Decided to make a dedicated thread for this British scrapper from Liverpool, 'The Explosive' Rocky Kelly. There was only one thread I could find on this whole site regarding Rocky, on his bout with Chris Sanigar. Rocky was no where near a great boxer, but he had some exciting bouts that I was fond of. Rocky was everything you could want to see in a boxer. Fiercely aggressive and full of heart. He fought in the great 80s boxing peroid. http://sweetfightingman.com/first-article-4-2-2-3/ Article on Rocky and his career. This content is protected Rocky's bout with Chris Sanigar. This content is protected Rocky's bout with Kostas Petrou This content is protected Incredible bout with Tony Brown.
Yeah, Kelly was one of the good entertaining fighters of the 1980s. I remember watching him on Midweek sports programmes or on Saturday afternoons on either World of Sport ITV or Grandstand BBC or ITV Boxing, back in the day when boxing was a stable of television.
Very entertaining to watch. I'm of the younger crowd, so I'd didn't get to see him box at the time, but my dad is a fan, so I'm glad I learnt about him!
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A fun fighter with a good following, I only really remember the end of his career, his title fights with Laing and Jacobs. ITV clearly liked him, and I am pretty sure Jacobs/Kelly was strong enough to open Midweek Sports Special.
Great fighter! I think he was from London originally but relocated to Liverpool. Il never forget when he said the âFâ word live on TV after yet another hard fought victory. I was only about 12 at the time watching it with my brother, it was a afternoon show as well and we found it hysterical. Mum however was not amused.
