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Walter McGowan, MBE (born 13 October 1942 in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland), is a retired Scottish boxer. He is renowned for having been lineal world flyweight champion.
He was the son of Thomas McGowan, who had boxed under the name of 'Joe Gans'.
He was a skillful boxer, who showed brilliant footwork and knew how to use the ring. However, he suffered throughout his career with cuts, often having fights stopped despite being ahead on points. Without this failing, he would have had an even more successful career.
McGowan was the 1961 ABA Flyweight Champion.
He suffered only two defeats in 124 amateur bouts.
Fought amateur David Ferguson for 3 rounds and only won on point decision.
He had his first professional fight in August 1961 when he fought George McDade at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, winning by a technical knockout in the third round.
He lost his third fight to Jackie Brown on points, but then continued to build up an impressive list of wins. In his tenth fight he fought Jackie Brown for the British and Commonwealth flyweight titles. The fight was in May 1963 at the Ice rink, Paisley, and Mcgowan won by a knockout in the twelfth round.
Alan Rudkin MBE (18 November 1941 – 22 September 2010) was a British, Commonwealth, and European bantamweight boxing champion (1965–1970). He was born in St Asaph (Wales), as his pregnant mother was evacuated from Liverpool during the second world war. He was brought up in Dingle, Liverpool, and was a member of the Florence Institute.
He was a three times challenger for the undisputed World Championship, on one occasion in Japan. Rudkin appeared to be ahead on points but lost a contentious decision. He was awarded an MBE in 1973. In 2007 the Liverpool Echo included him in its list of the 800 greatest Liverpudlians, as part of Liverpool's 800th anniversary.
Rudkin was found collapsed on Mount Street, Liverpool in the early hours of 21 September 2010. He died early on 22 September 2010. The cause of death is at present, unclear.
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Walter McGowan - Nevio Carbi
Ol' Man River - William Warfield and MGM chorus(Showboat)
Highlights of the highly skilled former Flyweight champion. For questions or requests Email at: hanzagod@mail.com Walter McGowan - Was a Scottish boxer born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. He was known for having been lineal world flyweight champion. He was a skillful boxer, who showed brilliant footwork and knew how to use the ring. However, he suffered throughout his career with cuts, often having fights stopped despite being ahead on points. Without this failing, he would have had an even more successful career. Google+: https://plus.google.com/104715270079859886366/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/haNZAgod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deanpeters_20/ Highlights Knockouts Tribute ------------------------------------------------ haNZAgod
Walter McGowan (13 October 1942 - 15 February 2016) ~ Pay Your Tribute Twitter: https://twitter.com/RIP3ooo Facebook: https://facebook.com/RIP3ooo Google+: https://plus.google.com/+RIP3ooo Soundtrack: "At Rest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
McGowan's greatest moment, the seizing of the flyweight championship of the world from a fading but hugely qualified champion. McGowan's domination needs to be seen to be believed.
British and British Empire bantamweight title, May 13 1968, Bellevue Manchester
Walter McGowan desperately unlucky for a second time against Chionoi. One of Britain's greatest fighters. Bad sound for the first two minutes.
Ace Scot' McGowan gears up for a crack at Eder Jofre's Bantamweight crown against the dangerous Joe Medel. McGowan appeared to be coming on in the fight, but as was often a problem for him he pressed the fight rather than using his skills, and walked into one of Medel's expert bear traps. Interesting as McGowan is known for having terrible skin which led to disappointing stoppage defeats, but here he is badly hurt and stopped with punches. Contact ragingbull_22@hotmail.com for more rare footage
The Hamilton fighter won Scottish, British, European and Empire titles before defeating Italy's Salvatore Burruni at Wembley over 15 rounds to land the world flyweight title in 1966. In McGowan's next fight, he won the British and Empire title at bantamweight when he defeated Alan Rudkin, again at Wembley. He won 32 of his 40 professional fights before retiring in 1969. McGowan had been in poor health in recent years and was living in a nursing home in Bellshill. He died peacefully at Monklands Hospital on Monday night. One of 10 children, McGowan is survived by a son and daughter and a grandson and grand-daughter. As an amateur fighter, he lost only twice in 124 bouts and won the British ABA flyweight title in 1961. He turned professional under the guidance of his father Thomas, a...
British and British Empire Bantamweight title May 13 1968, Bellevue Manchester.
1966-01-06 Grosvenor House (World Sporting Club), Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Show Boat is a 1951 Technicolor film based on the musical by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics) and the novel by Edna Ferber. Filmed previously by Universal in 1936, the Kern-Hammerstein musical was remade in 1951 by MGM, this version starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, with Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, William Warfield, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead and Leif Erickson. None of the members of the original Broadway cast of the show appeared in this version, and Helen Morgan (the original Julie), Jules Bledsoe (the original Joe), and Edna May Oliver (the original Parthy), had already died by the time of this film's release (both Morgan and Bledsoe died before they reached fifty). The 1951 film version of Show Boat was adapt...
Highlights of the highly skilled former Flyweight champion. For questions or requests Email at: hanzagod@mail.com Walter McGowan - Was a Scottish boxer born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. He was known for having been lineal world flyweight champion. He was a skillful boxer, who showed brilliant footwork and knew how to use the ring. However, he suffered throughout his career with cuts, often having fights stopped despite being ahead on points. Without this failing, he would have had an even more successful career. Google+: https://plus.google.com/104715270079859886366/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/haNZAgod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deanpeters_20/ Highlights Knockouts Tribute ------------------------------------------------ haNZAgod
McGowan's greatest moment, the seizing of the flyweight championship of the world from a fading but hugely qualified champion. McGowan's domination needs to be seen to be believed.
British and British Empire Bantamweight title May 13 1968, Bellevue Manchester.
British and British Empire bantamweight title, May 13 1968, Bellevue Manchester
The Hamilton fighter won Scottish, British, European and Empire titles before defeating Italy's Salvatore Burruni at Wembley over 15 rounds to land the world flyweight title in 1966. In McGowan's next fight, he won the British and Empire title at bantamweight when he defeated Alan Rudkin, again at Wembley. He won 32 of his 40 professional fights before retiring in 1969. McGowan had been in poor health in recent years and was living in a nursing home in Bellshill. He died peacefully at Monklands Hospital on Monday night. One of 10 children, McGowan is survived by a son and daughter and a grandson and grand-daughter. As an amateur fighter, he lost only twice in 124 bouts and won the British ABA flyweight title in 1961. He turned professional under the guidance of his father Thomas, a...
Post-Industrial Complex participant Walter Bailey is interviewed. The exhibition is on view at MOCAD from May 11 - July 29, 2012. Post-Industrial Complex is a survey, group exhibition, and source book that explores the ingenuity and adaptivity of human-scale production at the heart of Detroit. The exhibition disrupts the notion that there is a story of the city. A true metropolis is comprised of multiple stories and multiple voices. From a prolific inventor to a collective working to keep an aboriginal language alive, the artists included in this exhibition—all of whom responded to an open call for "makers, inventors, problem solvers, fabricators, modifiers, etc..."—are a small, yet representative, sample of the diverse range of brainpower that exists in a city often oversimplified by met...
Year's Best in Sport at the Savoy Hotel, London. C/U Anita Lonsborough, last year's Sportswoman of the Year. C/U Terry Downs and Dorothy Hyman. C/U Dorothy, pan to Downs. M/S Billy Wright talking to Walter McGowan. C/U's Wright and McGowan. C/U McGowan talking to Bombardier Billy Wells. C/U Wells. C/U Willy Snaith. C/U Roger Bannister and Christine Trueman. C/U Bannister. C/U Jimmy Greaves and Ken Barrington. C/U Greaves. C/U Mary Bignall Rand and Freddy Trueman. C/U Mary C/U Denis Compton and Stella Mitchell. C/U Angela Mortimer and Billy Walker. C/U Walker. L/S's Dorothy Hyman receiving the trophy from Anita Lonsborough. M/S Colin Chapman applauding. M/S Dorothy and Anita posing with trophy. M/S Graham Hill applauding. M/S Jim Clark receiving trophy from Brian Phelps. FILM ID:2600...