Tony Sibson vs Mark Kaylor

27/11/1984
EBU Middleweight Title
Commonwealth Middleweight Title
British Middleweight Title

[@paulbryant1042]

Two fine boxers and two great blokes and sportsmen.🥊🥊👍

[@cjguy7111]

Great fight...how it should be...and total respect shown by both...best british fight of that year...i remember listening to it on my little radio in bed as a kid

[@colinjennings3661]

Sibson was a good fighter who was just a bit lacking at the top level. Mind you to fight hagler in Boston, haglers back yard, at haglers peak, took some real balls.

[@DrShittyBottomHammer]

When sibson had his head right, he could beat anyone

[@paullynton-green6570]

Well said.

[@sparkesman1980]

Also, he usually fought all the top British and European fighters in their own backwards as well, so total respect

[@jota55581]

​@@DrShittyBottomHammerapartfrom Hagler

[@edwardcooper5479]

Took some real money!

[@jeffallinson8089]

Good honest hard working fighters. Huge respect to both warriors.

[@1eddwood]

If he was a middle weight today sibson would win a version of the world title

[@johns7272]

dont be a silly boy

[@copee2960]

Sibbo was a true war horse end of.....they both mop the floor with the current crop.

[@seltaeb3302]

Loved Sportsnight on BBC1. Boxing, greyhounds, football mainly League Cup rounds. Take me back now.

[@tedgoodfellow9103]

Great to watch this all these years later. No nonsense boxing/refereeing and commentating. Tony and Mark had a tremendous battle and showed respect to each other at the end. Also nice to see Mark and his wife so happy with their baby. Regards from Blighty :)

[@Messenger4king]

No easy fights this generation..Great champions great fighters..Sibson may have been a champion at at different time..

[@snudge9626]

Brilliant fight. Both gave their all and the sportsmanship they both displayed after the fight was over was very nice to see.

[@crichtonhamilton7775]

I always liked mark kaylor ,. A good honest pro ,

[@tonyjonty8030]

I miss all that!!... Wednesday night was sports night..with Harry carpenter...

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

Good ol' 'arry!! RIP Sir!!

[@Pulsonar]

Yes, back in the day loved Wednesday night Sportsnight on BBC1, perfect timing, halfway to weekend . If it wasn’t David Coleman and athletics, then we’d be in for a boxing treat with good old Harry Carpenter

[@kevinell6605]

Fightnight ....sadly missed on terrestrial tv

[@stephenrichardson9540]

Here's your carpenter harry commentator hahaha 😆

[@edwardcooper5479]

@@Pulsonarone of the few chances you’d get in those days to watch a bit of football as well

[@857noel]

Very under rated fighter was Mark Kaylor

[@finchsferrets2390]

Sibson was one of the hardest men in britain ,he leveled 3 sparring partners in one go,forget skyes ,royshaws,this man woyld have done the lo

[@andyaim4764]

Good old Harry!! Best commentator EVER!!

[@keithdukes5990]

I'll second that Sir, Extremely knowledgeble about all aspects of boxing and presented extremely well without hysterics or bias!!!🤗 The total opposite of the Clowns 🤡 that are so called commentators/Broadcasters today and regularly make it sound as if they're watching a totally different contest to what your eyes are telling you!🤔🤨🧐especially if it involves a British fighter against foreign opposition!!!🙄😡🥊

[@peterjamesmmbago4433]

You know what i mean, Harry.. .. AH-HEE-HEE-HEE-HUH-HUH...

[@antonygiggs1904]

I watched Mark Kaylor v Tony Sibson I knew Mark back then good man 👍he lives in USA nowdays.

[@andybigchief]

I was watching that live at Wembley,took my girlfriend to see a musical then found out Sibson was fighting so ditched the theatre and went straight to Wembley ,my girlfriend was a bit pissed off

[@chriscolton6329]

😂👍

[@JimboRoberts77]

No fake Wannabe Gangsters. Proper hard men showing each other respect

[@JSC131]

Brilliant fight 2 very tough guys had the privilege to watch them both box great fighters.

[@thelimey351]

This was excellent, a hard domestic fight with two quality pros. ✅

[@Anthony-Testicali]

What a fighter this Kaylor was. Has become a bit of a unsung man.i personally think Sibson,Graham,Kaylor and Christie circa 1985 were as good as benn/eubank/watson/ collins....they just fought in that tougher pre wbo era

[@yannigat2381]

Man what a fight , fforgot how good this was

[@spindle69jm]

My dad took me to this fight, there was as much fighting going on around the arena as there was in the ring and possibly more!

[@tomhatton3303]

That's right. Kaylor had a West Ham support and Sibbo brought travellors from the Midlands. They didn't get on.

[@nealhalfpenny415]

West Ham and Leicester

[@kevinell6605]

As a Hammer it's warming to hear the rendition of Bubbles ring out. I love those partisan nights ....electricity ..charged nights

[@tigerboy1966]

Cracking fight. Sibbo just had a bit too much for Kaylor Amazing to think that Sibson was still only 26 here. He'd been through a lot of wars by this point.

[@DavidUKesb]

In those days even the top fighters often used to fight 6-8 times a year, which is why by their mid-20s, fighters like Sibson, Watt, Bugner, Minter etc etc had been in a huge number of fights.

[@DavidUKesb]

Indeed, but in those days the money wasn't as good as it is now which meant that they had to have far more fights than similar calibre of boxers today. Look at Dillian Whyte.....hasn't fought for a world title but earns a couple of million per fight.

[@DavidUKesb]

No doubt whatsoever that Herol Graham and Sibbo would have held at least one of the four versions of world title currently available. Different times though. Surprised the Graham v Kaylor fight isn't on KZbin. I'm sure I was at that fight, and I was definitely at the Kaylor v Christie fight.

[@DavidUKesb]

I'm afraid I can't remember how the fight went, just that I think I was probably there as I used to go to most of the big fights in London at that time. Herol was at his peak then and was very much avoided by the top MWs including Hagler. I do remember Sibbo getting smashed to bits by Denis Andries though! Andries was the toughest boxer I ever saw.

[@NJM1016]

@mrc121002 I have now uploaded Kaylor's fight with Graham if you want to take a look :)

[@HopeYourHavingFun]

When professional boxing meant something.

[@ravenaussie3760]

It still does.

[@Pureblood10000]

Great fight and great TV👏🏻

[@ericgeorge5483]

Neither fighter was true world class but you have got to give them massive respect for putting on a real great fight for the fans.

[@boum62]

To be fair sibson lost to finnegan .. gold medalist in.olympics ... Andries, tate and hagler ... World champions.... and dangerous Don Lee (top fighter) ... eddie Smith (points) lotte male (light heavy) were the only lesser challenges ... he beat minter on stoppage ... mutti, John Collins (undefeated prreviously), actress sanda and kaylor. Sibson was world class in my opinion.

[@keithdukes5990]

@@boum62 I agree sir & better than any current middleweight in this Country IMHO that's for sure!!!

[@TheRagBag]

They seemed 50% tougher in those days.Real grafters

[@chrishembrow3884]

Remember kaylor brawling on the street with Christie great fighters great days all gone now shame

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

RIP Christie. All these guys were so down to earth outside of the ring

[@chrishembrow3884]

Luke Kage rip Christie didn’t realise he died shame all top people

[@jimcameron4672]

Two great warriors

[@katecameron3036]

Kaylor spat his gumshield out for more air in the last minute, awesome.

[@mikeyoung7660]

I liked the way there's no trash talk. Much better

[@lloydpaddock3866]

Great fight ! Im gutted i didn't get to see the reshechuled fight . Sibson got injured so had to pull out. Loved both fighters but being West Ham wanted Kaylor to win 🥊🥊

[@Johnny-cf3jp]

I thought Sibson was decent against Hagler. let's not forget Hagler was the greatest

[@arthurwilliams8778]

Johnny he actually stunned the Marvelous one for an instant.Marvin said Sibo was physically strongest man he ever faced considering he fought the likes of Roldan & Mugabi that's quite a compliment

[@Pulsonar]

@@arthurwilliams8778 confirmed, Hagler remembers Sibbo as being one of the most physically intimidating next to Mugabi. But let’s not forget Mugabi was unreal at his peak and was actually more a natural light middleweight at that time. Sibbo was in very good company indeed.

[@paulyoung3504]

Excellent. Thanks for the upload

[@tomhatton3303]

Went to see this with my old mate John O'Brien. Fight night in and out of the ring that night. Bruno was on the same bill.

[@wbamitch]

Enjoyable fight, liked Sibson's bruiser style on the inside with the left hand.

[@nightonthetiles6923]

Was at this fight with the lads, supporting our own, didn't go our way In the ring, but was a great night out and quite lively lol

[@mrfahrenheit2006]

Nice to see boys thinking of my dad still. God bless m8

[@davidnolan6319]

@@mrfahrenheit2006 100%junior take care dude

[@dread4836]

my favourite English fighter, liked Kaylor as well though

[@jerryoshea3116]

The fighters then were better than Now (mostly due to the competition which surrounded them) And i firmly believe if British fighters,the likes of Turpin(who managed to defeat the best fighter of all time "Sugar Ray Robinson")Terry Downes(who won the World middleweight Title&fought for the Light Heavyweight title-lost), Minter, Finnegan(who was a really skillful boxer)Sibson and Kaylor were given more coaching at faints, avoiding&Slipping Punches then their careers would have shown more(W) and fewer (L)..That is the main difference..

[@petetyrrell5904]

The best was Alan minter

[@cjguy7111]

@@petetyrrell5904 until hagler cut him to ribbons...and sibson destroyed him...but for hagler...sibson would have been a world champion...probably beating minter to win it

[@byronelenica8329]

Good refereeing, allowing both boxers to work at it when close.

[@colinbrigham8253]

Many thanks i enjoyed this 😊

[@royston600]

Great blokes both

[@Bloxdio_God]

Sibbo boxed within himself here and proved his superiority. Good fight though.

[@davidwrighton3914]

boxers nowadays spend too much time in the newspapers and not in the ring

[@anthonysmith9366]

both nice tough geezers, polite, respectfull, like haye-bellew yeh???!!!XXXX

[@kevinell6605]

Great great nights of British boxing ....tough tough fight !

[@SuperGGLOL]

I assume this is after the Hagler fight. Fights just like Hagler

[@Hologhoul]

Excellent, enjoyed that!

[@anthonycox3493]

My Dad took me that night with Giro Geoff in a orange Cortina .😂 Soon has we pulled up there was Boxing outside inside .Payed zero .😤Cheers then.

[@gianca60]

Really Tony Sibson could have been Euro Champ many more years. I don't think Kalule or even Graham could have bother him.

[@deblyons824]

tony was a power house, the power from his back, best way run like fuck,

[@chriscolton6329]

😂 Was Mark Kaylor ever in a dull contest? I've only ever seen him in barnstormers...

[@anthonycox3493]

They used to sing his name on the terraces down filbert Strett. Sibbo batters cockneys.💙💛💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@user-wg6gc3pz4z]

Loved sibbo, all he needed was a manny steward, like Lennox, and he would have been world champion

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video!!

[@martinburke362]

Kaylor was a good tough kid but only fought with one hand at a time and that was mainly his left if he could have thrown two fisted combinations he'd have gone a lot further

[@DavidUKesb]

Agreed. But Mark was trained by Terry Lawless and nearly of of Lawless' boxers had the same style, eg Jim McDonnell, Frank Bruno, Charlie Magri etc. They were always very fit and did the basis well, but very limited in terms of lateral movement.

[@martinburke362]

@@DavidUKesb I would go a bit further than that mate i would put it down to the British amateur style of training ala trombone playing left foot left hand forward keep on the outside iff you ever watch American youngsters box from the outset they use a more two fisted approach

[@DavidUKesb]

@@martinburke362 Yes absolutely. The Lawless style is very similar to the old British amateur style....half steps forward and back in straight lines.

[@mickymac6571]

" Sibson has been around a longtime now, he's 26", 😎

[@truthhitman7473]

I remember this

[@michaelb2388]

Rajnham Essex isn't cockney, it's Essex

[@RRYYAANNK7]

Lived in rainham, born in canning town = cockney.

[@JohnSmith-vy4lh]

I don't know why Sibson fights orthodox , he his obviously a lefty.

[@Sxphieellx]

Tony sibson is my sisters grandad omg

[@da90sReAlvloc]

Tyson fury is a joke

[@ronaldosusa3285]

The waltz!!!

[@nobdayid]

kaylor half man half limpett, hang on me old son...

[@chrisjonson3820]

Tony looks a good 38 40 ha.