Harry Mullan on Billy Aird, and his Las Vegas diaries
Harry Mullan, widely regarded as the greatest of all Boxing News editors, would have been 75 on April 22. To celebrate his memory, his substantial writing talent, and his unique appreciation of life, the sport and its fighters, we’re delighted to bring you two previously unpublished excerpts from a book he started working on in the 1980s but never completed
IF Billy Aird had been able to inflict on his fellow heavyweights even half the damage he did to the English language, Britain’s long wait for a world champion would have ended years ago.
Hughroy Currie, 1959-2021
Matt Bozeat pays tribute to former British heavyweight champion Hughroy Currie
TREVOR “HUGHROY” CURRIE, who died last week aged 61, had a seven-month reign as British heavyweight champion and upset former world-title challenger Alfredo Evangelista in Spain during his 29-fight career.
Currie produced a late rally against the awkward Funso Banjo in September, 1985 to claim the British title vacated by Dave Pearce [
Currie is pictured above right with Peace and Banjo] and lost the belt in six rounds to Horace Notice, on the Isle of Man.
The honest efforts of Currie, Notice and Banjo at domestic level were rather overshadowed by Frank Bruno, by far and away Britain’s top heavyweight at the time.