I was always Kevin Keegan playing against my Brother, unless it was a penalty then I became Peter Lorimer! Barry Sheene - Lived near Crawley and was always at the carnival and various fetes Harvey someone - Showjumping was always on telly Dave Boy Green
I was always Kevin Keegan playing against my Brother, unless it was a penalty then I became Peter Lorimer! Barry Sheene - Lived near Crawley and was always at the carnival and various fetes Harvey someone - Showjumping was always on telly Dave Boy Green
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
Totally agree - Sugar Ray is the best P4P I've ever seen.
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
The first one I remember as a little kid was the baseball player Frank Thomas. He seems to be a over the telly these days, and comes across as a real affable, well spoken guy.
The book about them and any video that people can find if they were not old enough to enjoy them is a must
Sugar Ray edged it and like you say is P4P the best I ever saw
His jab would rate as the perfect punch such power and vicious intent I watch the clips now and cant only begin to imagine what that felt like before the next three combo punches landed
Hagler/hearns great great bout rd 1 up there with ward/gatti rd 9 which I still think was the best rd of boxing I ever did see
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
Totally agree - Sugar Ray is the best P4P I've ever seen.
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
id go for Sugar Ray Leonard out of the 4 but as above what a fantastic period at that weight .I can remember Alan Minter getting totally destroyed by Marvellous Marvin as Hagler was on the way up ...
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
Totally agree - Sugar Ray is the best P4P I've ever seen.
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
id go for Sugar Ray Leonard out of the 4 but as above what a fantastic period at that weight .I can remember Alan Minter getting totally destroyed by Marvellous Marvin as Hagler was on the way up ...
That's when I saw Hagler live, I was at Wembley Arena that night - absolute carnage.
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
Totally agree - Sugar Ray is the best P4P I've ever seen.
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
id go for Sugar Ray Leonard out of the 4 but as above what a fantastic period at that weight .I can remember Alan Minter getting totally destroyed by Marvellous Marvin as Hagler was on the way up ...
That's when I saw Hagler live, I was at Wembley Arena that night - absolute carnage.
First fight I ever remember watching as a kid.
Loved Hagler after that.
McGuigan v Pedroza at Loftus Road was first fight I saw live.
I loved Duran as a fighting man something about him has stayed with me forever
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
Totally agree - Sugar Ray is the best P4P I've ever seen.
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
id go for Sugar Ray Leonard out of the 4 but as above what a fantastic period at that weight .I can remember Alan Minter getting totally destroyed by Marvellous Marvin as Hagler was on the way up ...
That's when I saw Hagler live, I was at Wembley Arena that night - absolute carnage.
First fight I ever remember watching as a kid.
Loved Hagler after that.
McGuigan v Pedroza at Loftus Road was first fight I saw live.
Feels like yesterday but just checked and it was 38 f*cking years ago!!!
Didn’t Minter say something stupid like - no black man’s gonna beat me (or similar) in the build up ?!?
Yes - and the crowd that night was basically a racist mob baying for Hagler's blood (not me I hasten to add). When the fight was stopped Hagler had to be protected in the ring by a dozen or so guys covering him up. Full bottles (glass) of beer were being thrown from every side into the ring and from my position up in the Gods they were like Catherine Wheels spinning in the air.
Stuart Leary...also a great cricketer with Kent of course and was a superb fly-half at schoolboy level back home in South Africa before coming to England to sign for us. He was tipped by many to go on and play for The Springboks someday. An absolute sporting genius and who could argue with that! Well, apart from Henry Irving that is. Also had a great respect for Sterling Moss...Jimmy Greaves and Cliff Morgan. Happy days indeed!
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The 4 Kings
Sugar" Ray Leonard,
"Marvelous" Marvin Hagler,
Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns,
Roberto Duran
Football
Stuart Pearce
Gary Nelson
David Whyte
Wrestling
Ultimate warrior
Big daddy
Giant haystacks
Davey boy Smith
Legion of doom
Mordechai Shpigler
Joe Fraser
Bob Beamon
Dick Fosbury
Bjorn Borg
Barry Sheene - Lived near Crawley and was always at the carnival and various fetes
Harvey someone - Showjumping was always on telly
Dave Boy Green
Stirling Moss
Godfrey Evans
Stuart Leary
Eddie Firmani
Ken Rosewall
Dave Charnley
Early Days:
Len Glover (obviously)
Jimmy Greaves
Colin Cowdrey
Alan Brown ( Kent fast bowler)
Freddie Trueman
'Deadly' Derek Underwood
Bob Hayes
Abebe Bikila
Lyn Davies
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali)
Bit Later:
Alan Knott
John Snow
Brian Luckhurst
Conrad Hunte
Andy Ripley
Gerald Davies
Tony Neary
as well as Cowdrey , Underwood and Ali who were still competing.
Ask me tomorrow and it will be different
But sugar Ray for me was king of the 4 as he was everything I wanted to be with gloves on I still don’t think I Have seen a man who threw combos like him the pain from each punch he threw when it connected could be seen in every fight
I used to get Boxing News from the US back then and remember reading about this freak of a kid Hearns from Detroit knocking people over week in and week out - The Motor City Cobra!!
Hagler was a mean man and of the four the only one I ever saw live. The greatest fight of all time was the first round of Hagler/Hearns.
I never forgave Duran for punching Ken Buchanan in the bollox but I respected his ability. Shows how good Kirkland was as well.
If you're into boxing it was a great time to be alive!
Sugar Ray edged it and like you say is P4P the best I ever saw
His jab would rate as the perfect punch such power and vicious intent I watch the clips now and cant only begin to imagine what that felt like before the next three combo punches landed
Hagler/hearns great great bout rd 1 up there with ward/gatti rd 9 which I still think was the best rd of boxing I ever did see
Loved Hagler after that.
McGuigan v Pedroza at Loftus Road was first fight I saw live.
Terrifying. Minter was highly regarded and Hagler made him look like a novice.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=hagler+v+minter&oq=hagler+&aqs=chrome.4.0j69i57j0l4.5127j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Crazy, crazy night.
Outside of those it was Beckham.
Zidane - Fairly obvious why, the best midfielder of all time.
Darren Bent - I was too young to properly appreciate super Clive, but Bent was incredible
Ruud Van Nistelrooy - I have no idea why, i've always been a sucker for a tap in i guess
Cricket
Nasser Hussain - first England captain i can remember just as i started playing, now the best cricket pundit in the game.
Marcus Trescothick - I too am a left hand opening bat, loved watching him play.
Grahame Smith - Ugly batsman to watch but so much grit, his innings when he came back out with a broken hand still gives me goosebumps.
An absolute sporting genius and who could argue with that!
Well, apart from Henry Irving that is.
Also had a great respect for Sterling Moss...Jimmy Greaves and Cliff Morgan.
Happy days indeed!
Ray Treacy
Peter Reeves
Ron Clarke (saw his last ever appearance at White City)
Jean Pierre Beltoise
Bert Harkins