http://www.blackpresence.co.uk Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:35:55 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2397 Tommy Martin was born in Reading in 1916. In 1917, the family moved to Deptford. At 14 he ran away from home and joined a fairground, working in a Boxing Booth. In the late 1920s / early 30s there was always a token black boxer in a troupe, which helped draw crowds along with the slogan [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/09/tommy-martin-black-british-boxer/feed/ 2 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:36 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=2123 Lennox Lewis was Britains last Heavyweight Champion boxer. Despite a reputedly high, undisclosed personal wealth, Lennox Lewis remains one of the most likeable sporting personalities of this century. Lennox Claudius Lewis was born in Stratford, London on 2 September 1965. His names could not be more aptly chosen as Lennox is Gaelic and means ‘chieftain’ [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/07/lennox-lewis/feed/ 1 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/tom-molineaux/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/tom-molineaux/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:30:51 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1451 Tom Molineaux was an American boxer who settled in Britain after seeking and winning the World Boxing Title. When Tom Molineaux reached the shores of England in 1809, He came to claim the world boxing title. Presumably Molineaux had partaken in his share of matches prior to his rise as Boxer in Great Britain. However, [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/tom-molineaux/feed/ 0 http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/randolph-turpin-boxer/ http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/randolph-turpin-boxer/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:18:06 +0000 Phil http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/?p=1448 Randolph Turpin was a black British boxer in the 1940′s/50s.? He has been described as the most exciting personality to grace the British boxing scene in the 1940s and 50s. Randolph came from a fighting family.? His elder brother , Dick, was the first black boxer to fight for and win a Lonsdale belt, his [...]]]> http://www.blackpresence.co.uk/2010/01/randolph-turpin-boxer/feed/ 0