Lloyd Honeyghan (born 22 April 1960) is a British former
professional boxer
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who competed from 1980 to 1995. He reigned as the
undisputed
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welterweight
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champion from 1986 to 1987, and held the
WBC, ''
The Ring'' magazine welterweight titles twice between 1986 and 1989. At regional level he held the
British
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,
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and
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welterweight titles between 1983 and 1985, and the Commonwealth
super-welterweight
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title from 1993 to 1994.
Early life and amateur career
Honeyghan was born in Jamaica and spent his early years there.
He came to England at the age of nine to join his parents who had settled in
Bermondsey
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. He took up boxing at the age of 11 with the Fisher Amateur Boxing club. He was a good, rather than an outstanding amateur boxer. He boxed for England but never won an
ABA title, being beaten in the English semi-finals by
Joey Frost in 1979. In the 1980 ABA championships he was beaten early in the competition on points by Gunther Roomes, at the South East Division of the London championships and decided to turn professional.
Professional career
Honeyghan turned professional with
Terry Lawless
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in 1980. He debuted with a six-round
points decision victory over fellow novice Mike Sullivan. He won his first 13 fights, including a victory over the tough
Kostas Petrou
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. Before positioning himself for an eliminator against the capable
Lloyd Hibbert
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for the
British welterweight title on 18 January 1983. Honeyghan outpointed the future
British super-welterweight champion over ten rounds. He followed this by capturing the
Southern Area welterweight title with a fourth-round
knockout
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over the dangerous Sid Smith in March 1983.
British welterweight champion
Honeyghan captured the
British welterweight title via a twelve-round points decision against the tough Cliff Gilpin on 5 April 1983, after suffering the first knockdown of his career in the second round. Honeyghan later stated that Gilpin gave him one of his hardest fights.
He remained busy throughout 1983, travelling to the United States to defeat Kevin Austin, then outpointing US contender
Harold Brazier
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in London before rounding off the year with a clear points victory in a British title rematch with Cliff Gilpin.
In 1984 Honeyghan fought only once, defeating Roberto Mendez. He suffered a broken thumb and had to have a pin inserted into his left hand to keep the bone in place.
European welterweight champion
On 5 January 1985 he captured the
European welterweight title with a highly impressive third-round knockout of future two-time super-welterweight world champion
Gianfranco Rosi in
Perugia
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, Italy. In sparring preparing for the contest Honeyghan had been knocked out by former ABA champion David Dent, who was not known as a puncher. However, it didn't affect his performance as he achieved the rare feat of a foreign fighter obtaining a victory in Italy. Following this, Honeyghan defeated R W Smith (better known as Robert Smith) who is the current General Secretary of the
British Boxing Board of Control
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in six rounds. He kept extremely busy during 1985, defeating three US contenders in world title challenger
Roger Stafford, followed by
Danny Paul
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and Ralph Twinning.
Honeyghan and Lawless parted company because Honeyghan believed that Lawless was spending too much time on the career of
Frank Bruno
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and not enough on his career. As such the two couldn't get on and things came to a head following an altercation between Honeyghan and his trainer Jimmy Tibbs, in the Royal Oak gym run by Lawless. Apparently Honeyghan turned up late for training and an argument between the two ensued ending with bystanders having to drag them apart. Following the incident, Lawless banned Honeyghan from his gym; Honeyghan promptly signed with
Mickey Duff
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Early life
Duff was born Monek Prager to a Jewish family in Tarnów, Poland on 7 June 1929. His father, a rabbi, helped the family ...
.
[Twenty and Out: A Life in Boxing - Mickey Duff ]
Honeyghan appointed former
British featherweight champion as his new trainer and closed out 1985 with a stoppage victory over fellow world rated Briton and former stablemate
Sylvester Mittee
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, for the British, European, and
Commonwealth welterweight titles.
On 20 May 1986 Honeyghan stopped top US contender
Horace Shufford in eight rounds in London, earning him a title shot against the unbeaten and
undisputed welterweight world champion Donald Curry
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of the US.
Undisputed welterweight champion
On 27 September 1986, Honeyghan defeated Curry for the undisputed welterweight title. The fight took place in
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.
At the time Curry was considered to be one of the best
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fighters in the world with his only possible rival being
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. Honeyghan was given little chance by the majority of the media. However, there were rumours that Curry was having difficulty making the welterweight limit and that this would be his last fight at the weight. The betting odds prior to the fight were 7.5–1 against Honeyghan. His manager Duff placed a bet of $5,000 on Honeyghan to win. When he told Honeyghan what he had done he said that they could split it down the middle. Duff refused and told him to place his own bets. Honeyghan asked Duff to place a bet of $5,000 on his behalf but when he went back to place the bet the odds had reduced to 6-1 and Duff placed the bet. When he told Honeyghan about the reduced odds he said they could split the difference and again Duff refused. He caused a major upset by dominating the fight, nearly dropping Curry in the second round, before Curry retired at the end of round six. Curry suffered a broken nose along with cuts to his lip and above his eye, which required 20 stitches. As a result of his bet Honeyghan earned an additional $30,000 and Duff relented and split the difference paying him an additional $3,750 because he was the one who had won the fight..
At the press conference before the fight Curry had dismissed his little known and lightly taken British opponent, asking "Who is this ragamuffin?" Because Honeyghan had come to the press conference in casual clothes. Honeyghan thereafter adopted the title 'Raggamuffin' with relish. Embracing his Jamaican heritage where a raggamuffin is a streetwise tough guy. Prior to this his ring moniker had been Lloyd 'Honey' Honeyghan.
The fight had taken place one night after another "expert shocker", when
Edwin Rosario
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knocked out
Livingstone Bramble
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in two rounds to claim the
WBA lightweight title, and one week after Honeyghan's win, ''
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'' magazine mentioned his victory on their "Weekend of shockers!" issue's cover. (Rosario's photo was featured on the cover of that issue).
WBA title vacated
Honeyghan disagreed with the WBA's rules that allowed fights to take place in
apartheid
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South Africa, so he publicly and controversially dumped the
WBA welterweight title into a London trash bin soon after winning it, relinquishing the title rather than defending it against South African Harold Volbrecht. Honeyghan was criticised for showing a lack of respect after dropping the belt in the trash can, especially as
Deuk Koo Kim had lost his life in 1982 when fighting
Ray Mancini
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for the WBA Lightweight title. Honeyghan did admit to regretting his actions, which had resulted after he had been prompted to do so by tabloid newspaper photographers.
His stance proved significant, as soon after, the WBA stopped sanctioning fights held in South Africa. It also provided his manager
Mickey Duff
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with the opportunity to avoid
Mark Breland
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who would have become the number one contender, assuming that Honeyghan had won. The vacant title was won by Breland following a seventh-round stoppage of Volbrecht.
Continued title defences
After winning the world title he changed his boxer-puncher style to that of more of a brawler. He became known for his full frontal assault on opponents. Most boxers would spend the early rounds boxing cautiously until they had figured out their opponent's style of fighting. Honeyghan went for a knockout from the opening bell. Asked why he had changed his fighting style Honeyghan quipped "You don't get paid for overtime in this business."
In his first defence, after dominating and flooring his opponent in the first round. He caused controversy by (legally at that time) racing across the ring and trying to hit his opponent, former
super-lightweight world champion Johnny Bumphus
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, as soon as the bell sounded to start the second round. Honeyghan threw a left hook which missed but the momentum from his forearm knocked an unsteady Bumphus to the canvas. Honeyghan had a point deducted from his score and Bumphus was given time to recover. However, the fight had already been knocked out of him and he did not last much longer. Asked why he had done this, Honeyghan stated "The bell went ding and I went dong." The rules were changed following this incident so that at the beginning of each round the referee stands in the middle of the ring. Instead of in a neutral corner, as it had previously been, to prevent punches being thrown until both fighters are ready.
In his second defence of the title, Honeyghan defeated the then unbeaten future world champion
Maurice Blocker
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on points. He became a crowd pleaser with his all action style of fighting and recorded one of the fastest wins in a world title fight with a 45 second blowout of former Super-lightweight champion
Gene Hatcher
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of the US. His manager Duff said after the fight "The best fighter I have been involved with was
John Conteh
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, even though he never reached his full potential. Lloyd is catching him up fast. I've never known a more dedicated fighter."
Losing the titles
He controversially lost his WBC title to
Jorge Vaca
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in 1987 when a clash of heads meant that the fight had to be stopped due to a cut sustained by Vaca. Vaca had come in as a late replacement for
Bobby Joe Young who had been deemed an unacceptable opponent by the
British Boxing Board of Control
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. Honeyghan was expected to win the fight as Vaca was a relatively unknown fighter. However, an off form Honeyghan was given plenty of trouble by the heavy-handed Mexican. The WBC implemented their technical decision rule (which has now been withdrawn) and Honeyghan had a point deducted from his score, even though the clash of heads had been deemed accidental and the round had not been completed. Without the point deduction the fight would have been a draw meaning that Honeyghan would have retained his title. After the point deduction the scorecards favoured Vaca and he became the new champion.
The fight was not for the IBF title which was declared vacant and was subsequently won by
Simon Brown. Many fans said that Vaca had been given the decision because the WBC who are based in Mexico were holding their convention in London during the week of the fight.
Honeyghan became only the second British boxer in history to regain a world title, when he knocked Vaca out in a return fight for the WBC title in the third round. The first being
Ted "Kid" Lewis
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earlier in the 20th century. In the post-fight press conference Honeyghan, who could at times be an outspoken character. Expressed his views on Mickey Duff, stating "Mickey and I don't mix outside of boxing, he looks at me as a pawn, a commodity. I don't like him." This elicited a memorable response from Duff who stated "There is nothing in our contract that says we have to like each other I will continue to do the best job I can for him."
Honeyghan next defended against tough South Korean
Yung-Kil Chung, halting him in five rounds in July 1988 when the Korean refused to get up after being hit with an accidental low blow.
In February 1989 Honeyghan lost his WBC title to former Don Curry victim and arch-rival
Marlon Starling
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. There was bad blood between the two fighters and Honeyghan boxed wildly against the defensively excellent Starling. He was stopped in the ninth round after taking heavy punishment throughout the fight. Years before the two fought Starling came out with a classic foot in mouth boxing quote when he said "I'll fight Lloyd Honeyghan for nothing if the price is right." Honeyghan returned later in the year, labouring to a points decision over
Delfino Marin in Florida, however he appeared to be a fading force.
He had to apologise to the WBA for his previous actions in order to fight for the WBA title in 1990 against Mark Breland. By this time Honeyghan was past his best and was stopped by Breland in three rounds after being knocked down six times.
Later career at super-welterweight
In 1991, he resumed his career at super-welterweight having outgrown the welterweight division. During 1991 and 1992 he won six consecutive fights against relatively modest opposition in
Mario Olmedo,
John Welters, Darryl Anthony, Alfredo Ramirez,
Mickey Duncan and
Carlo Colarusso. In early 1993 he was still good enough to win the
Commonwealth super-welterweight title by defeating the useful
Mickey Hughes. However, in June of that year he was stopped in ten rounds by former world champion
Vinny Pazienza
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in a contest made at
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. Victories over
Steve Goodwin and in 1994
Kevin Adamson followed, with Honeyghan retaining the Commonwealth title in the latter fight. He did not fight for another year and retired after he was stopped in a bout by fellow Briton
Adrian Dodson in three rounds in 1995, on the undercard of
Nigel Benn vs. Gerald McClellan.
Doping allegations
Lloyd Honeyghan always had trouble with his hands and tested positive for a painkilling drug after his fight against Marlon Starling. He was fined $1,500 by the
Nevada Athletic Commission
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Personal life
On leaving school Honeyghan became an apprentice printer and he continued in this trade until he became a full time professional boxer.
In his younger days Honeyghan developed a reputation for being a flashy dresser and a ladies' man. The tabloid newspapers had a field-day when he became a world champion and revealed that he had fathered five children with three different women, none of whom he had married.
He was attacked and hit on the head with a hammer at a weigh-in at the Thomas A' Beckett gym in 1993. A fellow boxer,
Darren Dyer, was arrested and charged with causing actual bodily harm after the attack but was acquitted in the subsequent trial. There had been bad blood between the two stemming from the Curry fight, when Dyer who was also managed by Duff had been one of Honeyghan's sparring partners. The trouble between them started when Dyer was talking on the telephone in his hotel room to one of his relatives in England. The relative asked him how he thought Honeyghan would get on against Curry. Dyer stated that he didn't think that Honeyghan stood a chance and that Curry would knock him out. Unbeknown to him Honeyghan was in the hotel room next to his and heard everything that he said. Honeyghan took offence to his comments and confronted him about them. Dyer felt that Honeyghan had taken liberties with him in sparring as a means of getting his revenge for the comments. Bearing in mind that despite being a former ABA champion and Commonwealth games gold medal winner, Dyer at the time was still to make his professional debut. There had been an altercation between him and Dyer in the changing rooms following his win over Mickey Hughes for the Commonwealth title. Dennie Mancini had prevented Dyer from hitting Honeyghan on the head with the trophy he had just been presented with, as a result of winning the fight.
When
Frank Bruno
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fought
Oliver McCall for the WBC World heavyweight title in September 1995. Honeyghan entered the ring as a member of McCall's camp, despite the fact that he and Bruno had been friends in the past, when they had both been part of the
Terry Lawless
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stable of fighters. He received a lot of criticism from British boxing fans as a result of his actions.
Honeyghan and
Mike Tyson
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are friends and when Tyson came to England he acted as his guide. They had first met at the Curry fight where Tyson had been ringside and had been impressed by Honeyghan's performance. He stated "He's mean and nasty, he doesn't fight like a British fighter." At that time British fighters had a reputation in America for being gentlemanly but ending up horizontal.
In 2014 Bruno had to step in to stop Honeyghan and
Errol Christie
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from squaring up to each other at the Boxing Writers’ Club’s 63rd annual dinner at London’s Savoy Hotel. This came as a shock to many observers as the two had once been close friends. Christie stated “There was a bit of an incident with Lloyd. I don’t know what planet he was on but it’s different to the rest of us. No punches were thrown, he was just mouthing off and acting the big shot. He even had a go at Frank.”
He had a block of flats named after him in Southwark to mark his achievements.
Honeyghan put on a lot of weight in retirement and in October 2017, it was reported that he had suffered a heart attack but was making a good recovery in hospital. It was reported in September 2020 that Honeyghan had suffered a blood clot on his lung (
Pulmonary embolism
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) and was again being treated in hospital. As a result of his poor health, Honeyghan can no longer walk and has to use a wheelchair.
Business dealings
Towards the end of his boxing career Honeyghan got involved in the music business. He produced two CDs featuring various reggae artists.
In common with a lot of former boxing champions Honeyghan found himself in financial difficulties towards the end of his career and was forced to fight on beyond the point where he should have retired. At one stage he had owned a Rolls-Royce and several properties. However, he was declared bankrupt in 1994 and automatically discharged from bankruptcy in 1997.
Following his retirement, he tried his hand as a boxing manager and promoter. He promoted a few boxing shows in South London. However, without the backing of a television company it was difficult for him to make money and he eventually relinquished his promoter's licence.
Professional boxing record
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List of welterweight boxing champions
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List of IBF world champions
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List of ''The Ring'' world champions
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List of undisputed boxing champions
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Championship recognition
Titles have been awarded by:
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References
Further reading
*Mickey Duff "Twenty & Out" Harper Collins 1999
*Hugh McIlvanney "McIlvanney on Boxing" Stanley Paul 1982
*Errol Christie "No place to hide" Aurum Press 2010
*Jimmy Tibbs "Sparring with life" Trinity Mirror Sport Media 2014
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