whatever happened to errol christie

red dragon · Post by **red dragon** » 14 Aug 2004, 19:40

anyone know what errol christie is doing these days,just been watching
a few of his fights.

red dragon

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 14 Aug 2004, 19:42

He was advertising on the back of boxing monthly (personal boxing / fitness tuition). Don't know if he's still doing that.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 14 Aug 2004, 20:08

Yes he was in the London Metro paper a few weeks ago, still doing his fitness classes ( some type of boxing coaching is part of it ) He's billed as "former top middleweight who sparred with Tommy Hearns."

Errol looked the real thing in the mid 80's - hottest property in British boxing for awhile. He was quickly written off as having a glass jaw after a few defeats, but I often wonder how he won all those amateur titles if he was that fragile/

Did it just happen overnight or what?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Aug 2004, 07:39

MightyWarrior wrote:Yes he was in the London Metro paper a few weeks ago, still doing his fitness classes ( some type of boxing coaching is part of it ) He's billed as "former top middleweight who sparred with Tommy Hearns."

Errol looked the real thing in the mid 80's - hottest property in British boxing for awhile. He was quickly written off as having a glass jaw after a few defeats, but I often wonder how he won all those amateur titles if he was that fragile/

Did it just happen overnight or what?

I believe Errol had too many fights as an amateur and the wear and tear thus hit him quickly as a pro. He won four national schoolboys, two junior ABA, two NABCs, a senior ABA title and a European junior gold. He also boxed for England and Young England.
He was still relatively fresh in his early pro days but after that war with Kaylor was basically a spent fighter and that often shows in the chin area.