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Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 19 Apr 2020, 11:17
by Coco
Controversial wrote: ↑19 Apr 2020, 11:03
Carlos wrote: ↑19 Apr 2020, 09:14
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
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 19 Apr 2020, 11:29
by Controversial
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
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 19 Apr 2020, 11:33
by Coco
Controversial wrote: ↑19 Apr 2020, 11:29
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.
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 19 Apr 2020, 13:11
by Cyclops
chiggsy wrote: ↑18 Apr 2020, 04:58
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.
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 20 Apr 2020, 07:17
by 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.
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 20 Apr 2020, 08:09
by Controversial
bennie wrote: ↑20 Apr 2020, 07:17
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.
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 30 Apr 2020, 05:13
by cormack
They showed him V Eubank on sky last night and he was every bit as bad as I recall - yes showing my age !
Re: Gary stretch
Posted: 30 Apr 2020, 06:19
by Stobbo
As has been said, he was a good prospect at LM.
Tall lad to stay in that division though.