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cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:57 pm

great book

loads of docks boxers in there

amazing how many docks , grange has produced ..and not just famous in cardiff

wonder if annis can tell me the name of cardiffs famous boxer of egyptian descent ?

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:07 pm

come on annis

:lol:

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:52 pm

Joe Erskine ??? :ayatollah: :ayatollah: If not, bet Annis will know :ayatollah:

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:49 pm

erskines relatives were from the west indies

annis ?

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:50 pm

its eddie avoth

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:13 pm

Slude i remember eddie was the landlord of the clarence in pontypridd.No fucker played up in that pub :lol: :lol: Sorry sludge :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:22 pm

earnieblue wrote:Slude i remember eddie was the landlord of the clarence in pontypridd.No fucker played up in that pub :lol: :lol: Sorry sludge :ayatollah: :ayatollah:



pat thomas , carl thomas etc

all very very handy

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:54 pm

Eddie is top bloke, spoke to him over Merthyr a few Months ago, for the filming of the Howard Winstone film :ayatollah:

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:15 pm

half of them are in their sixties and you still wouldnt mess with them

Re: cardiffs boxing greats , gareth jones

Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:24 pm

Jimmy Driscoll was by far the best boxer from Cardiff. Read his autobiography Peerless Jim :ayatollah: :ayatollah: i think i am right in saying the funeral was the biggest Cardiff has ever seen and he is buried in Cathays cemetery ImageImageImage