Paul Sykes... where is he now?...

[MasterG]

Finally got here

I can see a ghost in this image.

Yeh that's me!

[dr_devious]

Finally got here

Haven't you got better things to do with your time?

[coneye]

Whoever liked him enough to buy that plaque should of bought the smelly coooont a bar of soap before he died

[Fray Bentos]

Whoever liked him enough to buy that plaque should of bought the smelly coooont a bar of soap before he died

[MasterG]

Finally got here

Haven't you got better things to do with your time?

Well of course. I went to Wakey to stay over night with my son and his Mrs. Then did some shopping and called at Leeds to pick up my grandson from school. Had a very good day.

[bennie]

Sykes must have done a stint in a Liverpool jail because he linked up with the Maple Leaf amateur boxing club in the city in 1973 and went all the way to the ABA semi-finals where he was outscored by Birmingham's Garfield McEwan, who went on to win the heavyweight final with a decision over big Welshman Neville Meade. Sykes later stopped Meade in the pros, climbing off the floor to finish him in the fifth round for his greatest win.
I can remember chatting to Tommy Miller about Sykes at a dinner show in the 1980s. Tommy managed Sykes throughout his short professional career and said that Hull's useful Roger Tighe had been allowed into Wakefield prison to spar Sykes in the 1970s, so clearly the prison authorities did make an effort to rehabilitate Sykes. On his release, Sykes linked up with Miller, who took him to several gyms in the north for sparring and Sykes looked good against Phil Martin in Manchester, although Phil was just a light-heavyweight. Tommy said that Sykes had all the ability in the world but nobody could keep him in line, particularly after his defeat to John L. Gardner for British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles at Wembley in June 1979. The fight was screened 'live' by the BBC and the challenger's capitulation in the sixth round was seen by an awful lot of people.

[veriton]

Finally got here

Great effort, want to do the same one day. Have watched that documentary so many times, can nearly remember it word for word. Imagine being stuck in an enclosed space with someone like that.

Bit disappointed with the wording on there though. Could have been any of the following:

I knew what to do with sharks
Sometimes people get stuck in the groove
I did what every right thinking man would have done
I knew the rules, I helped write them

[high tower 1]

Someone on here mentioned Sykes doing security for saville. Wonder if he was a paedo too ??

[Wee Tommy]

Someone on here mentioned Sykes doing security for saville. Wonder if he was a paedo too ??

He seduced his wife when she was 13/14 and he was 30 something. He’s definitely suspect.

[Old bones Ian]

Fxck me how does a bully nonce get such hero worship.

[Old bones Ian]

Same people that state "I'd kill any peado if they came near me"
And hero worship a peado because he's a hardman

[Wee Tommy]

Same people that state "I'd kill any peado if they came near me"
And hero worship a peado because he's a hardman

Sickening.

[forcefraser]

I lived literally yards from Sykes growing up on Lupset.

He wasn't respected or hero worshipped in any way on our estate. He was feared as a violent menace.

He was mostly in the nick when I was growing up. He was out for a while when I was about 16 to 19. Would always see him in the bars and clubs. Proper headcase

I will say this though, I saw him taking more hidings than he dished out. Usually groups of lads or doormen after he'd had a skinfull. Good enough for him, deserved everything he got.

[mickey1975]

That's true. The only people who worship him never met him. I saw him at a few shows in the early nineties and nobody wanted to be around him. Not because they were scared, because he was an absolute pissed up nuisance. I'm sorry MasterG, I couldn't have gone to his grave. There's an awful lot more deserving people than him on that cemetery.

[MasterG]

That's true. The only people who worship him never met him. I saw him at a few shows in the early nineties and nobody wanted to be around him. Not because they were scared, because he was an absolute pissed up nuisance. I'm sorry MasterG, I couldn't have gone to his grave. There's an awful lot more deserving people than him on that cemetery.

I've never in any way said that I respect him or worship him. If he had never been a boxer I'd not have gone to his grave. I hate bullying and no way condone what he has done, so I'm not glorifying his behaviour. Karma came around on Sykes and he died a somewhat pathetic man. I respect any boxer and that's my reason I was there, also I was in the area of Wakefield. If I'm in any graveyard, I do tend to look over war graves and commonwealth graves too.

Yes Mick there are a lot of more deserving graves in every cemetery but I don't have the information of who is buried there. I do see your point

[high tower 1]

It’s amazing how many people know the man. There must be at least 8 posters on this thread over the years who knew him personally.

None had anything good to say about him either !

[GreenLightning]

Not quite as bad as "Here lies a soldier" on Lennie Murphy's grave like but still quite charitable

[high tower 1]

I’d probably visit his grave too for a pic. All my mates have watched the Sykes documentary and pissed ourselves laughing at him. He is a cult hero.

[mickey1975]

It’s amazing how many people know the man. There must be at least 8 posters on this thread over the years who knew him personally.

None had anything good to say about him either !

Didn't know him at all. Knew of him, and was unfortunate enough to be around him at times.

[coneye]

I’d probably visit his grave too for a pic. All my mates have watched the Sykes documentary and pissed ourselves laughing at him. He is a cult hero.

Cult Hero , He was a dirty smelly alchaholic tramp , besides that he was a bully of the highest order , throw in jailbird petty crim , with a liking of raping men if stories told are true , add to that a liar , a man with a liking for 14 year old girls a wife beater , a children beater , a horrible das , a loving son so much so his parents were scared shitless off him ,, I think you and your mates should go bback to comic books and hero worship superman ... Only thing this pratt was is lucky ,,, Lucky he was,nt in Australia or the states , where i,m sure someone would of just shot him

[jimmystone]

I’d probably visit his grave too for a pic. All my mates have watched the Sykes documentary and pissed ourselves laughing at him. He is a cult hero.

Cult Hero , He was a dirty smelly alchaholic tramp , besides that he was a bully of the highest order , throw in jailbird petty crim , with a liking of raping men if stories told are true , add to that a liar , a man with a liking for 14 year old girls a wife beater , a children beater , a horrible das , a loving son so much so his parents were scared shitless off him ,, I think you and your mates should go bback to comic books and hero worship superman ... Only thing this pratt was is lucky ,,, Lucky he was,nt in Australia or the states , where i,m sure someone would of just shot him

x2. He was a PoS.

[high tower 1]

I’d probably visit his grave too for a pic. All my mates have watched the Sykes documentary and pissed ourselves laughing at him. He is a cult hero.

Cult Hero , He was a dirty smelly alchaholic tramp , besides that he was a bully of the highest order , throw in jailbird petty crim , with a liking of raping men if stories told are true , add to that a liar , a man with a liking for 14 year old girls a wife beater , a children beater , a horrible das , a loving son so much so his parents were scared shitless off him ,, I think you and your mates should go bback to comic books and hero worship superman ... Only thing this pratt was is lucky ,,, Lucky he was,nt in Australia or the states , where i,m sure someone would of just shot him

If you’re that offended by him why are you still posting On his thread ??

He had a warm and generous side too…

[brilo33]

aint he got 2 lads serving life in jail for murder says it all, i grew up with people like that , and that is what you create with that madness and nastyness i dont care if your nice with ur mates its ur family that paints the picture and has to suffer after

[Wee Tommy]

I’d probably visit his grave too for a pic. All my mates have watched the Sykes documentary and pissed ourselves laughing at him. He is a cult hero.

Cult Hero , He was a dirty smelly alchaholic tramp , besides that he was a bully of the highest order , throw in jailbird petty crim , with a liking of raping men if stories told are true , add to that a liar , a man with a liking for 14 year old girls a wife beater , a children beater , a horrible das , a loving son so much so his parents were scared shitless off him ,, I think you and your mates should go bback to comic books and hero worship superman ... Only thing this pratt was is lucky ,,, Lucky he was,nt in Australia or the states , where i,m sure someone would of just shot him

If you’re that offended by him why are you still posting On his thread ??

He had a warm and generous side too…

Are you joking?

[tigermoth87]

Let's me honest, all of these "hardmen" are actually bums. Just look at their pro careers

Paul Sykes - A joke who ran away in a fight and then got KO'd by a Nigerian BUM
Ronnie Kray - Lost to a 5-3 bum
Charlie Kray - Finished up with a BUMs 11-6 record
Cliff Field -- 11-4, 4 TKOs
Johnny Waldron - Did nothing, drew against bums like Bob Pollad (3-3-1) until losing to Dennis Andirews (9-2-1). He got a win over Poundshop Henry Cooper.
Lenny McClean - Too scared to even turn pro. Got KO'd by bums with the slightest bit of training (Field and Waldron)

At the end of the day, they're all bums who think they're tough because they knocked out a few people half their size on the street or someone pissed out their head.

Yet people idolise these clowns.