The life of a boxing photographer
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A young Derek Rowe stands between Jack Dempsey and Reg Gutteridge, as Jack Solomons smiles on the left-hand side
Derek Rowe has had lunch with Muhammad Ali, chauffeured Henry Cooper, drunk tea with Ted Kid Lewis and been thrown out of clubs with Terry Downes. In his own words, the veteran photographer recounts a lifetime in boxing
AS a kid, I boxed in the Schoolboys. I started when I was about eight years old – in the early 1940s. I used to box for a club called the Bradfield Boys’ Club, then I left there and joined the Fisher. I eventually ended up being on the management committee at the Fisher, putting on the shows with Bernard Hart and Tim Riley. Bernard started the Lonsdale brand and Tim was the editor of