Errol Christie Vs Mark Kaylor
Errol Christie Vs Mark Kaylor 5th November 1985 Wembley Arena British Middleweight Title Final Title Eliminator Normally, a final eliminator for a British middleweight title would only arouse passion for the fighters' respective group of supporters. However, events outside the ring conspired to make the Kaylor-Christie match one of the most explosive nights British boxing had seen in years. Trouble erupted at one of the press conferences a couple of weeks earlier. As West Ham's Kaylor and Coventry's Christie stood outside a Bloomsbury Casino to pose for photographs, words were exchanged before finally emotions hit a crescendo and both men started brawling, with the pair rolling around the pavement. The photographers delighted at the undignified melee, whilst the British Boxing Board of Control were horrified, and the sport was once again in the dock of public opinion. Urgent meetings between the BBBofC, the police, and promoter Mike Barrett, who stood to lose the £30,000...