Boxing Nostalgia
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Boxing Nostalgia

The Good, the Bad and the Weird

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eBook - ePub

Boxing Nostalgia

The Good, the Bad and the Weird

About this book

The champs and challengers, unsung heroes and eccentrics, tragedies and bizarre little-known tales from the history of boxing are all here. This unique assortment of articles comes from the popular Boxing News "Yesterday's Heroes" column. In this compilation, Alex Daley has delved deep into the archives and interviewed ex-fighters to uncover some of boxing's most intriguing stories. British legends like Jimmy Wilde, Jim Driscoll, Ted Kid Lewis, Jock McAvoy, Benny Lynch, Freddie Mills, Randolph Turpin, John Conteh, and Terry Downes all feature, as do American greats like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb, Sonny Liston, and Jack Dempsey. Read about the world champion who was sold to a boxing booth by his father, the bareknuckle champ who became an MP, women's boxing pioneers, and the fighter who started a mutiny. Boxing Nostalgia takes you on a journey through British ring history, from the bareknuckle era to the late 20th century, with stories that are often sad, staggering, or downright bizarre.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781785314957
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Incredible Mr Reeve
  10. 2. Indelible Echoes
  11. 3. The Lesser-Known Patterson
  12. 4. ‘Smashing, Dashing, Crashing Kid’
  13. 5. Empire King
  14. 6. Once Is Not Enough
  15. 7. The First Man to KO Cockell
  16. 8. Manchester Memories
  17. 9. Craftsman Cullen
  18. 10. When Foster Fought Finnegan
  19. 11. McAvoy puts ‘Babe’ to Sleep
  20. 12. ‘Terrible Terence’s’ TV milestone
  21. 13. The English Carnera
  22. 14. The Spectacular Life of John Gully
  23. 15. Ten Years a Champion
  24. 16. How Winstone Got his Cauliflower
  25. 17. Like Mother, Like Son
  26. 18. Memorialised
  27. 19. Floored by Flames
  28. 20. Premierland
  29. 21. Glencross and ‘the Mini-Ali’
  30. 22. Unbeatable
  31. 23. Boxing Booth Memories
  32. 24. Rudkin and the ‘Cold- eyed Killer’
  33. 25. Gloved Dynamite
  34. 26. Schooled by a Cuban Legend
  35. 27. Sid Nathan, 1922–2016
  36. 28. Nicky’s Trip to the Top
  37. 29. Panama Al Brown in Britain
  38. 30. Memories of a Fairground Legend
  39. 31. Happy 80th, Terry Downes
  40. 32. The NSC’s Last Hurrah
  41. 33. ‘The Tipton Slasher’
  42. 34. Punching Pitman
  43. 35. The Last Brit to Face Ali
  44. 36. Caldwell Immortalised in Bronze
  45. 37. Pompey Boxing Heroes
  46. 38. Mystery Man Sam
  47. 39. Dangerous Dan
  48. 40. ‘Gunboat’ and ‘the Orchid Man’
  49. 41. Richmond Unchained
  50. 42. Only the Brave
  51. 43. You Only Fight Twice
  52. 44. The Forgotten Weights
  53. 45. Farewell, Dai Dower
  54. 46. Genuine Sheffield Steel
  55. 47. Randolph’s Castle
  56. 48. Mighty Middles
  57. 49. Catford’s Welsh Dragon
  58. 50. ‘Nippy Needham’
  59. 51. Benny’s Hardest Fight
  60. 52. KO’d by Hitler
  61. 53. Miracle Man
  62. 54. ‘Peerless’ Jim’s Last Stand
  63. 55. Globetrotting Great
  64. 56. Graveyard of Champions
  65. 57. ‘Smiling’ Sammy
  66. 58. Jimmy Tippett, 1932–2016
  67. 59. Lancaster’s ‘Toy Bulldog’
  68. 60. Lonsdale’s First Belt
  69. 61. Undervalued
  70. 62. Campaign for ‘Newport’s Rocky’
  71. 63. The Chalton Ring
  72. 64. ‘Inkredible’ Ike
  73. 65. Lennie ‘the Lion’ Williams, RIP
  74. 66. Portsmouth Plaque
  75. 67. The Showbiz Collector Strikes Back
  76. 68. The Genius of Jimmy Wilde
  77. 69. Happy 75th, Vic Andreetti
  78. 70. Boxing Booths of the Swinging ’60s
  79. 71. The Playwright and the ‘Professor’
  80. 72. Harold’s History
  81. 73. Lagos Liverpudlian
  82. 74. Danny’s US Invasion
  83. 75. Born Entertainer
  84. 76. Fighting Greb
  85. 77. Voice of Brighton Boxing
  86. 78. Greb in Great Britain
  87. 79. Gardner vs Sykes
  88. 80. Undercover Pro
  89. 81. Hughie Smith, 1923–2017
  90. 82. Teddy’s 90-year Anniversary
  91. 83. Turpin in Bournemouth
  92. 84. Battling Barbara
  93. 85. The Promoter who Vanished
  94. 86. Winstone vs Carroll
  95. 87. ‘Boy’ Done Good
  96. 88. Mountain Men
  97. 89. Len’s Farewell Fight
  98. 90. Mauled by the ‘Toy Bulldog’
  99. 91. Tommy’s Toon Bar
  100. 92. Crowd Rage
  101. 93. Ali in Ireland
  102. 94. One of a Kind
  103. 95. Cauliflower Famine
  104. 96. Fred’s Gym
  105. 97. Light-fly Pioneer
  106. 98. A True Professional
  107. 99. Joe’s Belt
  108. 100. Portsmouth Monument
  109. 101. The Two That Got Away
  110. 102. Peter Fallon, 1928–2017
  111. 103. From Boxing to Business
  112. 104. Monocled Mauler
  113. 105. A Belting Idea
  114. 106. Vintage Downes
  115. 107. ‘Palace of Punch’
  116. 108. Mile End Arena
  117. 109. Heavyweight Pioneer
  118. 110. Brown’s Belt
  119. 111. Trailblazer
  120. 112. Corbett Remembered
  121. 113. Remember the Name
  122. 114. Famechon Honoured
  123. 115. The Champion and the Child
  124. 116. Digger’s Sad Tale
  125. 117. A Remarkable Life
  126. 118. Liston in Newcastle
  127. 119. Conteh’s Longest Round
  128. 120. The KO Queen
  129. 121. ‘The Liverpool Dane’
  130. 122. South Coast Mr Boxing
  131. 123. Miracle Men
  132. 124. Gangster Tales
  133. 125. Long Arm of the Law
  134. 126. A Tragic Tale
  135. 127. Ricky’s Rocky Road
  136. 128. Porter’s Second Act
  137. 129. The Tragic Champion
  138. 130. Hollywood Heavyweight
  139. 131. ‘The Fighting Bus Conductor’
  140. 132. Lost Traditions
  141. Photos