Boxing

Alan Minter

Minter won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games which launched his professional boxing career.

Amir Khan

Amir Khan first got into boxing at the tender age of eight.

Barry McGuigan

McGuigan started his professional boxing career on May 10, 1981, beating Selwyn Bell by a knockout in two rounds in Dublin.

Billy Schwer

After turning professional at 21, Schwer had 45 fights, with 39 wins (30 by knockout) and six losses.

Chris Eubank

Chris Eubank spent his early years in Jamaica before returning to rough parts of southern and eastern London and in 1982 he flew to New York to be with his father.

Colin McMillian

Few boxers experienced a career as respected as former world featherweight champion Colin McMillan.

David Haye

David ’The Hayemaker’ Haye currently stands as the hottest cruiserweight-turned-heavyweight commodity since Evander ’The Real Deal’ Holyfield.

Errol Christie

Errol Christie gained a reputation for early knockouts losing only two fights out of eighty in his early career.

Frank Bruno MBE

Frank Bruno is one of Britain’s best loved sportsmen.

Frank Maloney

From Peckham to Las Vegas - Frank Maloney has risen from the tough streets of South London to conquer the world.

Glen McCrory

Some dates, for whatever reason, are etched indelibly into any sportsman’s memory.

Joe Egan

’Big’ Joe Egan, as he is affectionately known, is Ireland’s most colourful boxing heavyweight.

John Conteh

At the age of 23, John Conteh of Liverpool became the first British boxer to hold the World Light Heavyweight Championship for a quarter of a century.

John Coyle

John Coyle has been refereeing since 1970 and for the past 26 years has been on the list of international referees enabling him to officiate at all levels of professional boxing anywhere in the world.

John H Stracey

John H Stracey will always be one of Britain’s greatest World Boxing Champions of all time.

Paul 'Silky' Jones

Paul ’Silky’ Jones retired from boxing in 2002 after an incredible fight career that spanned almost twenty years at the top and he is the holder of five championship titles.

Sir Henry Cooper OBE

Henry Cooper was born in l934 and was Britain’s most famous Heavyweight, winning the British, European and Commonwealth titles outright.

Steve Collins

Collins remains one of the most colourful characters in boxing.