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DG. wrote:Gary Mason,

He is driving for a firm based in the City, picked up a colleague a while back.

Forgot the name of the firm, maybe Addison Lee?

Pity he was dropped by SKY - good pundit once he stopped swearing!

One of South London's finest fighters.

FROM OFF THE WANDSWORTH ROAD - bred tough!

im sure gary mason was from medway, did he not used to own a jewellers there in chatham called 'punch and jewellery' ...?? ...i think he also used to work as a security officer at medway hospital, chatham.

MightyWarrior wrote:Yep great to hear about Kaylor, he was a real warrior. SticknMove is right, he does remind you a lot of Mitchell, in style and personality a well.

Those Box Monthly wherearetheynow articles are great. Sibson and Dave Boy Green next year?

Wonder what Roy Gumbs is up to these days??

Yeah Sibson has been like a ghost since he lost to Frank Tate.....Kirkland Laing would also be a good one, perpetually.

I'd be interested in what Paul Hodkinson was doing - another underrated performer.

And what did happen to the Collins brothers? Sugar Gibiliru is another name I remember...so called journey man who won the British title.....always liked his haircut!

Dennis Andries

McCannW14 wrote:How about:

Vernon Sollas
Charlie Nash
Clinton McKenzie
Robert Dickie

Clinton McKenzie runs a local gym near me in Herne Hill - and has a book coming out some time soon too.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

McCannW14 wrote:How about:

Vernon Sollas
Charlie Nash
Clinton McKenzie
Robert Dickie

Clinton McKenzie runs a local gym near me in Herne Hill - and has a book coming out some time soon too.

Is that above a pub on a corner?

I think my old amatuer coach works there. Scottish John

Yes it's above the half moon tavern, right on half moon lane. More of a boxercise gym than anything else.

http://www.mckenzieboxercise.com/

The Kaylor era was a bit before my time but I was surprised he didn't rate Herol Graham as world class. I bought BM for the first time in years seen as it was Xmas and I was impressed. Can't recall why I stopped subscribing in the first place but the writing was spot on.

rhino222 wrote:

DG. wrote:Gary Mason,

He is driving for a firm based in the City, picked up a colleague a while back.

Forgot the name of the firm, maybe Addison Lee?

Pity he was dropped by SKY - good pundit once he stopped swearing!

One of South London's finest fighters.

FROM OFF THE WANDSWORTH ROAD - bred tough!

im sure gary mason was from medway, did he not used to own a jewellers there in chatham called 'punch and jewellery' ...?? ...i think he also used to work as a security officer at medway hospital, chatham.

Medway - yes he had a shop- but he is WANDSWORTH ROAD to the bone!

I recall the first time I met him, he was seeing my friends Sister and this MASSIVE man came into the room and I just thought WOOOOAHHHH - backside!

Huge Man!

South London n the House!

MightyWarrior wrote: Wonder what Roy Gumbs is up to these days??

http://www.kittitianmonkeybar.com/about.html

Good to see some articles on the 'old timers' I'd like to see something on...

Chris Finnegan
Dave Boy Green
Maurice Hope
Rocky Kelly
Dennis Andries
Colin Jones
Kirkland Laing
.......................why did watt refuse an interview?... moody ole scot!...
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all i have to say is kaylor was mr west ham like garry & mark delaney nigel benn and of course terry spinks

Clinton McKenzie is a very good call. His amatuer and pro achievements should get more attention. Gave Sugar Ray Leonard a good fight in the 76 Olympics.

Dennis Andries or John L Gardener. I nearly wrote John L Sullivan then! Also Colin Jones, Lloyd Honeygan and Tony Sibson.

There was a piece on Colin Jones about 5/6 years ago (maybe more) in BM.

This is a problem we have, we did Colin Jones, Sibbo, Conteh in the past and while we have a new format for the retro pieces, I don't want to go over old ground, it would feel like we were ripping you chaps off.

Good point. Clinton McKenzie would be nice that case. :)

Talking of Colin Jones, BBC Wales did an excellent short on him a few weeks ago. It was based around his title winning effort against Kirkland Laing.