horice notice {the thread that started about horice notice :-) }

gordon behan ....


I remember his sister Les Behan who liked the girls rather than the guys.

 

this dude Bennie is quickly turning into one of my favourite posters

 

Adrian Elliott... a decent amateur... He once boxed Tyrell Biggs in Milton Keynes in an international match against the USA..

 

I am always a little pissed about Horace. I blew my first chance to watch Benn, because I wanted to see Duke McKenzie fight Sot Chitalada, but the brilliant Thai pulled out and Notice/Waters main evented. (Boxrec is wrong Benn fought that night at the Royal Albert Hall, not Wembley!)

Notice would in this era be a very solid Cruiserweight, but even in the late 80s, Notice was just too small. Getting decked by Hughroy Currie is not good, although to be fair he got up and won.

Mason may not of had his ability but even before Horace's premature retirement, it seemed to me Mason was going to have the better chance of becoming world class.

 

I think you are right about that. Had they been the same size I'd have put money on Notice if they fought but I think Mason's physical advantages would have been too much for him. Gary would be a big heavy these days let alone then and would have had 30lb on him.

 

Adrian Elliott won the inaugural ABA super-heavyweight title in 1982 with an exciting win over big Keith Ferdinand. He had quick hands and good mobility for a big man. He licked Anders Eklund in an England vs Sweden international and, as Bigcat rightly points out, dropped a verdict to Tyrell Biggs against the USA. He went pro with Duff and Lawless (inevitably) and looked a 'gimmee' for the future but a then unsung Hughroy Currie 'done' him in a real shocker.
Adrian just drifted from the scene.

 

He was just a bit after my time. I looked at his pro record and, yes, he was very tasty, just one loss in 14 to good Scot James Lowther. I'm surprised I don't remember him.

 

Gumbs was a good fighter - smooth, heavy handed and big for middleweight, although he lacked a bit of confidence in himself. He was chucked in with everyone at the start of his career but eventually linked up with Frank Warren and showed what he could do with proper backing. He cruised to a Lonsdale Belt outright and won the Commonwealth title in a thriller in Canada before Kaylor outgamed him in that 1983 Ally Pally classic. He later fought for a version of the world super-middleweight title.
Today, Roy runs a succesful bar and restaurant in his native St Kitts.

 

i was surprised errol christie fell apart the way he did.we've had a lot of nearly men in the middleweight division like roy gumbs.

 

Christie had too many bouts as an amateur and lacked scope for improvement as a pro as a consequence, and it didn't help that he was matched too softly prior to Kaylor, either.
Basically, Errol was already pro in the last few years of his amateur career, if that makes sense.

 

yes,it does make sense.i know his amateur CV was impressive.