JOHN CONTEH - BRILLIANTLY BRITISH
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonZero to hero and back down again. It’s a phrase you’ll often hear, but few have pulled off the cycle repeatedly as well as John Anthony Conteh, MBE. The kid fr...
JACK GARDNER - HARBOROUGH GUARDSMAN
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonOften referred to as ‘film star handsome’, with his impeccable taste for fine clothing, faultless hair and designer moustache, Jack Leonard Gardner was often c...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonBrian London once said, “I was christened the ‘British Bulldog’ by friends and colleagues who said I not only looked like a bulldog but fought like one,” but h...
MIKAEL LAWAL - GETTING BACK ON TRACK
Interview by Paul Zanon“Boxing has given me a lot more hope, helped me with a bit of depression and also given me a lot of discipline. If it wasn’t for boxing I don’t think I’d have any structure i...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonFeatherweight boxer, Jordan Gill, is currently the talk of Chatteris, the small market town in Cambridgeshire. But the first to put the town on the fistic map ...
HARVEY HORN INTERVIEW ‘TRIPLE H’ HITTING THE HEIGHTS
Interview by Paul ZanonHe’s known as ‘Horny’, he’s an East Londoner based in Essex, he’s undefeated as a professional boxer and he’s taller than you think. British Vintage Boxing took some time out...
CHARLIE DUFFIELD INTERVIEW. WARMING TO THE CHALLENGE
Interview by Paul ZanonBritish Vintage Boxing caught up with the endearing, yet burly figure of Charlie Duffield, ahead of his light heavyweight title fight on 20 July 2019 against Dan Azeez. The 3...
COOPER, CLAY, 1963 & THE TORN GLOVE
On the 18th of June 1963, a young, brash, Cassius Clay visited London to take on Britain's Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium, London, in a final eliminator for the world heavyweight title against the...
THE REAL 'FEN TIGER' DAVID ROBERT GREEN
Contributed by guest sportswriter Paul Zanon The Fen Tiger is a legendary, almost mythical creature, from Fenland, Cambridgeshire. With apparent numerous sightings of the fearsome beast over recen...
The flexing of regimental muscle for those stationed with the British Army in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, during the early 1900’s was, in the main, compulsory. The men would be divided into groups, hande...
Contributed by guest sportswriter Paul ZanonWhile Hitler was preparing to unleash hell on Europe, a certain Doncaster destroyer by the name of Bruce Woodcock was preparing to unload his own arsenal...
TED 'KID' LEWIS 'THE ALDGATE SPHINX'
Contributed by guest sportswriter Paul ZanonGershon Mandeloff. Does that name ring any bells? He was one of Britain’s best ever boxers, but you might know him as Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis. Born in Whitechape...
THE BATTERSEA BLACKSMITH DON COCKELL
Contributed by guest writer Paul ZanonHe had no business being in the ring with Rocky Marciano. That was the general consensus when Donald John Cockell, a blown-up light heavyweight, stepped into t...