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Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 09 Oct 2019, 15:31
by dhart4
This is a long shot but an old Irish boxer stopped me in the supermarket and randomly started talking to me. I've tried finding out more info online about who he is but can't find anything.
Some of the details he gave me:
- He was a middleweight
- He retired aged 35 after getting knocked out by "a big black guy" in New Orleans
- He said he was 92 but also said he was born in 1934. Obviously that maths doesn't add up, so I'm guessing he fought in the 1950s/1960s and then retired sometime between 1962 and 1969
- I asked his name and he said "The Famous Seamus"
- He was born on December 31
If anyone thinks they might know who this could be from that info, please let me know!
Re: Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 09 Oct 2019, 16:36
by Glass Joe
poster bennie might know.
Re: Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 09 Oct 2019, 17:54
by Coco
dhart4 wrote: ↑09 Oct 2019, 15:31
This is a long shot but an old Irish boxer stopped me in the supermarket and randomly started talking to me. I've tried finding out more info online about who he is but can't find anything.
Some of the details he gave me:
- He was a middleweight
- He retired aged 35 after getting knocked out by "a big black guy" in New Orleans
- He said he was 92 but also said he was born in 1934. Obviously that maths doesn't add up, so I'm guessing he fought in the 1950s/1960s and then retired sometime between 1962 and 1969
- I asked his name and he said "The Famous Seamus"
- He was born on December 31
If anyone thinks they might know who this could be from that info, please let me know!
Also beware there are a lot of people who bullshit about boxing
Re: Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 10 Oct 2019, 06:09
by bennie
Doesn't ring a bell; I had a look in few old Boxing News annuals from the 1950s and 1960s and there is nobody with the first name of Seamus among the British boxers but they only have a selection of the active British boxers because there are too many to list back then.
Re: Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 11 Oct 2019, 05:16
by jamesmcdonnell
dhart4 wrote: ↑09 Oct 2019, 15:31
This is a long shot but an old Irish boxer stopped me in the supermarket and randomly started talking to me. I've tried finding out more info online about who he is but can't find anything.
Some of the details he gave me:
- He was a middleweight
- He retired aged 35 after getting knocked out by "a big black guy" in New Orleans
- He said he was 92 but also said he was born in 1934. Obviously that maths doesn't add up, so I'm guessing he fought in the 1950s/1960s and then retired sometime between 1962 and 1969
- I asked his name and he said "The Famous Seamus"
- He was born on December 31
If anyone thinks they might know who this could be from that info, please let me know!
Got to say, sounds like he's talking shite. Especially as he started on about himself. I'd not waste much effort on it.
Re: Help finding an Irish boxer from the 50s/60s
Posted: 11 Oct 2019, 05:23
by bennie
He certainly didn't fight legendary journeyman Joe Somerville, who fought almost every decent middleweight between 1955 and 1969.