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The Spider passed away yesterday.

Was he the first fighter to win the same title (British) as their father?

Sad news. One of the great Derry and Irish fighters. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Boxrec has him listed as the first boxer to win the same title as his father.

Deno1986 wrote:Sad news. One of the great Derry and Irish fighters. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Boxrec has him listed as the first boxer to win the same title as his father.

RIP Spider.

R.I.P..........

RIP

Was he named spider after Jimmy McLarnin?

J-C wrote:RIP

Was he named spider after Jimmy McLarnin?

Jimmy was the Baby Faced Assassin

slapbangwhallop wrote:

J-C wrote:RIP

Was he named spider after Jimmy McLarnin?

Jimmy was the Baby Faced Assassin

He was indeed but I thought he was also know as The Belfast Spider.

J-C wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:

J-C wrote:RIP

Was he named spider after Jimmy McLarnin?

Jimmy was the Baby Faced Assassin

He was indeed but I thought he was also know as The Belfast Spider.

Jimmy had a fair few nicknames in his time and that was indeed one of them.

RIP Spider

J-C wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:

J-C wrote:RIP

Was he named spider after Jimmy McLarnin?

Jimmy was the Baby Faced Assassin

He was indeed but I thought he was also know as The Belfast Spider.

he was indeed, my apologies - I should have known because I was the one that put that list of nicknames on his wikipedia page.

BOXING is in mourning following the death yesterday of former British and Commonwealth featherweight champion Billy ‘Spider’ Kelly. He was 78.

Spider was an outstanding boxer who regularly topped bills at the King’s Hall. He also lost a points decision to Ray Famechon for the European title at Donnybrook Bus Depot in 1955.

He defeated Roy Ankrah to win the Commonwealth belt a year earlier and outpointed Sammy McCarthy for the British belt.

The Commonwealth title was lost to the great Hogan Kid Bassey in ’55 and the Lonsdale belt to Charlie Hill in ’56, which sparked a King’s Hall riot.

full article here - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport ... z0nQ3BadfX

r.i.p

RIP

hurlock wrote:really disrespectfull that :!:

what goes around comes around.

If you cared to read the full article you would realise that the story about Spider is at the end of it.

some idiot posted some vile pictures on the thread, i was replying to that

sleep well champ !! RIP

hurlock wrote:some idiot posted some vile pictures on the thread, i was replying to that

Ah my apologies, you were spot on then.