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british boxer in the 50's/60's lead singer of the Foundations (build me up buttercup)

i cant seem to find a record for him

any info, please

he used to get down to the open mic night at zenon in piccadilly in the late 90's - saw him many times. didnt know he was a pugilist

Unrelated, but one of the boxers who beat Johnny Famechon was also a famous teen idol singer in New Zealand after he quit boxing due to a detached retina., Dion Murphy...

funso banjo baby wrote: ↑14 Nov 2020, 15:42 british boxer in the 50's/60's lead singer of the Foundations (build me up buttercup)

i cant seem to find a record for him

any info, please

prewarboxing wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 17:07

Any ideas Miles?

Not that I know it is the case here but I have lost count of the number of times a pro record has been romanced. The saddest are when the person has died and their son / daughter emails to ask if we can help research their career.

I ended up sharing a skiing holiday with a guy who said his dad was a boxer who has never been knocked out and had over 50 fights. Naturally I was intrigued and googled him. He has a ton of stoppage losses but they all seemed to be tko or cuts losses. So I suppose he wasn’t wrong.

I used to have a client and we would talk boxing all the time . He grew up in London and lived there through the 1930s to 1970s. Well he used to tell me that he used to work with a boxer but I would never have heard of him. He always remarked that this boxer had huge hands. That seemed to be the distinguishing feature of this man.
Turned out it was Larry Gains. Heard some good stories about him, none I have recollection of now. . . Except the huge hands.

Controversial wrote: ↑03 Jan 2021, 17:46

funso banjo baby wrote: ↑14 Nov 2020, 15:42 british boxer in the 50's/60's lead singer of the Foundations (build me up buttercup)

i cant seem to find a record for him

any info, please

prewarboxing wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 17:07

Any ideas Miles?

I don't believe a word of it I am afraid

Miles Templeton

Dave Clark ( born in Tottenham in 1939) of The Dave Clark Five had been a film stuntman before the group formed.