Alan Salter only lived a short life, but he lived it to the full
Remembering Peckham's popular Alan Salter, who died tragically young
ONE of the biggest ticket-sellers to come out of London back in the 1970s was Alan Salter of Peckham. He was an exciting fighter and, although his record of 13 wins from 32 contests does not look much good on paper, he was rated as high as third in the British light-welterweight (now super-lightweight) class and he also boxed for the British title at that weight. Born in 1950, Alan died just nine days after his 35th birthday, having lain in a coma for the seven years before that following a tragic accident in 1978.
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
January 19, 2021
The path that leads to the next generation of high-power electronics is not long. But it needs to be wide. Very wide.
A Cornell collaboration has found a way to grow a single crystalline layer of alpha-aluminum gallium oxide that has the widest energy bandgap to date – a discovery that clears the way for new semiconductors that will handle higher voltages, higher power densities and higher frequencies than previously seen. Provided
The image at left shows the energy bandgap of alpha-aluminum gallium oxide compared to similar materials, and the effect of replacing gallium atoms with aluminum. The image on the right is an overview of alpha-aluminum gallium oxide grown on a substrate of sapphire.
aftermath of hurricane harvey. the national weather service saying just a short time ago the rainfall from the storm could now reach 50 inches in some places which would be the highest ever recorded in the state of texas. let's go now to nbc's maya rodriguez in houston for us. i want to add that moments ago, houston emergency officials made an appeal to boat owners. what can you tell us about that? >> well, i can tell you that right here where we're standing, tons of private boat owners have been coming for the last hour or so. dropping off their boat, going into these neighborhoods that are flooded, trying to rescue people. joining us are one of those boat owner, two of the boat owner, derek and jenny rowe. thanks for joining us under these conditions. you brought your 18-foot boat out. it's this one here. >> i had some buddies call me and they were stuck on the rooftop and wanted us to help them. we're here to see what we can do. >> we're talking about your mother, your mother is in that neighborhood too.
i'm just ready to do what i -- whatever. >> what about the response you've seen from first responders? can you speak to that? >> it's amazing what they're doing. this town, this community. i mean, everyone's come together. so i don't know. it's just this is -- i've never seen it like this before. so i hope everything and everybody is okay. and pray for best. >> all right, jenny and derek rowe, thank you so much for what you're doing out here. that's sort of the message we keep hearing, this is communities that are trying to come together, help people who are in need, what we are hearing is there have been about 150 people that have been picked out of their flooded homes and dropped off in this location right now. of course there's still another 200 we're told by the fire department who are still waiting. of course there is a need for these private citizens to come in and kind of help them out, alex. >> absolutely good samaritans. we're grateful for their presence. let's check in now with msnbc
will bestow medals of honor posthumously for two soldiers killed during the korean conflict, anthony hano hano on the left and anthony svela, coming up, awards may the 2nd. the first round of the nba playoffs and man if this is any indication we'll have a good playoff run, the bulls, the number one overall seed if you will in the nba had the best record this year, well they didn't lead the game until the final minute. tyler hansborough took an elbow to the head and was knocked out. derek rowe led the way, 89 points. chicago was able to pull it out. they're up 1-0. the miami heat, hawks and mavericks won their first