Booth Boxers

[gnasher16 30,121]

Just rang my ol fella to ask him a bit about Turpin...apparently all the Turpin brothers Randy,Jackie and Dick all fought in the booths,often on the same night !...reckons they were real nice fellas ( not a bad bone in their body were the exact words )...they had a terrible upbringing being some of the first blacks in the area they lived in piss poor housing all the boys suffered badly with pneumonia and bronchitis due to damp living conditions....he reckons Randys old promoter Jack Solomons had something to do with his death and had done Randy out of near every penny he had ...( but then my ol man hated Solomons so who knows ).He said Turpins second fight with Sugar Ray Robinson should have been stopped due to Robinson having a bad cut eye but the ref wouldnt stop it as the yanks were desperate for Robinson to get the title back.

 

Apparently Randys wife was the daughter of a farmer in North Wales somewhere which is how he ended up buying a place there later on he loved the peacefulness of the place and would often go there to get away from it all.

The ol fella started going on about some piece of music that was written for Randy by his pal Mosh something or other called " the sea of tranquility " which Randy used to have playing before his fights....i lost interest after that ....anyway just thought id share it with you chaps.

Edited May 29, 2011 by gnasher16

[gnasher16 30,121]

heres one for ya gnash who was the boxer that was shot in the back of a jag in an alley behind a london ? night club whr`t it a supposed suicide ?

 

 

Freddie Mills......some said it was due to depression,some said it was to do with the chinese......others think it was something to do with the Krays.......either way they proved it wasnt suicide so who knows.

 

I think it was a citreon actually mate not a Jag

Edited May 29, 2011 by gnasher16

[Blooded 62]

Did Turpin own/work at a scrap metal yard for some time?

[the_stig 6,614]

heres one for ya gnash who was the boxer that was shot in the back of a jag in an alley behind a london ? night club whr`t it a supposed suicide ?

 

 

Freddie Mills......some said it was due to depression,some said it was to do with the chinese......others think it was something to do with the Krays.......either way they proved it wasnt suicide so who knows.

 

I think it was a citreon actually mate not a Jag

cheers ----- a citreon you`ve shattered my illusions a citreon. ..when you say chinese was it a dodgey takeaway .

[gnipper 6,468]

Anyone ever have a go with Joey Lando?

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

heres one for ya gnash who was the boxer that was shot in the back of a jag in an alley behind a london ? night club whr`t it a supposed suicide ?

 

 

Freddie Mills......some said it was due to depression,some said it was to do with the chinese......others think it was something to do with the Krays.......either way they proved it wasnt suicide so who knows.

 

I think it was a citreon actually mate not a Jag

cheers ----- a citreon you`ve shattered my illusions a citreon. ..when you say chinese was it a dodgey takeaway .

 

If i remember right Mill's shot himself with a rifle...which was said to be too long for him to get in his mouth and pull the trigger!...Turpins story is a real sad one...he certainly was cheated out of money...but he sadly killed one of his kids before killing himself the kid had blonde hair and randolf didnt belive it was his...it was said at the time he was suffering from depression

[Attack Fell Terrier 864]

Gnasher bang on mate, I love hearing about the stuff that goes on outside of the ring.

 

Since we're having a bit of boxing gossip, I was told last Monday that Donald Curry was/is a raving homosexual lol? .

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

Gnasher bang on mate, I love hearing about the stuff that goes on outside of the ring.

 

Since we're having a bit of boxing gossip, I was told last Monday that Donald Curry was/is a raving homosexual lol? .

 

as was Freddie Mills

[gnasher16 30,121]

cheers ----- a citreon you`ve shattered my illusions a citreon. ..when you say chinese was it a dodgey takeaway .

 

 

im pretty sure Freddie was partners in a restaurant in Soho....which is Chinky ( triad ) territory....the story was they wanted the property and Mills wouldnt sell it.....i tend to believe that was bollocks to deflect attention from what really happened....i guess the more stories their are the more doubt their is.

Edited May 29, 2011 by gnasher16

[gnasher16 30,121]

If i remember right Mill's shot himself with a rifle...which was said to be too long for him to get in his mouth and pull the trigger!...

 

He was actually shot through the eye.....the rifle was found stood in an upright position next to his body and his hands were on his knees when he was found......they proved that it wasnt impossible for him to have shot himself by leaning the rifle on the top of the front seat,where it COULD have fallen into the position it ended up in after the trigger was pulled.....however...the thing that gave the big doubts was that Freddies eye was open when the bullet entered,something experts said was extremely unlikely in the event of it being suicide.....

So when you look at the bigger picture its highly doubtful he shot himself.

[gnasher16 30,121]

Gnasher bang on mate, I love hearing about the stuff that goes on outside of the ring.

 

Since we're having a bit of boxing gossip, I was told last Monday that Donald Curry was/is a raving homosexual lol? .

 

Doesnt surprise me he did have a bit of a feminine way about him the way he spoke ...didnt he get in trouble over drugs as well did some time etc.

 

Wasted talent !....And it was our Lloyd Honeyghan that put him on the slippery slope

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

If i remember right Mill's shot himself with a rifle...which was said to be too long for him to get in his mouth and pull the trigger!...

 

He was actually shot through the eye.....the rifle was found stood in an upright position next to his body and his hands were on his knees when he was found......they proved that it wasnt impossible for him to have shot himself by leaning the rifle on the top of the front seat,where it COULD have fallen into the position it ended up in after the trigger was pulled.....however...the thing that gave the big doubts was that Freddies eye was open when the bullet entered,something experts said was extremely unlikely in the event of it being suicide.....

So when you look at the bigger picture its highly doubtful he shot himself.

 

Isnt that what i said? ...was speaking from memory... i used to collect books on boxing history...but sold the lot some years back to buy a Astra van...if you didnt google that you got some memory!

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

Jem Mace he boxed in the Booths... he was the first to hold a English and world title...in fact i think it could be said it was Mace that started Tent boxing in australia...and he was born in...Norfolk

[gnasher16 30,121]

Isnt that what i said? ...was speaking from memory... i used to collect books on boxing history...but sold the lot some years back to buy a Astra van...if you didnt google that you got some memory!

 

 

Stone me im not that old i wasnt there !...or anywhere in the local vicinity even ....i knew the basics of it from stories the ol man would tell us.....but there was a program about it on the crime channel ( 554 )the other night and seeing as im laid flat on my back 24 hours a day at the mo i gave it a look.....so yes i cheated a bit

Edited May 29, 2011 by gnasher16

[willow 53]

good read lads