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i was recently talking to the former geordie heavyweight john westgarth,good un in his time and fought herbie hide,razor ruddock and glen mcrory and stefan tangstad for the european title,he said he hasnt got any of his fights on video. i was wondering if anybody has got any of his scraps on video and could possibly transfer them on dvd ? i see john quite a lot these days as he lives in wrexham now and trains the local rugby club,hes a very affable fella and a absolute gentleman,be good to get hold of some of his fights for him as he said he hasnt seen any for 20 years !!

I have. Not sure which one, I live up north east so Westgarth appeared on Fightnight. (down south it was called Seconds out) I think the prog was by matchroom but might be wrong. The very first fight I saw live was John Westgarth vs Dave Garside at the Mayfair in Newcastle. I cannot transfer VHS to dvd as I do not posess a player/recorder.

If anyone can recommend a good piece of kit that i can plug my VHS into my pc and transfer them over I can do the job. I have over 2500 fights from the 80's to mid 90's on VHS.

johnnykayo wrote:i was recently talking to the former geordie heavyweight john westgarth,good un in his time and fought herbie hide,razor ruddock and glen mcrory and stefan tangstad for the european title,he said he hasnt got any of his fights on video. i was wondering if anybody has got any of his scraps on video and could possibly transfer them on dvd ? i see john quite a lot these days as he lives in wrexham now and trains the local rugby club,hes a very affable fella and a absolute gentleman,be good to get hold of some of his fights for him as he said he hasnt seen any for 20 years !!

If you see him before Saturday, will you ask him who he thinks will win the Dolan-Dickinson fight on Sunday, which is being billed as the biggest all North East fight since Garside-Westgarth. I'm writing an article on Sunday's fight, it'd be nice to get his input. ;;-)

mimmy123 wrote:I have. Not sure which one, I live up north east so Westgarth appeared on Fightnight. (down south it was called Seconds out) I think the prog was by matchroom but might be wrong. The very first fight I saw live was John Westgarth vs Dave Garside at the Mayfair in Newcastle. I cannot transfer VHS to dvd as I do not posess a player/recorder.

If anyone can recommend a good piece of kit that i can plug my VHS into my pc and transfer them over I can do the job. I have over 2500 fights from the 80's to mid 90's on VHS.

Are you going to the Dolan-Westgarth fight mate?

keithmoonhangover wrote:Are you going to the Dolan-Westgarth fight mate?

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

keithmoonhangover wrote:Are you going to the Dolan-Westgarth fight mate?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have lots of real cracking fights, most of the domestic scene from the 80's most of the Fightnight series that was on Tyne Tees TV. Then when Satallite tv appeared early on and Screensport was the big station for boxing then, also TV2000 which was german and had all the big fights, but with german commentary. All I need is a scart lead of some sort that connects to VHS recorder and to my pc then I can get them all off.

mimmy123 wrote:I have lots of real cracking fights, most of the domestic scene from the 80's most of the Fightnight series that was on Tyne Tees TV. Then when Satallite tv appeared early on and Screensport was the big station for boxing then, also TV2000 which was german and had all the big fights, but with german commentary. All I need is a scart lead of some sort that connects to VHS recorder and to my pc then I can get them all off.

Mate, just walk into Currys or whatever the big electric place is near you and tell them you want something with a USB connection to go from a VHS player to the PC encoding as it goes.

There are loads of devices eg:

http://www.vhs2dvdconverter.com/vhs-to- ... =ADW18FRGN

Then upload the best to WBVA

nice guy was john, used to spar with lennox, I used to pick him up from the albert hall where he was working, and he would do the rounds with lennox,

keithmoon hangover i seen john and he said dickinson to win by a stoppage in early round ! appreciate any dvds on john as i told him im gettin positive feedback regarding his fights,so let me know guys if you can get any for him,john said thanx very much and hes not into computers so not on boxrec,he said thanx for the kind comments as i printed em off for him

johnnykayo wrote:keithmoon hangover i seen john and he said dickinson to win by a stoppage in early round ! appreciate any dvds on john as i told him im gettin positive feedback regarding his fights,so let me know guys if you can get any for him,john said thanx very much and hes not into computers so not on boxrec,he said thanx for the kind comments as i printed em off for him

I thought he would favor Dickinson - Dolan is managed by Dave Garside.

Seriously though mate, tell him I said thanks for the comment.

David Garside spoke highly of John today at the fights.

Did Dave Garside have a caravan site in Whitby?

mimmy123 wrote:Did Dave Garside have a caravan site in Whitby?

Dunno mate, I'll let you ask him, he still a big lad.

mimmy123 wrote:Did Dave Garside have a caravan site in Whitby?

No idea. Is it important?

How's the VHS conversion coming along?

the video conversion isnt coming along. I will have to go and find some sort of kit that will do the job.

I have a box full of vhs in the attic. and I bet some fights no one has also. im trying to think whats there that no one will have. How about barry McGuigan v Jim Mcdonnell? bloody hell its been so long I cant think whats there.

mimmy123 wrote:the video conversion isnt coming along. I will have to go and find some sort of kit that will do the job.

I have a box full of vhs in the attic. and I bet some fights no one has also. im trying to think whats there that no one will have. How about barry McGuigan v Jim Mcdonnell? bloody hell its been so long I cant think whats there.

That fight was on ESPN Classic the other week.

mimmy123 wrote:the video conversion isnt coming along. I will have to go and find some sort of kit that will do the job.

I have a box full of vhs in the attic. and I bet some fights no one has also. im trying to think whats there that no one will have. How about barry McGuigan v Jim Mcdonnell? bloody hell its been so long I cant think whats there.

I posted some info above; did you read it?

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Yes I did I have something similar called Easycap but cant get any picture from my VHS player. it works on my camcorder but the sound is aweful.