Brighton Based Boxers

[Gullys Cats]

Apart from eubanks are there any local boxers you have followed?

 

[bennibenj]

Neil 'Stingwray' Wray - entertaining fighter

 

[big nuts]

Ben murphy from hove gave a great account of himself when challenging for the British light-welterweight championship at six days notice and fighting above his usual weight. His also been in prizefighter and is an all action brawler.

Also Scott welch back in the day was a leading heavyweight contender who holds a victory against an ageing joe bugner.

 

[tezz79]

Ben murphy from hove gave a great account of himself when challenging for the British light-welterweight championship at six days notice and fighting above his usual weight. His also been in prizefighter and is an all action brawler.

Also Scott welch back in the day was a leading heavyweight contender who holds a victory against an ageing joe bugner.

Murphy was so close to winning that !!
Just gassed out a bit early

 

[Drpepper]

Eubanks jr looks shit hot

 

[Fozzyboy]

John Hathaway the UFC fighter. I know he isnt a boxer but the man is awesome at his sport.

 

[Gullys Cats]

Eubanks jr looks shit hot

Indeed, could be a future champion.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

Tommy Farr....google him,he was Welsh but lived in Brighton...Hove actually but ran a pub in Brighton...met him when I was just about 5 ...he had hands like a bunch of Bananas,lived in a flat above my aunty...by all accounts he took on the Brown Bomber Joe Louis and lost on a disputed points decision.

 

[Ernest]

Peter Eubank, beat Barry McGuigan at the Corn Exchange

 

[sams dad]

Anyone else remember Tom Kiely, a Heavyweight who had about 30 pro fights in the late 70's and early 80's ?

 

[Ernest]

Anyone else remember Tom Kiely, a Heavyweight who had about 30 pro fights in the late 70's and early 80's ?

Yes, he fought some good heavies including Alfredo Evangelista and was a former Southern Area Champion

 

[Muzzy]

Peter Eubank was reckoned to be a far better boxer than Chris but less "marketable" whatever the f*** that's supposed to mean?

Wasn't Alan Minter a creepy Crawley based boxer?

 

[Gullys Cats]

John Paul Temple?, a bit of a journey man but a tough cookie, big heart, seen him box a few times.

 

[sams dad]

Yes, he fought some good heavies including Alfredo Evangelista and was a former Southern Area Champion

Do you also remember Billy Warner, another heavyweight from the same era? He joined Brighton police and became a high ranked detective.

 

[Ernest]

Do you also remember Billy Warner, another heavyweight from the same era? He joined Brighton police and became a high ranked detective.

He used to be a regular on the Hove Town Hall bills in the late 70's, with people like Micky Minter etc

 

[mune ni kamome]

Do you also remember Billy Warner, another heavyweight from the same era? He joined Brighton police and became a high ranked detective.

Billy Warner was a friend. Left British Telecom(GPO back then) to try his luck at pro boxing.

 

[Ernest]

Billy Warner was a friend. Left British Telecom(GPO back then) to try his luck at pro boxing.

He didn't have many pro fights, was a tough game then

 

[Ernest]

Does anyone remember Paul Huggins ? From Hastings but topped the bill at the Corn Exchange a few times and fought against Barry McGuigan in Belfast in a final eliminator when McGuigan was the hottest thing in boxing.

 

[sams dad]

He didn't have many pro fights, was a tough game then

14 fights in total, won 7 , lost 6, drew 1

 

[Ernest]

14 fights in total, won 7 , lost 6, drew 1

I never went to the Town Hall but used to read the reports in the Argus and he seemed to be on there a lot, this would be about 1977 when I first took an interest in boxing.