John Conteh vs Billy Aird

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London - 6th June 1972

[@leoboxingmad]

Billy Aird my great great uncle. tough man, 4 hours notice, held his own.. warrior xxxxxx

[@mrsmith3930]

I boxed on the same show as Billy at Lewisham in the 80s and I trained at the Wellington alongside John. Both are nice Scousers with their Scouse humour!

[@dannylee3389]

Great era

[@richardbranton7396]

Risky fight for a top prospect even if Aird was only had four hours notice ,still 23 lbs ,no way would they risk a prisoect like that today

[@jimcameron4672]

The old three strand ring

[@paulchallinor3655]

Imagine if he would have used is right hand

[@Bloxdio_God]

To think in the ring Conteh weighs 180lb that's less than Canelo does when he gets in the ring.

[@plane7]

Conteh #470 all-time heavyweight ranking.Was 11-4-1 in ranked fights.

[@richardbranton7396]

Hw ??

[@ianhawdon3680]

Jon contey heavyweight?

[@richardbranton7396]

1st 18 fights at hw until Ali told him he was too light and should move down to lhw

[@xchindit]

Conteh would have made a pretty good light heavyweight..

[@andrewstannard8361]

😀

[@robertfrater3822]

He was good world champion 🏆

[@richardbranton7396]

He was wbc Lhw word champ ....