handsofstone wrote: ↑17 Oct 2025, 16:54
Liddard was excellent but you've got to feel for Conway his hand going like that, he was actually getting into it slightly after the middle rounds, putting more shots together which was what he needed to be doing, Liddard for his part started off fast, great upper body movement, plenty feinting, was outworking Conway nearly every round ,jab was good , body work, plenty variety to keep Conway occupied, I wondered if he'd fade but he kept the punches flowing, Conway tough as ever just a shame his hand went
Think his shoulder had gone too.
Yeh it did look like that the way he dropped his whole arm
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 07:12
by smiling assassin
I thought Conway was coming back into the fight before the injury and I thought it could have got interesting. In saying that Liddard was showing no sides of tiredness and was well ahead on the cards when the injury happened.
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Coco wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 08:02
Did Adam Smith really say that?
Say what?
That Liddard was the youngest ever champ
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 10:22
by Coco
4.35
In fairness Liddard also said in the post fight interview that he was the youngest.
Perhaps he had mentioned it to Smith, and Smith had taken his word for it.
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 11:13
by Old bones Ian
Roland Todd, Tommy Milligan, Len Harvey, Randolph Turpin, Terry Downes, Johnny Pritchett, Tony Sibson and Mark Kaylor were all younger than Liddard when British Middleweight Champion I think.
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 12:00
by Taansend
When they were saying it I was shocked as many fighters turned pro at 16, 17 or 18 back in the day.
They were saying Nick Blackwell was the previous youngest at 25 which seemed weird but I just went with it.
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 15:24
by Coco
Taansend wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 12:00
When they were saying it I was shocked as many fighters turned pro at 16, 17 or 18 back in the day.
They were saying Nick Blackwell was the previous youngest at 25 which seemed weird but I just went with it.
You always had to be 20 to fight for the British title
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 18 Oct 2025, 16:58
by Old bones Ian
Taansend wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 12:00
When they were saying it I was shocked as many fighters turned pro at 16, 17 or 18 back in the day.
They were saying Nick Blackwell was the previous youngest at 25 which seemed weird but I just went with it.
Yeah I wasn't sure if it was some odd thing of not counting champions before a certain date or change.
Bit like in football where the old first division is forgotten about since they changed the name to Premiership.
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Taansend wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 12:00
When they were saying it I was shocked as many fighters turned pro at 16, 17 or 18 back in the day.
They were saying Nick Blackwell was the previous youngest at 25 which seemed weird but I just went with it.
You always had to be 20 to fight for the British title
I have a vague memory of someone going for the Euro or Commonwealth back in the late 80s or early 90s as they were too young to go for the traditional British first.
I wonder who that was. Naz, maybe?
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Taansend wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 12:00
When they were saying it I was shocked as many fighters turned pro at 16, 17 or 18 back in the day.
They were saying Nick Blackwell was the previous youngest at 25 which seemed weird but I just went with it.
You always had to be 20 to fight for the British title
I have a vague memory of someone going for the Euro or Commonwealth back in the late 80s or early 90s as they were too young to go for the traditional British first.
I wonder who that was. Naz, maybe?
I reckon that's right, Naz was too young for the British, but not the Euro.
Did smith also clarify why Liddard is called the billericay bomber?
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
You always had to be 20 to fight for the British title
I have a vague memory of someone going for the Euro or Commonwealth back in the late 80s or early 90s as they were too young to go for the traditional British first.
I wonder who that was. Naz, maybe?
I reckon that's right, Naz was too young for the British, but not the Euro.
Did smith also clarify why Liddard is called the billericay bomber?
Unfortunately not. A glaring omission…. Now the audience is left wondering whether or not Liddard is a terrorist…. I do think Smith should’ve made it clear
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 19 Oct 2025, 15:53
by Tarquin Tarpaulin IV
Kaylor was 22 when he won the British, Liddard is 23.
He boxed for Billericay & Wickford Boxing club hence the Billericay Bomber?
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 19 Oct 2025, 16:03
by margaret thatcher
what a f@cking bunch of lazy 'journalism' , several guys younger than him won it
he looks 33 btw too, is he a traveller? they age quicker
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 19 Oct 2025, 16:05
by Tarquin Tarpaulin IV
Tony Sibson was 21 years and 1 day!
It could be that George Liddard is the youngest to win both British and Commonwealth at the same time?
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 19 Oct 2025, 16:30
by Coco
Tarquin Tarpaulin IV wrote: ↑19 Oct 2025, 15:53
Kaylor was 22 when he won the British, Liddard is 23.
He boxed for Billericay & Wickford Boxing club hence the Billericay Bomber?
I think the Billericay part is obvious to everyone
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
Posted: 20 Oct 2025, 06:58
by THEBUTCH
Mark Kaylor was 22 when he won the British AND Commonwealth middleweight titles (in the process of battering Roy Gumbs).
Re: George Liddard vs. Kieron Conway | DAZN - 17 October 2025
