Roy Shaw has widely been described as the "hardest man in Britain", with legendary tales about his exploits. Morton, James (25 January 1999). "Obituary: Sir William Mars-Jones". The Independent. London . Retrieved 6 May 2010. Stephanie Beacham to play Princess Margaret on stage". The Daily Telegraph. 15 July 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2019. a b c Clements, Toby (1 August 2005). "Aged 14, and already a harder man than most". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 June 2021. Royston Henry Shaw (11 March 1936 – 14 July 2012), also known as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw, Roy "Mean Machine" Shaw and Roy West, was a property investor, author and businessman from the East End of London who was formerly a criminal and Category A prisoner. During the 1970s–1980s, Shaw was active in the criminal underworld of London and was associated with the Kray twins. Shaw is best remembered today for his career as a fighter on the unlicensed boxing scene, becoming an arch-rival of Lenny McLean. [ citation needed] Early life [ edit ]

During the 1980s, Bindon became a reclusive figure, spending more of his time at his Belgravia flat. He died on 10 October 1993, aged 50. According to Philip Hoare's obituary in The Independent, he died from cancer. [2] References in popular culture [ edit ] He said the Italian-born gangster was assassinated in revenge for the murder of Knight's brother, David, who died after a fight at the Latin Quarter nightclub in London's West End in 1970. Hole, a convicted armed robber and petty criminal Evans, who had been watching the Liverpool against Sheffield Wednesday match on the pub's television, died almost instantly.Roy Shaw was celebrated in song in 2011 when a group called The Sharks released "The King Of London (aka The Ballad Of Pretty Boy Shaw)". The song was written by band member Alan Wilson who met and became friends with Roy Shaw via their mutual friend Ronnie Biggs. It was 1975. A local man, James Venton, fell foul of Hole. Newspaper reports neglect to mention Venton's offence, but what followed was not about exacting retribution, but building reputation. Hole and a local boxer, Billy Williams, went to Venton's home. The two men dragged him into the street, where Williams held Venton down while Hole ran over him three times with a car. The brutality of the case made the headlines and Venton agreed to act as chief witness for the prosecution. Hole was jailed for seven years for attempted murder. Forty-eight hours later, three men went to the home of Venton's family and smashed four windows. Hole had begun to amass a loyal following. A passage from the book reads: "Roy bashed up one of the twins' so-called big minders and word on the street in the East End was there was going to be serious repercussions because the twins seen this as Roy “mugging them off” and they couldn’t be seen to let it go." Bindon appeared as a character played by the actor Jason Merrells in the stage play A Princess Undone which opened at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in October 2016. [16] Filmography [ edit ]

Did you ever see that fight, Boxer vs Thai Boxer? Thai Boxer just kept taking out the boxer's legs until he could barely stand. Another difference in fighting styles and a flaw in boxing. His killers shot him once and chased him down the street, before clubbing him with a gun and finishing him off with another shot through the head. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. I knew this lovely old boy when I was a kid, he had been a booth boxer in Scotland, received the cat in prison, been shot outside a club one night (he said they did him a right favour as they found a cancer when they got him on the operating table!!!).......this is how he lived his life, but he wound up totally institutionalised in the end he had done that much bird. John McVicar, the bank robber turned journalist, recognises the hallmarks of a contract killing. 'If it wasn't connected with the score that had to be settled after Gerard, then it must be connected with drugs. It's unusual for two people to be killed like that for a purely personal vendetta.'

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Think about Kimbo Slice going into the UFC. He got owned by a runt because he didn't expect the guy to rush him and go all out ASAP.