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Crease wrote: ↑09 Mar 2021, 20:48

Stevieaber wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 12:32Hugh Russell

Ahhh... You beat me to it...
And an absolute gentleman as well. Knows his boxing inside and out...

Hugh was an underrated fighter and he stuck up for his manager Barney Eastwood with a letter to Boxing News when Barry McGuigan blamed Eastwood for everything that had gone wrong in his boxing career. McGuigan's attitude can probably best be summed up by his refusal to relinquish his British featherweight title as reigning world champion, an act of selfishness that affected some good, honest pros. The Board subsequently changed the rules, decreeing that any world champion automatically relinquishes the British title.

Coco wrote: ↑26 Feb 2021, 13:29

bennie wrote: ↑26 Feb 2021, 12:16 I remember there was cheeky little redhead in the 1980s, Danny Porter, who boxed for England and reached an ABA final in the unpaid ranks and boxed for several big titles in the pros.

Wasn't it him who boxed for every title from area to world and lost the lot!

He was short-changed in Italy for the EBU title twice - in the first he was ruled out on cuts a round after having the champ on the floor for the third time. In the rematch, he got a dubious draw. So he doesn't really deserve the distinction of boxing for all titles from Area to World and not winning any.

Jimmy Kelly is a category one ginger.

Shhhh wrote: ↑14 Mar 2021, 16:25 Did anyone mention kudryashov? Also do guys with non ginger hair but ginger beards count? I say there category 3, and if 'Irish Ricky Hatton could actually grow a beard he may actually fit in cat 3

id say a ginger beard only would earn themselves category 3

though kud also has those soul less blue eyes too, so maybe he could earn a category 2 even