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Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:43 am
by Carl_Dales_Left_boot
Lenny 'the Guvnor' McLean? Paul Sykes? Charles Bronson??
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:38 am
by BigGwynram
Roy Shaw, AKA Pretty boy Shaw, I have met him several times, he ain't a huge bloke, mind you he got fists the size of cabbages.Apparently he's a bit poorly now but up until last year 70 plus or not he still had the frightening look and aura about him.
Lovely bloke and I used to get on well with him ( made sure I did
) but you just new he had those cold killer eyes, but a hard hard man, if he told you it was Tuesday, then it was Tuesday.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 10:11 am
by Jasonccfc
roy shaw lost a few fights including a fight against lennie mclean.
but mclean also lost fights both were no doubt very hard men but not the hardest despite what their books say
i'd go for danny dyer he's propa nawty
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:30 am
by welshdougie
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:34 am
by CraigCCFC
Audley harrison......FACT!
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:51 am
by mr'mogreenz
Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:23 pm
by CF64 BLUE
mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Remember him playing for the Blue Dragons Rugby League team a good few years ago, you are correct he was one hard b*stard, only about 5'10" and 13 stone but would hit anything that moved. Rermember him making a tackle on a prop from another team, literally went in head first against the other guys head, mistimed it slightly and broke his nose, just carried on regardless, no sponge man and never even stopped for any medical attention. They don't make them like him any more, sad to hear he's dead. RIP
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:40 pm
by Blackdragon
CF64 BLUE wrote:mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Remember him playing for the Blue Dragons Rugby League team a good few years ago, you are correct he was one hard b*stard, only about 5'10" and 13 stone but would hit anything that moved. Rermember him making a tackle on a prop from another team, literally went in head first against the other guys head, mistimed it slightly and broke his nose, just carried on regardless, no sponge man and never even stopped for any medical attention. They don't make them like him any more, sad to hear he's dead. RIP
I used to work with Woodsy's daughter. Lovely girl and his death hit her really hard. Passed away from cancer sadly. Talking of hard Welshman don't think they came any tougher than Malcolm Price from Merthyr. Closer to home for me a couple of local legends were Mike Shellard and Phil Thomas.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:56 pm
by bluebird94
Phil Thomas ? is he the guy that works the doors in aberdare.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:01 pm
by milly44
the guy who opened the sunroof on our bus yesterday
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:03 pm
by Blackdragon
bluebird94 wrote:Phil Thomas ? is he the guy that works the doors in aberdare.
Used to; but not anymore. He's getting on a bit now. Own's a Civil Engineering firm and the Lamb in Hirwaun.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:06 pm
by Tubzo
mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Played Sunday league football against him a few times he was a abslute nightmare to play against
Sorry to say this but he came across more of a bully to me than a real hardman.
Real hardmen don't need to prove themselves
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:43 pm
by Ackers
Howard Collins from Mountain Ash
The first person in the world to complete the 100 man kumite in one day.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:04 pm
by Karl
Nothing a shank couldnt handle.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:24 pm
by Stan-QPR
Stan from over West London ways...Absolute f*cking animal.. Once he actually bit a man to death.....Seriously
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:29 pm
by Blackdragon
jinks/cwm wrote:roy shaw lost a few fights including a fight against lennie mclean.
but mclean also lost fights both were no doubt very hard men but not the hardest despite what their books say
i'd go for danny dyer he's propa nawty
Both McClean and Shaw's books are good reads; although it has been claimed both stretched the truth a bit. Shaw was a proper lunatic and spent time in Broadmoor. The hardest of the lot though is accounts be believed was Bartley Gorman, the Gypsy King. Think he went 20 years without losing a bareknuckle fight and took on all comers. His book is a good read too.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:36 pm
by Karl
Stan-QPR wrote:Stan from over West London ways...Absolute f*cking animal.. Once he actually bit a man to death.....Seriously
Monster of man.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:52 pm
by Stan-QPR
Karl wrote:Stan-QPR wrote:Stan from over West London ways...Absolute f*cking animal.. Once he actually bit a man to death.....Seriously
Monster of man.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:54 pm
by nobby
Jimmy Boyle, over 30 years but he is one hell of a tough guy, great film and book.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:34 pm
by frazier
Mclean and Shaw were certainly tough men but both boxed professionally and didn't rise to the top, that says a lot I think, indeed Mclean was knocked out in the first round twice in his brief boxing career and Shaw struggled to beat an injured Ron Stander, an american journeyman. There is a fella from Cardiff who was incredibly tough and a devastating street fighter, he's getting on a bit now but few if any ever got the better of him, his name is Marlo Offside.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:39 pm
by frazier
mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
There was a bloke who played in the same blue dragons team as Paul "yozzer" Woods who was a lot harder, Alan Evans from Bridgend, he was one scary bloke.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:42 pm
by MalagaCF
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:42 pm
by mr'mogreenz
Tubzo wrote:mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Played Sunday league football against him a few times he was a abslute nightmare to play against
Sorry to say this but he came across more of a bully to me than a real hardman.
Real hardmen don't need to prove themselves
i heard the same thing mate, that he was a bit of a bully, i never met the man, iv been told a lot of storys about him like, some good some bad lol
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:44 pm
by mr'mogreenz
Tubzo wrote:mr'mogreenz wrote:Paul woods, the ex rugby league player from tredegar, he died a about 3 years ago he got band for life from playing rugby league, he was an animal, he has to have been 1 of the hardest welshman there has been, im shure he was voted the hardest ever british rugby league player lol hed snap jaws for fun apparently
Played Sunday league football against him a few times he was a abslute nightmare to play against
Sorry to say this but he came across more of a bully to me than a real hardman.
Real hardmen don't need to prove themselves
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:16 pm
by The Trooper
Paul Woods was labelled "The hardest man to play rugby league" in his obit written by the Independent newspaper !
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:15 pm
by blue nile
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:25 pm
by bluebirds over....
Ralph Fiennes.
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:30 pm
by MOZZER1
dai bishop the former welsh rugby , boxer and baseball international now a pundit on the real radio phone in show
Re: Hardest Brit in the last 30 years??
Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:44 pm
by CasuallyCasual
Lenny mclean, absolute f*cking beast
takes bradshaw apart here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnskujvT6wI