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Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, occasional film actor, and businessman. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. At the time of his death, Downes was Britain's oldest surviving former world champion.
FORMER world middleweight champion Terry Downes BEM passed away at the age of 81 on October 6, 2017. The Londoner’s nickname was “Dashing, Bashing, Crashing” – and no one would ever sue Downes...
Oct 13, 2017 · Terry Downes, a quick-witted middleweight boxing champion from Britain, nicknamed the Paddington Express, who became wealthy outside the ring by investing in legal betting shops and later did a...
Downes, now 81, is the oldest surviving British world champion. He and wife Barbara have been married for close to 60 years. He spoke to THE RING about the best he fought in 10 key categories.
The Ring News reports the death of Terry Downes, the former middleweight champion who beat Sugar Ray Robinson in 1962. Downes was the oldest surviving former world champion from the U.K. and fought seven times against five world titleholders.
Oct 6, 2017 · Terry Downes, the former world middleweight boxing champion who has died aged 81, was Britain’s most popular fighter in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and he built up a tremendous...
Oct 16, 2017 · Terry Downes, boxer, actor and businessman, born 9 May 1936, died 6 October 2017. More about. Boxing boxers. Downes shrugged off beating a 41-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson – ‘I didn’t beat...
