1. Lloyd Honeyghan reigned as the undisputed welterweight champion from 1986 to 1987, and held the WBC, The Ring magazine welterweight titles twice between 1986 and 1989.
60 Facts About Lloyd Honeyghan
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Lloyd Honeyghan came to England at the age of nine to join his parents who had settled in Bermondsey.
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Lloyd Honeyghan took up boxing at the age of 11 with the Fisher Amateur Boxing club.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was a good, rather than an outstanding amateur boxer.
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Lloyd Honeyghan boxed for England but never won an ABA title, being beaten in the English semi-finals by Joey Frost in 1979.
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Lloyd Honeyghan debuted with a six-round points decision victory over fellow novice Mike Sullivan.
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Lloyd Honeyghan won his first 13 fights, including a victory over the tough Kostas Petrou.
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Lloyd Honeyghan outpointed the future British super-welterweight champion over ten rounds.
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Lloyd Honeyghan followed this by capturing the Southern Area welterweight title with a fourth-round knockout over the dangerous Sid Smith in March 1983.
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Lloyd Honeyghan captured the British welterweight title via a twelve-round points decision against the tough Cliff Gilpin on 5 April 1983, after suffering the first knockdown of his career in the second round.
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Lloyd Honeyghan later stated that Gilpin gave him one of his hardest fights.
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Lloyd Honeyghan remained busy throughout 1983, travelling to the United States to defeat Kevin Austin, then outpointing US contender Harold Brazier in London before rounding off the year with a clear points victory in a British title rematch with Cliff Gilpin.
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Lloyd Honeyghan suffered a broken thumb and had to have a pin inserted into his left hand to keep the bone in place.
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In sparring preparing for the contest Lloyd Honeyghan had been knocked out by former ABA champion David Dent, who was not known as a puncher.
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Lloyd Honeyghan kept extremely busy during 1985, defeating three US contenders in world title challenger Roger Stafford, followed by Danny Paul and Ralph Twinning.
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Lloyd Honeyghan appointed former British featherweight champion Bobby Neill as his new trainer and closed out 1985 with a stoppage victory over fellow world rated Briton and former stablemate Sylvester Mittee, for the British, European, and Commonwealth welterweight titles.
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On 20 May 1986 Lloyd Honeyghan stopped top US contender Horace Shufford in eight rounds in London, earning him a title shot against the unbeaten and undisputed welterweight world champion Donald Curry of the US.
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On 27 September 1986, Lloyd Honeyghan defeated Curry for the undisputed welterweight title.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was given little chance by the majority of the media.
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Lloyd Honeyghan caused a major upset by dominating the fight, nearly dropping Curry in the second round, before Curry retired at the end of round six.
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Lloyd Honeyghan disagreed with the WBA's rules that allowed fights to take place in apartheid South Africa, so he publicly and controversially dumped the WBA welterweight title into a London trash bin soon after winning it, relinquishing the title rather than defending it against South African Harold Volbrecht.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was criticised for showing a lack of respect after dropping the belt in the trash can, especially as Deuk Koo Kim had lost his life in 1982 when fighting Ray Mancini for the WBA Lightweight title.
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Lloyd Honeyghan did admit to regretting his actions, which had resulted after he had been prompted to do so by tabloid newspaper photographers.
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Lloyd Honeyghan's stance proved significant, as soon after, the WBA stopped sanctioning fights held in South Africa.
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Lloyd Honeyghan became known for his full frontal assault on opponents.
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Lloyd Honeyghan caused controversy by racing across the ring and trying to hit his opponent, former super-lightweight world champion Johnny Bumphus, as soon as the bell sounded to start the second round.
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Lloyd Honeyghan threw a left hook which missed but the momentum from his forearm knocked an unsteady Bumphus to the canvas.
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Lloyd Honeyghan had a point deducted from his score and Bumphus was given time to recover.
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Lloyd Honeyghan became a crowd pleaser with his all action style of fighting and recorded one of the fastest wins in a world title fight with a 45 second blowout of former Super-lightweight champion Gene Hatcher of the US.
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Lloyd Honeyghan controversially lost his WBC title to Jorge Vaca in 1987 when a clash of heads meant that the fight had to be stopped due to a cut sustained by Vaca.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was expected to win the fight as Vaca was a relatively unknown fighter.
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However, an off form Lloyd Honeyghan was given plenty of trouble by the heavy-handed Mexican.
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The WBC implemented their technical decision rule and Lloyd Honeyghan had a point deducted from his score, even though the clash of heads had been deemed accidental and the round had not been completed.
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Lloyd Honeyghan became only the second British boxer in history to regain a world title, when he knocked Vaca out with an uppercut to the Solar plexus in a return fight for the WBC title in the third round.
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Lloyd Honeyghan had appointed Duff as both his manager and promoter.
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Lloyd Honeyghan who was known for being headstrong thought to himself "I am the champion and no one tells me what to do" that was part of the reason why he resented Duff.
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Lloyd Honeyghan next defended against tough South Korean Yung-Kil Chung, halting him in five rounds in July 1988 when the Korean refused to get up after being hit with an accidental low blow.
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In February 1989 Lloyd Honeyghan lost his WBC title to former Don Curry victim and arch-rival Marlon Starling.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was stopped in the ninth round after taking heavy punishment throughout the fight.
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Lloyd Honeyghan had to apologise to the WBA for his previous actions in order to fight for the WBA title in 1990 against Mark Breland.
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Victories over Steve Goodwin and in 1994 Kevin Adamson followed, with Lloyd Honeyghan retaining the Commonwealth title in the latter fight.
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Lloyd Honeyghan did not fight for another year and retired after he was stopped in a bout by fellow Briton Adrian Dodson in three rounds in 1995, on the undercard of Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan.
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Lloyd Honeyghan always had trouble with his hands and tested positive for a painkilling drug after his fight against Marlon Starling.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was fined $1,500 by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
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On leaving school Lloyd Honeyghan became an apprentice printer working at Fleet Street where the national newspapers were printed.
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Lloyd Honeyghan continued in this trade until he became a full time professional boxer.
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Lloyd Honeyghan was attacked and hit on the head with a hammer at a weigh-in at the Thomas A' Beckett gym in 1993.
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Lloyd Honeyghan said that he was signing an autograph for a fan, when Dyer approached him and swung a carrier bag containing the hammer at him.
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The relative asked him how he thought Lloyd Honeyghan would get on against Curry.
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Dyer stated that he did not think that Lloyd Honeyghan stood a chance and that Curry would knock him out.
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Unbeknown to him Lloyd Honeyghan was in the hotel room next to his and heard everything that he said.
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Lloyd Honeyghan took offence to his comments and confronted him about them.
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Dyer felt that Lloyd Honeyghan had taken liberties with him in sparring as a means of getting his revenge for the comments.
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Lloyd Honeyghan entered the ring as a member of McCall's camp, despite the fact that he and Bruno had been friends in the past, when they had both been part of the Terry Lawless stable of fighters.
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Lloyd Honeyghan received a lot of criticism from British boxing fans as a result of his actions.
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Lloyd Honeyghan had a block of flats named after him in Southwark to mark his achievements.
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Lloyd Honeyghan put on a lot of weight in retirement and in October 2017, it was reported that he had suffered a heart attack but was making a good recovery in hospital.
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Towards the end of his boxing career Lloyd Honeyghan got involved in the music business.
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In common with a lot of former boxing champions Lloyd Honeyghan found himself in financial difficulties towards the end of his career and was forced to fight on beyond the point where he should have retired.
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Lloyd Honeyghan promoted a few boxing shows in South London.