Herol Graham - Vintage Photograph 2661191 $12.90 + $7.00 shipping Herol Graham - Vintage Photograph 2661185 $12.90 + $7.00 shipping Herol Graham - Vintage Photograph 4640899 $12.90 + $7.00 shipping BUY 2, GET 1 FREE (add 3 to cart) See all eligible items and terms Hover to zoom Have one to sell? The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Graham paused to look around at the wards brick walls. His insight into his own situation is heartbreaking. He turned pro and won 41 of his 49 fights but all those blows to the head ruined his life. We worry about his future when were gone.. Kalambay circled and jabbed with discipline, and McCallum was reduced to an ineffectual plodder. I have to give him that, it was a great shot, and that probably took the fight away from me, if Im being honest. Errol Graham, 57, was found dead on the floor of his 15th-storey Nottingham council flat when bailiffs broke down his door. He said: Boxing isnt like other sports. Today he is still fragile but in a halfway house. After repeated concussions, many professionals have been left on the scrapheap at a young age, alone and traumatised without any structure inside the sport to help them. I hope Im getting out soon. For former boxer Mark Goult, 50, the pain is shared by his elderly parents. Through it all his best road to health was other boxers and their great camaraderie. In February Hagler was stripped and Graham still had to wait as the shameful series of delays continued. Sumbu Kalambay: Maybe Kalambay, but there wasnt anyone who really excelled defensively. He retired at 25 on health grounds and he was heartbroken. It was a very close fight, but he caught me with a big punch and I slid across the ropes. Oliver described how the need for intervention came home to him on a recent visit to a former champion in his care home. I know that drink and alcohol is a killer. Well in Britain, during the 80s and into the 90s, the supreme U.K. defender was Herol Bomber Graham. Photo by Jed Jacobsohn. JULIAN JACKSON VS HEROL GRAHAM - VICIOUS KNOCKOUT. Watching the recent Moscow World Athletics Championships it was hard to miss Sebastian - Lord these days - Coe's reminiscing over the epic 1980 . Herol Graham, the legendary British, European and Commonwealth boxing champion, was rarely beaten in the ring during his heyday in the 80s and 90s but today he has been brought to the depths of despair by his own demons. 2023 RING TV LIVE. Published: 17:29 EST, 8 June 2019 | Updated: 07:46 EST, 10 June 2019. My husband trained Mark and his brother, Wayne. I said, What about the marks all over your face, Vinny? Youre in bed crying every day. Challenging Charles Brewer for his IBF super middleweight title, Graham was stopped in the tenth round. The 55-year-old, who now lives with girlfriend Karen in north London, says that the job means he can still do his personal appearances and boxing-related activities without having to worry about money. They brought him home from prolonged periods in hospital following a brain bleed after he had clinched the southern area bantamweight title in 1990 and have been his carers ever since. Theres blood coming from your eye and you have swollen lips, but I didnt touch you? He was going on like I didnt win the fight (laughs). Sheffields quite big. All he had to do was hit, move, and not get hit like that again. Fight results, scorecards, fan ratings. The Bomber, as he was known, is now facing the biggest fight of his life, against depression and bipolar disease. Even though he seemed so different from the people around him he felt he belonged there. I have to because he knocked me out. When it comes to defensive boxing, certain fighters have the knack of intuitive improvisation. The Bomber, as he was known, is now facing the biggest fight of his life, againstdepressionand bipolar disease. I want to be on the outside again with my family and friends., Graham on the cavnas after the fourth-round knockout punch from Julian Jackson in 1990. Harold Graham Sponsored by Truthfinder Paid Service Search for criminal & traffic records, bankruptcies, assets, associates & more View full report Public Records Sponsored by PeopleFinders Paid Service Harold L Graham, age 69 **** S**** Way, Hanover, PA (410) 588-**** Lived in: Manchester MD, Hampstead MD, Saint Simons Island GA Search report The IBF super middleweight title was on the line but, at 38 years of age, the fading veteran could not make the finish line and lost by stoppage in the 10th. A three-time world title challenger, he is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxers of the post-war era to have never won a world championship. In the not-too-distant past, he made an attempt at a marathon jump-rope world record. Following this he retired from the ring and now lives in London, working as a personal trainer and specialising in boxing-based exercises. Then the alcohol came. In his first attempt, challenging for the vacant WBA middleweight title, he took Mike McCallum to a close split decision; points deducted for a punch to the back of McCallum's head It was funny because after that fight Pazienza told me that I didnt touch him. 3:19. Despite going on to gain a world title shot in March 1998 in what was to be his final fight, Graham admits he never really recovered from the Jackson defeat and talks frankly about his desperation to get out of hospitals the isolation and the drugs regime that zombifies him and return to normal life. As per our current Database, Herol Graham is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020). Join Facebook to connect with Herol Bomber Graham and others you may know. THE RING SHOP (CLICK HERE). 2 talking about this. Errol Christie (29 June 1963 - 11 June 2017) was an English professional boxer and boxing trainer. Jackson had lost just once in 41 fights and had knocked out 38 of his victims. I wanted the best deal for my fighters and Duff never liked that, countered Ingle. I looked forward to the round, so that I could have a break from their sixty-seconds of screaming, Graham said. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. The fame and adulation for Herol ended overnight, along with his boxing career, after a single punch from Julian Jackson in a clash for the vacant WBC middleweight title in 1990. It was, of course, a dated diagnosis meant to be consigned to medical history after J. 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Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. BoxingRoyalty. He cant communicate with anyone. BEST SKILLS I hope trainers and managers these days do more to prepare young boxers for life afterwards, financially and mentally. Following a struggle with depression he has re-launched his career as a trainer, and ambassador with MIND and has made numerous TV and radio . There were months of hospital care then endless speech therapy and physio. Oliver knows of other former boxers too ashamed to be named. As a teenager he confidently strutted into The Wincobank Gym in Sheffield, England but could never have imagined his finesse splashed style would become lifeblood for a myriad of British fighters and, although retired for almost 16 years, he is still emulated to this day. I really had to move that night, because he hit so hard. No one ever hit me full on. The Herol Graham you remember, the bewitching ring magician, has long gone because Herol Graham, perhaps the greatest British fighter to never win a world title, is desperately ill. Theres nothing ex-boxers love more, he said. Herol 'Bomber' Graham is one of the boxing world's most loved and enigmatic characters. When I went back in the ring [after Jackson], I felt that I wasnt all there, he said. His Employment and Support Allowance and Housing Benefit had been stopped in October 2017 because he had not attended what is known as a Work. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Grahams partner Karen has terminal cancer, they are skint and Herol had been sectioned once again. When they got frustrated that was it, finished, I had them where I wanted them. Tragically, his much-loved partner Karen Neville died last year after a long battle with cancer and Herols depression returned a hundredfold. He did not slur his words, nor did he shuffle his feet. This is what I mean You see how my brain goes. Conteh, 68, said: Weve all needed help. Herol "Bomber" Graham can: after one minute and 13 seconds of the fourth round of the World Boxing . In 2014 he was loading trucks for ASDA, getting paid eight-quid an hour. I expected a great jab from Mike McCallum, but his didnt trouble me at all. Rosemary Ellmore, who for some years cared for East End hero Terry Babyface Spinks until his death in 2012, says she would have loved to run a care home where he could have shared his last years with boxing mates. I want to be on the outside again with my family and friends.. I got him down twice, but couldnt finish and he ended up stopping me. In 1990 Graham was just seconds away from winning the vacant WBC middleweight title when he met Julian Jackson of the Virgin Islands in Spain. Herol Graham (born 13 September 1959) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. And he was shouting, Stand still you b*****d!, Listen, Graham said tearfully. All rights reserved. I was on medication as well and thats how I ended up here because this is my third time [in the ward]. That list numbers 28 former boxers in urgent need of help and support, seven of them needing 24/7 attention. Terms of Service BEST FOOTWORK Biography. Herol Graham 48: 6: 0: 28 KOs 3 KOs; wiki. Moments later, the shrieks of British boxing commentator Dave Brenner could be heard. The fans should stick with him. Graham went undefeated in his first 38 fights, winning the British, Commonwealth and European light-middleweight titles, as well as the British and European middleweight titles. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. In football, you have a support network set up by your club. Sanderline Williams: Williams in 1985. I see trainers tell fighters to twist their wrists as they throw shots and that is just wasting time, when speed is of the essence. Herol 'Bomber' Graham. 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