George and Tony Collins.....

Gary Stretch whilst by no great was by no means a lesser fighter.

Laing spanked him.

jacobs if there was a 13th round stopped him. And Gary was all about power right ?

George was allegedly a pretty boy with a big following. The Collins were the new Finnegans except they were both Chinny. And were partial to the HIGH life

 

George was a London fighter with the sort of hype and coverage that this and a long unbeaten run brought when you had Sportsnight and Midweek Sports Special etc that showed fights pretty much always from London.

Generally I do think that fighters are put into more difficult matches earlier in their careers now then they were back then. I can't imagine someone having 32 unbeaten but non title fights or someone building anything like a career fighting stiffs, promoters seem to move them more quickly to see if they're any good or not and if they're not drop them.

Other than Mick Hennessey of course who appears to move slowly whether or not anyone's any good or not.