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Brian London (The Blackpool Rock - The British Bulldog) was born on 19 June, 1934 in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, is an English boxer (1934–2021). Discover Brian London's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As The Blackpool Rock - The British Bulldog
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Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 19 June, 1934
Birthday 19 June
Birthplace West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Date of death 23 June, 2021
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Nationality West

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1934

Brian Sidney Harper (19 June 1934 – 23 June 2021), better known by the ring name Brian London, was an English professional boxer who competed from 1955 to 1970.

London was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, on 19 June 1934.

He moved to Blackpool when he was 16 years old, where he resided into his later years.

1944

His father, Jack London, beat Freddie Mills in 1944 to win the British heavyweight title.

He also had a brother, Jack junior, who fought as a light-heavyweight.

His father fought under the name "London" rather than Harper, as a homage to an American novelist with this name.

Brian never liked the idea of boxing as a child, as he didn't like the idea of having cauliflower ears like his father and his associates.

London was spurred to take up boxing during his time in the Royal Air Force for national service, after an officer learned of his familial relations.

It wasn't so much of a choice, but rather the expectations of his colleagues.

1950

He was one of a quartet of British boxers, with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine, and Dick Richardson, who dominated the British boxing scene throughout the 1950s and 1960s.

An orthodox fighter, London was 6 feet tall and fought at about 14 stone 12 pounds (208 lbs).

His nicknames in the ring were "The British Bulldog" and "The Blackpool Rock".

1951

London made a good start to his career, winning his first twelve bouts, one of which was against RAF light heavyweight boxer Brian Wiltshire (UK) in 1951.

1955

He fought as an amateur before turning professional in 1955.

1956

He finally lost when he came up against Henry Cooper in May 1956.

Cooper stopped him with a technical knockout in the first round.

1957

Following this defeat, London continued his winning run, apart from two ten-round points defeats, against Heinz Neuhaus in Dortmund, in 1957 and against the talented American Willie Pastrano in February 1958.

1958

He held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight title from 1958 to 1959, and twice challenged for the world heavyweight title, losing to Floyd Patterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966, both times via knockout.

In June 1958, London fought Joe Erskine, the Welsh boxer, for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles.

The fight was at the White City Stadium, London, and London took the titles with an eighth-round knockout.

He followed this in September with a revenge win against Willie Pastrano, by a technical knockout in the fifth round.

1959

On 12 January 1959, London lost his titles in a fight against Henry Cooper, losing for the second time to the Londoner by a points decision after fifteen rounds.

In May 1959 he was given the chance of a world title fight against current champion Floyd Patterson, but he lost the bout in Indianapolis by a knockout in the eleventh.

He also lost to the Cuban Nino Valdez later that year, by a technical knockout in the seventh.

1960

However, in January 1960, London bounced back when he beat the American Pete Rademacher by a knockout in the seventh.

London challenged Dick Richardson in August 1960 for his European heavyweight title, but lost the bout in Porthcawl, Wales on a technical knockout in the eighth.

This result provoked a brawl, when London's father and brother invaded the ring to protest that Richardson had used his head to open a cut on his opponent.

When Richardson's trainer shouted a few remarks at London, London replied with an impressive combination of blows, decking him, and chaos broke out.

As a result of the incident, London was fined by the British Boxing Board of Control.

1961

London lost to American Eddie Machen in October 1961 by a technical knockout in the tenth, and in April 1963, he lost to Ingemar Johansson of Sweden on points over twelve rounds.

1964

London then fought Henry Cooper for the third time in February 1964, when he challenged for his British and Commonwealth titles, as well as the vacant European title.

The fight took place in Manchester, and Cooper won on points after fifteen rounds.

1965

His next fight of note was in March 1965, against the young "Golden Boy" of British boxing, Billy Walker.

London won on points after ten rounds.

1966

On 6 August 1966 London fought for the World Heavyweight Championship for the second time at the age of 32, when Muhammad Ali came to defend his title at Earl's Court Exhibition Hall in England.

Ali at 24 years old with the advantages of height, weight, reach, speed and youth on his side, put on a masterful performance against a clearly out-classed opponent, almost hitting London at will as the fight went on.

As London put it in an interview with the BBC: "he was just getting through all the time".

Ali bouncingly circled continually, whilst London tracked doggedly after him for the first two rounds seemingly with a strategy of trying to land a single knock-out punch to the American champion.

London succeeded in landing only one blow in the match, a left jab to Ali's jaw midway through the first round which caught Ali by surprise and left him for a moment stunned (and wide-open for a follow through right cross, which London failed to take advantage of), but the blow lacked weight and Ali was able to quickly recover.

On coming out for the 3rd Round London hesitated to engage.