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Yesterday’s heroes: Remembering the boxer without a name

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Yesterday's heroes: Remembering the boxer without a name

By Miles Templeton

In 1912, when the cosmopolitan gymnasium in Plymouth was one of the most significant places of fighting in Great Britain, a juvenile boy who approached the name “Rabbitts”, entered the ring to fight the last professional competition.

Such names of the rings were not unusual in the days before licensing and “Rabbitts”, along with “Black Bob”, “Student of Jagi” and “Duffin’s Nipper” fought there many times, although today it would be very hard to identify them positively. These are the joys of running records, and “Rabbitts” is only partially mentioned in Boxrec. From 1908 I traced 32 competitions, and he won only six of them. He was the bottom of the fighter Bill, who gave himself everything in six runes. His last fight was against a decent boy from nearby Stonehouse, and “Rabbitts” fell to the inevitable loss of points.

That same night, much higher, Tom McCormick had his second competition in the city. Dundalk, McCormick came to England in his youth and served in the Manchester regiment as a private. After a decent boxing career in the army, Tom began to treat things more seriously in 1912, winning all five competitions before arriving in Plymouth. After throwing Jacek Marx in one round in June 1912 in his debut Plymouth, he was adapted to the fight with Taylor from South Africa, over 15 rounds, on the night where “Rabbitts” bowed.

I like to think that Tom and “Rabbitts” could mention a few words in the cloakroom that night. Tom was a former soldier, and “Rabbitts” planned to join the army.

Bn The editor, John Murray, opened his editorial article on July 19, 1916 with the following words: “Tom McCormick was the first of our first professional boxers who went to the shooting line, and now he was the first to appear on the roll of the roll of the roll of the roll honor . “Tom was killed during the Battle of Somme in July 1916. His good buddy and colleague Boxer, Corporal Jim Winspear, was with him when he died and told about the details of his last moments: “He was of the last one to last. He is commemorated in Thiepval Memorial to the Missing.

Tom had a great career, winning the title of British welterweight in 1914 under the 20-round decision about Johnny Summers, from all places, Rushcutters Bay Stadium in Sydney, Australia. It was the same place where Jacek Johnson V Tommy Burns World Heavyweight hosted the title six years earlier. McCormick became the first warrior who won the British title abroad and repeated the feat in the same ring five weeks later, this time knocking out years, which was a great warrior, in the first round.

Five weeks later, Tom lost the title of Matt Wells of Lambeth, again in the same ring. In just 10 weeks Tom Won, he defended and then lost the British title, and each competition took place on the other side of the world.

McCormick returned to Great Britain later the same year and fought six more times. He registered again immediately after the war, joining his aged regiment, and as Murray put him in his editorial article: “He not only joined, but also asked to send to the front as soon as possible.”

To sum up his tribute to McCormick, Murray ended with the following words: “McCormick was the Idol of the Boxing World Plymouth, who lost another aged favorite in the private place of Ah Wilson with 3Rd The shooters brigade, better known in Plymouth circles as “rabbitts”. Wilson was killed in action, but not earlier than the Distinguished Conduct medal won for his bravery at the Battle of Armmentieres in October 1914. “

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Year of great knockouts of the first round

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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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Billy Conn


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  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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That day: Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn are fighting for a draw with impatiently expected rematch

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June 16, 2025

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Nigel Benn Draw PTS 12 Chris Eubank
October 9, 1993; Venerable Trafford, Manchester
One of the most anticipated fights in the British boxing history was three years. Since the loss of the WBO medium weight title in Chris Eubank in 1990, Nigel Benn is again again as a champion of WBC Super-Middle of weight, to which the weight class of his elderly rival also moved. Eubank and Benn were an irresistible couple. “If you don’t like Chris Eubank, do it for the right reasons,” said Eubank. “And there are no proper reasons not to like Chris Eubank.” Still, he was a very entering villain. “I sharply, I can’t stand him,” said Benn. What happened in 12 rounds was lacking in the strict excitement of the first duel, but it is worth watching it again. Finally, most felt that Benn had unlucky to get a draw only.

Do you know? On the night before the fight – which attracted more plants from gamblers than any other British fight – Manchester was flooded with rain and wind, but the conditions were ahead of the rematch.

Watch out for: A week after heavyweight clash, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno are one of the analysts, but John McCririck fighting for attention with Don King is just as unbearable as bizarre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1PHZ11MMYMY

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