how far could gary mason have gone today ?

2 if memory serves. One in Gillingham and one in Chatham.

 

I just checked the facts atsch sorry , I was talking complete sheeite. Don't know why I remembered him as around the 200 lb mark.

 

You might be thinking of the 'other one' of the three in Lawless' heavyweight camp, Horace Notice.

 

No, can't use that excuse, I was definitely thinking of Mason. And I was a lot smaller back then too..

 

He scared the shite out of Lennox, from what I recall, once he was practically blinded. he swinging like a complete lunatic.

It was the first really big win of Lewis' career, cos Mason was rated summat like number seven or eight by one of the then three major sanctioning bodies - WBC, I think.

today hewould definitely have achieved what he did then, but very slow still. He'd be ranked, which is why all this shite about Haye not deserving a title shot is nonsense. Him (given what he achieved at cruiser and his obvious skills), the Klits, Povetkin and maybe Solis are clearly on a massively higher level than anyone else in the heavy division.

 

WBC number 4 :deal

(I know I've made a tit of myself on this thread, but I'm almost certain of this one!)

 

While it doesn't look too impressive looking back it was quite some fight for Lewis to take at the time.

 

Yeah, Lewis had a lot of those didn't he? At the time I had no idea how much we'd appreciate him in the end

 

Mason was a fat plodder with a padded record.

 

He was whipping Lummox easily till his retina went.

 

It must have been your retinas that "went" if that's how you saw it.

 

, #5 according to that video which had the rankings listed before the fight.
Lewis was #11 going into it.

 

And your Golden retriever was doing a round by round for you

Bruno was allso whipping Lummox easily untill Lummox swung a shot with his eyes closed as the big dope admired his own work.

 

Bruno did well against Lewis, but Mason, whilst brave, was made to look quite crude. If Mason's eye had held up, he would have simply taken a beating longer than needed.

 

Gary did better against Lewis than most. Better than Ruddock, Tucker and other top fighters. He may not have been winning, but he did have Lennox under severe pressure at times.

last time i saw him was about 5 years ago and he was working as a security guard in St Helier hospital near Croydon. Might have been longer.