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Yesterday’s heroes: long story Belsize BC

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Yesterday's heroes: long story Belsize BC

Kevin Batchelor has recently produced a huge book that tells the story of the Belsize boxing club from the very beginning in 1882 until his death 99 years later. For everyone interested in the history and development of amateur boxing in general, the progress of an amateur game in London, and more specifically the history of this lovely aged club, Kevin’s book is a necessity. The research that has been found in it is impressive. Kevin tells a story on a course of 482 pages and is on the basic source material, wherever he can. The pages are interspersed with original press seedlings collected from countless sports magazines to provide first -hand many great stories, characters and competitions that the club is renowned for.

For those who do not know the history of Belsize BC, the title of the book is a hint, The Belsize Boxing Club – Toffs institution that has transformed boxing. The club was renowned for connections with opulent and renowned, wealthy and litany of fascinating people who moved in a high society. For example, in his preface, Kevin talks about the day when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was a finalist of the club’s annual championships in medium weight. Arthur “Peggy” Bettinson from the National Sporting Club (NSC) practically conducted a professional boxing in Great Britain in the last years of the 19th century and was the captain of the Belsize club in 1883. The most renowned judge at NSC in NSC was JH ‘Jack’ Douglas, and became the president of Belsize in 1907. His son, JWHT Douglas, not only won the Olympic Medal in the middle part. 1908, but he was also the captain of England in the victorious series of cricket against Australia in 1911-12. Do you see what I mean about a club moving in high circles?

Nine club members won ABA titles, and Kevin examined them all, and their amateur records were included in significant details. Finding this material is not an uncomplicated task, because I know too well, and I am not aware of any amateur records from the period before the First World War examined so thoroughly, so well done Kevin!

From the top of the head I can come up with four fascinating men who all the boxes in the club and Kevin tell their stories much better than I could. A fighter from the 1930s named Desmond Jeans had a handful of competitions in heavyweight and caused quite a stir, because he regularly wore monocles. He had many duels in Paris and in the main halls in London, and his largest competition was a loss in space for Jacek Pettifer at Royal Albert Hall. Charles McKenzie-Hill, better known as “Butch”, won Ne Divisionals in 1960 in the delicate of ponderous and represented London against Moscow in an international amateur. There were the 10 best amateurs in Great Britain in heavyweight and he really became a very opulent man. Older readers will remember Srikumar Sen, boxing correspondent Times Gazeta and a very good journalist and writer to this day. Srikumar took a box for Belsize in 1947, when he first came to Great Britain as a 15-year-old from India. Then he went to Oxford University, won the boxing blue and after joining TimesHe saw and reported on every great ponderous weight from Ali to Tyson. Finally, my friend John Handelaar, once both the vice -chairman and the president of BBBOc, where he still sits as an administrative flight, is another who took care of the club. John is happening a bit because he won’t mind, but during the day he had many competitions for Belsize and he could look after himself.

Kevin is grateful BN for the support offered during the production of the book and you can contact him directly for anyone who wants to buy a copy: kevinabatchelor@gmail.com

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When “Iron Man” Bootle accepted the great Emile Griffith

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June 18, 2025

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Emile Griffith

They say fortune favors the brave and this is the average weight of the mantra Harry Scott He could take a heart from this week in 1965. The great Emile Griffith was in Great Britain, wanting to finish the hat-trick of wins in this country, and Scott was to face him too overdue.

During his first visit to Great Britain, Virgin Islander dominated the perfect British champion 147lb Brian Curvis in the world defense of the welterweight title in London, causing a modestly Welshman: “I think Emile is a great warrior and a great master. I lost with a much better man.” Two months later, Griffith returned to London to crush the British lightweight letter of Dave Charnley in nine one -sided rounds.

During the Third British fight, at Royal Albert Hall on October 4, 1965, Emile was to meet the British medium -sized champion Wally Swift. But when Swift suffered an injury, the promoter Mike Barrett had a wave of preparation in Scott as a replacement of the highest quality.

Bootle shot global average weight assessments five months earlier, when he defeated Rubin “Hurricane” Rubin “Hurricane” (later presented by Denzel Washington in a film about his life) at Royal Albert Hall. This was the second meeting of Scott and Carter, Harry lost on a beheaded eye when they met a month earlier. Interestingly, Carter stopped Griffith in the round in 1963 and was still the only man who defeated him inside. So there was hope that “Iron Man” Scott could win in a similar way, taking into account his advantage over Emile.

There was a lot of speculation about what Griffith weighed this middle weight clash. It is said that he was trying to make a welterweight weight, and BN predicted that about 150 pounds would come, which would mean confessing to Scott about 10 pounds, but our forecast was slightly issued. Come in battle, Scott scaled 160 1/2 pounds, and Griffith entered 154 pounds, and his highest struggle so far.
Emile looked in a sense in the first round, and Scott began aggressively and forced the pace. Griffith was warned for holding, hitting the kidney and negligent employ of the head, and “did not look like a world champion in this opening round”, according to our reporter, who felt that “Scott won the first round without a shadow of doubt.” However, it was the best round of Harry in battle.

Emile improved in the second round, but he largely used a spoiling tactics, and BN felt that Scott continued to control. Gradually, however, Griffith warmed up to his task and took control from the fourth round.

From the fifth magazine it was on the wall. By pumping shots from all sides, Griffith damaged Scott’s nose and ear, because the brave bootle could hope that he would break and run away to stay beyond danger. I must admit that Harry did not visit the canvas, but the decision of his manager Arthur Boggis to retire at the end of the seventh was wise. Despite the tardy start, Griffith confirmed the bay in the class and the British.

Emile was only six months after breaking the world medium crown from Dick Tiger and will continue at the highest level of sport for over a decade.

Harry fought for the next eight years and was to go down as one of the best British medium weight who never fight for the national crown. He lost three final eliminators of the titles – for Wally Swift, Les Mcaateer and Bunny Sterling, all of which became British masters. In addition to Griffith, Scott faced another three world titles: Nino Benvenuti, Sandro Mazzinghi and Alan Minter.

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Year of great knockouts of the first round

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June 17, 2025

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Earnie Shavers v Jerry Quarry first round knockout

I usually write about British boxing, but I would like to remember some events from my other interest; Boxing in the weight of the 70s, and especially from 1973, in which I began to seriously be interested in sport and its history for the first time. I am very lucky that I grew up in this era and I could follow the stimulating heavyweight “live”, so to speak. In those days you may have to wait a week for the next copy Bn To find the results of these competitions, because many of them were not widely reported in the press in Great Britain. How much has changed! The year was noteworthy for some unforgettable disposable victories in the hardest branch and this is what I want to concentrate.

George Foreman was crowned with the champion in the first month of 1973 after the destruction of Joe Frazier. The fight could easily be stopped in the first round, during which the phrase was seriously hit. “Smokin ‘Joe” somehow managed to make a bell, but after repeating the performance in the second round the fight was fortunately suspended. The power that Foreman released that night in Kingston, Jamaica was repeated only since Mike Tyson and earlier by Sonny Listona. The newborn master looked really scary.

In the first defense of his title, Foreman met with the unspecified Joe “King” Roman from Puerto Rico. Roman was not rated near the top 10, and most observers thought that the competition was a mismatch, so he proved. Puerto Rican could not be landed in two minutes, in which the fight lasted, and the 8,000 crowd in Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan was witnessing the title heavyweight mismatch to put together with Joe Frazier-Dave Zyglewicz, Floyd Patterson-Ptete Rademacher and Joe Louis-Johnny Paychek. This further added Foreman’s invincibility, and yet, along with the appearing up-to-date up-to-date talents, the heavyweight department began to look captivating, with some potential potential pretenders.

One of them was Earnie Shavers, who after two quick wins against Jimmy Youthful and Harold Carter was adapted with Jimmy Ellis in 12-Rund in Madison Square Garden. Earnie won 44 of his 46 duels, and all of them except for one of these victories appeared at a distance. Ellis was a massive step in the classroom. Equipped on five in the world, Ellis was a proven activist and although he was a overdue substitute for Jerry Quarry, who caught the flu, Bn
He described him as a cage customer who could not be written back. Bn
Shavers came to win points.

Shavers blew up Ellis in two minutes and 39 seconds with the firepower that only he had to do with Foreman. His victory led him to the ranking, and the match with the quarry, another experienced veteran, was subjected to that he took place in the same ring at the end of the year. The quarry was punctured by a bubble, which was Ron Lyle, in February 1973 he seemed from the 12-free decision, and the match between them was a potential eliminator, along with the Muhammad Rewatch Ali-Joe Frazier, which took place the next month. Once again, the quarry proved that he was far from the end, when he destroyed Shavers in two minutes and 21 seconds. The left hook, his best blow, turned out to be decisive, although Earnie would come again to prove that he is one of the best and most comical, bulky bulky decades.

Jeff Merritt was another newborn bulky importance of potential. In his five-year career, his record was 18-1, with 14 early victories. When he was in line with Ernie Terrell in September, he has not been in the game for over a year. The competition turned out to be another speedy, and Merritt won in two minutes and two seconds in the garden. Unlike Shavers, Merritt never fulfilled his promise and became one of the great secrets of boxing heavyweight of the 70s.

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All time Billy Conn was born that day

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June 16, 2025

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All time Billy Conn was born that day Boxing news
























  1. Pre -harm
    Growing up, Idol Conn was the legendary world champion of the medium weight in the world, Harry Greb. For Conn, part of Greb’s charm was caused by the fact that the couple divided the hometown because they were both natives from Pittsburgh.
  2. Starting the adolescent
    Pugnacious Conn began boxing at a adolescent age. Instead of entering amateur ranks, he decided to immediately twist the professional. He was 16 when he debuted in Pro in 1934, at a lightweight level.
  3. He will become a world champion
    Five years of his career, Conn, now boxing as hefty in weight, won the world championship with the victory of points over Melio Bettina. The competition took place in Madison Square Garden.
  4. Title preservation
    In 1939 and 1940, Conn defended his world crown three times, each time on the results cards. He defeated Bettina in a rematch before he defeated Gus Lesnevich twice.
  5. Pushing Louis strenuous
    In 1941, Conn left the 175 pound belt to oppose the steadfast Joe Louis with the title of world heavyweight. Despite the huge prevailing, Conn won the fight until he was behind schedule.
  6. Fighting with my father -in -law
    The planned continuation of Conn and Louis in 1942 had to be scrapped after Conn broke his left hand. He suffered an injury during dust along with his mother -in -law, former baseball player Major League Jimmy Smith.
  7. Again losing to Louis
    Due to the US involvement in World War II, Conn was out of the ring in 1942–1946. His first fight was a return match with Louis, who recorded the dominant knockout victory over Conn.
  8. Refereeing Ortiz-Mamos
    After retiring in 1948, Conn remained involved in sport as a judge. He remembers the most that he had controversial clashes between Carlos Ortiz and Sugar Ramos for the world’s lightweight title in 1966.
  9. Rabusia floor
    At the age of 72 in 1990, Conn witnessed how a man robbed a grocery store in Pittsburgh. Rabuś caught from the cash register from cash, only to be dressed by the left hand thrown by Conn.
  10. Creating a movie
    In addition to the fact that in the 1941 film from 1941 entitled The Pittsburgh Kid, Conn is also mentioned in Classic from 1954 on the quay where Marlon Brando is a boxer.

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