Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Beyond you tube this one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Beyond you tube this one Arthur would beat up big blokes for fun and not only to settle stuff ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PlasticJock 539 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Read 'King of the Gypsies' by Bartley Gorman. Quite alot of info about boothboxers, his uncle was killed by a travelling boxer (Sid Roper I think), at a wedding. Hard men back in the day by all accounts, most would fight bareknuckle/gloved up/anyway you wanted it. Another guy would go to fairgrounds with a bucket, and place it at his feet with a sign offering anyone 3/5 hits for a pound. He was never knocked out. He also did this at trainstations when squaddies were returning from leave etc. Tough blokes, got alot of respect for them from what I've heard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
old school 518 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 hes aged alot since i met him but this is fred.... a totally class nights craic regardless of skill!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 hes aged alot since i met him but this is fred.... a totally class nights craic regardless of skill!! Wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 hes aged alot since i met him but this is fred.... a totally class nights craic regardless of skill!! Wrong Now I see fred is a dogshit fighter too lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 hes aged alot since i met him but this is fred.... a totally class nights craic regardless of skill!! Wrong Now I see fred is a dogshit fighter too lol Dogshit fighters ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin 332 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Freddie Mills fought in the fairs before he went pro as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mills#Early_life http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/jul/11/books.crimebooks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1QIgGgyUGY Martin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,121 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 (edited) Boxing booths were not always associated with fairgrounds.....right up till the late 70,s there were travelling booths at places like Wanstead Flats and Deptford in London....they were all quite well organised at one point but around the mid 50,s the British Boxing Board of Control stated they would strip pro boxers of their licence if they took part in them......that pretty much brought about their decline.Before that many fighters like Jimmy Wilde,Benny Lynch,the Turpins,Freddie Mills had all done a bit in the booths. As kids we would be over Wanstead Flats queueing up like idiots till the ol man would catch us and march us into the gym with respect the Marquis of Queensbury ringing in our ears Edited May 27, 2011 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Little fish 3 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Respect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 can anyone do a youtube link -- boxing at your own risk sai varley .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 3 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Tent fighting is still a big thing in Queensland. Wayne McLennan travelled with them and wrote a book, imaginatively called Tent Boxing. Hard lives for some of the fighters and a lot come from pretty crappy backgrounds. They have woman fighters in a lot of the tents too. Pretty wild nights. I've just finished a book called "All in my corner" by Tony Lee and that's got a lot of the old booth fighting in there, but it's predominantly a history of Welsh fighters. Very good book if you're into the history of the sport. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SLiP tHe DoG ! 129 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 what is a booth boxer ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 can anyone do a youtube link -- boxing at your own risk sai varley .. is this it stig? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 can anyone do a youtube link -- boxing at your own risk sai varley .. is this it stig? cheers .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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