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Foreman boxed at London Arena, and Barrera beat Paul Lloyd at Royal Albert Hall. To my knowledge, neither Foreman or Barrera boxed at York Hall.

i was there when tapia fought as a special attraction on a allegedly undercard i think, his ring entrance was all glitz and glamour. danny romero was ringside. i managed to get tapias autograph, what a character. Ive seen a few big stars fight there over the years.

rhino222 wrote:i was there when tapia fought as a special attraction on a allegedly undercard i think, his ring entrance was all glitz and glamour. danny romero was ringside. i managed to get tapias autograph, what a character. Ive seen a few big stars fight there over the years.

Me too! He got quite a reception.... I was a bit gutted he finished him in the first though.... I wanted to savour his skills. RIP Johnny Tapia

martinmrts wrote:...a pale shadow of James Toney on prizefighter recently; Joshua on the undercard, Larry Holmes doing some TV work

Yeah that was a bit strange seeing James Toney boxing at the York Hall as he was at one time p4p in the world before Roy Jones Jr beat him. Be like watching Madonna doing a gig in Romford!

Haye fought Fragomeni there for the European title and Froch fight Magee there. It's very rare nowadays that such high profile fights take place in a venue holding less than 1000 people.

SteveDow wrote:Haye fought Fragomeni there for the European title and Froch fight Magee there. It's very rare nowadays that such high profile fights take place in a venue holding less than 1000 people.

Haye also fought Lasse Johansen for EBU title and Tony Booth for pro debut.

Johansen was tough but outgunned. Booth never at the races

Curiously neither east end favourite Terry Spinks or Billy Walker ever boxed at York hall. Maybe they were too big from their pro debut as they were well known before turning pro?

reggaereggae wrote:Curiously neither east end favourite Terry Spinks or Billy Walker ever boxed at York hall. Maybe they were too big from their pro debut as they were well known before turning pro?

Before 1967 there was only two shows held at the York Hall, in 1934 and 1935. Spinks retired in 1962 and Walker was fighting at Empire Pool(Wembley Arena) by then.

reggaereggae wrote:

SteveDow wrote:Haye fought Fragomeni there for the European title and Froch fight Magee there. It's very rare nowadays that such high profile fights take place in a venue holding less than 1000 people.

Haye also fought Lasse Johansen for EBU title and Tony Booth for pro debut.

Johansen was tough but outgunned. Booth never at the races

There's a good documentary on Booth knocking about. I've got his biography and it's a really good read.

Londonirish wrote:

jonp wrote:Johnny Tapia is a good one maybe not most famous but plenty of character there

When reading the Title that's the 1st name i thought of, i boxed on the undercard.. The Fans Loved Him

See the topic and was just about to write this again 4 years old topic

You were a good fighter, Martin. Are you still involved with the sport?

palooka wrote:You were a good fighter, Martin. Are you still involved with the sport?

Thanks
LOVED the fighting so much and won a lot as a Am but when i turned pro I just didn't train and went into fights with no preparation..
I help out at My old Am Club St Pancreas training the Kids i really enjoy it, the club its self is amazing compared to what it was a New Build with great facilities so hopefully within 5 years the club will be back on the Map

Londonirish wrote:

palooka wrote:You were a good fighter, Martin. Are you still involved with the sport?

Thanks
LOVED the fighting so much and won a lot as a Am but when i turned pro I just didn't train and went into fights with no preparation..
I help out at My old Am Club St Pancreas training the Kids i really enjoy it, the club its self is amazing compared to what it was a New Build with great facilities so hopefully within 5 years the club will be back on the Map

That's good to know, I know a few good ex fighters who get a lot of happiness through coaching amateurs, its good your knowledge isn't going to waste.

Londonirish wrote:

palooka wrote:You were a good fighter, Martin. Are you still involved with the sport?

Thanks
LOVED the fighting so much and won a lot as a Am but when i turned pro I just didn't train and went into fights with no preparation..
I help out at My old Am Club St Pancreas training the Kids i really enjoy it, the club its self is amazing compared to what it was a New Build with great facilities so hopefully within 5 years the club will be back on the Map

as i said before when i see you at keele university on an NABC training course i was really impressed it seemed so easy for you martin , i've heard the same story a few times when a boxer prefered the ams to the pros i guess it goes from your hobby to work

stevedoc wrote:

Londonirish wrote:

palooka wrote:You were a good fighter, Martin. Are you still involved with the sport?

Thanks
LOVED the fighting so much and won a lot as a Am but when i turned pro I just didn't train and went into fights with no preparation..
I help out at My old Am Club St Pancreas training the Kids i really enjoy it, the club its self is amazing compared to what it was a New Build with great facilities so hopefully within 5 years the club will be back on the Map

as i said before when i see you at keele university on an NABC training course i was really impressed it seemed so easy for you martin , i've heard the same story a few times when a boxer prefered the ams to the pros i guess it goes from your hobby to work

Wow that would of been 18-19 odd year ago I'm sure on that training camp i shared a room with Steven Swails who had just beaten Ricky Hatton, as a Kid i Matured quick and although small was a very quick runner i remember beating everyone in the 800M race not any more tho lol

expe wrote:

reggaereggae wrote:Curiously neither east end favourite Terry Spinks or Billy Walker ever boxed at York hall. Maybe they were too big from their pro debut as they were well known before turning pro?

Before 1967 there was only two shows held at the York Hall, in 1934 and 1935. Spinks retired in 1962 and Walker was fighting at Empire Pool(Wembley Arena) by then.

Thanks for that info! Very useful

Londonirish wrote:

stevedoc wrote:

Londonirish wrote:


Thanks
LOVED the fighting so much and won a lot as a Am but when i turned pro I just didn't train and went into fights with no preparation..
I help out at My old Am Club St Pancreas training the Kids i really enjoy it, the club its self is amazing compared to what it was a New Build with great facilities so hopefully within 5 years the club will be back on the Map

as i said before when i see you at keele university on an NABC training course i was really impressed it seemed so easy for you martin , i've heard the same story a few times when a boxer prefered the ams to the pros i guess it goes from your hobby to work

Wow that would of been 18-19 odd year ago I'm sure on that training camp i shared a room with Steven Swails who had just beaten Ricky Hatton, as a Kid i Matured quick and although small was a very quick runner i remember beating everyone in the 800M race not any more tho lol

Even longer about 22 years I think,I was an assistant coach in reality I was just there to make up the numbers but it was a good experience for me as well.you wasn't in my group but I watched you spar and you were the best boxer there .