Lloyd Honeyghan

[Old bones Ian]

Was the Honeyghan v Harold Brazier fight on TV?
Would be good to see how they looked early in their careers.

[goose 5]

I'm surprised a bio of Honeyghan was never written. Or, was it ?

[MightyWarrior]

How do you get in touch with him, nobody seems to know where Lloyd is these days?
I know he’s probably not in the best shape it would be good to check in on him.

And yeah, so surprising no book has been written about him as far as I know…came over from Jamaica as a kid ..settled in Bermondsey…?

[cfang]

I saw him by the train after fight at Wembley kitted our with a massive fur coat , fur top hat , gold jewellery and a pimp cane. He looked the business.

Haha love this

[jamesmcdonnell]

How do you get in touch with him, nobody seems to know where Lloyd is these days?
I know he’s probably not in the best shape it would be good to check in on him.

And yeah, so surprising no book has been written about him as far as I know…came over from Jamaica as a kid ..settled in Bermondsey…?

yeah he turned up in similar garb several times I was at York Hall.

I would imagine Lloyd must surely have been approached before by people wanting to write an official biography.

I'd say too late now, his name has sadly faded from history, with only aging boxing nerds like us lot who remember him.

[Taansend]

The Curry win was astonishing, what a performance that was, broke him and made him quit really.

Then he goes life and death with the Argie bloke Jorge Vaca.

Blew hot and cold, but what a talent.

Wish him the best recovery. British legend

I thought Vaca was Mexican. Or am I thinking of someone else?

[Kilburn]

Maybe the force was thinking Jorge Castro re the Argie connection.

[Old bones Ian]

The Curry win was astonishing, what a performance that was, broke him and made him quit really.

Then he goes life and death with the Argie bloke Jorge Vaca.

Blew hot and cold, but what a talent.

Wish him the best recovery. British legend

I thought Vaca was Mexican. Or am I thinking of someone else?

Funny old record of Vaca 26 losses and 21 of them by KO , but has wins over Mamby, Cuevas, Honeyghan, Breland, Quincy Taylor. And a SD loss to Terry Norris

[goose 5]

I bet Vaca to win against Breland- was no upset in my opinion.

[Taansend]

It's safe to say that, with 77% of his wins & 81% of his losses coming by KO, Jorge Vaca lived & died by the sword

[Coco]

Vaca cut a lot
I remember the first Honeygun fight, Lloyd was on a roll, was expected to win well but his hand went. Then Vaca got cut, went to the scorecards, and the Mexican won a tight one.
Lloyd graciously said that the Mexican had won.
Come the rematch, the Ragamuffin was back to his normal self and blew Jorge away

[THEBUTCH]

Who remembers Lloyd's brusque reaction to Vaca approaching him in the rematch...before introductions had even got underway ??

Honeghan meant business that night !

[stujones]

Vaca cut a lot
I remember the first Honeygun fight, Lloyd was on a roll, was expected to win well but his hand went. Then Vaca got cut, went to the scorecards, and the Mexican won a tight one.
Lloyd graciously said that the Mexican had won.
Come the rematch, the Ragamuffin was back to his normal self and blew Jorge away

I do not know how long Honeyghun would have lasted in the rematch with his approach. It was a bit kamikaze - he certainly went for the KO and fair play it paid off.

The first fight with Vaca was very very close. First few views and live - I thought the right man got his hand raised (albeit very controversially on the stoppage etc), more I watched it the more and more I think it could have been a draw or Honeyghan knicked it.

Those were the days - loved Honeyghan nights on the BBC.

[Coco]

Vaca cut a lot
I remember the first Honeygun fight, Lloyd was on a roll, was expected to win well but his hand went. Then Vaca got cut, went to the scorecards, and the Mexican won a tight one.
Lloyd graciously said that the Mexican had won.
Come the rematch, the Ragamuffin was back to his normal self and blew Jorge away

I do not know how long Honeyghun would have lasted in the rematch with his approach. It was a bit kamikaze - he certainly went for the KO and fair play it paid off.

The first fight with Vaca was very very close. First few views and live - I thought the right man got his hand raised (albeit very controversially on the stoppage etc), more I watched it the more and more I think it could have been a draw or Honeyghan knicked it.

Those were the days - loved Honeyghan nights on the BBC.

Honeyghan was one of the principal reasons I boxed

[forcefraser]

The Curry win was astonishing, what a performance that was, broke him and made him quit really.

Then he goes life and death with the Argie bloke Jorge Vaca.

Blew hot and cold, but what a talent.

Wish him the best recovery. British legend

I thought Vaca was Mexican. Or am I thinking of someone else?

He was Mexican, my mistake.

He had the look of a rugged Argie. All pock marked and semi mulleted.

Rough piece of work

[Old bones Ian]

Vaca cut a lot
I remember the first Honeygun fight, Lloyd was on a roll, was expected to win well but his hand went. Then Vaca got cut, went to the scorecards, and the Mexican won a tight one.
Lloyd graciously said that the Mexican had won.
Come the rematch, the Ragamuffin was back to his normal self and blew Jorge away

I do not know how long Honeyghun would have lasted in the rematch with his approach. It was a bit kamikaze - he certainly went for the KO and fair play it paid off.

The first fight with Vaca was very very close. First few views and live - I thought the right man got his hand raised (albeit very controversially on the stoppage etc), more I watched it the more and more I think it could have been a draw or Honeyghan knicked it.

Those were the days - loved Honeyghan nights on the BBC.

I think you're right about the rematch, I thought at the time it was do or die for Honeyghan in that 3rd round.
For me he was never the same sharp boxer puncher after the first match.

[Flump]

Vaca cut a lot
I remember the first Honeygun fight, Lloyd was on a roll, was expected to win well but his hand went. Then Vaca got cut, went to the scorecards, and the Mexican won a tight one.
Lloyd graciously said that the Mexican had won.
Come the rematch, the Ragamuffin was back to his normal self and blew Jorge away

I do not know how long Honeyghun would have lasted in the rematch with his approach. It was a bit kamikaze - he certainly went for the KO and fair play it paid off.

The first fight with Vaca was very very close. First few views and live - I thought the right man got his hand raised (albeit very controversially on the stoppage etc), more I watched it the more and more I think it could have been a draw or Honeyghan knicked it.

Those were the days - loved Honeyghan nights on the BBC.

I think you're right about the rematch, I thought at the time it was do or die for Honeyghan in that 3rd round.
For me he was never the same sharp boxer puncher after the first match.

I'd agree. I'd also say he didn't look right in the first fight anyway, he seemed to go from world beater to on the way down very quickly. He was also inlucky in the first fight in that he got a point deducted for an accidental clash.

But for a few years, Honeyghan was absolute dynamite, and a good personality as well.

[stujones]

To be fair he faced another incredible boxer is Marlon Starling who didn’t seem to have the personal/ weight issues of Curry.

For a time though Honeyghan was right up there in the p4p list.

[Frostieballs]

I don't know why but the title of this thread upsets me :-)

I get a shock every time I log on to BoxRec!!!

[Taansend]

The Curry win was astonishing, what a performance that was, broke him and made him quit really.

Then he goes life and death with the Argie bloke Jorge Vaca.

Blew hot and cold, but what a talent.

Wish him the best recovery. British legend

I thought Vaca was Mexican. Or am I thinking of someone else?

He was Mexican, my mistake.

He had the look of a rugged Argie. All pock marked and semi mulleted.

Rough piece of work

I shagged a few birds who could be described in that way.

[jamesmcdonnell]

I thought Vaca was Mexican. Or am I thinking of someone else?

He was Mexican, my mistake.

He had the look of a rugged Argie. All pock marked and semi mulleted.

Rough piece of work

I shagged a few birds who could be described in that way.

Not to their face.

[jamesmcdonnell]

"The bell went ding, i went dong."

One of the best ever, not as flashy as Ali, but with an economic poeticism all his own.

[margaret thatcher]

smashing up an elite p4p top rated guy is an incredible win, one of best by brit

lloyd beat some other very handy fighters too

[Taansend]

Well I'm chuffed to say I was there for his last win.

Undercard of Benn v Wharton. Stacked fornicating bill. I had great seats too. Just a few rows back from ringside.

[MightyWarrior]