If any ambitious match has not lost several attractive supporting competitions, I can suggest Smiths versus Krays. You’ve never heard of them. Quite rightly, no match will have a significant impact on the British and even district championships, but it probably offers a unique opportunity to match identical twins.

Recently, we had a surplus of the sides: Turpins and the Buxtons, and now in the last few months Krays, Ron and REG from Bethnal Green and Albert and Jackie Smith from Elland, Yorkshire have been over on the professional stage.

If the match has ever met, the optics and doctors in the district will certainly have a stream of customers so that the similarity of the face is amazing.

Tommy Miller, manager of Smiths, admits that he still can’t distinguish them and smiles when he resembles the night of Albert’s professional debut. He shared the verdict and Miller, offering advice after the concert, he said that he should have obtained a decision. Imagine his surprise from the answer: “I’m Jackie and won!”

The Smiths caused some concerns in the boxing of cadets before joining the army, and because each of them had three professional competitions. It seems that the only difference is their weights for the shorter Jackie, which is 25 minutes oldest, scales half of the lighter stone than his brother “Southpaw”. However, both are delicate boxes.

Such distinguishing lend a hand for the ringants is not offered when you can see the murky -haired delicate delicate Bethnal Green, because although Ron is a bit more aggressive than his brother, both have similar styles and always weigh half a pound at a distance. Reg and Ron do everything together. At the age of 10, they first appeared in the ring and won five BOB at the market exhibition. Two years later they approached the local boxing club and began to raise an impressive list of victories.

In addition to the market exhibition, 17-year-old Krays met four times, but with the exception of sparring in junior high school these days ended because their mother banned all meeting at a professional ring.

What happened to Krays and Smiths?
REG and Ron Kray had a tiny career that began and ended in 1951. The perfect REG record was 7-0 (2), and Ron’s 4-2 (2). The name of Kraya was anchored in history when the twins began the London crime competed only by Jacek Ripper. Krays ruled the gangster underground world until they were arrested in 1968. Charlie Kray, their older brother, also fought professionally. He fought in 1948–1951, developing a record of 11-6-1.

Meanwhile, the Smiths slipped quite quietly to the sunset. They both fought until 1952, with Jackie Record 2-4 (1) and Albert Fararing a little better at 4-3-1 (3).

By sewing a professional at the age of 18 and later, as well as gathering a record 36-1 (31), Naseem Hamed captured the titles of WBC, IBF and WBO WBO in a feather recall during his 10-year journey through professional ranks.

He spent seven of these years, setting the boxing world with a bold outline, a conceited attitude and explosive. He defended his three world titles and a total of 17 times and had a record worthy of Hall of Fame 16-1 against the current or former masters with 14 wins at a distance.

Here we go 12 rounds with the “prince” – and there are not many who can say that he did it.

1. DEBUT – Ricky Beard was a man in the opposite corner of the first professional fight name April 14, 1992 at the Mansfield Leisure Center. The fight ended with a knockout for Hamed, who had to fill his shorts with an advantage to make sure he is demanding enough to actually fight!

2. The first title of the world champion – Three years later, at Cardiff ARMS Park on September 30, 1995, Hamed captured his first world title (WBO), stopping Steve Robinson’s favorite house in the eighth round. Robinson successfully defended his title seven times before he faced Hamed.

3. Tree – Five fights later Name appeared against the American volume “Boom Boom” by Johnson. Johnson defended his IBF belt in a featherweight 11 times arriving at this fight at the recent London Arena, but like Robinson before him, he was cut off by Hamed in the eighth round.

4. KNOCKOUT – In his eighth defense of the WBO Hamed featherweight title, he appeared against Jose Badillo, Twardy Puerto Rican, who lost only one of his 20 professional competitions – Hamed became the first to register the knockout in the seventh round at the Sheffield Arena on October 11, 1997.

5. Madison Square Garden – There was a place on December 19 of the same year for probably the greatest night of Nameeem, when the “prince” was made of canvas three times to stop Kevin Kelley In the fourth round. It was the ninth defense of the WBO WBO WBO WWEathweight title and its first performance on American land.

6. Vasquez “The last fight of Hamed came against Wilfredo Vazquez, who was in a win in eight fights, which included four defense of the WBA title-where Name would win with this 7th round at the Nyx Arena, if Vazquez were not undressed for the fight.

7. DIVISION -One -like Naza decision about granite Wayne McCullough in October 1998 would prove to be his last with coach Brendan Ingle and promoter Frank Warren.

8. Another ingle – Paul Ingle was in the opposite corner on April 10, 1999 at the Men Arena. Twice before 10. It looked like Ingle could force detention and become the first man who defeated Naza. However, Hamed turned the tide to his favor in the next round and put an end with the challenge of Ill with a powerful left hand.

9. Joe Louis Arena – Detroit was the surroundings in October 1999, when Hamed united his WBO belt with the WBC version of Cesar Soto in a unanimous winning decision.

10. Magic Carpet – Eight years have passed since the South African Vuyani Bangu tried defeat and no one has ever stopped him. Entering the ring on the “Magic Carpet”, “Prince” soon changed this statistics, stopping his man on the fourth in Kensington Olympia on March 11, 2000.

11. Playing with fire – This was how Naza settled the challenge of Naza against Marco Antonio Barrera in MGM Grand. Although he was a favorite in the competition, Hamed abandoned a unanimous decision after twelve rounds, results cards 116-111 and 115-112 twice.

12. FAREWELL Naeteem Hamed fought only after Barrer’s fight, despite the initial conversation about the rematch with Mexico. In his last professional fight, May 18, 2002, Hamed looked under the underestimated in easily ahead of Manuel Calvo on London’s Excel Arena, winning almost every round. A lot of talking about the return was surrounded by “prince”, but it was his last fight at the age of 28.

Listen to Hamed, think about your career in an hourly interview

There is a topic that is discussed in social media and net messages of the net with predictable regularity. Who was the biggest British boxer who never won the title of the world? The answers are usually focused on fighters since the 1980s and there are many worthy of earlier periods who are overlooked – mainly, I think, because they are not known to contemporary fans. Dave Charnley is one name that is often omitted, but should be thrown into such a debate. Known as “The Dartford Destroyer”, Southpaw Charnley was undefeated in British and European lightweight title fights, but lost his two offers of the world title with American Joe Brown, he was detained for the first time and at the wrong ending of the discussion decision on the return. In 1970 – six years after Dave’s retirement – BN sat with the former master to get an internal track in his career.

How did it all start?

I joined the Dartford Boys’ Club, where we lived, at a teenage age, and in the age of 15 he won the title Junior ABA. Then I moved to Fitzroy Lodge. I am sorry that I left my family club, but I realized that in order to make real progress, I would have to be more in the middle of things. Dartford could not set up many programs and I wanted a lot of experience.

Who was the most challenging amateur you met with?

Tommy Nicholls was a bit useful. We had strenuous in Manor Place Baths. I thought I won but it went the other way. Later, Tommy won European gold and Olympic silver. He had many skills.

There was some queue for you when you know you were driving a professional.

Our phone called several hundred times a day, but I was advised to go with Arthur Boggis. Arthur and I had petite ups and downs, but I think it’s a good partnership.

It took you a long time to win the Lonsdale belt.

For six years. I defeated Joe Lucy in ’57, Darku Hughes in ’61 and Maurice Cullen in ’63.

This victory over Hughes was the fastest in the history of the British fight for the title.

I think so. The time he had 40 seconds on his watch when he was counted. Benny Jacobs [Hughes’ manager] I came to my wardrobe to congratulate me and joke: “Mind, Darkie was at the head of points at the finish.”

What was your most challenging fight?

All. You need to do the same preparations for each work. And strenuous work punishes the body to get to the top. I would say that I worked the most challenging in the second fight of Joe Brown. And the ending was very bitter.

Many good judges thought you would win it.

Apparently, the only person who thought I was licked was Tommy Little, a judge. He is not for me, his only opinion that mattered. I choked.

What are you doing?

I am a constructor of the specification. I buy a plot of free land, receive a building permit, I put houses, sell them and go on. I also have a maintenance company. We do everything from foundations, laying bricks, plaster, sewage and roofs.

How many houses have you built from the beginning five years ago?

Over 400.

Any thoughts about the game?

Boxing was very good for me. I’ve always earned money. I have never had to apply for financial support that can kill any company. I worked in boxing, working on anything. If it is worth doing something, only the best should be good enough.

Action for the development of Charnley’s real estate and other enterprises will develop, thanks to which his life has become a success in the ring and outside. He died in 2012 at the age of 76.