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If someone was to ask you who you would most like to hear about in terms of British fighters of yesteryear, what would you answer.

I mean, we all know about what happened to the likes of Eubank, Benn, Hamed etc, but what about other popular fighters, whose lives haven't been much talked about since retirement, like Herol Graham, who there was a short feature on, or Tony Sibson, Rocky Kelly etc?

What characters do you wonder about most?

Henry Wharton after reading his exploits elsewhere.

I was wondering what became of Michael Ayers myself.

Noel Quarless
Maurice Hope
Keith Wallace
Sylvester Mittee
Prince Rodney
Henry Wharton
Fidel Castro Smith/ Slugger O Toole
Gary mason

Slapsie

Michael was at a show at the York Hall last year. May have been a WSO show.

Slapsie Maxie wrote:Noel Quarless
Maurice Hope
Keith Wallace
Sylvester Mittee
Prince Rodney
Henry Wharton
Fidel Castro Smith/ Slugger O Toole
Gary mason

Slapsie

Yeah, Mark Kaylor and Tony Sibson are a couple from that era too I've not heard much about.

`Bomber' Graham makes skipping ropes for a living in his garage

And came close to breaking the non-stop skipping record recently.

25 hours with hourly 5 minute breaks.

Slapsie Maxie wrote: Maurice Hope
Keith Wallace

Mo Hope was featured recently, running some sort of fitness programme in the W Indies I think.

Poor old Keith Wallace died very young, from cancer.

Jimmy Flint
Dave boy Green
Roy Gumbs
Sid Smith
Darren Dyer
Paul Hodgkinson

What happened to Chris Pyatt? Hoko? Steve Robinson?

Steve Robinson last I heard is doing pretty well for himself, he has his own fitness gym in Cardiff and organises the blue-collar boxing thingy also.

He is doing a lot better than the likes of his other Welsh boxing Contemporaries...Robbie Regan,Neil Swain.... :(

jake the snake wrote:Last time i heard Henry Wharton was running a chippy in York

He bought a chippy and named it "Henrys Plaice". It was open for about 4 months then Pizza Hut opened a branch next door. Not sure if he sold up after that.

Captain Hook wrote:What happened to Chris Pyatt?

He's in the latest BN, working a gym in Coventry these days. Met him in a pub in London a few years back, good man and a big drinker!

tonyevs wrote:Steve Robinson last I heard is doing pretty well for himself, he has his own fitness gym in Cardiff and organises the blue-collar boxing thingy also.

He is doing a lot better than the likes of his other Welsh boxing Contemporaries...Robbie Regan,Neil Swain.... :(

Cheers Tony, nice to hear that I always like Robbo. Swain and Regan....on the other hand.

Remember Swain's battle with Brodie.....ouch

MightyWarrior wrote:

Captain Hook wrote:What happened to Chris Pyatt?

He's in the latest BN, working a gym in Coventry these days. Met him in a pub in London a few years back, good man and a big drinker!

I missed BN on friday, I'll get a copy.....ta mate

Michael Brodie???

Paul Hodkinson

Steve Robinson

I'd also like to read a recent interview with Lloyd Honeyghan.

Herol Graham also runs boxing classes at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield I believe. I might well join at some point in the future (and take a bag of rice so that I could have a chance of hitting him )

fozzy wrote:Michael Brodie???

Yeah, I hope Brodie is fine. One of my favourites.

Also, does anyone know how Kevin Bennett's doing?

MightyWarrior wrote:Jimmy Flint
Dave boy Green
Roy Gumbs
Sid Smith
Darren Dyer
Paul Hodgkinson

jimmy flint is doing realy good he still keeps fit training at the peacock and id say he aint to far of the featherweight limit even now he ticks over doing a bit of acting

does anyone know how these ex light heavyweight champions are doing now
glazz campbell
crawford ashley
simon harris