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  • Опубліковано 9 гру 2020
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  • @kevvome
    @kevvome 3 роки тому +87

    I'm an ex boxer myself and had 27 fights and 27 knockouts.
    Then I won one.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +5

      Oh dear...

    • @kevvome
      @kevvome 3 роки тому +14

      @@kevinmcdermott3312 Not completely.
      I retired early as a boxer. All because of bad hands.
      The referees kept standing on them.

    • @stevemercedes3692
      @stevemercedes3692 3 роки тому +5

      @@kevvome I said “ I’m ok ref” he said “ I’m the timekeeper “

    • @stevemercedes3692
      @stevemercedes3692 3 роки тому +11

      I come from a long line of boxers .......except my grandad who was a cocker spaniel..:

    • @stevebowness9435
      @stevebowness9435 3 роки тому +2

      @@kevvome Nice one🤣🤣👏

  • @Davey441
    @Davey441 2 роки тому +9

    What are these lights doin' on Cath? Make a pot of tea then, yes Paul.

  • @CarlF88
    @CarlF88 2 роки тому +6

    Found your channel a couple of months back and really enjoy all these stories and I am fascinated by interesting old characters too

  • @Jesus_Broski
    @Jesus_Broski 2 роки тому +13

    Paul was a bully, a pain in the arse, would flip out at a moments notice, yet had a side of him that I loved. He was very close to my dad and as a kid he taught me to box and a lot of life lessons. Say what you want about the guy, I agree with most comments, but he’ll always have a place in my heart!

    • @hudson7354
      @hudson7354 2 роки тому +8

      Did he ever ask you to do up your shoelaces?

    • @JohnSmith-su3ze
      @JohnSmith-su3ze Рік тому

      @@hudson7354 Did he ever ask you to gag on a mini-milk?

  • @natureisallpowerful
    @natureisallpowerful 3 роки тому +15

    A bloke came up to me in B&Q the other day and asked me if I wanted decking..
    Luckily I got the first punch in..

  • @mgtkr1
    @mgtkr1 3 роки тому +147

    makes me laugh that doormen are on here saying he was a bully and they would have turfed syksey out. yea course you would. a british level hw boxer with a hair trigger temper and the mental make up of a pyschopath vs a steroid filled pudding who was most likely bullied at school. yea ok johnny bravo, if ya say so

  • @ckellimackie8540
    @ckellimackie8540 2 роки тому +4

    Chris Campbell - Awesome bloke! He was one of my instructors at Josh Johnsons Yid Ga Ling martial arts academy back in the late 80's.
    I bumped into Paul on a few occasions when I was a young lad. Funny bloke!

  • @joeowenstalkingsense4439
    @joeowenstalkingsense4439 Рік тому +2

    Hi Jammie (if I may), you’ve done a real good job in presenting Paul Sykes’s life and the enigma that was Paul Sykes, even if he doesn’t deserve such an accolade. Well done!

  • @matfromleeds1517
    @matfromleeds1517 3 роки тому +30

    In 1990 I was 17 and just started going to rooftop Gardens and can remember numerous times Paul being in and a group of bouncers trying to get him out with a look of fear on there face. Tbh he mostly went quietly at this time of his life.

    • @arthurtaylor9765
      @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +1

      So you was just a boy oi Sykes was a man on you would s*** yourself in his presents

    • @joegoldman1847
      @joegoldman1847 3 роки тому +15

      @@arthurtaylor9765 Arthur, if you arent on drugs, you should probably start.

    • @ih4062
      @ih4062 3 роки тому +5

      @@arthurtaylor9765 ..whats the point in your reply to mat Allan you senile jailbird !!!!!!!

    • @arthurtaylor9765
      @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +5

      @@ih4062 and yet you still bother to comment and you know I am 63 and you choose to abuse me online 9th what does that say about you hope you have a prosperous New Year even bad comments matter

    • @ih4062
      @ih4062 3 роки тому +1

      @@arthurtaylor9765 . 63 ?? , act ur age then instead of running around police stations with ur dodgy back .....go fishing instead 🎣

  • @YllaStar95970
    @YllaStar95970 3 роки тому +19

    I've seen a dancefloor clear pretty quick, when the dj misjudged his audience, by turning Agadoo on the decks.😜

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      OK...

    • @jadenplays6095
      @jadenplays6095 3 роки тому +1

      I'm 56 from Hammersmith used to go Hammersmith Palais for year's..proper naughty people from all over came just for a punch up.. your comment was fucking awesome..can just imagine that record being played when there is a mass brawl that was always guaranteed 😎😎👊👊👊👊

    • @johnwalton1137
      @johnwalton1137 Рік тому

      Who’s got the balls to put the rocky tune on lol

  • @gabjen7548
    @gabjen7548 Рік тому +4

    Grandad used to run the black bull pub in dewsbury, he said paul used to come in the pub and people would leave because he was a nightmare, grandad started to loose business so he told him to leave, he spat in grandads face and then left but he was barred after that and never came back In.

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc 3 роки тому +2

    Loved all the books Jamie, always find a great crowd on anything to do with Paul Sykes, many laughs
    I tell you who should play Paul perfectly in a film , that lad out of "the office" who plays Chris Finch the rep, he would have to do a few steroids to bulk up but he looks SO much like Paul already and he talks like him, he is tall enough also.

  • @crazecol
    @crazecol 2 роки тому +1

    Well put i could of listened all night. To storys about him. i dont read but what a interesting guy that paul sykes was! I rember the club rooftop gardens in. Wakefield years ago carnt wait to watch the film thanks fir uploading this 👍👍

  • @richardcot-te-rell7476
    @richardcot-te-rell7476 3 роки тому +3

    Its not dribble its a fascinating insight in to the Legend that is and was Paul Sykes! I Love it mate! I've gotta read the books! Godbless Jamie mate! Rich

  • @joeowenstalkingsense4439
    @joeowenstalkingsense4439 Рік тому +4

    Very interesting indeed. I worked Liverpool doors from 1989-2016, and came across a lot of dangerous people, not all as big as Sykes, but equally as dangerous. However, I wouldn’t have liked to have met Sykes on his travels.

    • @johnbrooke9948
      @johnbrooke9948 Рік тому

      I met syksie about 40 times from 1990 to around 2004.

  • @markkinrade2739
    @markkinrade2739 Рік тому +5

    Nobody could touch Sykes in his prime. Hard as nails and untouchable

  • @simapark
    @simapark 2 роки тому +9

    Les Carr was the top bouncer in Wakey for several decades. He had such a reputation that his sheer presence prevented any trouble . His reputation was that he was very polite ,vety fair and very calm with an amazing memory for faces . He basically gave people the option to go away but they could come in another day when sober enough but if they wanted to fight everyone knew what the outcome would be . Imagine me as an ordinary twenty something entering Casanovas/Rooftops Gardens then later the big bar on the corner thats now part of the Reflex group and Les saying 'evening ' as I passed him on the door . He eventually had to pack it in after a lad in a group from Coventry on a stag do died after an altercation with Les but witnesses said it was a case of him banging his head as he fell to the floor during this altercation so I don't think he did any time for that but was banned from the City Centre and couldn't do doors anymore .

    • @peterrogers7419
      @peterrogers7419 Рік тому +1

      sevral decades he died age 150 yrs old get a grip you tall storys balloon

    • @simapark
      @simapark Рік тому +2

      @@peterrogers7419
      He was at Casanovas for over a decade then at Rumours for over a decade . It was at Rumours that the guy from Coventry died after the incident with Les . You can't be from Wakey .

    • @peterrogers7419
      @peterrogers7419 Рік тому +1

      @@simapark am talking about the bully sykes

    • @simapark
      @simapark Рік тому +3

      @@peterrogers7419
      You replied to my comment about Les Carr not the main thread about Paul Sykes . No problem we all make mistakes

  • @chadster123
    @chadster123 3 роки тому +12

    I am amazed somebody didn't get blummin killed. I used to go to the nightclubs in Wakefield, Batley, Huddersfield etc. I was a little obnoxious shit when I was 18 years old. I would sometimes be a pain, causing trouble basically. I am just glad I wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time because I couldn't fight for toffee. Paul Sykes would have loved my gobby little "I'll see ya outside" attitude. You just don't know who you are fighting. Man, I was such a pathetic twat. Great video mate. Gonna buy those books too :)

    • @chadster123
      @chadster123 3 роки тому

      @Lee Winterbottom Nice one Lee! I'm stoked you liked my comment mate. Take care Brother :)

    • @JackieMilburnt
      @JackieMilburnt 3 роки тому +1

      This rings very close to home mate. I was the same haha 😵

    • @Jd-ke2ku
      @Jd-ke2ku 2 роки тому

      Nail on the head with that comment, I think a lot of young lads are like this and I was one of them. Full of bravado when pissed and then hoping I wouldn’t bump into the same people when sober. I see it when looking at lads walking around pubs or towns full of drink walking through people like Richard Ashcroft in the bittersweet symphony video. I cringe when I think of how I was.

    • @BillReilly1979
      @BillReilly1979 2 роки тому

      There's nothing these folk fear more than someone cool headed who will just pull a gun and calmly assure it would be used. Top Streetfighter in Britain - a shooter.

  • @Richard-ts6mg
    @Richard-ts6mg 3 роки тому +11

    I met Paul 1987ish in Durham jail and he used to call everyone around him cornflakes. At meal times he would just help himself and the screws said tuck all.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      Love real comments like this.

    • @kipp1231
      @kipp1231 2 роки тому

      Didn't end well for him when he tried it with Fred the head.

    • @joeowenstalkingsense4439
      @joeowenstalkingsense4439 Рік тому

      Didn’t Sykes knock two screws out in Durham? I think because late opening the gym.

  • @allmodcons
    @allmodcons 3 роки тому +12

    Love your work Jamie. The research and detail on Paul Sykes and Lee Duffy are 2nd to none mate.
    Thought about doing anything on Dennis Flint?
    What a fuckin' character 😀

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +4

      Thank you so much and yes ive discussed it with the Flint family.

    • @allmodcons
      @allmodcons 3 роки тому +2

      @@warcrypublishing Superb.
      That'll be brilliant mate. Look forward to it. All the best. Hail Hail !

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +2

      @@allmodcons thank you for your interest and support

    • @arthurtaylor9765
      @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому

      Duffy was a grass tried to get Paul Sykes nicked in Durham

    • @lukewalker7428
      @lukewalker7428 3 роки тому +2

      @@arthurtaylor9765 what for how you know

  • @daveradford6162
    @daveradford6162 3 роки тому +1

    Great interview 👍

  • @Carlmuscleman67
    @Carlmuscleman67 3 роки тому +17

    Been on doors over 20yrs and the only thing I could imagine worse than having Paul sykes in your bar is having sykes and Duffy in at the same time lol what a night that would be, another great video Jamie

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +3

      Thanks carl

    • @Carlmuscleman67
      @Carlmuscleman67 3 роки тому +8

      @@warcrypublishing mate your videos are that good watching them once is not enough, keep them coming Jamie

  • @stuarttorevell2353
    @stuarttorevell2353 3 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed listening to you. I don’t read books 📚 but I’m going to get these books. Kindest regards. Stuart Torevell from tv show, most haunted

  • @davey1965
    @davey1965 3 роки тому +32

    Anything you wanna know Jamie just ask Arthur Taylor,he was with him the day he beat the shark up.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +5

      Ha Ha!

    • @seabassmcgee3367
      @seabassmcgee3367 3 роки тому +2

      Is that the shark he punched right in the fukkin nose?

    • @RonWylie-gk5lc
      @RonWylie-gk5lc 3 роки тому

      @@seabassmcgee3367 It was in the ear-hole!, read the book....actually I stand corrected!, it was in the fooking ear-hole!

  • @noelmcloughlin4684
    @noelmcloughlin4684 3 роки тому +19

    I worked in Leeds area, Wakefield etc in between 1980 and 1990 , from 17 years of old , as an air conditioning engineer apprentice . We would see Sykes in a few pubs with people telling us he was the local Leeds hard case, pro boxer etc and you could see he had an aura of menace about him. I was a amateur boxer from 10 to 19 when my work away from home in digs got in the way so had to give it up I know how to fight and I know a fighter . As I’ve said before Sykes was a proper fighter , a solid puncher with a good 18 stone behind his belts. Pity he couldn’t keep it all together because away from the alcohol he was an engaging character who could have cleaned up and made a great living on the after dinner meet and greet circuit. Rip.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +4

      Agreed, thanks for the story, great input.

    • @Khp1983
      @Khp1983 2 роки тому +3

      Absolutely, Are you still local
      To the area and doing air conditioning Noel ?

  • @180sammy
    @180sammy 2 роки тому +2

    I grew up in Wakefield I’m 22 now but my mum met him and was drinking I think… in the crown pub at the bottom of the road where I grew up in alverthorpe said he came in on Christmas time when she was drinking with a friend and my mum said at the time he looked homeless and probably just wanted a drink and to stay out of the cold and she said he seemed like a nice man or not a bad man and the woman behind the counter said he had to stay away from the bar and not cause trouble and at the time my mum didn’t know who he was and the woman told my mum it was Paul Sykes and She didn’t think much of it but my grandad used to say he used to cross the “syksesy” crossed the road so whether sensationalism or whether he just hadn’t had anything to drink when he met my mum and my grandad had heard more and was well informed I can’t say as I don’t know for sure

  • @woodsy555
    @woodsy555 3 роки тому +6

    2 legends here great stuff 👍👍

  • @AngelThree6
    @AngelThree6 3 роки тому +23

    No money for wife n kids. No job. In n out of jail. Hardman ye right. Doormen aint scared of these bullies it just takes a few more of us.

    • @waynereynolds3211
      @waynereynolds3211 3 роки тому +11

      Yes right if Paul Sykes was alive now you wouldn't have put your post up because he knocked you and the rest of your door men into one .your the bully because you can't do it one on one .

    • @robbiethebinman1805
      @robbiethebinman1805 3 роки тому +1

      Shut up

    • @arthurtaylor9765
      @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому

      You know I know no and Paul won't that bad

    • @kevvome
      @kevvome 3 роки тому +1

      And a few more in reserve.

    • @Joeblogs111
      @Joeblogs111 3 роки тому +3

      Just takes a few more of us? How is this statement not cowardice

  • @daveybaby10
    @daveybaby10 3 роки тому +7

    If you caught paul on a good day he was the nicest guy ever but after a few beers he was a mare.....head doorman at rooftops was called rubik I think early 90s and another one with a blonde flat top haircut and both them stood up to him and he laughed at them lol

  • @roastedicons1234
    @roastedicons1234 2 роки тому +2

    This is a excellent channel 👏 👍

  • @jameshutchinson6273
    @jameshutchinson6273 3 роки тому +9

    Spaghetti stand off, know locally as the pasta disaster!!!

  • @bunzlbear
    @bunzlbear 3 роки тому +1

    Looks brilliant 👏

  • @vickigreenwood4597
    @vickigreenwood4597 3 роки тому +3

    I'm from Wakefield and Paul sykes was a very intelligent man xx

    • @lardy70s
      @lardy70s 3 роки тому +3

      Not that intelligent as he lost everything. He lost his family, self respect and ended in the gutter.

    • @vickigreenwood4597
      @vickigreenwood4597 3 роки тому +1

      @@lardy70s nothing lasts forever

  • @surfghost9121
    @surfghost9121 Рік тому +3

    Sounds like all the bars should have just had a weighted steel net to throw over him when he went nuts.

    • @Day-ZDuke
      @Day-ZDuke Місяць тому +1

      LoL like a rabid animal

  • @manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069
    @manofkentcatapultsgunsando5069 3 роки тому +34

    Time to Jack the Door job when the likes of Paul Sykes wants to get lively,,,,,,,,30 or 40 quid ain't cutting it

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +8

      😂😂😂😂

    • @monitor4728
      @monitor4728 3 роки тому +1

      Plenty of good doorman from Liverpool would have SMASHED Sykes ...FACT !!!!

    • @alfiebrown4491
      @alfiebrown4491 3 роки тому +6

      @@monitor4728 no... he was a British level heavyweight boxer who had a temper, he would probably take 2 of Liverpool’s hardest doormen and smash the pair of them

    • @monitor4728
      @monitor4728 3 роки тому +1

      @@alfiebrown4491 no fuckin chance ...he’d of lasted 5 minutes in the likes of Liverpool, Manchester, London ...so jog on nugget 💯👍🏻

    • @monitor4728
      @monitor4728 3 роки тому

      @@alfiebrown4491 didn’t I tell you to go and Google Terry O’Neill Dick head .....go on now do as you’re told and learn a free lesson !!!!

  • @jeremywentworth1833
    @jeremywentworth1833 2 роки тому +1

    Rubic head bouncer at Casanova's rooftops and bourbon Street ,Les Carr top doorman at Rumours our oldman made all their jackets etc.pubs and clubs emptied ppq soon as Sykesy turned up.

  • @elliotgregory3356
    @elliotgregory3356 3 роки тому +11

    Back in 1998 I can remember reading an article about this man and until I watched this video I couldn't remember for the life of me who it was about!
    Certain things stuck in my mind. The article me mentioned his incredible fitness level, a resting heart rate of 50 which was the samoas Bjorn Borg, but it also touched on his injuries.
    I remember a frayed elbow tendon and shot knee ligaments written about and it always stuck in my mind as I had the same elbow tendon injury from boxing.
    I was 25 then so I'm almost 48 now and the one thing I took from reading it was that he maybe had a massive sense of regret for the life he had lived and the pain he had caused, probably to a lot of innocent people?
    It's funny how these " hard men" burn out so quickly and maybe there is a sense of karma here?

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +4

      It is always the case, things catch up with us all eventually, if we’re not nice

    • @spencergregory8049
      @spencergregory8049 3 роки тому +11

      @@warcrypublishing Agreed. It's funny how hard men look to build a reputation without, a lot of the time, putting themselves in tough situations. When I boxed I realized that a lot of doormen ( not all) had strength in numbers and a rep built on nothing really spectacular.
      My gramp fought in and survived Ww2 and yet remained humble and dignified until the day he died. A lot of these guys survived situations a lot worse than anything these bullies did. To me they are true ",hard men"

    • @spencergregory8049
      @spencergregory8049 3 роки тому +1

      @Mark Sesum Yep. And what goes around comes around....

  • @bigtoebundy3828
    @bigtoebundy3828 3 роки тому +2

    Tery Mitchell tells a different story
    And I'm gonna go with Terry
    Very humble guy

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      Terry's story is in the book Unfinished Agony, this video isn't really about Terry, he worked the doors in Leeds (not Wakefield)

    • @neilrogers6767
      @neilrogers6767 3 роки тому

      Terry Mitchell was a very tough cookie for anyone.

    • @spongebob8678
      @spongebob8678 2 роки тому

      ask terry why he was named tefal terry...

  • @shirley-anneboyle8880
    @shirley-anneboyle8880 3 роки тому +7

    Fab watch x

  • @simonrusk3338
    @simonrusk3338 3 роки тому +1

    Well explained Jamie..👍

  • @unclejoe7958
    @unclejoe7958 2 роки тому +4

    It’s sharks 🦈.

  • @paulnaylor1849
    @paulnaylor1849 3 роки тому +3

    Les Carr and His brother Dave Williams used to teach Myself, My Dad and Sister Karate in the early 80s

  • @trianedtog0417
    @trianedtog0417 3 роки тому +5

    Worth money paul sykes book rip now his book Worth a lot of money 💰 😢

  • @maynardlavery9258
    @maynardlavery9258 3 роки тому +7

    The only man to swim the straights of zohore.

  • @BlackDahlia776
    @BlackDahlia776 3 роки тому +5

    I have read them all twice over.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      Good man

    • @amarsha4
      @amarsha4 3 роки тому +2

      I've read them all back-to-front based on the camera in all these videos.

  • @Jack-mw3rp
    @Jack-mw3rp 3 роки тому +4

    He was fearless anyway and when he drank it just amplified his fearlessness even more

  • @jijigooglhyman3919
    @jijigooglhyman3919 3 роки тому +5

    He got jumped by 10 guys one time and they had him pinned down just beating the crap out of him....i had to pull him up and get him out of the bar

    • @kevinbarry6880
      @kevinbarry6880 12 днів тому

      Could I ask what year this were ? And where

  • @stephenmozzarella6493
    @stephenmozzarella6493 3 роки тому +3

    Hi Jamie in what order would you recommend I read the books ? Thanks in advance :)

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +3

      Sweet Agony, Unfinished, further and Final Agony. Also its sharks

    • @stephenmozzarella6493
      @stephenmozzarella6493 3 роки тому

      @@warcrypublishing cheers ears look forward to reading them :)

  • @curlyteeth3097
    @curlyteeth3097 3 роки тому +16

    Les carr the doorman at Wakefield rooftop Gardens would always make paul think twice ....don't know if they had history....but when confronted with les his tune would change... he would not attempt to go past the threshold ... it was like silverback confronting silverback... les would humour and enlighten paul.. but les never feared him

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      Accurate account. Cheers

    • @grahamarnhem8659
      @grahamarnhem8659 3 роки тому

      Lee's carr was a strong karateka.

    • @kennywilliams9400
      @kennywilliams9400 2 роки тому +1

      Both soba in feild is the real test 🎯 les carr and terry mitchell sound real tough men who would of give lenny and roy problems 💯%

  • @user-lk2jp9ij5t
    @user-lk2jp9ij5t 2 роки тому +1

    Couple of questions. Do you know who the interviewer was when they are sat in the back garden and roughly what year was it, im thinking about 1990ish? Also do you know what street in Lupset this house was, im in Flanshaw which is a couple of miles from Lupset.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  2 роки тому +1

      Yes it was 1989 and Gissing Road

    • @user-lk2jp9ij5t
      @user-lk2jp9ij5t 2 роки тому

      @@warcrypublishing Not bad for an estimated guess. Thanks and keep up the brill work

    • @gavinpeters949
      @gavinpeters949 2 роки тому

      Hi guys. Is it definitely Gissing Road? The layout of the windows of Paul's house has one main window for each room. If you look on Google Maps each house has two smaller windows for each room seperated by the concrete of the house, and I can't seem to find one house on Gissing Road that has the 'one window to room' layout?

  • @keithpadgett2817
    @keithpadgett2817 3 роки тому +6

    Les Carr, Tony Garforth and a few others were never phased by paul sykes

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      We’re they from Wakey? A few names weren’t, Paul Burke for instance

    • @spongebob8678
      @spongebob8678 2 роки тому

      burkey was from wakey .sold the best hamburgers in england ..tony garforth ossett ..les carr .dont no..syksey set burky up .paul got a 4 stretch...was with a friend of mine one nite in the talbot in wakey ..syksey sat next to this man and his wife..this is in the 70s..openly flirting with the mans wife trying to goad the husband...my pal asked him to come away from the couple as he new them .to my suprise syksey stood up and walked out with his bully pals....my pals name..thats another story he was from kinsley.....not a man to cross..syksey got the messege that nite ..

    • @spongebob8678
      @spongebob8678 2 роки тому

      @@warcrypublishing yer burky was from wakey .

    • @tonyteo7778
      @tonyteo7778 Рік тому

      @@spongebob8678 Les Carr went to Grange School in Bradford and attended karate at Church Hall which was run by Roy Stanhope. He has a brother called Dave Williams.

  • @jimlock6152
    @jimlock6152 3 роки тому +3

    Screws were petrified of him in Durham in the 70’s but he certainly was a liberty taker... a screw called Johnston was his double to look at..

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      We’re you there? Do you mind me asking, how old are you?

    • @jimlock6152
      @jimlock6152 3 роки тому +2

      @@warcrypublishing I’m 61 was in Durham when I was 19, got 3 years in Carlisle.. I personally didn’t see him as he was shipped out, just before I arrived.. Everyone said Johnston the screw was his twin..
      I was in Durham when he fought Gardiner and the prisoners were banking on their cell doors when he lost.. I think a lot didn’t like him because they certainly feared him..

  • @marcocastagnetti7086
    @marcocastagnetti7086 3 роки тому +14

    What a great legacy he has left behind, fantastic debut to society.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +3

      Debut?

    • @marcocastagnetti7086
      @marcocastagnetti7086 3 роки тому +4

      Apologies for the incorrect spelling of (debt) I surpose this vindicates Mr Sykes of his wrong doings and doesn't warrant an answer to my post, cheers keep up the good work.

    • @DavidThomas-yk8wh
      @DavidThomas-yk8wh 3 роки тому +9

      @@warcrypublishing you do realise everytime you put a book to the camera it's backwards lol

    • @scottchawner2170
      @scottchawner2170 2 роки тому +2

      He was a bully, Nothing but a shit stain to society.

    • @waterworks6355
      @waterworks6355 2 роки тому +1

      @@warcrypublishing " Turn the fucking music down I don't need this electronic shite to be fucking heard!" Paul Sykes busting into the next door neighbours party in 1991

  • @sinsakalovic1142
    @sinsakalovic1142 3 роки тому +27

    That's either Thomas Brolin post HRT or Ian Walker has put the beef on

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +2

      OK..

    • @amshia0121
      @amshia0121 3 роки тому

      You mean TRT ?? HRT is for menopause lmao

    • @sinsakalovic1142
      @sinsakalovic1142 3 роки тому +2

      @@amshia0121 that was part of the joke my dear

    • @amshia0121
      @amshia0121 3 роки тому +1

      @@sinsakalovic1142 ohhh straight over my head lmao :D

    • @sinsakalovic1142
      @sinsakalovic1142 3 роки тому +3

      @@amshia0121 my old man once tried to give up smoking. He put my mother HRT patches on for a month instead of nicorete. He hasn't shaved since 2006

  • @netflixkill
    @netflixkill Рік тому +2

    Spaghetti Standoff 😂 Mexican Standoff

  • @arthurtaylor9765
    @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +4

    What are you talking about couldn't fight the only lost the heavyweight commonwealth championship to Gardiner because he ducked it turned and the judge said he had turn too far

  • @mrbig9595
    @mrbig9595 2 роки тому +2

    2001 02 when I met him a thought what a loverly guy

  • @SugarRayTaylor
    @SugarRayTaylor 3 роки тому +9

    Mexican standoff. Not to be confused with a Spaghetti Western.

  • @davidramonemorrison2652
    @davidramonemorrison2652 3 роки тому +2

    Definitely an interesting character.

  • @davet732
    @davet732 3 роки тому +19

    When i was a young lad Sykes walked into a pub at the bottom of westgate and sat at the bar. He just sat drinking his own cans of larger without a word being said to him. But one thing that sticks in my mind is the size of his hands they were huge.

  • @jeremywentworth1833
    @jeremywentworth1833 2 роки тому +2

    Wood Street closed not long after Sykesy passed away,West Yorkshire police made a 1000 coppers redundant lol

  • @kebabtank
    @kebabtank 3 роки тому +6

    I will always remember Sykes' lovely wife Cathy in the tv documentary. I wonder what became of her? I felt so sorry for her being maried to Paul. That said, she seemed to worship the ground he walked on.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +6

      Shes still about and doing well. Went on to marry again and have more kids. Shes around 58 now

    • @kebabtank
      @kebabtank 3 роки тому +1

      @@warcrypublishing Cheers mate, I'm glad to hear that. I've just subscribed to your channel as well.

    • @johnconnors6412
      @johnconnors6412 3 роки тому

      Or terrified

    • @kevvome
      @kevvome 3 роки тому +9

      She was shit scared of him.
      If you study body language you can tell she regards herself as his property and not his wife.
      Kath will have been in heaven every rime he was sent down, which was most of his life.
      He never loved anyone but himself in his life. People like him are incapable of giving or receiving love and look upon anyone weaker than themselves as prey.
      I've said this before and I'll say it again.I know for certain that Kath won't have slept a wink when he was due out of prison.
      She won't have had a penny to do the shopping with because pisshead Sykes took all her money for booze. Fortunately for Kath she had lots of time to heal due to his habit of going back to the place he loved best...Prison .It saved her sanity and her life when he was away from her and she must have felt like a lottery winner every time he got sent down.
      At least she survived her trips to hell and back. That proves she was a lot stronger than Sykes ever was.

    • @ceesmith
      @ceesmith 3 роки тому +3

      @@kevvome That bit where he comes home first time out after his latest stretch and turns off the kitchen lights because the unnatural light will atrophy her eyes and "get the kettle on" - we can almost see what she is thinking.

  • @monitor4728
    @monitor4728 3 роки тому +2

    We had a similar character called Brian Schumacher who was an ex Olympian and British champion who was also a terrible drunk and bully like Sykes and terrorised the clubs and bars around Liverpool . He ended up getting flattened by a doorman called John Hornsby then got 20yrs for killing his farther in law with his fists . He’s out now in a hostel and he’s just done an interview on UA-cam ...worth a look .

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      Cheers. Will take a look

    • @richardwood1575
      @richardwood1575 2 роки тому +1

      Just watched the Brian Schumacher interview. Thanks very much , I really enjoyed it, although very sad. Hopefully Brian is able to turn his life around .

    • @monitor4728
      @monitor4728 2 роки тому

      @@richardwood1575 glad you enjoyed it mate 💯👍🏻

    • @joeowenstalkingsense4439
      @joeowenstalkingsense4439 Рік тому +1

      John Hornsby took advantage of Brian at his lowest ebb in the Grafton Club, but still couldn’t put Brian away. Hornsby wouldn’t have lasted 5 seconds with (a coke, booze free) Brian. Yes, Brian could be a pain.

    • @monitor4728
      @monitor4728 Рік тому +1

      @@joeowenstalkingsense4439 I don’t agree Hornsby wasn’t a boxer but was a really good street fighter who could bang ( as you well know ) . In a boxing fight then obviously Schumacher but in a street fight Hornsby all day ( even in Schumachers prime 🤷🏽) Schumacher was a terrible bully who preyed on the weak , he murdered an old man and a bigger stronger man beat him . A fitting end to a bad bully .

  • @patrickpirelli7897
    @patrickpirelli7897 Рік тому +2

    Les car was my sons mother's brother he had one harm and brought me up and I used to help him fix his trike and what have yer. You might not like to hear this but he was not a good fighter and used to call me a quiet nasty bastard and bless him Les as passed away now but it was caus he was a saton slave that people looked at him been hard, bless

  • @midnightrider4066
    @midnightrider4066 3 роки тому +5

    So further agony is celebs talking about him?,as Jamie said this was best book,I thought Jamie’s final agony was most gritty?

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      Celebs?

    • @midnightrider4066
      @midnightrider4066 3 роки тому +1

      @@warcrypublishing I think I got it wrong Jamie was holding final agony up and saying it was best book wasn’t he,il order it tomorrow

  • @dougieroberts7045
    @dougieroberts7045 3 роки тому +5

    Strip away the methaphors, the innuendo, the bloke was a bully.

  • @iangrason2274
    @iangrason2274 3 роки тому +15

    A friend of mine had a job as a supermarket security guard in wakey in the 90s and got fired for refusing to confront sykes for causing bother. He was apparently walking around the isles with a Banana as a mic singing a monty python song into it.

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +5

      Wish we had a video of that

    • @marcusrenshaw5771
      @marcusrenshaw5771 3 роки тому +8

      Always look on the bright sude of life

    • @justinlanger7109
      @justinlanger7109 Рік тому +1

      Sykes could be vicious towards oranges 🍊 from what I've heard squeeze the life outta them and discard the peels not a nice man.

    • @pauljones8218
      @pauljones8218 9 місяців тому

      @@justinlanger7109 he impressed me one day when i seen him crushing grapes with just the one hand

    • @MrT67
      @MrT67 8 місяців тому

      Apparently he smashed a few melons in his time.

  • @murphybill667
    @murphybill667 3 роки тому +2

    Where can I get a copy of his book.? Further agony?

  • @trevorhensby2118
    @trevorhensby2118 3 роки тому +4

    Mark is from Normanton

  • @arthurtaylor9765
    @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +4

    And what club was this supposed to be

  • @CrossfitNath
    @CrossfitNath 3 роки тому +14

    Your hero worship of Paul is very strange...

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      Not sure it’s that..

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 роки тому

      @Stanly Stud definitely starting to think you are one of his victims 👀 #metoo

    • @willleon9165
      @willleon9165 2 роки тому

      Don't see any hero worship just balanced view of a man who obviously fascinated many

  • @20thcenturygamingc64
    @20thcenturygamingc64 3 роки тому +4

    No matter what, he has had an interesting and fascinating life. These characters always intrigue me, same as Lee Duffy and Frank Mitchell do.

    • @RonWylie-gk5lc
      @RonWylie-gk5lc 3 роки тому +1

      Paul didnt have that much of a life as we know it, he spent all that time locked up!, not a life I would ever want locked away with a load of other hairy arsed blokes

    • @a.v.london1952
      @a.v.london1952 2 роки тому +4

      Yes interesting buy those guys are nothing compared to the infamous very dangerous Ronnie Pickering! Now he's a real legend

  • @richardwalker2689
    @richardwalker2689 2 роки тому +2

    I was a pretty good amateur boxer. Always came 2nd (or 3rd if there was a ref)

  • @leogreen6116
    @leogreen6116 3 роки тому +5

    It's like you were there lol

  • @barryhayes2772
    @barryhayes2772 3 роки тому +2

    Why does this youngster idolise Sykes so much

  • @spongebob8678
    @spongebob8678 2 роки тому +2

    a friend of mine god rest is soul syksey always avoided ..richard fields...no one ever crossed his path...

  • @bethnalgreenborn1266
    @bethnalgreenborn1266 3 роки тому +5

    Nice one Jamie 👍

  • @007raybould
    @007raybould 3 роки тому +10

    My uncle was in Durham prison with Paul he said he was off his head

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +1

      What year?

    • @kennywilliams9400
      @kennywilliams9400 3 роки тому +1

      @Stanly Stud are you speaking from experience

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 роки тому +1

      @Stanly Stud you sound like one of his victims 😂

    • @BillReilly1979
      @BillReilly1979 2 роки тому +2

      He's lucky he didn't get shot and if he would have done Duffy so easy then why were they kept apart ? Cos Duffy was young and fit and Sykes was a badly ill man, even at 40 odd.
      In the ring, yes. In a real world fight + no chance - Duffy would kill him.
      That's why Duffy hated him - cos he knew he was beatable and bullying kids with no fighting skill. No hardman wants to be known as a fiddler and Sykes should have thought of that.
      Again + aged 30 + in the ring, Sykes would run all over Lee. But, things weren't like that and Cockerill would have snapped him in half.
      Unfair for the guy - cos the doc shows him ageing and ill. The young Sykes + different story and I'd agree to that fully. 👍

  • @jimarmstrong2458
    @jimarmstrong2458 3 роки тому +7

    didnt know ricky gervais had a brother

  • @arthurtaylor9765
    @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +2

    No he wasn't a door man he beat the doorman up

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +3

      Nowhere in that video does it say he was a doorman, maybe watch it again

  • @davecollins9075
    @davecollins9075 3 роки тому +4

    He didn't mess with John l gardner

  • @michaeldurkin8312
    @michaeldurkin8312 8 місяців тому +2

    Good man

  • @yeyeyey
    @yeyeyey 3 роки тому +5

    These "He wouldn't have lasted 2 minutes in (pick city)" comments are so cringeworthy...seen around 5 different cities proposed across different video's now lol! Its like a variation of the classic 'my dad's harder than your dad' you'd hear in a school playground.

  • @cosmos-smallpiece5786
    @cosmos-smallpiece5786 2 роки тому +2

    Paul Sykes would make pensioners stand up and salute him when he walked into the working mens club in Ossett. Full on bully but very funny bloke .When he fought JL Gardner he was outboxing him but quit because his stamina let him down .

    • @cosmos-smallpiece5786
      @cosmos-smallpiece5786 2 роки тому +1

      Love you video presentations .I’ve ordered some on Amazon your book pal

  • @andymason5715
    @andymason5715 9 місяців тому +1

    In the late 80s early 90s no one on the doors could touch sykes and his cronies. They got banned from nearly every pub and club in wakey town centre and moved on to nearby Ossett to terroise everyone there.

  • @patrickpirelli7897
    @patrickpirelli7897 Рік тому +1

    My son's mother's brother was called les carr he was a saton slave who brought me up, he was the founder of the Shipley chapter. The saton slaves would just do away with people like that if he walked in the pub and tried it on

  • @talkinghead3169
    @talkinghead3169 Рік тому +2

    Why is Samaras (Celtic) on the wall?

  • @danielle5360
    @danielle5360 3 роки тому +4

    Am frm Wakefield, and Paul was a bugger, but he could also be lovely too bless him, rest in peace Paul sykes, legend

  • @mikeweston3514
    @mikeweston3514 2 роки тому +2

    Great work jamie when film out and duffy 1

  • @oldbag3043
    @oldbag3043 3 роки тому +1

    We have a lot of lads who can give you a problem in Nottingham but we also have a lot of spit and saw dust gyms, we used to have the hardest lads on the doors and times where peaceful but now rules and regs mean these lads can not get door badges, I have only ever done doors a few times and had a really nice evening both times

    • @olally7270
      @olally7270 3 роки тому

      We’re here for Paul Sykes not Nottingham

    • @oldbag3043
      @oldbag3043 3 роки тому

      @@olally7270 I guess he is an old man now then our Paul Sykes

    • @olally7270
      @olally7270 3 роки тому

      @@oldbag3043 He’s brown bread

    • @oldbag3043
      @oldbag3043 3 роки тому

      @@olally7270 well may he rest in peace

    • @jakezywek6852
      @jakezywek6852 2 роки тому

      @@olally7270 at least Nottinghamshire worked in the 80s.

  • @harryf1ashman
    @harryf1ashman 3 роки тому +17

    “A nobody who thinks he is somebody”.
    He wouldn’t have gone a round with Mike Tyson. Let’s keep it real. Outside of Wakefield he was a non event.

    • @bombardierbeaumont8351
      @bombardierbeaumont8351 3 роки тому +2

      A legend in his own back yard. Wow 👏

    • @bombardierbeaumont8351
      @bombardierbeaumont8351 3 роки тому +2

      A lot of it is down to psychology or syching out your opponent.

    • @jamesmuller1077
      @jamesmuller1077 3 роки тому +1

      @@questioneverything8301 you must be about 10

    • @RM-jb1wo
      @RM-jb1wo 3 роки тому +6

      Nah the bloke could fight. He could box as well. Imagine if he had been serious and dedicated to boxing. I think he would of done very well

    • @melseymizouri4792
      @melseymizouri4792 3 роки тому +6

      Not many people would go with Tyson in his prime . Stupid comment

  • @annonom1058
    @annonom1058 Рік тому +1

    I wonder what a Sykes vs Geoff Thompson would have looked like…

  • @jacski7
    @jacski7 3 роки тому +2

    What’s with the camera settings ?

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому

      ??

    • @jacski7
      @jacski7 3 роки тому +2

      All the prints backwards like it’s filming a reflection.

  • @NoName-vy8vu
    @NoName-vy8vu 3 роки тому +3

    Is sweet agony worth a purchase?

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @NoName-vy8vu
      @NoName-vy8vu 3 роки тому

      @@boxing8831 Fucking hell, that’s all Paul Sykes ?

    • @robs2000
      @robs2000 3 роки тому

      got to admit it's very well written

  • @mg6844
    @mg6844 3 роки тому +8

    Doormans worse nightmare worse than Paul Sykes is out .. is Paul Sykes is in .... In your club 😂😂😂

  • @AlanM1966
    @AlanM1966 3 роки тому +2

    Why is the picture back to front? 🤔

  • @robertwada4039
    @robertwada4039 Рік тому +3

    not saying Paul Sykes was not a hard man in or out of the boxing ring but in my opinion as an ex professional boxer my self Paul Sykes was never a world class boxer best he would ever have got to would have been British possibly European champion back is his day they were to many top world class contenders in america british boxer joe bugner fought some of the top guys back then and always gave a good account of him self went the distance with most of them sykes would have been ko he would never have beat them not a chance but that is just my opinion never meet Paul didn't no him just story's and boxing videos iv seen

  • @arthurtaylor9765
    @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +11

    Biggest load of bullocks I have ever heard

    • @warcrypublishing
      @warcrypublishing  3 роки тому +2

      So what brought you here?

    • @mgtkr1
      @mgtkr1 3 роки тому +3

      @@warcrypublishing arthur taylor, check it aaaart youtube

    • @arthurtaylor9765
      @arthurtaylor9765 3 роки тому +1

      @@ehxbigmuffpi7149 I'm sorry mate you're right I don't know everything and I'm sorry I went off on one respect hope you accept my apology

    • @1982garyo
      @1982garyo 3 роки тому

      Im good friends with is son he's lifed off now for murder he is a big name in the dispersals bit of a bully so ive heard now

    • @mgtkr1
      @mgtkr1 3 роки тому

      @@1982garyo which one? my mate was next door to paul jr in lindholme recently

  • @robmaddison8645
    @robmaddison8645 3 роки тому +5

    Sykes.... McLean..... Dahlin..... Brolin

  • @grahamwaugh
    @grahamwaugh 3 роки тому +2

    How can I contact Warcry?