Sammy Reeson

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 14 Nov 2003, 14:05

Does anybody know what happened to Sammy Reeson the first British Cruiserwight champion of the modern era? After his KO loss to Carlos DeLeon for the World title he seemed to vanish from the Boxing scene.

If I recall correctly his trainer/manager died just before the DeLeon fight, maybe this was a factor?

Any info fight fans? 8)

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 14 Nov 2003, 14:09

Yes, his manager Tony Lavelle was killed in a freak accident on the M6 when the car being driven by boxer Keith Bristol to a show in Manchester, flipped the central reservation into oncoming traffic.
No idea what Sammy is doing now. He was a nice southpaw boxer, but, God, he was boring to watch. No power.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 15 Nov 2003, 17:25

I was recently having a chat with a former pro friend of mine ( Graham Brett, a junior lightweight promoted by allegedly in the early 1980's)
and he told me that he heard that Sammy Reeson had been incarcerated.

I dont know if what Graham heard was correct, perphaps someone could confirm.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Nov 2003, 18:01

knockout artist wrote:I was recently having a chat with a former pro friend of mine ( Graham Brett, a junior lightweight promoted by allegedly in the early 1980's)
and he told me that he heard that Sammy Reeson had been incarcerated.

I dont know if what Graham heard was correct, perphaps someone could confirm.

Wow, that is a surprise. Never saw Sammy Reeson as a bad boy.

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 15 Nov 2003, 18:06

bennie wrote:
knockout artist wrote:I was recently having a chat with a former pro friend of mine ( Graham Brett, a junior lightweight promoted by allegedly in the early 1980's)
and he told me that he heard that Sammy Reeson had been incarcerated.

I dont know if what Graham heard was correct, perphaps someone could confirm.
Wow, that is a surprise. Never saw Sammy Reeson as a bad boy.

Bennie,

Dont take this as gospel, I could well be wrong, what with chinese whispers and all that.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Nov 2003, 18:08

knockout artist wrote:
bennie wrote:
knockout artist wrote:I was recently having a chat with a former pro friend of mine ( Graham Brett, a junior lightweight promoted by allegedly in the early 1980's)
and he told me that he heard that Sammy Reeson had been incarcerated.

I dont know if what Graham heard was correct, perphaps someone could confirm.
Wow, that is a surprise. Never saw Sammy Reeson as a bad boy.
Bennie,

Dont take this as gospel, I could well be wrong, what with chinese whispers and all that.

Yeah, don't worry KO artist. I do understand. By the way, do you know how Gary Knight is doing nowadays?

knockout artist · Post by **knockout artist** » 15 Nov 2003, 18:24

The last I heard about Gary was that he was earning a living as a black cab driver. This was years ago though.