intimidated. That was the beauty of this thread. He mixed in total lunacy with some very strong info that was very plausible.

[Counter-puncher]

would he win a fight with Frank Grant, though?

I KNOW Frank wouldn't be intimidated. That was the beauty of this thread. He mixed in total lunacy with some very strong info that was very plausible.

the last post was laying it on too strong from barlow, i know his game now, above-average effort from the porcine one, here.

[Pugilist-specialist]

the last post was laying it on too strong from barlow, i know his game now, above-average effort from the porcine one, here.

After I rumbled him on the other thread it's obvious!
Step it up Pigg!

[Counter-puncher]

Got to give him credit for the 'supporting the Furies instead of slagging them' bluff

[Boxerbeetle]

Got to give him credit for the 'supporting the Furies instead of slagging them' bluff

Damnit, if it is Pigg then he completely fooled me. Fair play

[magnus]

There's been a Peter Barlow posting on Checkhook for ages, with the same viewpoints as this guy. Don't think it's the Notorious PIGG.

[rd350lc]

There's been a Peter Barlow posting on Checkhook for ages, with the same viewpoints as this guy. Don't think it's the Notorious PIGG.

Coronation street ?

[banjo]

John Fury is probably the toughest man in British Boxing at the moment. Absolutely terrifying, there is an aura when this man walks into the room. You can literally smell the tension in the air.

The usual nerds on here slagging him off, would be shaking with fear if they even glanced in his direction.

I take it your reading material consists of gangster books?

[jameswilson]

Got to give him credit for the 'supporting the Furies instead of slagging them' bluff

Damnit, if it is Pigg then he completely fooled me. Fair play

As soon as you saw the username you didn't immediately know?