John Westgarth RIP

[MasterG]

Some very sad news this morning.

Former British heavyweight John Westgarth has passed away.

[Noxy]

Sad news indeed. RIP

[THEBUTCH]

RIP

Westgarth fought James Oyebola twice and scored an excellent stoppage win in the return match. I think both fights were screened on ITV's Seconds Out.

[wrighty]

Very sad. Rest in peace

[cormack]

proper old schooler and hard as nails by all accounts around teeside .

[Spud]

Rest Easy John

Your fight is over

[THEBUTCH]

Just refreshed my memory looking at Westgarth's record on Boxrec and completely forgot that in 1986 John challenged for the European heavyweight title in Denmark losing a split decision.

He also boxed a whole host of good names with mixed success. A real tough pro who accepted some hard fights

[dookus]

RIP

[Stobbo]

Ah no.
From near me in Prudhoe.
Hard man, nice fella.
RIP

[JamesPhilips]

Sadly he lost his son Scott too not that long ago


https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/no ... s-14497200

[funso banjo baby]

A totally unpredictable challenge for the euro title during the 80`s golden age when you could see this stuff on terrestrial TV.

[Bodyshot3]

That's a shame and I definitely recall him.
Think his best win was over Glenn McCrory wasn't it?

[SeanBrennan]

may he rest in peace.

[GlobalBox]

Rest in peace John.

[SeanBrennan]

it is lovely when a boxer passes and the forum takes the time to note and pass condolences. Bloody good place this is for boxing. Made me read about the chap's career as he was a bit before my boxing time.