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Sounds like a story that needs told. Happy Robbie Burns Day, fight fans! He was involved in a titanic four-fight series with arch nemesis Sandy Saddler. We know Abel Sanchez has cornered middleweights* at Madison Square Garden but come December 8, he has something different on the docket.. (previous page) () But behind many Irish boxing names, there frequently stood an olive-skinned, dark-haired fighter with a hidden identity. He did fight at middleweight at the end of his career but Bert had gone to light heavyweight and retired. More than one thousand Italian […] Undefeated lightweight and welterweight champion of Scotland. I’m a huge fan of Benny Lynch so thank you for including him. He lost the first fight to Saddler, avenged it to recapture the world title, but lost the next two encounters on injuries even though he led on the judge’s scorecards.
RIP Dad xI believe your granda and Gilroy were stable mates. in this bout against McCleave, Bert was disqualified in the second round, a near riot followed.Vince Hawkins 1945 was being advance and protected towards the MW title, and like McCleave, Hawkins was ALREADY chosen for The TITLE against Roderick the Welterweight king, whom was given a Bye in 1942 for the MW title, given a Bye, a BYE (??? He was world featherweight champion between 1942-48 and again between 1949-50. But instead of reciting “To A Haggis” and breaking out the bagpipes, we’ll settle for Scotsman The crowd looks on as the great Benny Lynch trains.Shame my dad, Ginger Stewart went to war twice, it took his best years from him in the ring. A metropolis where hundreds of young warriors train and battle each day in its many gyms, it is where Archie Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran and Bernard Hopkins all found greatness. Loved my Dad to bits, He gave for others and his family, then came home and gave. )… anyway Hawkins too couldn’t be seen to lose now could he.remember now, Bert’s status Before, After and DURING these fights, see above again and see the link I will provide below.Bert Gilroy had NOTHING to do with what was DONE To Him, NOTHING…the Most FEARED and Cheated Athlete in British Sporting History and the Second Greatest Scots fighter of All-time.Looking for information on my uncles who were boxers in the 30’s & 40’s Peter Buchanan who was a pro & was one of Benny Lynch’s sparring partners.Thanks for enlightening me on Bert Gilroy. This is a list of world champions in professional boxing who retired undefeated, either during or after a title reign(s). Bert and my Dad never fought, Dad started as a 16 yr old featherweight , winning lightweight title at 19 before going to war in’39, he fought while during the war years, winning the welterweight title, unfortunately he was shot in the leg and suffered other injuries, a French family nursed and hid him for 8 months before they managed to get him back home. – Dropped from contention 1944 while still No.1 MW and stepping up out of his weight even, in order to fight Britain’s two top big men Mills and Woodcock to further prove his status and worth.– Refused a title fight by the board for Mills’ L-HW title from 1945 -48, now No.1 L-HW Contender, a title Mills held for 8 years and NEVER Defended once, not once… few people realize that.look at Bert’s record and pictures, he is very clearly a MW, and yet was technically the 4th greatest Big Man in Britain at the time behind Woodcock, Mills and Scots HW Ken Shaw, whom he also beat in one of their two bouts questioned.1943 – Dave McCleave was ALREADY chosen for a Final Eliminator contest for the MW title before meeting Bert that year, he couldn’t be scene to lose then could he… Bert had only lost 1 fight of 42 fights and 6 years, a points loss the very fight before this one. Ron Olver did a centre page obituary to Dad in Nov 1990. Dear friens, Italy had many World Champions and others very important fighters who born in that country, but is extraordinary how many others boxers of Italian ancestry are between the greatest or very good of all time; here is a short list: Invisible Italian American boxers – To the untrained eye, it seemed that prior to the 1920s there were few noteworthy American boxers of Italian origin—and a limited presence in the decades that followed. West Coast bias alive and well here. Let’s get Benny Lynch a Statue! All the best.Perhaps I’ll tell it one day, it’d be a mix of boxing and post traumatic stress, he won through though, kinda summed him up. please support the campaign! I would be very grateful if you could send or email me any stories you have.
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