Neville Meade vs Gordon Ferris

Neville Meade vs Gordon Ferris

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• Boxing

[TheEnlightened77]

Neville was a good all round athlete who among other things, was nifty at 100 metres, played a very good game of table and lawn tennis, held the RAF shot put record and was the boxing champion. He won a Commonwealth gold medal for Britain and as shown here won the British Heavyweight boxing title. He had an awesome punch but his weakness was women and above all, he did not like to train and often ran out of steam when he had his opponent well beaten. Shame, cause he could have gone much further.

[seerauberjohnny]

@madmax8903 He doesn't look that bad here,certainly appears to have more technique than say Jack Bodell for instance or Richard Dunn

[3sqnrock]

per ardua neville another proud rock sign's

[madmax8903]

Neville Meade's finest hour. An uncharitable journalist at the time said he was the worst British champion ever, with the exception of Ferris. At the purely national level, British heavyweight boxings been at the dogs since around 1975. Yes, there's been the odd world-class heavyweight, but most don't bother with the British title. Bruno didn't and neither has Haye, though the best of them, Lewis, did for a time in the early nineties. I remember him easily beating a bearded Glenn McCrory.

[ianpatterson123]

Recently met Gordon (doing some business) and he's a smashing fella got a few pubs now over in england..N.Ireland lad like myself...

[davidturner147]

@robholt77 Yes

[robholt77]

R.I.P. Nev - died Sat.

[bigdfrombermondsey]

nev could bang a bit couldn't he!!

[steve12168]

Thats Reg Gutteridge not Harry Carpenter

[ianandori]

Hahahahahahaha. Harry Carpenter "He's out for a week". Brilliant!!!