Shaun Cummins

[Stuarty]

Was wondering if anyone had caught the Donal McIntyre documentary about the murder of ex boxer Shaun Cummins last night? It was on CBS reality.

I had never actually heard of the guy before. He competed in the 80s/90s in relative obscurity although he did have a few notable names on his résumé such as; Wally Smith, Steve Foster, Neville Brown, Agostino Cardamone. Challenged unsuccessfully for British and Euro titles as well. He was from the Leicester area and was forced to retire after failing a routine brain scan.

Away from the ring he was apparently a bit of an unsavoury character. Bully, debt collector, doorman and served time in prison for a racial assault on a doctor.

The documentary last night was about his death and capture of his murderer, apparent friend and carer Thomas Dunkley who he knew from his old boxing gym. Cummins had been involved in a motorcycle accident where he was hit and launched from his bike. The injuries he sustained left him paralysed from the chest down. He received a 400k pay out and that seems to be the motivation behind the murder. Pretty gruesome stuff but quite interesting.

Anyone remember him or knew of him?

The show is repeated at 10pm this Sunday on CBS reality if anyone is interested.......

[Noxy]

Yes, I remember him. He was a hard man and good domestic level fighter. I remember he fought Neville Browne and was stopped in 5, many had favoured him to win that one.

[Mimmy]

I was actually thinking of The Guv'nor' last night. I wish i had seen the docu so must search for it.

I dont know a great deal about him but he was a decent domestic level boxer from the mid 80's from Leicester. I have a few of his fights on DVD as he was on Screensport and Eurosport several times in that 10 year period as a boxer.

I have his first round knock out of Paul Wesley from 1990 on the Hugh Forde v Joey Jacobs bill and then his WBA Penta-Continental fight which he beat Steve The Viking Foster over 12 rounds back in 1992 on the Chris Eubank v Juan Carlos Giminez at the G-Mex a fight I saw live.

He was a no frills slugger with a sort of mohecan who beat some decent domestic opponents including Mickey Hughes. his final fight which again I have on DVD was against Neville Brown for the British Middlewieght title, Brown stopped him in 5 rounds.

Shaun had a motorcycle accident in 2004 which left him paralysed and his carer robbed him of his money and murdered him in a somewhat brutal fashion, hid his body parts in a freezer.

I really liked Cummins as a boxer he was a throwback with no bullshit.



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[Kit]

First saw him box against Tony Velinor on the old Pro-box shows on Screensport. Velinor was being quite highly touted,

Whole hearted aggressive fighter who was usually in exciting fights, usually lots of blood and fell just short at British level.

[Mimmy]

First saw him box against Tony Velinor on the old Pro-box shows on Screensport. Velinor was being quite highly touted,

Whole hearted aggressive fighter who was usually in exciting fights, usually lots of blood and fell just short at British level.

Yes you are right, Lennox Lewis was on that bill too I remember it well.

[bennie]

Cummins was a dangerous fighter, 'big' for a middleweight, heavy handed and with a good jab. He first came to my attention when got stopped by Bradford's Frank Grant at a sporting club in Northampton in 1988, which ended his unbeaten record after six wins. I remember thinking he was just another Johnny Griffin Leicester fighter who couldn't fight but Grant went on to win the British middleweight title so we were deceived there. Three fights later Cummins got stopped again by Coventry's occasionally useful Kesem Clayton and looked destined for Palookaville but in his next two outings he beat Tony Velinor, a former ABA champion, and Brian Robinson, another former good amateur, and this raised a few eyebrows and secured him a shot at the Midlands light-middleweight title against Birmingham's Wally Swift in which he was narrowly outpointed after 10 thrilling rounds.
Now rid of the rent-a-mouth Griffin, Cummins hit a purple patch and went unbeaten in his next 11 outings, including wins over the dangerous likes of Paul Wesley, Mickey Hughes and Steve "The Viking" Foster, to earn a crack at the European middleweight title against the Italian Agostino Cardamone in San Remo. He had Cardamone on the floor in the eighth round (for a longer count than Dempsey-Tunney) but couldn't finish him and was ultimately outpointed but it was hardly a disgrace. After a couple more wins he challenged Neville Brown for the British middleweight title and was overpowered in the fifth. He caught Brown on a good night because the champion blew notoriously hot and cold (and was stopped by that man Cardamone). Cummins failed a routine brain scan afterwards and never fought again, although he tried hard to get his licence back. Nicknamed "The Guvnor", Cummins always struggled for stability outside the ring and his life regularly spiralled out of control, which is probably the kindest way of putting it. To sum up: good fighter but you didn't want to hang around with the man.

[Stuarty]

First saw him box against Tony Velinor on the old Pro-box shows on Screensport. Velinor was being quite highly touted,

Whole hearted aggressive fighter who was usually in exciting fights, usually lots of blood and fell just short at British level.

Yes you are right, Lennox Lewis was on that bill too I remember it well.

It's repeated on Sunday night at 10 bells Mimmy. CBS reality.

Where do you get your old fight DVDs from btw?

[Kit]

Used to love those pro-box shows with Dave Bremmer and Jim McDonnell, no studio. Usually at York Hall.

Think they were matchroom promoted and had no idea of the line up before I tuned in, even though I used to subscribe to both boxing news and boxing weekly around the same time.

[Mimmy]

First saw him box against Tony Velinor on the old Pro-box shows on Screensport. Velinor was being quite highly touted,

Whole hearted aggressive fighter who was usually in exciting fights, usually lots of blood and fell just short at British level.

Yes you are right, Lennox Lewis was on that bill too I remember it well.

It's repeated on Sunday night at 10 bells Mimmy. CBS reality.

Where do you get your old fight DVDs from btw?

I collected fights from a young man until the mid 90's. I'm sure you have seen my list as I had them all on Youtube at one point, well over 3000 fights but took them off. If you have never seen my list of fights just search my posts mimmy boxing archive. I used to tape everything and anything during the mid 80s to mid to late 90's. Nothing passed my eyes back then.

[Mimmy]

First saw him box against Tony Velinor on the old Pro-box shows on Screensport. Velinor was being quite highly touted,

Whole hearted aggressive fighter who was usually in exciting fights, usually lots of blood and fell just short at British level.

Yes you are right, Lennox Lewis was on that bill too I remember it well.

It's repeated on Sunday night at 10 bells Mimmy. CBS reality.

Where do you get your old fight DVDs from btw?

Found it, now on my planner to tape, I have seen it before but was a while ago.

[Mimmy]

Shaun Cummins v Steve Foster.






Shaun Cummins v Mickey Hughes





Shaun Cummins v Martin Smith