I can remember walking back from watching a football match in 1979 with a boxing news annual that I'd just been given and in it was a story...
LaMotta was a much underestimated boxer but I haven't changed my mind since 2009 that Mills would win at 168lbs or 175lbs. Mills hit harder but...
I prefer McAvoy but only because he's a Lancastrian. They were both legends but sadly there aren't people around anymore who saw them in their...
12 is ****ing young!! These days 12 year olds have 'skills bouts where the referee tells both kids and their corner men which punches they are...
British boxing's Queen Mother taken Smokin' Bert apart.
Mike McCallum Wilfred Benitez Aaron Pryer Khaosai Galaxi Jack kid Berg Wilfredo Gomez Owen Moran
https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7239247e First time I've ever seen it mentioned. I'm glad I didn't just imagine it :)
Back in 1979 there was a program on TV called 'The hardest game' and covered the likes of Len Harvet, Jock McAvoy, Benny Lynch, Freddie Mills,...
I used to shout "muck spreader" at one of our lads who gave away height and reach to all his opponents. "Muck spreader was an over hand right that...
"Keep your chin down, hands up and ass off the canvas" Yeah that one seems to have been around forever
I can't really remember any sayings that my trainers came out with. I met loads of other trainers when we went sparring at other clubs or when I...
You must've beaten me by seconds
Randy Turpin's statue in Warwick.
I liked Watson, he's probably closer to Turpin's style than Benn. Harry Capenter was always likening any up an coming middleweight to the...
The Licker would be too busy for Eubank. Eubank never fought for the full 3 minutes of the round which would be a problem as Randy did. There had...
