Met Sykesey many times in MHP Leeds, was always sound with me and that is how I will remember the man, the YPs have a very different memory though and lots of stitches in their butts.
just shows you give a child no love just a clip round the ear you impact him forever regardless of his behaviour right up to being homeless alcoholic i honestly felt he had no love all his life
I played chess many times with Paul many years ago when I was young and foolish and locked up in Durham Prison (1972). and I found him a very kind and intelligent man, I can only comment on my own personal encounter with Paul and I found him a good man and I will not judge him on other peoples opinions.
Was you locked up with that animal who kept killing other inmates. He was in this documentary bronson also mentioned him in a book and had a picture with the fat cunt?
stayed where it was, bang upright, I then retaliated and sent humdinger of a punch at Pauls head, but Paul was moving and he dropped behind his boxing guard and it flew over his head to my amassment I missed. he then jabbed me a few times and I landed a punch to his neck,as I said drop your guard you coward, of course he wasn't ,I wasn't used to fighting a full blown boxer my many battle where on the streets or with the police,sometimes facing a few people but this was something new,
When I went to guys Marsh on a section 18 I had to do a anger management course, we were shown a video of Paul sykes and told this will be you if you don't sort yourself out I remember thinking I don't want to be any thing like him my one and only time in prison thanks to that film
its called "sweet agony" well worth a read.,occasionally on ebay but not cheap but i got it cheap off there cos dont think the seller knew what hed got.Hope you find one
ive got his book(its funny and sometimes very sad) and he says his corner wouldnt shut up yelling instructions at him and he turned round to tell them to shut it,and the ref stopped it.but by then he was already getting beaten.and though i think Liston dived against Ali and Duran gave up against Leonard for reasons of owing money,i dont think Paul was at the stage to attract big betting.to be honest i think he just wasnt fit enough that night and had lost too much weight for the bout
Burnleyfan Yr dead right, also if Paul had stayed of the booze for a few months and stayed focused taken the fight as seriously as Frazier did before his fights l really think he'd of beat Gardener. RIP Paul.
Hi like to put the record straight a bit here.my names John Pemberton I had the famous gartree prison football field battle with this bloke Paul sykes,in the 1980's when we where both in our prime.this is how I first met him witnesses by the whole prison.
I was blocking the ball as we played rugby on the football field at gartree. all of a sudden I was hit hard at the back of my head, and behind my self playing for the other side was Paul sykes. he'd tried to drop my self with a punch behind the head but it didn't work,
hear hear. well said. when luck changes and the money isnt flush the 'friends' soon dry up. hope things pick up for you. When i had 1000's in my pocket i had a table of 12 drinking it with me. Now ive nothing and the phone doesnt ring.
You always have something m8! And the ones around you when yoi got nothing are the motherfuckers you want to keep hold of as if your life depended on it! 💪💪✌✌
Most of the people in gartree know me as the bloke who built the perimeter running track inside the prison walls, with another bloke from derby, it took us 2, years to complete.at the time in the prison there was the Birmingham 6, the Guilford 4, and the bloke who went on the roof from the Carl Bridgewater case. also a very good bloke, called Harry Roberts, Three times cop killer or not, he was one of the best in the prison regardless of his crime.
No he was a alcoholic when he came into the first big offer of money he lost his fight due to the drink also he beat his wife and kids so not the best role model.
Nah, journeyman at best. Sort of bum Frank Bruno would have knocked out in a couple of rounds to boost his win record. Scratch away at the underbelly of pro boxing and you'll find Paul Sykes's everywhere. He only became famous because of his thuggery outside the ring.
whilst they hide behind anonymity,obviously his second comment about shitting my self is contradictory it having happened. ok I described it as the famous battle on the football field with my self and Paul Skes, famous only in the sense of our dreary prison lives back in early 1980's at Gartree, this was between 81, and 85. period. but
met harry Roberts in 1997 in hmp Nottingham sat talked with him in gym what I always remembered about him was how long he had been in jail for and not care told me wpould never get out glad you did was the librarian in Nottingham told me all books about him took away true hard gangster Manchester crew do you rember us harry we rember you
If Paul had taken boxing more seriously he'd have been big, he'd train hard but not for long enough then he'd be out on the town boozing with his mates, then back at the Gym he wasn't 100%, comments on here slaggin him of, Why? Yous wouldn't to his face.
hey thanks mate,sort of had an idea it was going to be a sad ending,all them years inside had an effect on him,he was institutionalised but didnt even realise it bless him,i,ve been in jail and lost friends to alcahol and also been brought up by the devil,your mind is emotionally shaped from the age of about 4 to 12,what i personally encountered in those short years certainly had a long lasting effect on me,going to kirk levington borstal at 15 recieving daily beatings and abuse from my peers.
how old are you plz cos my dad wad in bostal at 11 he was in kirk lev then he said hull aswell i think that must of been norstal i aint in contact with him atm but i wanna find oyt where he was and find somet who maby knew him its intresting 2 me i dont talk with him ad he kivkd his girlfriemds head in and i hate him for it so we dont get on nut ye duznt mean av stopped loving hik just means iff ya hurting a women or a kid i wont be round you cos iff i was doing it he wouldn't be round me ..sorry for yapping and sorry iff my words are spellt wrong sorry..i would love a reply so i can build on where my dad was and what year excetra
he just could cope with people who said things to him because of his reputation, instead of the real man inside. its a shame that he couldn't have made his money advertising or helping out with boxing, its been a waste of a strong heart .I met somebody who didn't like backing down from anybody like my self, I could see where he was coming from, there's a lot of waste of talent in all off us for the want of a guiding hand, god bless his family. he was not all that bad !!
Hello John just reading your storey verey interesting read when I was in horfield double a cat at the time we were shown a video on Paul and told if you act like this you will do a lot more time than what you came in to do was told by other inmates don't piss him off but if he likes you he's sound as fuck
I was missing this guy,so I changed tactics,used my feet as well and eventually we where both on the floor after scoring hits on each other with all the inmates pulling us apart. I was screaming I want my 3, penath, that bastard tried to do me from behind, as they pulled us apart, no prison office to my amassment intervened I didn't realize why till later. we played rugby after that I and then I went up to Paul sykes as we walked off the football feild.
I kept getting these silly gags saying we will pay you if you crack him with a bar for us, the gutless gets, I said do your own dirty work. nobody liked him because they where to afraid to get to know him, that was the trouble all these people on here saying things. he wanted you to stand in his face and say fuck you back and then he was alright with you. I think he got feed up with creeps, and wanted genuine frendship.he wasn't the bloke peoples painted him to be, he had a good side,
1981 I was driveing him around on the night contract on union official darbishers bakery in lytham near Blackpool on strike union official got serios injuries wasn't involved in attack I bailed out early didn't want to get that involved thank fuck knew Paul meant buisnness glad I was out of there he did the job kept my gob shut when the shit hit the fan always will cos other people involved see no hear no speak no
@purecain he was a legendary psycho who wreaked havoc wherever he went,was a bully and abused his family and destroyed his sons.Dont see any redeeming qualities in adangerous bastard like that.There are plenty like him and all locked up where they should be
@BONNYTRAVEL Thanks really interesting story , you have told it your way and thats good enough for me , but there is three sides to a story yours his and the truth , but yes thanks
Paul Sykes - a little boy hit too many times on the head by an abusive father. Crying shame. RIP big guy. Hope your life is better the next time around. What is the music to this vid?
reliant to the inmates and staff at that time. firstly there was no case of my shitting my self as he puts it, because I did not know who I was fighting with on that day, I had not been there long and had no idea who he was.only afterwards on talking to him and others did I know it was Paul skes the boxer!! This bloke( Super jmo666) also says if it was true he would have heard about it ok. I am writing this and that's the end of the matter for anyone concerned. we are going back 30, odd years,
If you hunt around on youtube, there is a documentary on him. What is odd is that he seems to NOT have had a devil upbringing. He lived at Lupset a few miles from here and the only issue seems to be that he argues with his father (all his life), who used to get physical. From that background he became world champion so he must have been a very special person. There are probably some people around who made a lot of money from him, when they should have helped him.
there is some retired prison officers in the Mansfield area who also watched it on cctv. two blokes I know heading for those prison soon Paddy Brown and Smithy from Mansfield, if you've got connections. try asking them, it really do not matter to me, I put the comment on to support Paul Skes who I Didn't find out till this year had died.And any more slagging me off, go to the Mansfield area, and ask for JP, Please cuts out all bullshit talk, end off!!
Hi have Just had an insulting email from this bloke (super jmo666. )about my comment fight on the football field with Paul Skes. firstly implying I have made it all up, secondly that I must have been shitting my self when it happened. I am not going to get into a war of words with some windup merchant who doesn't know me!!
John Pemberton hi John great story,their is a book coming out march 2017 about Paul and stories from people who knew and crossed paths with Paul,check Paul Sykes on Facebook for more details and maybe even share your story on the page sure admin would love to here.👍
and like I said we became friends and we where in the weightlifting competition team together facing Lobourough university and the like, at six foot 4 inch,I had a better upper body bench press and upright press than Paul, but he usually beat me on the squat, we where quite comparable, me stupidly battering lots coppers, him doing the same to them and prison officers. and this is what I found out afterwards forget about that stupid idiot Charles Bronson and his silly games
Your not talking shit to the grand kids now John no one hear buys it , probs never even been to the nick stop telling lies fella yeah , you even still around ? 10 years ago your probs with Paul now are you ?
I heard alcohol got to him. It's a pity. He seems switched on and well read. I feel if he had diff circumstances he would have done more with his life. Sad really.
He didn't fight them all stop lying. So he fought hard men who were around before he was born, Get a grip big Frank Mitchell probably would have beat him with ease
looking back at what happened with hind site, it was prison tactics, Paul hit me from behind to drop me and get it out of the way but it didn't work .having been hit in the face with house bricks and al sorts I was pretty good at taking punishment and had a good chin,and thick neck but no doubts what so ever in a boxing style match Paul would have out classed my self, so long as he could keep me from hitting him of course. he said your the only in the prison with any guts.
Check out the Gary Bryan video on on here. Lenny is talking to a wanna be. Even playing about and old he was a total animal. So fast for such a big lump. Lenny would have knocked Paul silly bully bollocks out in 20 seconds, and ten of those would have been the count. To be fair Paul could box, and had more finesse in the ring, but that really wouldn't have helped him in a toe to toe with Lenny (the Governor).
@@EnglishCad Paul Sykes was an actual boxer, Lenny wasn't. Lenny was knocked out easily two times when he wought Fields. There are levels to this. Just read this: facebook.com/1652103031697043/posts/paul-sykes-was-down-to-fight-lenny-mcclean-in-november-1979-around-2-weeks-befor/2005307836376559/
English Cad your an idiot, Lenny was just a big brawler. Paul was an actual boxer. You do realise there are levels, Lenny got beat easy when he actually faced proper fighters.
Cliff fields beat mc clean twice when he was washed up as a professional boxer in turn in his prime he was stopped in three rounds by Richard dunne who was only ever regarded as a small hall journey man by the boxing establishment although on his night he had a bit more ability than given credit for even in this company lenny mc cleans short comings would have been exposed sykes on the other hand did have a lot more talent when he was younger than all of them Joe frazier wanted as a sparing partner for the bugner fight but he was in the nick at the time when he fought gardener he was wasted as a top line fighter inactivity and a lack of top line experience exposed him
@@EnglishCad the governor 😂😂 according too himself!! He was a bully & he got knocked out loads of times!! Sykes would have destroyed him within 2 minutes !!
Some one said below that a 25 year old Paul would beat Tyson I doubt a 25 year old Paul would beat Tyson now come on he only had a few fights and lost some of them yes hard man defo but I a ring with any top pro I doubt he would last more than a couple of rounds
He didn't turn pro until he was 30. Fought for comenwealth title after 8 fights. If he'd have taken it seriously from a young age he would have probably been a lot better
I did know him then didn't have a clue who he was.what the f- are you playing at I said, as I eyed up the prison officers standing on either side with dogs and whatever.wait till we are off this field you-c, I said expecting the screws to make their move on us.to my amassment the screws didn't move I turned round from looking at them and he punched me in the mouth at my half turn round, I felt some blood in my mouth but my thick neck and thick headed Johnny Pembertons head
@tincan tincan I live in wakefield where Paul was from, and saw him regularly on the streets at the end. I've read the books about him and I know some of the evil acts he committed and was capable of. But honestly I wouldn't wish how he ended up on anyone. He was a pitiful figure.
Rugby League GBU No he wouldnt,he was good but not in Tysons class,he couldnt beat Gardner so he sure as shit wouldnt beat Tyson,or Lenny Mclean for that matter!
U must be having a laugh tyson was knocking people like Larry Holmes spinks and berbick out, he would have knocked Paul out within the first 30 seconds
I reckon Paul was tough enough to last 2-3 rounds but he wasnt anywhere near Tysons level. Sykes would beat up Lennie though, Lennie was tough and strong but his boxing was pretty shit while Sykes had the potential to be a decent contender in his day.
1981 I was driveing him around on the night contract on union official darbishers bakery in lytham near Blackpool on strike union official got serios injuries wasn't involved in attack I bailed out early didn't want to get that involved thank fuck knew Paul meant buisnness glad I was out of there he did the job kept my gob shut when the shit hit the fan always will cos other people involved see no hear no speak no
Met Sykesey many times in MHP Leeds, was always sound with me and that is how I will remember the man, the YPs have a very different memory though and lots of stitches in their butts.
Gonzo Gaming So he did rape young boys in prison ?
Load of bull shit was never a bum bandit sykes.
Stop talking shit gonzo
@Sharks tea leafs. And Paul loved a nice cuppa babe
Same as his 3 sons.
Fantastic footage
Its...shaaaarks..
Not shark infested.....
really enjoyed your story,excellent!
Still holds the record of fewest fights before a British Heavyweight Title opportunity.
Definitely had potential
Guy was a machine
@@mattengland4226 that John l Gardner broke down this machine
@longrodvonhugendon9209gobshit you know fuck all
And how many fights you had in the ring gobshit
Had potential to go on the register for what he got up to.
'Send yer kids to me' 'I hit him int' earole'
And then shag ‘em.
And the give them a bumming.
And shag ‘em int arsehole!
4 plates each side in prison. Crap diet and no supplements is impressive
absolutely spot on money comes and goes good friends are like rocking horse shit
So true
One seriously hard man. Nobody can take that away from him,whatever you think.
Nonce!
just shows you give a child no love just a clip round the ear you impact him forever regardless of his behaviour right up to being homeless alcoholic i honestly felt he had no love all his life
Gobshite
Sorry I’m late to the comments . Traffics horrendous
he looks hard as fuck. a bet no one said anything to him in jail.
Nobody ever got a word in edgeways.
He’d just bum them instead.
@@S.Hitchcock They’d usually say ‘please stop bumming me Paul, you great fairy’
Aouther guy, that destroyed himself.
and everyone else who relied on him. Yet depressingly, many describe him as a 'legend'.
Destroyed the ring piece of many a youngster in clink too.
Don't go to prison then
@@awraith4569 Fellas that go gay for the stay are a disgrace.
so very true
A disgrace of a man who turned his kids into murderers
Wtf...
I played chess many times with Paul many years ago when I was young and foolish and locked up in Durham Prison (1972). and I found him a very kind and intelligent man, I can only comment on my own personal encounter with Paul and I found him a good man and I will not judge him on other peoples opinions.
Was you locked up with that animal who kept killing other inmates. He was in this documentary bronson also mentioned him in a book and had a picture with the fat cunt?
I'd love see all these cunts on here slag him of, OK he may have had a few faults, don't we all, RIP Paul.
Thanks for sharing cool story
He shagged you.
Remember me dad saying when we watched the Gardener fight that the money must be on Gardener.
stayed where it was, bang upright, I then retaliated and sent humdinger of a punch at Pauls head, but Paul was moving and he dropped behind his boxing guard and it flew over his head to my amassment I missed. he then jabbed me a few times and I landed a punch to his neck,as I said drop your guard you coward, of course he wasn't ,I wasn't used to fighting a full blown boxer my many battle where on the streets or with the police,sometimes facing a few people but this was something new,
You need your hands that’s why you’ve fucking got them
Bummer
When I went to guys Marsh on a section 18 I had to do a anger management course, we were shown a video of Paul sykes and told this will be you if you don't sort yourself out I remember thinking I don't want to be any thing like him my one and only time in prison thanks to that film
Paul Sykes highlight video. 1.16 minutes long. Says it all really.
Only took him 3 seconds to KO Roy shaw
Dan the man sounds like he got in your head there pal
@Dan the man don't talk crap
He could of been so much more if he wasnt a physco/bully and alcoholic. Waste of talent
Stop hating lad
I come to read how many strangers are like .hes hes that.
its called "sweet agony" well worth a read.,occasionally on ebay but not cheap but i got it cheap off there cos dont think the seller knew what hed got.Hope you find one
Great book , Paul was a one off that’s for sure
He was a Charlie Ronce.
ive got his book(its funny and sometimes very sad) and he says his corner wouldnt shut up yelling instructions at him and he turned round to tell them to shut it,and the ref stopped it.but by then he was already getting beaten.and though i think Liston dived against Ali and Duran gave up against Leonard for reasons of owing money,i dont think Paul was at the stage to attract big betting.to be honest i think he just wasnt fit enough that night and had lost too much weight for the bout
Burnleyfan Yr dead right, also if Paul had stayed of the booze for a few months and stayed focused taken the fight as seriously as Frazier did before his fights l really think he'd of beat Gardener. RIP Paul.
@@6lr6ak6I think you are both right
Hi like to put the record straight a bit here.my names John Pemberton I had the famous gartree prison football field battle with this bloke Paul sykes,in the 1980's when we where both in our prime.this is how I first met him witnesses by the whole prison.
If Sykes had of continued boxing anyway someone like Tyson , Bruno or Lewis would have smashed him ,
I had to give Paul a clip on the neck a few times to keep him in line
Ye of course you did
With what a bat
I was blocking the ball as we played rugby on the football field at gartree. all of a sudden I was hit hard at the back of my head, and behind my self playing for the other side was Paul sykes. he'd tried to drop my self with a punch behind the head but it didn't work,
He sounds like a nice guy
hear hear. well said. when luck changes and the money isnt flush the 'friends' soon dry up. hope things pick up for you. When i had 1000's in my pocket i had a table of 12 drinking it with me. Now ive nothing and the phone doesnt ring.
I know bro!!
He never had any money
You always have something m8! And the ones around you when yoi got nothing are the motherfuckers you want to keep hold of as if your life depended on it! 💪💪✌✌
So true .
Most of the people in gartree know me as the bloke who built the perimeter running track inside the prison walls, with another bloke from derby, it took us 2, years to complete.at the time in the prison there was the Birmingham 6, the Guilford 4, and the bloke who went on the roof from the Carl Bridgewater case. also a very good bloke,
called Harry Roberts, Three times cop killer or not, he was one of the best in the prison regardless of his crime.
Was the Renault 5 there?
@@clydebroughton7366do you remember the Austin 7?
He was a very naughty boy.
Lol
Definitely not the messiah!
Loved bum fun.
he could of being the best boxer we ever had
No he was a alcoholic when he came into the first big offer of money he lost his fight due to the drink also he beat his wife and kids so not the best role model.
No he couldn't
Nah, journeyman at best. Sort of bum Frank Bruno would have knocked out in a couple of rounds to boost his win record. Scratch away at the underbelly of pro boxing and you'll find Paul Sykes's everywhere. He only became famous because of his thuggery outside the ring.
whilst they hide behind anonymity,obviously his second comment about shitting my self is contradictory it having happened. ok I described it as the famous battle on the football field with my self and Paul Skes, famous only in the sense of our dreary prison lives back in early 1980's at Gartree, this was between 81, and 85. period. but
met harry Roberts in 1997 in hmp Nottingham sat talked with him in gym what I always remembered about him was how long he had been in jail for and not care told me wpould never get out glad you did was the librarian in Nottingham told me all books about him took away true hard gangster Manchester crew do you rember us harry we rember you
mark odusanya funny you should say that met him myself in Sudbury prison in 2000 and that was a open prison nice enough guy
Whatever happened to the shark proof pumps
If Paul had taken boxing more seriously he'd have been big, he'd train hard but not for long enough then he'd be out on the town boozing with his mates, then back at the Gym he wasn't 100%, comments on here slaggin him of, Why? Yous wouldn't to his face.
6lr6ak6 I would... he’s dead
Because he was a cunt.
Wife berating child abuser. He was a waste of space
Sorry to have to report that he has passed on. He was a regular in the papers, it wasnt a very nice ending.
How did he die mate?
Fearsome in his day
hey thanks mate,sort of had an idea it was going to be a sad ending,all them years inside had an effect on him,he was institutionalised but didnt even realise it bless him,i,ve been in jail and lost friends to alcahol and also been brought up by the devil,your mind is emotionally shaped from the age of about 4 to 12,what i personally encountered in those short years certainly had a long lasting effect on me,going to kirk levington borstal at 15 recieving daily beatings and abuse from my peers.
how old are you plz cos my dad wad in bostal at 11 he was in kirk lev then he said hull aswell i think that must of been norstal i aint in contact with him atm but i wanna find oyt where he was and find somet who maby knew him its intresting 2 me i dont talk with him ad he kivkd his girlfriemds head in and i hate him for it so we dont get on nut ye duznt mean av stopped loving hik just means iff ya hurting a women or a kid i wont be round you cos iff i was doing it he wouldn't be round me ..sorry for yapping and sorry iff my words are spellt wrong sorry..i would love a reply so i can build on where my dad was and what year excetra
whats the book called please?
Wouldnt bother with sweet agony .go for jamie boyles unfinished agony and further agony.
Its called I am a tosser by Paul Sykes
Big hands
Yeah right
I mean hes this hes that etc
he just could cope with people who said things to him because of his reputation, instead of the real man inside. its a shame that he couldn't have made his money advertising or helping out with boxing, its been a waste of a strong heart .I met somebody who didn't like backing down from anybody like my self, I could see where he was coming from, there's a lot of waste of talent in all off us for the want of a guiding hand, god bless his family. he was not all that bad !!
Hello John just reading your storey verey interesting read when I was in horfield double a cat at the time we were shown a video on Paul and told if you act like this you will do a lot more time than what you came in to do was told by other inmates don't piss him off but if he likes you he's sound as fuck
Your right, he was not all bad. It was the ale that did him in the end, it was one fight he couldn't win. RiP.
Not someone u wanna mess with
No, he’d bum you otherwise.
r.i.p
I was missing this guy,so I changed tactics,used my feet as well and eventually we where both on the floor after scoring hits on each other with all the inmates pulling us apart. I was screaming I want my 3, penath, that bastard tried to do me from behind, as they pulled us apart, no prison office to my amassment intervened I didn't realize why till later. we played rugby after that I and then I went up to Paul sykes as we walked off the football feild.
totally headshot but a funny intelligent bloke! you beat a dog the dog turns nasty
I kept getting these silly gags saying we will pay you if you crack him with a bar for us, the gutless gets, I said do your own dirty work. nobody liked him because they where to afraid to get to know him, that was the trouble all these people on here saying things. he wanted you to stand in his face and say fuck you back and then he was alright with you. I think he got feed up with creeps, and wanted genuine frendship.he wasn't the bloke peoples painted him to be, he had a good side,
1981 I was driveing him around on the night contract on union official darbishers bakery in lytham near Blackpool on strike union official got serios injuries wasn't involved in attack I bailed out early didn't want to get that involved thank fuck knew Paul meant buisnness glad I was out of there he did the job kept my gob shut when the shit hit the fan always will cos other people involved see no hear no speak no
A commar might help mate
Made up story.
@purecain he was a legendary psycho who wreaked havoc wherever he went,was a bully and abused his family and destroyed his sons.Dont see any redeeming qualities in adangerous bastard like that.There are plenty like him and all locked up where they should be
@BONNYTRAVEL Thanks really interesting story , you have told it your way and thats good enough for me , but there is three sides to a story yours his and the truth , but yes thanks
just a bully
You know fuck all. gobshit
Paul Sykes - a little boy hit too many times on the head by an abusive father. Crying shame. RIP big guy. Hope your life is better the next time around. What is the music to this vid?
He was a rapist mate
YMCA the village people
boss boss kid, top promising boxer
reliant to the inmates and staff at that time. firstly there was no case of my shitting my self as he puts it, because I did not know who I was fighting with on that day, I had not been there long and had no idea who he was.only afterwards on talking to him and others did I know it was Paul skes the boxer!! This bloke( Super jmo666) also says if it was true he would have heard about it ok. I am writing this and that's the end of the matter for anyone concerned. we are going back 30, odd years,
You were shitting yourself mate.
John stop drinking fella stick to telling the grand kids these story’s no obe here buys it your full of absolute shit
@@j.wwilson4866 not biting mate sorry to diapoint !
@@BONNYTRAVEL that’s all I was looking for fella don’t take it personally take care
If you hunt around on youtube, there is a documentary on him. What is odd is that he seems to NOT have had a devil upbringing. He lived at Lupset a few miles from here and the only issue seems to be that he argues with his father (all his life), who used to get physical. From that background he became world champion so he must have been a very special person. There are probably some people around who made a lot of money from him, when they should have helped him.
World chump
World champion?
Special person!!! Are you havin a breakdown? The guy was a complete perv,pedo,beast.
World champion boozer lol
there is some retired prison officers in the Mansfield area who also watched it on cctv. two blokes I know heading for those prison soon Paddy Brown and Smithy from Mansfield, if you've got connections. try asking them, it really do not matter to me, I put the comment on to support Paul Skes who I Didn't find out till this year had died.And any more slagging me off, go to the Mansfield area, and ask for JP, Please cuts out all bullshit talk, end off!!
Hi have Just had an insulting email from this bloke (super jmo666. )about my comment fight on the football field with Paul Skes. firstly implying I have made it all up, secondly that I must have been shitting my self when it happened. I am not going to get into a war of words with some windup merchant who doesn't know me!!
John Pemberton hi John great story,their is a book coming out march 2017 about Paul and stories from people who knew and crossed paths with Paul,check Paul Sykes on Facebook for more details and maybe even share your story on the page sure admin would love to here.👍
@@samsta871 im already included in Pauls story Bill thanks anyway
He had control in the ring but not in life sad really x
Not sure he had control, carried on punching that bloke after he KOd him and put him in hospital for a month.
and like I said we became friends and we where in the weightlifting competition team together facing Lobourough university and the like, at six foot 4 inch,I had a better upper body bench press and upright press than Paul, but he usually beat me on the squat, we where quite comparable, me stupidly battering lots coppers, him doing the same to them and prison officers. and this is what I found out afterwards forget about that stupid idiot Charles Bronson and his silly games
Your not talking shit to the grand kids now John no one hear buys it , probs never even been to the nick stop telling lies fella yeah , you even still around ? 10 years ago your probs with Paul now are you ?
i was away with paul in risley in the 70 nice man not a bully like some nobs say he was ok a lot of lads would say
U was in prison with sykes
yes mate
I heard alcohol got to him. It's a pity. He seems switched on and well read. I feel if he had diff circumstances he would have done more with his life. Sad really.
He bummed you.
not a nice ending,tell me more please
All the rumours of him being a nonce, absolutely no evidence whatsoever. Has anyone ever come forward, that ll be a no then.
Urban Myth.
He was a bummer and so are you.
Such a shame! !! R.I.P Paul
Hardest MAN ever in UK FACT I new him and his exploits he destroyed them all.
He lost a couple though too although drink was involved
He didn't fight them all stop lying. So he fought hard men who were around before he was born,
Get a grip big Frank Mitchell probably would have beat him with ease
This mans a legend,anyone says different I'll punch 'em int fuckin earole lol
looking back at what happened with hind site, it was prison tactics, Paul hit me from behind to drop me and get it out of the way but it didn't work .having been hit in the face with house bricks and al sorts I was pretty good at taking punishment and had a good chin,and thick neck but no doubts what so ever in a boxing style match Paul would have out classed my self, so long as he could keep me from hitting him of course. he said your the only in the prison with any guts.
Please learn to write.
I’m amassed at his stories, particularly the fluid style of writing
Sykes didn't side swing anybody, he didn't need to,
Can you fit through that chair lad?
Drink knacked him up.....was quite brainy bloke...it's a shame...m
Definitely would have hurt lenny McLean
Check out the Gary Bryan video on on here. Lenny is talking to a wanna be. Even playing about and old he was a total animal. So fast for such a big lump. Lenny would have knocked Paul silly bully bollocks out in 20 seconds, and ten of those would have been the count. To be fair Paul could box, and had more finesse in the ring, but that really wouldn't have helped him in a toe to toe with Lenny (the Governor).
@@EnglishCad Paul Sykes was an actual boxer, Lenny wasn't. Lenny was knocked out easily two times when he wought Fields. There are levels to this. Just read this: facebook.com/1652103031697043/posts/paul-sykes-was-down-to-fight-lenny-mcclean-in-november-1979-around-2-weeks-befor/2005307836376559/
English Cad your an idiot, Lenny was just a big brawler. Paul was an actual boxer. You do realise there are levels, Lenny got beat easy when he actually faced proper fighters.
Cliff fields beat mc clean twice when he was washed up as a professional boxer in turn in his prime he was stopped in three rounds by Richard dunne who was only ever regarded as a small hall journey man by the boxing establishment although on his night he had a bit more ability than given credit for even in this company lenny mc cleans short comings would have been exposed sykes on the other hand did have a lot more talent when he was younger than all of them Joe frazier wanted as a sparing partner for the bugner fight but he was in the nick at the time when he fought gardener he was wasted as a top line fighter inactivity and a lack of top line experience exposed him
@@EnglishCad the governor 😂😂 according too himself!! He was a bully & he got knocked out loads of times!! Sykes would have destroyed him within 2 minutes !!
Av been abart abit
Some one said below that a 25 year old Paul would beat Tyson I doubt a 25 year old Paul would beat Tyson now come on he only had a few fights and lost some of them yes hard man defo but I a ring with any top pro I doubt he would last more than a couple of rounds
He didn't turn pro until he was 30.
Fought for comenwealth title after 8 fights.
If he'd have taken it seriously from a young age he would have probably been a lot better
@wardy605 bullshit.he was never that good
I did know him then didn't have a clue who he was.what the f- are you playing at I said, as I eyed up the prison officers standing on either side with dogs and whatever.wait till we are off this field you-c, I said expecting the screws to make their move on us.to my amassment the screws didn't move I turned round from looking at them and he punched me in the mouth at my half turn round, I felt some blood in my mouth but my thick neck and thick headed Johnny Pembertons head
Your the guy from unfinished agony. Ive got all 4 sykes books.i dnt like sharjs and sweet agony though.
BUM
You can say that after you've fought for the British and commonwealth heavyweight title. And had a book published.and swam the strait's of dohore
@@cityboy9301 it's the Straits of Johor I live on em.
What ever happened to him ?
Tommy Lucy he’s dead lol
Ok rip paul
Cirrhosis of the liver. He was homeless and vulnerable. Got beaten up by kids regularly and set on fire once.
@tincan tincan I live in wakefield where Paul was from, and saw him regularly on the streets at the end. I've read the books about him and I know some of the evil acts he committed and was capable of. But honestly I wouldn't wish how he ended up on anyone. He was a pitiful figure.
@@gummiberryjuice lmao
Shame
a smoker can never be a top sports man !!
Nate Diaz
Loads of football players smoke.
And don't forget Alex higgins.
Wayne Rooney also a smoker
i'd usually agree with you but nigel benn smoked his entire career
Never heard of Carlos Monzon? Or Niccolini locche?
A 25yo Sykes would have ripped Tyson a new one.
Rugby League GBU
No he wouldnt,he was good but not in Tysons class,he couldnt beat Gardner so he sure as shit wouldnt beat Tyson,or Lenny Mclean for that matter!
U must be having a laugh tyson was knocking people like Larry Holmes spinks and berbick out, he would have knocked Paul out within the first 30 seconds
I reckon Paul was tough enough to last 2-3 rounds but he wasnt anywhere near Tysons level. Sykes would beat up Lennie though, Lennie was tough and strong but his boxing was pretty shit while Sykes had the potential to be a decent contender in his day.
mclean hh e fouth for britsh rtitle mclean was a shit boxer that was fat
That is bullshit. Tyson was a monster. A pure, evil monster that had no remorse when he was in the ring.
1981 I was driveing him around on the night contract on union official darbishers bakery in lytham near Blackpool on strike union official got serios injuries wasn't involved in attack I bailed out early didn't want to get that involved thank fuck knew Paul meant buisnness glad I was out of there he did the job kept my gob shut when the shit hit the fan always will cos other people involved see no hear no speak no