Just heard popular East London boxer Mark Kaylor has passed away A tough honest fighter who gave us a generational battle with Errol Christie RIP champ.
Gutted. One of my favourite fighters. Had some terrific wars against: Roy Gumbs, Errol Christie, Tom Collins, James Cook. Took on peak Herol Graham and kept trying to turn the fight round though he seemed to be getting 4 to 1. Went the distance with Tony Sibson and was coming on strong toward the end in arguably one of his best performances. Tough and brave fighter. RIP Champ.
Terrible news, Mark was a great fighter and too brave and not afraid of anyone or anything. Would have been a world champion today. What a real shame. RIP Mark
In 2003, I went to live in East London and work in Dagenham, and whenever the boxing was on in the boozer I'd always go and watch it and have a chat with the locals. Inevitably Kaylors name always came up, he was loved around those parts.
He is loved around the east end, there is no place like it for locals to talk boxing. When out (Bethnal Green ) his name always comes up, Thread should be in classic forum too
Sad news about Mark Kaylor. He always carried a bit of a bad rep because some of his hardcore supporters were linked with the ICF and got tagged, rightly or wrongly, as extreme right wing. His fight with Christie came not long after the Broadwater Farm trouble, so all that added to the atmosphere. He was before my time to watch properly, but I was reading Boxing News early on so I always knew of him. Being from the East End I hate to say it, but I preferred Christie. Still, Kaylor was a good fighter who would have earned a fortune today. Another one the Cartel took advantage of. I honestly thought he had moved abroad years ago. Sad news though at 64 – no age at all.
Where in the east end are you from.? I lived in Plaistow. My exs godfather was well known round Canning Town a guy named Albert Reading
A stone’s throw from York Hall. And Albert… yeah, he wasn’t a phony like Courtney. Proper old-school East End character, the sort you didn’t mess about with, even later in life.
Awful news. Him against Christie is still my favourite domestic fight of all time. Neither were the same after that.
Below is a post on the main page from a poster called GordonGarner65. He seems to have known the Kaylor family. Just thought I'd post it here for those who don't go to the world forum.
Yes very good fighter Kaylor you got your moneys worth watching him, brave trained like a demon and fought with a fan friendly aggressive style. The last sentence I'd also recommend it's a very good watch. Fighters/Real Money features him. Only add that the Christie fight certainly always became the big talking point of his career and right or wrong always followed him to the end of his career.