So we are nearly five years on from the original post.
It's an appealing bill on paper; though the Northen promoter went a bit OTT billing the Northern Championship in London. Clear signs of the Leeds-Bradford clique with Morrell, Baldwin and young Colbeck. (Was Colbeck ever young?)
Only now do I notice the great discrepancy between the bill and the write-up. Colbeck defeated Kidd. So they mangled the bill for some reason. At the time they were desperate to mirror boxing's serious structure. But you couln't imagine an important boxing bill being rejigged like that. The excesses and the rejigging annd the northen title would all have combined to make it look not very serious at all.
Norman would have been sure of his claim that this was London's largest venue. Sir Atholl must have seen that and got his dander up. The rest is history. He ditched Harringey for Kensington Gore.
So we are nearly five years on from the original post.
It's an appealing bill on paper; though the Northen promoter went a bit OTT billing the Northern Championship in London. Clear signs of the Leeds-Bradford clique with Morrell, Baldwin and young Colbeck. (Was Colbeck ever young?)
Only now do I notice the great discrepancy between the bill and the write-up. Colbeck defeated Kidd. So they mangled the bill for some reason. At the time they were desperate to mirror boxing's serious structure. But you couln't imagine an important boxing bill being rejigged like that. The excesses and the rejigging annd the northen title would all have combined to make it look not very serious at all.
Norman would have been sure of his claim that this was London's largest venue. Sir Atholl must have seen that and got his dander up. The rest is history. He ditched Harringey for Kensington Gore.
I love the linguistic trivia, thanks Peter!