list of active fighters from traveling background

[jamamb]

purely curiosity, because theyve produced a lot of good fighters, have their own unique fighting culture, and the background is something that often gets mentioned during fights.

edited list:

the furys
nathan gorman
jake ball
naylor ball
tom little
tom baker
hosea burton
willie hutchinson
danny dignum
billy joe
felix cash
henry janes
frankie gavin (maybe? estranged fathers family are travellers but he said he doesnt classify himself as one)
johnny coyle
gary corcoran
andy lee
fred evans
craig evans
glenn foot
gary buckland
michael gomez jr.
iain weaver
john joe nevin
thomas patrick ward
isaac lowe

please feel free to help expand the list. also has the number of travelers who turn pro been fairly consistent? are there more doing it now? less? i know retired pros like wharton and martin power are travelers but i dont really know much about boxing from more than 20 years ago.

[Oiky]

Yea your right with Isaac, you got Gary Corcoran, felix cash, Nathan Gorman, tom little, John joe nevin, Gary buckland

Another bill saunders who's related to Billy joe has boxed,

Plenty in the ams

[jamamb]

thx for those additions mate. for a very small portion of the population they sure produce a lot of talent.

[Oiky]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

[MPG]

Martin j Ward
John O’Donnell

[Oiky]

I remember some of the O'Donnell jeering Bradley skeete to try get him to fight John

[TheGingerBomber]

TP Ward's brother Martin.

[mickey1975]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

Head and shoulders above the others in the juniors. Hopey has two brilliant brothers, too.

[Greg Houston]

Willy Hutchinson is as well.

I know a few amateurs in Scotland who come from travelling backgrounds, but can't think of any other current pros.

[mickey1975]

Johnny Coyle.

[bennie]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

[Oiky]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

He is mate yeah , yeah all them price boys can box mick

[sharry]

Jack ball
Miles shinkwin

[Oiky]

Jake is a gypsy man, where did you hear shinkwin had gypsy blood ?

Shinkwins from a big fighting family, dad uncles etc but not of travellin stock I don't think

[johnty1888]

I think Glen Foot from Sunderland is from Traveller stock

[Oiky]

Tom baker, gypsy

[mickey1975]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

Im surprised you haven't seen him, Bennie. The kid is unbelievable.

[Rexob]

thx for those additions mate. for a very small portion of the population they sure produce a lot of talent.

Yeah,that Tom little is extrordinary.

[Oiky]

Not active but George digger Stanley was a good fighter

Tom may not be a world lvl fighter but he's better than any one off the Internet talking sh*t on boxrec

[bennie]

Charles frankham is an amateur atm but will no doubt make a good pro in future, if he takes it that far, as would hopey price

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

Im surprised you haven't seen him, Bennie. The kid is unbelievable.

Do you know who his father is?

[Oiky]

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

Im surprised you haven't seen him, Bennie. The kid is unbelievable.

Do you know who his father is?

John frankham

[bennie]

Im surprised you haven't seen him, Bennie. The kid is unbelievable.

Do you know who his father is?

John frankham

The former British light-heavyweight champion?

[mickey1975]

Any relation to Bobby, Johnny, Tommy?

Im surprised you haven't seen him, Bennie. The kid is unbelievable.

Do you know who his father is?

John. He was undefeated right through until the world junior semi final when he got robbed against the home kid. Was European champion and 30-0!

[Oiky]

Do you know who his father is?

John frankham

The former British light-heavyweight champion?

John is one of Johnny frankhams sons

[bennie]

John frankham

The former British light-heavyweight champion?

John is one of Johnny frankhams sons

Yeah, cheers mate. I was trawling the web and saw there was a John Frankham Junior boxing in the early 1990s. Interesting family history. I remember watching Tommy Frankham spark a Terry Lawless prospect, Peter Bradley, back in the 1980s. He was a southpaw.