Reggie_Perrin Jon it was the racist element from West Haaam fans and the brawl they had at a press photo op more than anything. Promoters rode it.
Mega_Armageddon_Chickens Jon To be fair the domestic scene especially at Welter to Middleweight had been pretty good in the 80s and Kaylor always looked handy until he stepped up in class...The Sibson defeat being a good example. At that time I thought Christie was great entertainment though his defeat by the much heavier Seys sort of showed his limitations. I do remember walking home that night being genuinely excited about listening to the fight which I seem to remember was on a Tuesday. In their defence there were a lot less world titles in those days and it was an exciting fight. Christie's book is well worth a read for those fans of 80s boxing. I'm so out of touch these days I paid no attention to last night's fight . Has Hearn persuaded Butterbean to come out of retirement to fight the winner of Joshua V Paul?
Mega_Armageddon_Chickens Travis_Bickle I remember him claiming to have put weights in his undies for the weigh in v Dennis Andries ...And when after telling Marvin Hagler he wasn't that big said he'd forgot to check his arms. They were unfortunate in a time of less titles to have hit the golden age of Middleweight boxers.
Jon Mega_Armageddon_Chickens Shows you how bad my memory is, I thought it was on TV. Me and @hendersonjones and a couple of our chums had a little tussle with some of those ICF types at the Benn Wharton bout. Something to do with us been in the wrong seats. Not content with that Henderson decided to have a pop at Benn on his triumphant walk back to the dressing rooms after beating the boy from York. To be fair, Nigel seemed up for it but his handlers weren’t so keen. Maybe my favourite trio to London ever.
Young_Marxist_at_Tescos Can’t see anything on the BBC Sport boxing page about Kaylor’s death. Think this is hugely disrespectful.
Foxy_Dread Jon actually I'm thinking of the Bomber Graham fight which was definitely televised the next night. But lots of British fights were shown on Sportsnight but not live.
hendersonjones Jon I asked my dad to video it fight night with jim rosenthal , got back home sunday asked if he’d video,d that fight , yes including yours and your mates before the fight ITV managed to film us live , the benn moment i was full of beer
fulmine Harvest Got off with a girl once at a Mighty Lemon Drops gig. Swigging from a pint of snakebite and black she boasted to me that she shagged Jack Barron the previous week.
Jon fulmine Details man, we need details (not least of all, who’s Jack Barron?) before, during or after? These things matter.
fulmine Jon Think it was in Hammersmith (Clarendon (a blast from the past). She was lovely actually. Ah, those were the days. She told me she’d be at a One Thousand Violins gig the following week, but she never turned up. Probably a lesbian or something. Jack Barron was one of those who was very, very indie and then as soon as acid house broke got totally on one matey.