Comments Thread For: One memorable night: When Grant beat Herol Graham

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Almost every boxer has a perfect night, the fight where everything comes together to produce a victory that will never be forgotten. Bradford’s Frank Grant had a night to remember in September 1992 when he beat Herol Graham by ninth-round TKO to become the British middleweight champion. However, forget about the stars aligning, luck playing its part or any of that nonsense, Grant’s win came down to hard work and dedication.

“I’m the only British man to have beaten Herol as a pro, he was still a force and went on to fight for a world title after I’d beaten him — it was against Charles Brewer [for the IBF Super middleweight belt in March 1998] and he was doing well until getting stopped in the 10th-round,” said Grant when speaking to BoxingScene about his memorable win over Graham at Leeds United FC’s Banqueting Suite. [Click Here To Read More]

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I just checked boxrec and see that Graham had lost 2 of his previous 3 fights one by smashing KO. The one that he won was over an 11-7 local nobody. for the British title, which had long lost it's once importance as a title. And he was well past his peak. And after losing to Grant he retired for over 4 years, coming back for another nondecript 3-4 fights. Graham had been very good at one time but he lost his peak early, so although it was a good for a local boxer even against a shot Graham I'm not as euphoric over it as Terence is. Still, I'm not writing the article, he is. Graham at his peak was a world class middleweight.

[Neckodeemus]

I just checked boxrec and see that Graham had lost 2 of his previous 3 fights one by smashing KO. The one that he won was over an 11-7 local nobody. for the British title, which had long lost it's once importance as a title. And he was well past his peak. And after losing to Grant he retired for over 4 years, coming back for another nondecript 3-4 fights. Graham had been very good at one time but he lost his peak early, so although it was a good for a local boxer even against a shot Graham I'm not as euphoric over it as Terence is. Still, I'm not writing the article, he is. Graham at his peak was a world class middleweight.

You should have looked a bit deeper. The KO loss was to Julian Jackson, in a fight he was winning, and the decision loss was to Sumbu, who went on to beat a decent Steve Collins in defence of the EBU title.

The other fighter you're referring to is John Ashton, he lost four of those seven in his first 10, floored Sumbu in an EBU title fight and took Richie Woodhall the distance. Ashton was lived around 60 miles away from the actual fight venue, so wasn't local.

As for the four nondescript fights. Yes, he was older, but Chris Johnson was highly rated, favoured going in and working with Frank Maloney and Lennox Lewis, so hardly nondescript. Vinny Paz's most recent loss was to Roy Jones. Brewer was the IBF title holder and later fought a decent fight with Joe Calzaghe.

But, yes, I did write the article, you got that right.

[DreamFighter]

I am not sure if you could say world class. Most elusive moves I ever seen in a MW. But he seemed to lack the spark needed in the championship rounds. And for the layman he was kinda boring to watch.

I thought he was awesome though, might have taken Eubank, Benn and Calzaghe.