Tony Sibson was Commonwealth and European champion and a three-time world title challenger. His speed coupled with rugged power enabled him to be ranked as one of the best middleweights in the world and ultimately challenge Marvin Hagler for his world crown.

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children. Family HAGLER would go on to destroy the challenger over six one-sided rounds before referee Carlos Padilla waved the contest off after Sibson’s second visit to the canvas in the round. Asked by HBO’s Larry Merchant to evaluate Tony Sibson as a credible threat to his title reign during the fight night postmortem, Marvin Hagler replied, “I tried to move away from his left hook. I realized that was his big punch. I’ve been in there with some of the great fighters, you know? But right now I’m starting to think I am the greatest middleweight of all-time. I wanted to bring this recognition to the middleweights, now I have to start giving myself credit because I beat a hell of a fighter here today.”Marvelous Marvin Hagler: “The reach he had was phenomenal, the right jab, him being short, but he had very long arms. It was deceptive. He would switch all the time. You just didn’t know what was coming. He’d throw a jab, then turn orthodox and throw another jab. He was all over the place. His jabs were accurate and they had a lot of power. It would go straight through you, especially when a man’s coming straight at you, it doubles the impact. The jab was spot on; whatever punches he threw from the jab were all dangerous. He had every punch in the book.” The last time I saw him was in Milan around four years ago. I was in Milan for a Kasabian gig and Marvin came and joined us at the hotel. I was there with my mates from the British Legion in Blaby (a district of Leicester) and Marvin sat with us and chatted about life and boxing for hours. He had time for everyone. He really was a lovely man.

Egged on by the famous “Sibbo’s Army”, Tony had that extremely rare attribute that makes a fighter so watchable, for he could take his man out at any time with just one punch. His contemporaries, Dave Green and Jimmy Flint, were similar types. They each brought drama and raw energy to their contests and the fans loved them. With Tommy Hearns, finally they gave me what I’m looking for,” Hagler told The Ring. “I knew it was going to be that kind of a fight because [during] the buildup to the fight, he didn’t like me, I didn’t like him.” Lee Roy Murphy vs Chisanda Mutti: An epic and truly legendary battle. Murphy and Mutti went to war in Monaco and gave all they had and no one could have asked for more. But then came the unbelievable ending.Tony Sibson: “When I caught him, he never wobbled or anything. I didn’t land my best shots against Hagler.”

Word started to get around that Sibson had been curiously abstaining from sparring, at least since touching down in Massachusetts if not before. “I seldom spar too close to a fight anyway,” Tony said dismissively at the time. “How can I beat up my sparring partners and then go take showers with them?” These self-effacing remarks were consistent with Sibson’s laissez faire demeanor but raised eyebrows nevertheless, and the concern was warranted as Tony would admit after the fact. Tony had some early success, but was one paced and then it went downhill rapidly, with him stumbling to his knees several times from light blows until the ref stepped in. IN my last column I erroneously stated that Frankie Lucas failed twice when boxing for the British middleweight title. I said that he had lost to both Kevin Finnegan and Alan Minter. It was, of course, Tony Sibson, and not Minter, who beat Lucas in his second title attempt in 1979. This mistake will now be rectified by an appreciation of the young Sibson’s meteoric rise through the ranks during the early part of his career. Tony’s five-round victory over Lucas was for the vacant British title as Minter had, in fact, recently vacated it. Sibson also held both the Commonwealth and the European titles at a time when those titles meant something and he boxed for world belts on three occasions, at both middleweight and at light-heavyweight.

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Minter showed considerable character in putting the episode behind him, and four months later established himself as a world title contender by stopping his old foe Tonna in the sixth round at Wembley. When it comes to British boxing legends, one name that cannot be overlooked is Tony Sibson. Born on April 9, 1958, Sibson has left an indelible mark on the sport, particularly in the middleweight division. Today, I want to take you through his journey, from his early days to his rise as one of the most formidable contenders in the ring. Tate for the IBF in Stafford was his last hurrah and the 'Sibbo Army' came into disrepute that night. Why it should happen then and not umpteenth times before no one may ever know. Thomas Hearns vs Juan Roldan: Juan Roldan had already proven his mettle vs Hagler, and he brought the heat to “The Motor City Cobra” when they met in 1987. But despite landing some big shots and having Hearns seriously hurt in the opener, the free-swinging brawler was felled multiple times before being taken out in round four. The victory made Hearns the first in boxing history to win four divisional world titles. Hearns (right) battles Roldan for a truly historic title belt.