Yesterday’s Heroes: Eddie Smith, one of boxing’s first “apprentice boxers”, beat Tony Sibson at the Royal Albert Hall
By Miles Templeton WHEN I first started to follow boxing, Eddie Smith was one of my favourite fighters. An unheralded fighter out of Nat Basso’s Manchester camp, Eddie turned pro in 1976, beating Derby’s Cyril Bishton on a three-bout show at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool. Top of the bill saw Pat Thompson winning the … Read more