Gary stretch

[Coco]

the best of them though was a Kilburn welterweight called Tommy Shiels who could punch a hole through a wall - stopped future British welterweight champion Del Bryan in two rounds and he proper stopped him as well. had to retire because of hand problems.

I read that Shiels hit someone in a street fight and he never regained consciousness, he then quit boxing and turned to christianity. Not sure how true that is though?

https://www.douggiejohn.com/single-post ... R-HAPPENED

[Controversial]

I read that Shiels hit someone in a street fight and he never regained consciousness, he then quit boxing and turned to christianity. Not sure how true that is though?

https://www.douggiejohn.com/single-post ... R-HAPPENED

Yes I think that’s what I read but I’ve heard other stories that Shiels just turned to god, not sure what is true

[Coco]

https://www.douggiejohn.com/single-post ... R-HAPPENED

Yes I think that’s what I read but I’ve heard other stories that Shiels just turned to god, not sure what is true

I've got no idea, I just grabbed that from a Google search.

[Cyclops]

Think i read somewhere that the gangster from london david hunt gave him a crack too?

Davey Hunt chinning him is pretty much accepted as fact. Hunt's about 6'5" though, supposedly a decent boxer and a very nasty bloke. There's nothing 'plastic' about him. I wouldn't be surprised if Stretch didn't make the correct decision to 'stay down' in that instance.

[bennie]

I watched a Gary Stretch fight at York Hall on a cold January night in 1987. He stopped a fellow by the name of Winston Wray on cuts in two rounds and looked a great prospect at light-middleweight but seemingly threw it all away when he jumped up to middleweight for the shot at Chris Eubank. One more fight, a win over Steve Goodwin, and his career came to an end. The man was only 24.

[Controversial]

I watched a Gary Stretch fight at York Hall on a cold January night in 1987. He stopped a fellow by the name of Winston Wray on cuts in two rounds and looked a great prospect at light-middleweight but seemingly threw it all away when he jumped up to middleweight for the shot at Chris Eubank. One more fight, a win over Steve Goodwin, and his career came to an end. The man was only 24.

Stretch was ahead on all the scorecards too before Eubank stopped him.

[cormack]

They showed him V Eubank on sky last night and he was every bit as bad as I recall - yes showing my age !

[Stobbo]

As has been said, he was a good prospect at LM.
Tall lad to stay in that division though.