http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=24129&cat=boxery Wickwar is believed to have had more bouts than any boxer in history (465). At the very least he has more than any boxer in the BoxRec database. With 337 wins, he has more victories than any boxer that can be found in the database as well. So the question is, why do people say Willo the wisp had more wins than anyone in the history of the sport, theres some guys with amazing records, with wins over pritty decent opposition of the day, how come they are forgotten so much, and other more well known, popular fighters.
people don't realise just how prolific and good these guys were. Len Wickwar was an excellent fighter and he fought a tremendous amount of top class fighters, to a very meritous career of his own. his likes NEVER to be known again!
Pete Buckley shows otherwise.... Wickwar, Bird et al were amazing creatures, but Buckley, Smith and Strickland carried on an amazing tradition. As boxing fans, we should be mighty respectful and proud of their feats.
ive seen peter fight, he was on an undercard near where i live, i couldnt belive it when i heard the anouncer say his record. I like winners though, Freddie Miller is another candidate.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=17871&cat=boxer Billy Bird amazing record! and Freddie Miller, they both beat Len Wickwar though.
Here's footage of a 331-82-42 Wickwar, just four months past his 28th birthday, taking on 71-3-5 reigning British LW Champion Eric Boon in a respectable effort. Take away WW II, and Len may well have racked up 500 to 600 total wins. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/boxing-eric-boon-v-len-wickwar-at-leicester Entering this bout, Wickwar had not been stopped in his 82 previous fights. Since his last knockout defeat, Len had gone 72(41)-7-3. Two of those defeats were by disqualification, one was over 12 rounds against 203-60-16 Billy Bird (with apparently an all time combined total number of matches behind them), and another was also over 12 rounds against the great Freddie Miller. Wickwar would not be stopped again until 3-7-0 Danny Cunningham somehow took him out in five nearly eight years later, and Boon was his only stoppage defeat in a span of 91 competitive outings. Wickwar was obviously over-matched against the 19 year old sensation Boon, but Len's record suggests that this may have been as good a version of Wickwar as ever stepped foot in the ring. It's a late career match for Len not because of any decline, but because war was right around the corner.
Thank You for the link and the information, Did He have a counter punching style or did He use it because of Lens constatnt pressure.
Some info with a brief clip. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/boxing-eric-boon-v-len-wickwar-at-leicester