'He was aggressive, believed in taking punches to land his own, and carried knockout power.'
Canadian boxer Del Fontaine with Bristol-born Hilda Meek, for whose murder he was hanged in 1935
Punters snapped up his brand of savagery at Birmingham Ice Rink and Kettering Baths Hall. Win or lose, Fontaine his hair teased by pomade into a trench-like centre parting, was guaranteed to have baying fans on the edge of their seats. And while he could still sling blows, although ponderous and telegraphed, he could still be abused. Those within the game all knew the former pin-up was “punchy”, yet they let him continue.They hanged Del Fontaine.
After they led the ring’s tarnished golden boy to the gallows, one warden told gathered journalists: “He was the bravest bloke we ever saw go to the gallows.”The boxer committed the crime that he paid for with his life: that’s beyond doubt. Fontaine didn’t care who he faced. Mighty Mickey Walker – one of the greatest middleweights of all time – met the prospect in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and knocked him out in four rounds.
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