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Max Bygraves

Posted: 05 Nov 2024, 08:58
by Coco
Just read that his dad boxed flyweight as Battling Tom Smith, can't find any evidence of this, was it made up?

Re: Max Bygraves

Posted: 05 Nov 2024, 14:17
by orbtastic

Re: Max Bygraves

Posted: 05 Nov 2024, 18:23
by Coco
orbtastic wrote: 05 Nov 2024, 14:17 This guy?:

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/840454
Could be, from his Wiki page, says a flyweight, from Rotherhide, also called himself Battling Tom Smith.

Bygraves was born in 1922

A bantam from Lambeth is fairly close to the mark