On Boxing Day, the day in the festive calendar traditionally associated with sporting activities, it is my delight to introduce Round Nine in the epic series of characterful portraits of the members of the London Ex-Boxers Association by Contributing Photographer John Claridge.
David Parker (First fight 1956 – Last fight 1961)
Anthony Brinton (Boxing Trainer)
Freddie King (First fight 1951 – Last fight 1965)
Dean Ferris (First fight 1986 – Last fight 1993)
Henry Browne “of London Town” (First fight 1936 – Last fight 1952)
Jim Oliver (First fight 1961 – Last fight 1978)
Billy Walker (First fight 1959 – Last fight 1962)
Stephen Kent (London Ex-Boxers Association resident filmmaker)
Bernie Dillan (First fight 1945 – Last fight 1961)
Albert Collier (Footballer from boxing family)
Billy Meek (First fight 1949 – Last fight 1972. Plus parallel career as jockey)
Roy Pollard (First fight 1947 – Last fight 1954)
Photographs copyright © John Claridge
Take a look at
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round One)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Two)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Three)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Four)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Five)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Six)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Seven)
John Claridge’s Boxers (Round Eight)
and these other pictures by John Claridge
Along the Thames with John Claridge
At the Salvation Army with John Claridge
A Few Diversions by John Claridge
Signs, Posters, Typography & Graphics
Views from a Dinghy by John Claridge
In Another World with John Claridge
A Few Pints with John Claridge
Some East End Portraits by John Claridge
Sunday Morning Stroll with John Claridge