Biography of terry lawless

English boxing trainer and manager

Terry Lawless (29 March 1933 – 24 December 2009) was an English boxingmanager and trainer who worked in London, most successfully during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Born in West Ham, Lawless started his coaching and management career in 1957 after his National Service, and formed a close friendship with Norman Giller, who was then sports editor of the local Stratford Express newspaper.

Lawless was based at the Royal Oak gym in the Canning Town district of London.^[1] Giller was his publicist throughout his career.

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His early stable of local boxers included former London amateurs such as Stan Kennedy, Johnny Caiger, Jimmy Tibbs, Silvester Mittee and Jimmy Anderson. He hired George Wiggs and Frank Black as his training assistants, both of whom stayed with him for more than ten years.

Tibbs later rejoined Lawless as a trainer, as did George Francis, who formed a winning team with Frank Bruno.^[ci