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British heavyweight boxer who was the youngest amateur senior light heavyweight champion and competed in the 1952 Olympics.
On the island
Eight records
Tup Tim Toot
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In conversation
Presenter asks
0:08What was your first job when you left school?
We worked in a sheet metal factory. Uh hard work, but it uh filled us out and brought us out I suppose. Yes, your brother took up the same loan. He did, yes, for a while. Yes.
Presenter asks
0:47How did you first get interested in boxing?
No, well I think it started a bit earlier than that, Roy. We had an uncle who bought us a set of gloves, me and my brother, so and actually when we had the relatives here, me and George was showing off like punching hell out of each other. And it lature from there. My dad sort of done the usual thing, got down on his knees and uh sparred with us, showed us how to shape up and it we just took it up from there.
Presenter asks
1:27You won your first championship at fourteen, I believe. And then at seventeen you were the youngest ever amateur senior light heavyweight champion. How did you fare in the 1952 Olympics?
Well, uh I got a bye in the first series and then uh met a Russian in the second series and lost on points. I thought I'd won, but uh that's how it goes. You have to accept these things.
Presenter asks
4:43You're in intensive training now for the Cassius Clay fight. Have you any particular views about training, any special diet, for example?
Uh no, not really. I've trained for fifteen round championship fights before, like in my own title, my British title of defences, so uh I know in my mind what I've got to do for fifteen rounds. The only thing is uh a week or so before the uh fight I uh cut all uh starchy foods out and uh just concentrate mainly on uh steaks and salads.
Presenter asks
5:20Do you think boxing in some way or another ought to be made less dangerous?
Well, I think all steps have been taken uh to make boxing list owner. I mean, the only thing I believe I'm a great believer in it is uh like medical supervision. I mean boxers should have uh medicals once, twice a year. They can never be examined… uh too much for my liking.
Presenter asks
6:02Is the exact length of bandage used by Cassius Clay on his hands a very important factor in a fight? And what about the limitation on the number of men in his corner?
Oh yes, it is. All um taping and bandaging rounds is a big in factor because I think what he's been complaining about or he's trying to bring a point up is because an American came over here a few years ago and had or an unknown amount of plaster and badge on his hands which like made his hands rock hard… Well yes, we've got four. Boxing border control rules state that we you can have four seconds in your corner. I think last time Mr Clay fought me over here when he was in trouble I think half the stadium was in his corner. There was thirteen millionaires who represent him. There was corner men. Hey there was so many there you couldn't see what was going on in the corner so I suppose Jim wants to get this ironed out all before we're in there with him.
“We worked in a sheet metal factory. Uh hard work, but it uh filled us out and brought us out I suppose.”
“Well, uh I got a bye in the first series and then uh met a Russian in the second series and lost on points. I thought I'd won, but uh that's how it goes. You have to accept these things.”
“I think the uh at that time when I got on a bit, I went through a rough period in my career. I had three or four fights, lost three or four on the trot, and so we went to Germany. We had three fights there, which I'd done well, and then I um... I think got my confidence back a bit. We came back to England and then uh fought Dick Richards at Polfkall. We stopped him in five rounds and I think that was a turning point in my career.”
“I mean you can't uh you can't be fighting in front of your own people. I mean usually a world champion makes the challenger come to him. Well this time we've made him come to us.”
“I think last time Mr Clay fought me over here when he was in trouble I think half the stadium was in his corner. There was thirteen millionaires who represent him. There was corner men. Hey there was so many there you couldn't see what was going on in the corner so I suppose Jim wants to get this ironed out all before we're in there with him.”