Given its size – with a population only 3.1 million – Wales is phenomenally good in showing high -quality boxers. From the time of Jim Driscoll, Freddie Welsh and Jimmy Wilde to the era of Joe Calzaghe, Enzo Maccarinelli, Gavin Rees, Nathan cleverly and Lee Selby, the country consistently produced warriors who showed them back. In addition, there were many British and European masters, whose Wales is rightly proud. There are also outstanding talents that for various reasons did not win the title, but deserve recognition. Some were thwarted by the campaign in the highly competitive era, others were victims of improper management or ordinary unlucky.

A few years ago, an experienced journalist and broadcaster Gareth Jones took up the task of the Chronicle of the Life and Career of Each Fared Welsh boxer, including a series of Ringmen, which may not be associated with Wales, but in fact he was born there. Placing so many stories in a book form was a high order, but Jones did a admirable job. He just published the seventh and last installment in his Boxers of Wales series. This latest volume concerns fighters from the North, Central and West Wales. Read as a series, books include fighters from every corner of Wales.

According to his previous volumes, the latest Jones are full of engaging stories, covering over a century of the history of the ring and containing known names and others, which are long forgotten.

Contemporary men like Dale Evans who went with Bradley Skeete and Sam Eggington in the British Welter Honors auction are placed along with unjustified ring heroes, such as Danny Evans, Welsh Hitter and the average weight of the weight of the 1930s.

The differences between eras are clearly observable because the profiles of fighters are read. Scott Gammer, an excellent master of amateurs and British heavyweight in 2006-07, fought for recognition in the era when our national heavyweight list was no longer a home brand. “Perhaps this was a reflection of the boxing landscape, in which the best bulky in the country often bypassed the once desired Lonsdale belt in search of international glory,” writes Jones, “but a man from the Pembroke dock deserved better. As someone said, you can only overcome what is before you.”

While Johnny Williams [pictured above]who won the British heavyweight titles and Empire from Jacek Gardner in 1952 and lost them with Don Cockell 14 months later, he did not have such a struggle for recognition, taking into account the recognition of the British crown at that time.

Most of the boxers after World War II in the book were relatively well managed, but the fighters of pre -war years, when the rules and sports regs were miserably loose, they often fought with surprising regularity. Nipper Pat Daly (whose biography, Born to Box: The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly, the author) is a great example. He changed with a professional at the age of 10 and was burned and retired at the age of 17, after over 100 fights. Although he was a Londonian, he was included in the book because he was born in Abercrave in southern Wales, towards the Welsh mother and English father.

The opponent of Daly’s, Jim Crawford of Wrexham, is another warrior whose career was destroyed by improper management. As Jones writes: “Unfortunately, the people leading James Henry Crawford were stunned by the possibilities of regular payments and ignored advice – among others the legendary Jimmy Wilde – from time to time to put the brake foot.”

This last edition of the Boxers Wales series, read in Tandem with other Jones books, contains a detailed picture of the Welsh and more broadly British boxing scene from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. I highly recommend books that are available in www.st-davids-press.walles.

“I liked the appearance of Tommy Milligan from the first time I saw him – his some aggression, his boxing skills, his precise hit, and above all a workers’ way, as he defeated the opposition.”

These are the words of Gilbert’s strange, the previous one Boxing news An editor who joined the staff in 1922 and had the privilege of observing the development of boxing for most of the 20th century. Such support says a lot about the quality of the warrior, and Milligan can be easily overlooked today.

Circumscribed film material with a one -time British and European medium weight champion shows him brutally battered to overcome the great Mickey Walker In the unsuccessful auction of the world title in 1927. What constrained material does not show that Milligan boxed cleverly to win numerous early rounds and probably ran points until Walker turned the tables and eventually he did not finish it at 10.

Born at Shieldmuir in Lanarkshire, but put up for a settlement from Hamilton, Tommy became a professional at the age of 17 in 1921 and quickly gained a brand around the Scottish rings. His first massive win took place in December 1923, when at the age of 19 he detained the former British champion of lithe champion Seaman Hall in six rounds in Belfast. He followed this two months later another massive win when he defeated the future British letter in the average Alex Ireland on the Waverley market in Edinburgh. Then appeared a 15-round competition in the prestigious National Sports Club Covent Garden (NSC), compared to Bermondsey Ironman Joe Rolfe. When Milligan detained Joe in nine rounds, his supplies increased and in four months he faced the prevailing British and European welterweight titles TED Kid Lewis in the match for the championship.

The program has set a attendance record in Scotland, because 20,000 fans have put in Hall Industrial Hall in Edinburgh to see Tommy’s titles with the title of Ted with winning in 20-cars points. Three months later, Milligan added the European Medium weight belt to its silver software, developing Italian Bruno Frattini, despite the disadvantage of stone in a match organized by NSC in Holland Park. Then, in July 1926, Milligan captured the British 11-pound crown with a length of 14 indefinite round of George West in the same place.

Tommy did two successful defense of his titles against one man, Ted Moore of Plymouth, who two years earlier went to a distance with Harry Greb at World Honors at the Yankee stadium. Each time he stopped Ted in 14 rounds.

The winnings prompted Tommy to his unfortunate challenge of the world title against Walker, and although the Scot was probably not the same warrior after losing with Walker-he only had four fights and lost his British and European titles in Alex Ireland-she was one last night of glory, which stands out, at least on paper, at least as Milligan.

In June 1928, as part of the Royal Albert Hall, he faced ponderous lithe, the great Max Rosenbloom. Rosenbloom, called “Slapsa Max” because of his open style, was, however, an extraordinary boxer, about which the legendary coach Cus d’AMATO once said: “[He] He was probably the smartest warrior I’ve ever seen, defensively. You just couldn’t hit this man. “

Well, in the ninth round Milligan managed to hit Rosenbloom, leaving him with a winding agony on canvas when he was counted. The corner of the Americans accused the low blow, but the judge said that the blow was justified, which means that Tommy won the victory of KO.

Was the blow low? Without the material, you can’t say. But the BN reporter noticed that the doctor examined Max in his presence before “he strongly stated that there was no trace of any injury because of foulm.”

In any case, the result decreases as one of only two losses in an unusual record of 274, max (207-39-26), the fact that Milligan can be proud of.

2003/4 – Khan and Brook Spar as amateurs

August 2004 – Amir Khan wins silver at the 2004 Olympic Games in Beijing

September 2004 – Kell Brook changes the professor

July 2005 – Khan hits David Bailey in the debut pro

August 2005 – The potential fight between Brook and Khan was mentioned for the first time during an interview with Brook in the Boxing News issue of August 12, 2005. Brook was 8-0 at the time, and Khan 1-0

April 2007 – Brook stabbed the night a week after the defeat of Karl David

July 2007 – Khan emerges from the knocking out of Flash to overcome the delicate boss Commonwealth, Willie Limond

February 2008 – Khan goes for the first time 12, defeating Gary St Clair

June 2008 – Brook defeats Barrie Jones for the free title of the British welterweight

June 2008 – Khan is experiencing harder than expected with Michael Gomez

September 2008 – Breidis Prescott throws Khan in 54 seconds

November 2008 – Brook stops Kevin McIntyre in the first round

December 2008 – Khan returns with two rounds of victory over Oisin Fagan

March 2009 – Khan wipes the remains of Marco Antonio Barrera

July 2009 – Khan exceeds Andriya Kotelnik, wins the WBA strap lightweight weight

September 2010 – Brook stops Michael Jennings in five rounds

December 2010 – Brook blows up Philip Kotey in two rounds

December 2010 – In his third defense, Khan wins the war with Marcos Maidana

December 2010 – Brook calls Khana, Frank Warren tries to fight

April 2011 – Khan is going to Paul McClosmey instead, winning a technical decision after six

June 2011 – Brook took full 12 through Lovemore N’dou. Khan is not impressed and gets to Twitter to say that. Brook replies: “Don’t say Khan garbage, if you want, you may have it.”

July 2011 – Khan looks great, stopping Zab Judah

October 2011 – Khan claims to be open to the idea of ​​fighting Brook in 2012

December 2011 – Lamont Peterson He gets great nervousness, defeating Khan at points

March 2012 – Brook is ahead of Matt Hatton at 12

April 2012 – Khan tweets about Brook’s private life, and then removes tweets, deriving anger from Brook and investigation in the British Boxing Board of Control case in Amir’s behavior

July 2012 – Carson Jones pushes Brook to the border before he lost his decision

July 2012 – Danny Garcia wrapping Khan in four rounds

October 2012 – Khan and Brook have a Slant match at Sky Sports Show, Ringside

April 2013 – Khan gets up from the canvas to the decision Julio Diaz

July 2013 – Brook meets Jones again, this time stopping him for eight

October 2013 – Brook looks great when hammering Vyacheslav Senchenko in four

May 2014 – Khan drops Luis Collazo three times before he won points

August 2014 – Brilliant Brook accepts the IBF welterweight title from Shawn Porter

September 2014 – Brook stabbed vacation in Tenerife

December 2014 – Khan dazzle Devon Alexander

January 2015 – Khan excludes Showdown Brook during a conversation with boxes, stating that he wants Mayweather or Pacquiao

March 2015 – Brook returns to Thrash Ionut Dan Ion in four years

May 2015 – Khan talks about the distinction of Chris Algeri

May 2015 – Brook Too Good for Frankie Gavin, winning in the sixth

August 2015 – Khan calls Brook to “prove himself” against the best in the world, and then fights with him

January 2016 – Khan was annoyed when Brook signs the fight against Kevin Bizer in March, he said he was ready to agree. Brook says Khan wanted too much of the purse. A week later, Khan signs the fight with Canelo

May 2016 – Khan knocked disgustingly through Canelo Alvarez in the fight on a weight of 155 pounds. Then in the morning in his Hotel Las Vegas Khan excludes Brook again

September 2016 – The average weight of Gennada Golovkin breaks the right Brook nest on the way to the fifth round victory

May 2017 – Brook in the left eye broke during the defeat with Errol Spence Jnr

January 2018 – Khan signs with Eddiem Hearn, fueling a speculative fight with Brook, he is close

March 2018 – Brook breaks Sergey Rabchenko in two rounds

April 2018 – Khan returns, stopping Phil Lo Greco in one

September 2018 – Khan abandoned Samuel Vargas, but he wins the decision

December 2018 – Brook is uncompetitive when he develops Michael Zerafa. Then it was reported that Khan-Brook could happen in March 2019.

April 2019 – Khan dominates the Crawford, winning in sixth place, but the fight ends with a low blow managed by Crawford

July 2019 – The farming mismatch see the demolition of Billy Dib in four

February 2020 – Brook will knock out the Deluca brand in seven

November 2020 – Terence Crawford, the first and only common opponent of Khan and Brook, stops Kell in four rounds

November 2021 – Khan vs Brook confirmed on February 19, 2022

Read the description when Brook first called Khana here