Page 1 of 1
Slugger O'Toole
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 09:41
by Syntax Error
Whatever happened to the most inappropriately named boxer since Herol 'BOMBER
' Graham???
It was a crazy name to call a fighter who was British & couldn't punch!
No wonder he eventually started using his real name, Fidel Castro Smith!!!!
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 09:53
by Slapsie Maxie
Once saw him KO AN Other at Sheffield City Hall to win a Northern Area Title. He could bang at that level
He was a decent fighter from Ingle's camp and was also on the end of THE WORST decision I can ever remember in a UK ring when he beat Henry Wharton around the ring for the whole fight and lost the decision. A disgrace
Slapsie
Re: Slugger O'Toole
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 10:03
by dondada
Syntax Error wrote:Whatever happened to the most inappropriately named boxer since Herol 'BOMBER
' Graham???
It was a crazy name to call a fighter who was British & couldn't punch!
No wonder he eventually started using his real name, Fidel Castro Smith!!!!
That was the point mate...it was supposed to give opponents a false expectation of what was to come. But Slapsie is right - he could bang a bit.
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=027050
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 10:39
by KOJOE90
Slapsie Maxie wrote:He was a decent fighter from Ingle's camp and was also on the end of THE WORST decision I can ever remember in a UK ring when he beat Henry Wharton around the ring for the whole fight and lost the decision. A disgrace
From what I remember that was indeed an awfull decision.
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 10:39
by Deserter
Slapsie Maxie wrote:THE WORST decision I can ever remember in a UK ring when he beat Henry Wharton around the ring for the whole fight and lost the decision. A disgrace
Slapsie
Remember that. It was an absolute shocker. Disgraceful verdict.
Re: Slugger O'Toole
Posted: 26 Jun 2005, 12:52
by Syntax Error
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Syntax Error wrote:Whatever happened to the most inappropriately named boxer since Herol 'BOMBER
' Graham???
It was a crazy name to call a fighter who was British & couldn't punch!
No wonder he eventually started using his real name, Fidel Castro Smith!!!!
That was the point mate...it was supposed to give opponents a false expectation of what was to come. But Slapsie is right - he could bang a bit.
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=027050
Ahh, I get it now!!!
It's always bugged me that one!!!
Posted: 27 Jun 2005, 04:07
by DavidPayne
Yep the WHarton verdict was a sickener, right up there with Earl v Vanzie, Dunne v Jacobs and Nelson v Jones as the worst decisions in a British ring.
I think he does a bit of training now. Of course, Ingle renamed him Slugger O'Toole to capture the hearts of the Irish boxing community, I think Ingle did it with a heavyweight tooo - something O'Reilly. I'm just reading Geoffrey Beattie's book about Boxing as a Way of Life and its referenced in there.
Whats more astonishing, is O'Toole's real name is the equally flamboyant Fidel Castro Smith.
Posted: 27 Jun 2005, 04:12
by John
Paddy O'Reilly was bestowed upon Clifton
Posted: 30 Jun 2005, 12:21
by THEBUTCH
Yep I concur too that the Castro-Wharton verdict looked bad. I had Castro a clear winner....whilst rooting for Henry. Decent fight and great atmosphere.