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Above all, Terry Downes, the former world middleweight champion who died on Friday aged 81, was a tremendous fellow, a rough diamond who was courageous, funny. We haven't been able to take payment.
Terry Downes was born on the 9th of May, 1936. He was known for being a Boxer. British former boxer nicknamed ‘The Paddington Express’ who became the World Middleweight Boxing Champion in July 1961. He beat a number of champion boxers during his career, including Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Giardello. Terry Downes was born in England.
Oct 9, 2017 · TERRY Downes, who has died aged 81, was a former middleweight boxing champion who is most remembered among older Scottish boxing fans for losing his British middleweight crown to Maryhill southpaw ...
Oct 6, 2017 · A statement from his family read: "Terry Downes BEM, the former world middleweight champion, has died aged 81. "Terry passed away peacefully on the morning of 6th October. At the time of his death ...
Oct 6, 2017 · Britain's oldest world champion Terry Downes has died at the age of 81. Downes excited fans with his aggressive hard-hitting style and claimed the world middleweight title in 1961 before beating a ...
Oct 6, 2017 · Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer[1] and occasional film actor. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style.[2] At the time of his death, Downes was Britain's oldest surviving former world champion. He held the world middleweight title for ten months from 1961-62.[3] Downes was born in Paddington, London. Despite ...
