Pompey's Boxing Past

Some of the Best Fighters from the Island City Since 1900

Andrew Fairley

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785312212
• Year: 2016

Unsurprisingly for a city that has for centuries sent men to war, Portsmouth has produced numerous great fighters, and Pompey's Boxing Past takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the lives of renowned fighting men of the past such as Billy Streets, Kid Connor, Harry Vine, Stoker Reynolds, Johnny Smith, and Steve Goldring, right through to the stars of the modern era such as Tony Oakey, Mickey Driscoll, and Floyd Moore. Honest first-hand accounts from many of the fighters themselves give the reader an insight into the toughest sport of all, while in-depth research and contributions from surviving family members illuminate the lives and times of the great men of Pompey's proud boxing past.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Harry Andrews: The Stamshaw Slam
• Arthur ‘Kid’ Connor: The Punching Publican
• Matty George: The Forgotten Pompey Boxer Who Fought Some of the Best
• Pat Mills: The Gosport Globetrotter
• Len Lemaux: Pompey’s Pocket Hercules
• Billy Streets: A Pompey Icon
• Monty Brown: Pompey’s Middleweight Stylist
• Steve Goldring: Never Give Up, Never Give In
• Harry Vine: Havant’s Middleweight Marauder
• Stoker Bob Reynolds and The Sound of Music
• Johnny Smith: Boxer Who Epitomised the Fighting Spirit of the City
• Wayne Evans: Bantamweight Battler and Pompey’s Adopted Son
• Paul Dyer: Don’t Look Back In Anger
• Lights Out: Mickey Driscoll, The Fighter’s Fighter
• Jason Lepre and a Curious Paradox
• Tony Oakey: Hold On Tightly, Let Go Lightly
• Andy Gatenby and The Hinge of Fate
• Floyd Moore: Against All Odds
• Dig The New Breed: Pompey’s Boxing Future?
• Clash of the Ages
• Photographs