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Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, occasional film actor, and businessman. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. At the time of his death, Downes was Britain's oldest surviving former world champion.
Oct 13, 2017 · Oct. 13, 2017. Terry Downes, a quick-witted middleweight boxing champion from Britain, nicknamed the Paddington Express, who became wealthy outside the ring by investing in legal betting shops...
He also appeared in several films, most notably “The Fearless Vampire Killers.”. Downes, now 81, is the oldest surviving British world champion. He and wife Barbara have been married for close to 60 years. He spoke to THE RING about the best he fought in 10 key categories. BEST JAB.
06. Oct. by Mike Coppinger |. Terry Downes, the former middleweight champion who defeated Sugar Ray Robinson, died “peacefully” Friday, according to his family. He was 81. The Londoner had been the oldest surviving former world champion from the U.K.
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Oct 16, 2017 · Terry Downes, boxer, actor and businessman, born 9 May 1936, died 6 October 2017. Downes shrugged off beating a 41-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson – ‘I didn’t beat Sugar Ray, I beat his ghost ...
Oct 3, 2021 · Written by Matt Ogborn on 3rd October 2021. Matt Ogborn talks to James McNicholas; author and grandson of former world middleweight champion Terry Downes. Terry Downes was a fighter’s fighter, a throwback scrapper who used a stint in the US Marines as a springboard for an impressive career that saw him claim the British middleweight title en ...
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