Mark Kaylor
6 ft 1⁄2 in (184 cm)
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 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 1 June 1991 | ![]() | EBU Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the sixth round. |
Win | 12-0 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 20 March 1991 | ![]() | |
Win | 12-2-1 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 7 March 1991 | ![]() | |
Loss | 14-1-2 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 31 March 1990 | ![]() | EBU Super Middleweight Title. |
Draw | 5-7-1 | ![]() | MD | 10 | 26 June 1989 | ![]() | |
Loss | 22-14-1 | ![]() | KO | 9 | 11 May 1988 | ![]() | EBU Light Heavyweight Title. |
Win | 3-10 | ![]() | KO | 2 | 29 March 1988 | ![]() | |
Win | 18-7 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 3 February 1988 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-5-1 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 24 October 1987 | ![]() | |
Win | 5-2 | ![]() | KO | 6 | 27 June 1987 | ![]() | |
Win | 16-2-1 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 18 April 1987 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fourth round. |
Win | 14-13 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 22 February 1987 | ![]() | |
Loss | 36-0 | ![]() | TKO | 8 | 4 November 1986 | ![]() | EBU Middleweight Title. |
Win | 18-8-1 | ![]() | TKO | 9 | 17 September 1986 | ![]() | |
Win | 18-6-4 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 19 July 1986 | ![]() | |
Win | 20-1 | ![]() | KO | 8 | 5 November 1985 | ![]() | Christie knocked out at 2:35 of the eighth round. |
Win | 21-4-1 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 16 June 1985 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-4 | ![]() | KO | 3 | 14 April 1985 | ![]() | Beranek knocked out at 1:25 of the third round. |
Loss | 50-5-1 | ![]() | UD | 12 | 27 November 1984 | ![]() | Commonwealth/BBBofC British/EBU Middleweight Titles. |
Win | 8-3 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 16 October 1984 | ![]() | |
Loss | 18-8-1 | ![]() | TKO | 7 | 13 May 1984 | ![]() | |
Win | 14-1 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 13 March 1984 | ![]() | |
Win | 20-8 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 31 January 1984 | ![]() | |
Loss | 14-3-4 | ![]() | DQ | 9 | 22 November 1983 | ![]() | |
Win | 26-8-3 | ![]() | KO | 5 | 14 September 1983 | ![]() | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Middleweight Titles. Gumbs knocked out at 2:00 of the fifth round. |
Win | 10-2 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 31 May 1983 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fifth round. |
Win | 38-6-1 | ![]() | TKO | 4 | 3 May 1983 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 0:57 of the fourth round. |
Win | 15-9-1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 1 March 1983 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the second round. |
Win | 19-19-2 | ![]() | PTS | 10 | 18 January 1983 | ![]() | |
Win | 5-6-2 | ![]() | KO | 2 | 7 December 1982 | ![]() | Holgado knocked out at 0:48 of the second round. |
Win | 25-10-1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 9 November 1982 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round. |
Win | 10-3-1 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 26 October 1982 | ![]() | |
Win | 23-9-1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 22 September 1982 | ![]() | |
Win | 6-4 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 1 June 1982 | ![]() | |
Win | 32-14-1 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 20 April 1982 | ![]() | |
Win | 13-1 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 17 March 1982 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the fifth round. |
Win | 7-7 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 2 March 1982 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:15 of the third round. |
Win | 12-11 | ![]() | KO | 1 | 9 February 1982 | ![]() | Ambrose knocked out at 2:30 of the first round. |
Win | 2-6 | ![]() | TKO | 2 | 24 November 1981 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the second round. |
Win | 6-8-2 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 3 November 1981 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the sixth round. |
Win | 8-2 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 20 October 1981 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the third round. |
Win | 13-7-2 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 15 September 1981 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 0:44 of the fifth round. |
Win | 13-18-3 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 26 May 1981 | ![]() | |
Win | 9-7-1 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 17 March 1981 | ![]() | |
Win | 12-5 | ![]() | TKO | 6 | 24 February 1981 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the sixth round. |
Win | 3-3-1 | ![]() | PTS | 8 | 27 January 1981 | ![]() | |
Win | 9-17-2 | ![]() | TKO | 3 | 8 December 1980 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round. |
Win | 9-9-3 | ![]() | TKO | 5 | 14 October 1980 | ![]() | Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the fifth round. |
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References
- ^ "Kaylor - East End Icon". Boxing Monthly, January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012.
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]