list of active fighters from traveling background

[Dwayne Rudenkoslav]

Fred Evans
Naylor Ball

[Oiky]

Fred Evans good fighter

[boxingknockout]

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.

Wasn’t it Bobby Frankham that kod a ref on a televised show when he got stopped in the first round.

[Oiky]

He did hit a ref yeh

[jamamb]

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.

absolutely mate

thx for all the contributions guys

[Alba]

Amir and Haroon Khan

[jaymitch81]

John Wayne Hibbert

[Boxingcutsman]

Frankie Gavin, Craig Evans, Danny Dignum, quite a few that haven’t been mentioned yet, all the boys doing great for traveller/gypsy community

[boxingknockout]

Iain Weaver

[bigped]

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
billy joe
felix cash
johnny coyle
gary corcoran
andy lee
fred evans
glenn foot
gary buckland
john joe nevin
thomas patrick ward
isaac lowe

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

Willie Hutchison

[bennie]

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.

Wasn’t it Bobby Frankham that kod a ref on a televised show when he got stopped in the first round.

Yeah, Bobby crossed the line and I won't get there. He later apologised to Richie Davies.

[bennie]

Tom baker, gypsy

Any relation to Mark Baker?

[Oiky]

Tom baker, gypsy

Any relation to Mark Baker?

He's marks nephew

[bennie]

Cheers, Oiky. Good boxer, Mark, very clever.

[afcmarshall]

Jack ball
Miles shinkwin

Pretty sure MIles isn't his cousin Callum Shinkwin is a pro golfer as well

[mickey1975]

Jack ball
Miles shinkwin

Pretty sure MIles isn't his cousin Callum Shinkwin is a pro golfer as well

Funnily enough, a lot of travellers love Golf.

[afcmarshall]

Jack ball
Miles shinkwin

Pretty sure MIles isn't his cousin Callum Shinkwin is a pro golfer as well

Funnily enough, a lot of travellers love Golf.

Didn't mean by being a pro golfer he couldn't be from a travelling background but both are quite local to me and in local press quite bit and was just didn't think they were.

[Oiky]

Joe smith was pro golfer

Don't think the shinkwins are tbh, never heard it anyway

[smiling assassin]

John Wayne Hibbert

Pretty sure Wayne ain’t a gypsy mate

[Oiky]

Hibbert ain't either

[Ginger one to watch]

Some strange names in here.

Tom Baker?

Don't think so.

[Oiky]

Some strange names in here.

Tom Baker?

Don't think so.

How would you know different mate?

Bakers are a big English travelling family

[Ginger one to watch]

It appears I don't know.

A Romany gypsy family,tom was one of 13 children and his uncle mark 'plod' baker got him into the sport as a kid.

[Ginger one to watch]

Serious question here then.

How come travellers aren't generally punchers.I understand they are drilled as boxers from very young and that is the main reason but so many are just missing that ko power.

[Smegul]

Georgie smith was a travller he could punch. So could henry wharton