Stephen McCall shared this photo of Tommy Campbell and John Roswell. I believe it was take down at the Stanley Hotel in the Village in 1982. TC was the bouncer on many entertainment venues in Blantyre including the Stanley Hotel and Hasties. We was well known and respected by many people.
Opponents may have first been taken aback by young Tommy Campbell’s lack of stature in this photo from 1979, but he soon put that completely right by going on and becoming Class A Western District and Scottish Youth Champion at Bantamweight. The slightly built 15 year old flew out to Canada in March 1979 […]
A good show was put on by Blantyre Boxers in April 1978 at Meadowbank where the Scottish Youth Boxing Championships were being held. Three were among the medals. Sixteen year old Hugh Kelly who boxed with the Blantyre Miner’s Welfare Club lifted the Bantamweight Class B title. Fellow colleague William Johnstone (16), boxing lightweight just […]