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The departure of the former British and European Bantam titles on December 28 Johnny Clark brought gloomy news for anyone who is associated with the movement of former boxers, and more broadly with British struggle fans, whose memories date back to the 1960s and 70s. For them, the name Johnny Clark will remember one of the most invigorating fighters of this period. He could box, could hit and could be planned to entertain from the first Bell to the last. It has been 46 years since the last Walworth ring, so we will come back four of his most memorable fights.

Alan Rudkin, April 1970
Boxing news A fan who, who is warm, undefeated perspectives, Clark (26-0-1), can put an end to the five-year reign of Liverpool Mageestro Rudkin as a British master, the first slope of Johnny to the National Honors. It was the biggest challenge for a 22-year-old Walworth fighter. Rudkin fought three times for the world crown, losing to Harada, Lionel Rose and Ruben Olivares. The competition was a classic fighting at speed. In the early rounds, Clark disturbed Rudkin with burning attacks, and Liverpudlian had to call his whole experience to avoid seizures. But as the fight progressed, Johnny began to bother, and the eighth Alan looked like a winner. Boldly Clark fought until judge James Brimmell intervened in 12th place to save him from further punishment. “Clark lost the fight, but won a up-to-date army of admirers. One day he will become a champion,” BN predicted.

Alan Rudkin, January 1972
This eagerly expected rematch of the championship was complex to call earlier. Clark said he learned from the mistakes of their first duel and this time he stopped better. Alan, at the age of 30, was considered a shadow in his first place, but he is still a force that should be reckoned with. The fight was a British boxing classic, described by the BN as a “criminal, qualified battle that will never be forgotten by those who saw it.” He was close from beginning to end. According to his word, Johnny’s tempo was at that time when the battle played temptingly. Rudkin was often more busy, but Clarke’s arrows were softer and swayed many times the master. An amazing rally on the 15th round from Alan brought him the sentence of Judge Harry Gibbs by only half a point. Both men were brilliant.

Paddy Maguire, February 1973
Maguire Clark and Belfast met on the title released by Rudkin with the opinion of the press, widely divided into who triumphes – a qualified and broadly experienced Londonian or an extremely difficult, but less seasoned North Irishman. He produced another Barnburner in a duel, when two 25-year-olds fought with life. Maguire, as expected, threw everything he had in Clark, but was in the face of a man at the peak. It was an exhausting meeting, but Johnny survived an early storm to withdraw Paddy in the last third fight. The man from Belfast showed a huge heart to stay in full 15 rounds and see how Clark announced a up-to-date master. Two years later, Maguire would be a champion after pensioning Johnny.

Franco Zhttps: //boxingnewsonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/charleyburley.jpgo, April 1973
Clark faced an Italian Zurlo veteran, a insidious switch, for a free European crown. Johnny performed most of the forces and boxed with skills and intelligence to win the verdict of three judges and reduce very successful three months, proveing ​​to the best Bantam in Europe. Although age 33, Zurlo was far from the end. After retiring, Johnny was crowned the master himself and made five successful defense in the behind schedule seventies, which makes Johnny’s victory more impressive. After gathering the European belt, Clark won all his five other fights, including European defense against the future Salvatore Fabrizio champion.

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The first 10 opponents of future heavyweight masters

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  1. Lionel Butler
    The earnest butler passed from losing to the debutant of Riddick Bowe in 1989 to secure the WBC eliminator with Lennox Lewis in 1995. Finally, he gave up in 2010 with a record of 32-17-1 (25).
  2. Howard Smith
    Eight years before getting the WBA belt in 1980, Mike Weaver lost to Smith during his first two professional trips. Howard also fought Earnie Shavers, and its last part was decent 17-2 (10).
  3. Tunney Hunsaker
    Six months before losing more than six rounds with Cassius Clay, Hunsaker survived the ninth round with the former contender for the title of the world, Tom McNeley. He will retire in 1962 with an estimated record of 19-15-1 (10).
  4. James Broad
    The talented man Greensboro had 2-0 when he knocked out the future of WBA Titlist, James “Bonecrusher” Smith in his debut in 1981. He retired in 1993 in 23-10 (15).
  5. Al Malcolm
    Malcolm, who lost to Lennox Lewis in 1989, was a solid professional who could not cross him at the top of the national level. Although he won the Midlands Area Pas, he shortened Gary Mason, Hughroy Currie, Noel Quarless and Michael Murray.
  6. Don Waldham
    Troster in the third round with George Foreman in 1969, Waldham managed to pass longer than many future enemies of Slugger in ponderous weight. Waldham, 5-5-2, did not fight again.
  7. Woody Goss
    Goss was detained in the round of opening by Joe Frazier in 1965, when he abandoned his future king. He got involved in two fights with a noteworthy difficult, Jacek O’halloran before he left in 1969 with a record of 6-5-2 (3).
  8. Lupe Guerra
    The debut opponent of Frank Bruno mixed with a decent company. Guerra, flattened by Substantial Frank in one round in 1982, also fought (and was hit by) Leon Spinks, Tony Tucker and Jerry Quarry.
  9. Rodell Dupree
    After staying four rounds with Larry Holmes in 1973, Dupree was detained by some fighters who would unsuccessfully challenge Larry when he was a champion, like Renaldo Snipes and Randall “Tex” Cobb.
  10. Hector Mercedes
    Mercedes was not much better after he was steam by youthful Mike Tyson in 1985. The only other significant name on his album 1-10 is Paul Poirier, who stopped the Mercedes in two parts.

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Mike Milligan, a man behind the scenes of one of the most colorful eras in British boxing

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Every solemn boxing ephemeral collector has repeatedly seen the name Mike Milligan on British programs and hands in the 1930s to the 1960s. At various times he was a professional boxer, trainer, second, whip and matchmaker. Although his own rings career was miniature and unusual, he was present in other roles for many vast British fights.

Born in London East End in 1908, his Boxing news The obituary states that his real name is Mark Vezan. However, I cannot find a list of this name in official birth or death indexes, so it’s probably wrong. At the age of 15, Milligan joined the Victoria Working Boys boys club in Whitechapel, where the British and European master Harry Mason had his first boxing lessons. At the age of 16, Mike changed his professional, debuting in the notable Premierland, where he won the prince’s sum of 17s 6d (88 pence) for six -handed. He had a few more fights before he turned to the training and made contact with Kingpin Emerging End End Kingpin, Johnny Sharpe. Johnny set Mike for his gym “45” on Mile End Road. Two early Milligan students are Moe Moss and Kid Farlo, both of which he gave Sharpe to manage and became leading professionals. Others Mike trained at 45 gyms, to Jack Hyams, Archie Sexton, Laurie and Sid Raiteri and Billy Mack.

After a few years with Sharpe Milligan, he went to work for Joe Morris, a manager of such stars as Teddy Baldock and Dick Corbett. Mike still worked for Morris in 1934, when Joe, supported by a petite syndicate, bought the lease of an vintage church on Devonshire, Hackney Street, transforming him into a boxing room. The Devonshire club, as it was called, coped with us, prompting Morris and other investors to sell his future promotional Supremo (but then little known) Jacek Solomon. Milligan stopped at Devonshire and worked as an assistant to “home” and Jacek until 1940, when this place was blurred by the Luftwaffe bomb.

In this miniature time, Devonshire became the leading petite hall of the eastern London. It was during this spell that Mike, who had a gift to detect talent, discovered his greatest discovery of his fists. Milligan took the future British featherlight champion Eric Boon [pictured above right with Milligan] Under his wing after he saw him as a 15-year-old on the account of the Devonshire club. Mike trained Eric and was a key impact in the early years, traveling with him wherever he fought.

In 1940, Milligan joined the army as a shooter in Ra, and also served as an instructor entitled He was annulled from the army after an injury at the site of the weapon and spent six months in the hospital. From there, he returned to work as a whip for Salomons and many other promoters, and became a lasting element of what is on a wonderful pregnancy on the shelf, a place outside, located in a crumbling brick and wavy iron walls. From 1951, Mike worked as a match in places such as Mil End Arena and Epsom Baths, and for many years he was a member of the South Council of the region.

“A lively personality with a pleasant way and enthusiasm for boxing, which radiates positively from him,” was like one newspaper described him in 1940. And this enthusiasm for the game has never decreased. “Mike worked as a bookmaker, but boxing was his life,” noted the obituary in boxes in 1964. “He ate, drank and slept boxing … he rarely left the program, vast or petite.”

The sudden death of Milligan, at the age of 56, shocked the British brotherhood of the fight. Many leading boxing characters – among them Salomons, Sharpe and Benny Huntman – were at his funeral in Rainham in Essex to respect a man who left his marks behind the scenes in one of the most colorful eras of British boxing.

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On this day: an everlasted kalambay Sumbay hand Iran Barkley boxing lesson

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Axis Kalambay at PTS 15 Iran Barkley
Octabar 23 1987; Palazzo dello Sport, Livorno, Italy
Kalambay’s Sumbay is often overlooked when historians call the best medium weights in the era of post-Marvin Hagler. But when someone thinks that Kalambay defeated Herola Graham (twice), Mike McCallum, Steve Collins and Iran Barkley, it is clear that he should not. The Italian silky idol was Muhammad Ali and against the free, gritty and strenuous (and let’s not forget, very good) Barkley, Kalambay showed his extensive repertoire in the last fight for the title WBA Middle Wweight to plan 15 rounds. More educational than exhilarating, Kalambay shows exactly why it was very arduous to beat to raise a free belt.

Do you know? The title of WBA was deprived of Hagler after he signed a contract for the fight with Sugar Ray Leonard instead of a compulsory pretender, Herol Graham. Kalambay upset Graham in the fight for the title of EBU – which was a crazy fight for a “bomber”, in retrospect – to get a shot in a free crown.

Watch out for: The operate of a left stabbaya is arduous to determine. At the end of the fight, Barkley is bruised, bloody and well beaten.

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