The Boxers of Newport

The Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire

Gareth Jones (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017
St David's Press (Verlag)
978-1-902719-63-4 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

With four world champions including Joe Calzaghe, arguably the greatest Welsh boxer of all time, and a host of Welsh, British and European champions, Gareth Jones celebrates the great boxing tradition of Newport the Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire by highlighting the exploits of 70 boxers who hail from the south east corner of Wales.

There has always been a great boxing tradition in Newport and the valleys of Monmouthshire, but recently the area has excelled itself. Over the last two decades, no fewer than four world champions have been groomed in local gyms. Robbie Regan, Gavin Rees, Nathan Cleverly and the incomparable Joe Calzaghe may be the stand-out achievers featured in this book, but they are far from the only stars remembered here. Johnny Basham and the `Maesglas Marciano’, Dick Richardson, lead the way for the city on the Usk, while there are many others who have worn the Lonsdale Belt or claimed Commonwealth Games medals. And the changing face of boxing is epitomised by Ebbw Vale girl Ashley Brace, the first woman to top a professional bill in Wales – and the first to win an international title. Some 70 boxers are pictured and profiled. Any fight fan, whether a `Gwentie’ or not, will enjoy this book.

Gareth Jones is a journalist who has been writing and broadcasting on boxing in Wales for more than 40 years, including over 15 years as Boxing Correspondent of the South Wales Echo, and a longer period as Welsh Correspondent of Boxing News.

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction

Roy AGLAND
Jamie ARTHUR
Johnny BASHAM
Nick BIRCH
Ronnie BISHOP
Abner BLACKSTOCK
Ashley BRACE
Don BRAITHWAITE
Joe CALZAGHE
Lee CHURCHER
Nathan CLEVERLY
Denys CRONIN
Freddie CROSS
Morgan CROWTHER
Billy DAVIES
Ron 'Ponty' DAVIES
Tony DAVIES
Tony DOHERTY
Rosie ECCLES
Matthew EDMONDS
Arthur EVANS
Craig EVANS
Edgar EVANS
Jeff EVANS
Selwyn EVANS
Jack FARR
Ossie HIGGINS
Justyn HUGH
George JAMES
Hayden JONES
J.D. JONES
Keith JONES
Trevor LLEWELLYN
Gary LOCKETT
Ben MARSHALL
Kevin McCORMACK
Sean McGOLDRICK
Bobby MORGAN
Danny MORGAN
George MORGAN
Les MORGAN
Terence MORGAN
Tommy MORGAN
Mo NASIR
David PEARCE
Gary PEARCE
George PEMBRIDGE
Dick POWER
Lauren PRICE
Bradley PRYCE
Gavin REES
Robbie REGAN
Dick RICHARDSON
Jimmy ROBERTS
Jerome SAMUELS
Paul SAMUELS
Steve SIMS
Kelvin SMART
Frank TAYLOR
Billy THOMAS
Tom THOMAS
Noel TRIGG
Robbie TURLEY
Ian TURNER
Pat WARBURTON
Andy WILLIAMS
Aneurin WILLIAMS
J.T. WILLIAMS
Craig WOODRUFF
Harry WOODS
Supporting Cast
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	The Boxers of Wales ; 5
Zusatzinfo	154 b/w illustrations
Verlagsort	Cardiff
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 235 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-902719-63-8 / 1902719638
ISBN-13	978-1-902719-63-4 / 9781902719634
Zustand	Neuware