Mark Kaylor

Mark Kaylor (born 11 May 1961) is a former professional British boxer.

Kaylor was born in Canning Town but from the age of nine was brought up in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Kaylor won the British schoolboy title the first year he was eligible to take part and at the age of 16, moved back to Canning Town to live with his grandmother so that he could join a bigger boxing club at West Ham. In 1979, at the age of 17, Kaylor won the National Association of Boys Clubs Championships and the London senior title. In 1980, Kaylor won the British Amateur Boxing Association Championships and went to the European Junior championships in Rimini, Italy. Kaylor represented Great Britain in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, losing on a split decision in the quarter-finals. Perhaps his most famous fight came in 1985, when he defeated Errol Christie in the eighth round of a hard-fought match, marred with controversy due to a pre-fight punch-up between the pair, and by death threats from racist fans against Christie. Despite the controversy, Kaylor and Christie in fact showed great respect for each other after the match. Kaylor later commented, "Back then, I had a quick temper that I’d rather not have had. There was always this spark in my head! Today, I’m embarrassed by it. Errol was a nice guy. There’s no way I could behave like that now."^[1]

Kaylor appeared in Ron Peck's 1991 film Fighters, which follows a group of young East End boxers as they try to make it to the top in the boxing game.

Kaylor worked with Peck again in 1996, this time in a semi-improvised, fictional film Real Money, about a group of young boxers getting drawn into underworld villainy and crime. Real Money also starred other well known and well respected faces from the boxing world, such as father and son boxing legends Jimmy Tibbs and Mark Tibbs, Steve Roberts and Jason Rowland. boxer, writer and actor Jimmy Flint who had also starred in many of Ron Peck's films, and later went on to star in many films such as Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Revolver and Rise of The Footsoldier.

In 1996, Kaylor moved to California with his family. He is also very close to his nephew Charles Kaylor. He now coaches boxing and is an aerobics instructor at a gym.

Professional boxing record

40 Wins (34 knockouts, 6 decisions), 7 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions), 1 Draw [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	16-8	James Cook	TKO	6	1 June 1991	York Hall, London, England	EBU Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the sixth round.
Win	12-0	Roland Ericsson	TKO	4	20 March 1991	Battersea Town Hall, London, England
Win	12-2-1	Shannon Landberg	TKO	6	7 March 1991	Basildon Festival Hall, Basildon, England
Loss	14-1-2	Mauro Galvano	UD	12	31 March 1990	Capo d'Orlando, Italy	EBU Super Middleweight Title.
Draw	5-7-1	Jerry Okorodudu	MD	10	26 June 1989	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, U.S.
Loss	22-14-1	Tom Collins	KO	9	11 May 1988	Grand Hall, London, England	EBU Light Heavyweight Title.
Win	3-10	Roy Safford	KO	2	29 March 1988	Wembley Arena, London, England
Win	18-7	Charles Henderson	TKO	3	3 February 1988	Grand Hall, London, England
Win	13-5-1	Jamie Howe	TKO	4	24 October 1987	White Hart Lane, London, England
Win	5-2	Jack Basting	KO	6	27 June 1987	Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Win	16-2-1	Tommy Taylor	TKO	4	18 April 1987	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fourth round.
Win	14-13	Jimmy Shavers	PTS	8	22 February 1987	Grand Hall, London, England
Loss	36-0	Herol Graham	TKO	8	4 November 1986	Wembley Arena, London, England	EBU Middleweight Title.
Win	18-8-1	Tony Harrison	TKO	9	17 September 1986	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	18-6-4	Tony Cerda	TKO	6	19 July 1986	Wembley Stadium, London, England
Win	20-1	Errol Christie	KO	8	5 November 1985	London, England	Christie knocked out at 2:35 of the eighth round.
Win	21-4-1	Dwight Walker	PTS	10	16 June 1985	York Hall, London, England
Win	13-4	Richard Beranek	KO	3	14 April 1985	York Hall, London, England	Beranek knocked out at 1:25 of the third round.
Loss	50-5-1	Tony Sibson	UD	12	27 November 1984	Wembley Arena, London, England	Commonwealth/BBBofC British/EBU Middleweight Titles.
Win	8-3	David Todt	TKO	6	16 October 1984	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Loss	18-8-1	Buster Drayton	TKO	7	13 May 1984	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	14-1	Randy Smith	PTS	10	13 March 1984	Empire Pool, London, England
Win	20-8	Ralph Moncrief	TKO	5	31 January 1984	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Loss	14-3-4	Tony Cerda	DQ	9	22 November 1983	Wembley Arena, London, England
Win	26-8-3	Roy Gumbs	KO	5	14 September 1983	Alexandra Pavilion, London, England	BBBofC British/Commonwealth Middleweight Titles. Gumbs knocked out at 2:00 of the fifth round.
Win	10-2	Bobby West	TKO	5	31 May 1983	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fifth round.
Win	38-6-1	Bobby Watts	TKO	4	3 May 1983	Wembley Arena, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 0:57 of the fourth round.
Win	15-9-1	Glen McEwan	TKO	2	1 March 1983	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the second round.
Win	19-19-2	Henry Walker	PTS	10	18 January 1983	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	5-6-2	Juan Muñoz Holgado	KO	2	7 December 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Holgado knocked out at 0:48 of the second round.
Win	25-10-1	Eddie Smith	TKO	3	9 November 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round.
Win	10-3-1	Doug James	TKO	2	26 October 1982	York Hall, London, England
Win	23-9-1	Maurice Bufi	TKO	3	22 September 1982	Mayfair Sporting Club, London, England
Win	6-4	Steve Williams	TKO	2	1 June 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	32-14-1	Joel Bonnetaz	TKO	3	20 April 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	13-1	Alfonso Redondo	TKO	5	17 March 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the fifth round.
Win	7-7	Dario De Asa	TKO	3	2 March 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:15 of the third round.
Win	12-11	Romal Ambrose	KO	1	9 February 1982	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Ambrose knocked out at 2:30 of the first round.
Win	2-6	Billy Savage	TKO	2	24 November 1981	Wembley Arena, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the second round.
Win	6-8-2	Winston Burnett	TKO	6	3 November 1981	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the sixth round.
Win	8-2	George Danahar	TKO	3	20 October 1981	York Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the third round.
Win	13-7-2	Jimmy Everard Ellis	TKO	5	15 September 1981	Wembley Arena, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 0:44 of the fifth round.
Win	13-18-3	Joe Gregory	TKO	6	26 May 1981	York Hall, London, England
Win	9-7-1	Peter Bassey	PTS	8	17 March 1981	Wembley Arena, London, England
Win	12-5	Martin McEwan	TKO	6	24 February 1981	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the sixth round.
Win	3-3-1	Winston Burnett	PTS	8	27 January 1981	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	9-17-2	Clifton Wallace	TKO	3	8 December 1980	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round.
Win	9-9-3	Peter Morris	TKO	5	14 October 1980	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the fifth round.

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References

External links

• Boxing Monthly, January 2009 edition [2]
• BoxRec factfile on Mark Kaylor [3]
• YouTube video of Kaylor's 1985 fight with Errol Christie [4]

This page was last edited on 30 December 2023, at 06:36