Chris Pyatt

IIRC he was a lot better Lt Middle than he was Middle. He had big strength advantage at 154 that he didn't seem to carry up to 160, whether that was just because the fought the lighter guys on the way up and the heavier boxers at Euro/ world level I don't know. Was a very, very good fighter though.

 

I remeber him - a good solid fighter at light middleweight

 

yep...he was a good un...he never got beat bad until near the end of his career when steve collins stopped him in 6..or 5 ??...think he was beat on points for euro title couple of years before...
i remember seeing him fight steve the viking foster in manchester right at the end of his career...the viking had a huge advantage over anyone that fought him in manchester...half of slaford would be in the crowd..with viking helmets on !!..he had one of the most amazing group of supporters i ever seen at that level..
anyhoo..pyatt was sound...you don't beat sambu kalambay if you aint.

 

I agree Pyatt was around at great time for british boxing. If he was around now would be a much bigger name. Pyatt could box when he needed to but was also happy to stand and trade and had good power. He also won the commonwealth games gold which is a great honor. I had the pleasure of training with pyatt for a year or so when I was young boy and learnt a great deal from watching chris. A prison spell half way through his career dident help him but hey a world champ is no small thing. Chris now has his own amature gym based in Leicester and is bulding a great team which is getting good results.

 

are you Chris Pyatts mother by any chance? :think

 

:think

 

Who is it that used to train behind your back garden :roll:

 

The Teletubbies ?

 

I remember him - good looking fighter to watch. I also remember them taking his photo down off the wall at Belgrave ABC (Pyatts old club) in Leicester after the club had been burgled and apparently Pyatt had something to do with it - or at least the crowd he ran with.

 

That 100% right the picture went from the Belgrave after the club got robed.Pyatts bigest trouble IMO was getting distracted by what was going on around him. He was real class and was more than capable of doing better than he did.

Hey slip and duck are you from Leicester ?

 

Yes mate, Beaumont Leys. Don't live there anymore.
At the time my best mates dad was matchmaker at Belgrave - Stan Gough and if I remember right the two old guys who trained were Jim Knight and Joe Western. I imagine they would've been the guys responsible for training Chriss Pyatt, Tony Mckenzie and probably Tony Sibson too.