tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post6047531281694603627..comments2024-02-22T19:52:27.939+00:00Comments on The bad old days will end: Terry Lawless dies.rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08557920166206674182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-11824083321267603472010-01-03T14:54:52.636+00:002010-01-03T14:54:52.636+00:00I haven't been over Canning Town way for some ...I haven't been over Canning Town way for some time but according to Wikipedia The Royal Oak is now an estate agents!!rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557920166206674182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694400362120888303.post-82750711679406676822010-01-03T09:34:01.226+00:002010-01-03T09:34:01.226+00:00There was also a very good tribute to Lawless in t...There was also a very good tribute to Lawless in the Hackney Gazette of 31/12/09. A whole page from boxing writer Len Whaley, plus quotes from Jimmy Tibbs, Frank Bruno and Jim Watt. <br /><br />Watt in particular argues be only won a world title due to Lawless, and Whaley made the interesting point that many did not expect Lawless to succeed in boxing management as he had not been a successful boxer (he was a former clerk on the docks). <br /><br />The article does not say what became of his old gym, the Royal Oak in Canning Town, but I think we can probably assume it is now yuppie flats or an institution for religious whackos?Paul Stotthttp://www.paulstott.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.com