Meet Blantyre’s battling duo who, in April 1977, gave Scotland’s best junior boxers the old ‘one-two’. During the first weekend of April 1977, Blantyre Miners Welfare Amateur Boxing Club stars Billy Nicholas (16), and Hugh ‘Sugar’ Kelly (15) won their sections in the Scottish Amateur Boxing Association’s Western District finals. They made the papers for […]
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Hugh ‘Sugar’ Kelly
Hugh Kelly was born 27th June 1961 and enters the Blantyre history books as a notable boxer. At 5’ 9”, fighting in the featherweight/lightweight category, Hugh ‘Sugar’ Kelly made trained at Blantyre Miner’s Welfare and made his professional debut on 30th January 1984 winning on points against Mickey Lerwell at the Normandy Hotel, Glasgow. Several […]


