Tommy Martin
Hello,
I found your website and I am in search of information about 1930's boxer from Deptford Tommy Martin and his family. He was my grandfather. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Seems like there were quite a few boxers from Deptford. Sounds like it was a pretty tough area. My mom said that my grandfather, as a kid, was the leader of a gang of mischief. I know my great grandmother Annie Martin had 9 children and was probably so busy, it was difficult to keep up with him. I know they used to go around and put out the street lights as soon as they were lit! I was privileged to know my grandfather, his sister Phyllis Martin Saunders and my great grandmother Annie Martin... they all moved to St. Croix, USVI, where I was born and grew up.
Many thanks
Judy McMann
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/34776
https://boxingnewsonline.net/remembering-tommy-martin-britains-brown-bomber/
1 comment:
Yes Tommy Martin grew up at 5 Arklow Road and attended Childeric School in New Cross. As you probably know his career was stalled by a British Boxing Board of Control ‘colour bar’ that prevented black boxers competing for the British heavyweight title, a ban that continued despite Martin’s case being raised in Parliament in 1941.
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