Amateur titan Tony Stuart gave leading pros more than they bargained for
A four-time ABA heavyweight titlist, fighting fireman Tony Stuart was 'probably the most travelled amateur of his day and the richest in boxing knowledge'
IN my last column I looked back on a memorable victory for a British ABA team over a group of America’s elite amateurs in a special show at Yankee Stadium in 1935. The Brits were lauded for their triumph over the “Golden Glovers”, especially the two heavyweights, Pat Floyd and Tony Stuart. With an emphatic win each they had made vital headway in eroding the humiliating “horizontal British heavyweight” tag that plagued our big men.