Every man is frightened of getting a clip round the ear from their dear old mum.

I boxed amateur and pro the hardest men I met were in the SaS. Years later working as a sports psychologist I understood why it all comes down to the mind.

You can be hard as nails but there's always someone around the corner who is tougher

Love your channel Ray..many years ago 1967.i was in the military prison in Colchester and cliff fields was also there..waiting for his discharge, he was going to turn pro in boxing, smashing lad I only found out recently through watching you tube about his career and sad demise, keep up the good work Ray...

I worked on the door with A guy from Slough Gary Banks, absolute phenomenal fighter 22 stone power lifter, who was a top martial artist and boxer speed and power. Absolutely phenomenal. Love your channel Ray you make some really good points, amazing stories and do it in a humble and articulate way. Keep up the good work. Chris Gibson

Great straight talking Ray .love it ,an education for me .

There are some really good figters with to much to lose family men the most dangerous man is the one with nothing to lose, some people dnt want the consequences so shy away from a fight when teally they could destroy the chalenger 👌💯💪 and matt leg you can see it in him he can have it still to this day just dosnt want that life, lovely bloke 👊🥊🥊💯👌💪

Yep your spot on with what your saying.👍

you gotta be able to take it as well as give it! Every Dog has its day,as they say!!! Mickey norman from Ipswich was feared by many,he died of an overdose after coming straight out of jail in 96,as many do,Dave nichols was another one! Love your channel mate,helps with the old Depression,Great stories,Great Entertainment! God bless 🙏❤

Morning ray nice one again 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good honest view in what happens to people it does not matter who you are.

Exactly right. Its ON the day in and out of the ring. Best you can do is maintain a level of fitness to try and be prepared best you can.

True words Ray 👍

Once I got parole for GBH section 18. in 2001 I then made a conscious decision to stay away from pubs. You will understand that Ray being an I.P.P. prisoner? They simply 'have you by the bollox'. Keep up the stories Ray and thankfully you don't drink any more.

Malcolm price was the Governor in Merthyr Tydfil I can remember him ray, I enjoy your video mate!

Seriously, these are words of wisdom

Great video as always Ray. Keep it up 🥊🥊🥊

Good vid Ray, food for thought.

Loving the story Ray RESPECT x

Wise words about taking drugs and drink and it ending in a demise. Seen the lee chapman podcast the other day where he didnt drink or do drugs and has stood the test of time by the sounds of it, mind you he was one hell of a unit !

Agree Aled Jones can really have it mate, he was walking in the air him lad!! Only joking Ray, great stuff!

Good morning ray..my grandfather fed ice cream to the lads on the John Brown..shipyards on the Clyde..he was treated like a king..have a grand day..mate..from all in Scotland

No better words mate 👌

Hardest men in the UK is The Whealdstone Raider and Ronnie Pickering.

Excellent Ray. Keep turning out the videos m8. 📹

Your right ray, it's all about on the day and the circumstances. Think yammy was saying same. Just that bill the bomb on his day was a match for anyone. But u know ray, we not always having a great day! 👊✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Top man Ray all the best mate

Ray liked that what you said cause it happens to us all that is what makes us ..getting back up again and standing tall..had a few pastings reach to your gut and look them in eye .. can’t teach that your born with it.

Nice one Ray, its sad that them days are gone. Now days you get skinny little people who can't fight but will happily stab you or shoot you if they have an issue. Gone are the days when you say, you got a problem let's step outside like real men. They'll do it when you ain't looking. Snide. Love your honesty RAY. I say knives down fists up.

Sensible summary. Thanks.

Matt Legg is a proper Legend

Big up big Mann 😊

We all know no one is unbeatable...but cliff field and Paul sykes would have tanned this guys arse in their prime .Every man gets old but fields beat McLean and Sykes fought for the British title...anybody ..name me one time that this ' ray ' has beat someone of their reputation . I like him him but he's a punch drunk old codger ...we have this fascination with old convicts but most of them are daft cos they got caught and spent a silly amount of time in jail .So he wasn't good at what he did ...and now he's a pensioner that's trying to reclaim a past that he didn't control anyway... You can't give it the 'big un ' when your in a stairlift ffs

the arguments about who's the hardest and who would beat who has more illusions and delusions than David Blaine on LSD,it's funny but a bit monotonous and never ending

Trouble with Sykes was he upset so many people when he was on the piss. It’s not that he was a bully per say…although you could say in some aspects he was. Ultimately he was brought up to fight….that was his specialty and with that came the ego….this was brought out especially when he’d had a drink and that’s all he was about then…..demonstrating his fighting ability….to say he liked to fight was an understatement. Deep down perhaps we’d be just the same if we were of that level of fighting ability…think about it…? …..for the record…Lupset his home village is 15/20 mins away from my home village….

People took proper advantage of Cliffe after the drink had taken hold.Those people in Cliffes day would have shit themselves if he even looked at them!Cliffe deserved better.I know you have a lot of respect for Cliffe Ray and I'm sure there are people here in Dunstable that appreciate that.😁👍

Brian Hall was a handful. Used to work the door at The Two Puddings and The Lotus club. Use to spar with Roy Shaw too

Im up north Ray some tough tough men from your era 'i was a kid back then but it's just the same as down your way different towns had there own names and you could never really say there was one man who could beat them all 'they were a different breed and they really go at it but we are all men at the end of the day anyone can be beat 'every dog as its day

Peter Tansey was a machine RIP

I am sure cliff fields was attacked in a park in Hemelempstead. A lot of travellers up there on the council estates who would not know who he was because he was well getting on then. There is a well established traveller site up there where they have had some bare knuckle handbag fights

Love your videos Ray...really interesting....has anybody mentioned Terry Mitchell from Leeds?

Every dog has its day you know when they drop easy it's like a dogs day out

You mentioned about 20 names in this vid, which reinforced your point. Put all 20 into an empty room and 10 might walk out. Yet, repeat the exercise next month and a different 10 might walk out. As you say, there's no single Governor, every dog has his day.

The pub where Billy Williams was filled in was probably the Tidal Basin Tavern in Silvertown? I am a straightgoer and when Jango walked into a boozer I walked out , he frightened the life out of me

Thing is with Bill he will come back,look what he done with the Paddy's up Beckon ski sloop,he was wild but good stuff though,RIP

Nobody’s unbeatable Ray, apart from Big Bri Cockerel, the world’s strongest man, weighing in at 64 stone & undefeated in 12,000 street fights (well, apart from the time Dave Garside done him)

I heard that Sammy Reeson sorted Lenny out when Lenny was working the door.

Morning Bang Bang 🥊 Have you heard of the Murphy’s Bernie,Chris ,Frank and John from Watford and Harrow area 1960s Cheers Ray 💪

You're right Ray that some younger lads can give some big name a pasting, but there are old school people who will come back and iron people out. They don't give a fuck! Never underestimate the older generation!

Even 'Iron' Mike Tyson got bashed up and at that time and era none of us boxing fans ever thought he would be beaten. At least not until he got older and later, late in his career. Also similar reasoning about Muhammad Ali?

Nobody is unbeatable nobody is

Im in a little hamlet called bloxwich and theres people here who can row.this london bollox does my head in.

Always someone bigger x better round the corners

Hit that like button people .,,what that song say.....you gotta know when too hold them ,know when to fold them, know when too walk away ,know when too run..

It's true what the say every gun fighter eventually gets shot in the as the old saying goes I know some hard men they all talk about there wins you don't get many that will admit a loss so good on you Ray for telling the story when them lads set about you also Ray how hard was Jimmy moody

Hey Bang Bang just letting you know I can av it !!!👍

A top fighter was a fella called Peter Marshall…. Hanged about with joey Pyle … had a scrap yard… he was the governor …

Houston Williamson from Belfast was his name,he boxed thousands,put them down and retired undefeated

Morning bam bam,I'm Danny woollard son.billy Williams was a hard man .but Bill was a bully .wen Roy first come out he won't fight Roy in the ring nor would have it will barry dalton in the street.and cliff ford's would have eaten him.all the best mate.

Morning Ray

Did you come across any of the Irish lads in the nick over there ,Willie o Connor, dunnes, Jimmy O loughlin,micky Reardon, maguires,Paddington area.

John Smith from Cardiff

Coalie Beattie Snr, one of Bisley Boys, was well quoted and ran West of Scotland. 60’s - 90’s (His son now a well known businessman) A guy chapped Snr’s door early one morning. Offered him out, gave him a beating. Shook hands. Nothing was mentioned. Problem was sorted. It was personal thing. End of.🤝🙏

drink and drugs definitely mugged myself off with.

Hello Ray good video mate some top names there my best friend Joe lowther is very handy I would have a go myself but he is special Iv seen him knock out at least 100 people usually 1 punch. Wheir from faversham in Kent. Take care mate.

It was sad the way cliff died

Gary Saunders Portsmouth 🤣🤣🤣

Tidal Basin Tavern, Tidal Basin Road, Canning Town

Needless to say Every Dog has its Day

Age catches everyone no matter who you are, know when to step back, settle down and lead a normal life m8, thats the secret imo.

There is many people in the travelling community who you never hear of and don't look dangerous but can proper have it and the people you don't hear of are the most dangerous coz you simply don't no

Lot of unknown names who are cracking fighters mate, I know a young lad M lyon his name amateur boxer seen him fight two blokes has some dangerous speed in his hands and can take a bang watched him spar down a gym with big 19 stone bloke the lads only around 13 stone, hope you’re well ray

Everyone can come unstuck. Aint that the truth. Sykes could have a go though and he was in prison most of his pomp.

ROCKY MARCINO NEVER CAME UNSTUCK

Billy took on 4 lads and expexted to win

Tidal Basin Tavern maybe?

Tidal Basin off silvertown way

True words, I was doing the door once and a drunk lesbian sparked me out when asked her to not piss up the wall.

Warren slaney cat A guy, Hard man

Dave woods lancashire all dayp,pete finch,finches ferrets podcast ,properhard làds😮

The enquirer 0.1 channel just put vid up about lenny n that micky couple days ago ...🙃🙃👍

Cliff lost his eye from a catapult incident unfortunately

The two Ronnies…Ronnie Pickering & Ronnie Kray never came unstuck 👊🏽

Are you referring to Malcolm Price from merthyr, Ray? Alot of tough men from valleys of south wales being a mining, boxing and rugby part of the country. If it's Mal Pricey you're talking about, that guy would have petrified alot of men who were real hard men themselves. Some people are a bit special, plenty of tough men from the valleys would vouch that pricey was an absolute animal of a man to deal with. Well above my years but heard plenty of stories over the years from people in merthyr on my nights out etc. Another man who was known to be THE man from merthyr is Peter Morgan, plenty of crazy stories about him. John Smith from cardiff the unlicensed fighter was an absolute force, his fights are on youtube. Naturally, if you grew up with nothing, come from nothing and hardship was normal, you're going to breed an era of tough, tough bastards, be it man or woman. Be plenty of scary women out there that would fill alot of decent men in, no doubt lol

From our way were terry oniel .gary spiers very tough men .look them up top martial artists. Doormen debt collectors id ov put them 2 againt anyone ronnie cowell.geoff Thompson.

Lenny lost on the cobbles nobody is undefeated on the streets nobody

Didn't Aled Jones sing "Walking in the Air"?

When and how did Bill and Cliff die. Happy day's Uncle Ray. 👍🇺🇲🗽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

Pikeys done cliff fields with a catapult.. it was the only way they could win

I know some pretty tough people none have been nicked or been to prison but boy could some of them fight. You don’t need to be a big time criminal to be tough but living that life you need plenty of bottle and bravado

And all this generation are always tooled up using blades so ..yeah your right

If you want the truth about what went down in fight in prison and out the ring the best are in no particular order as all top men Ray Hill yammy b matt legg and my new favourite the enquirer Idd love the enquirer to do a podcast with you and yammy b Ray the enquirer could ask you and yammy some great questions he's the best did you know he was in jail with Harry Roberts the legend hes really good Ray and of course you and yammy are l Old school gangster legends

He's name was Billy Thomson prince of wales

You don't stay king of the jungle forever

Canning Town , east end not north London 👍🏻

How old was bill when that happened ?

Your NOT the Guvnor Ray I am LOL. Ha Ha jsut joking Bruv !

Thats not what happened to cliffs eye, someone kicked a glass outside a bar/pub

Gluckstead would not live with Lenny , Gluckstead lost a lot of unlicensed fights . Columbo beat him easily !!😊

Ray I'm from Ladbroke Grove and knew the bully! But the hardest in our area were Fermosa and the Kamara brothers, do you know them? X