Miles Templeton Boxing historian
EARLIER this month, father and son Lee and Anton Haskins boxed on the same bill in Bristol. I have been unable to find any other instance of this happening in over 100 years of British boxing history. The closest I can get to a similar feat involves a long-forgotten Belgian journeyman heavyweight, Prosper Beck.
This man only ever won one contest in a 22-bout career that spanned nine years. Despite this poor record, Beck went in with three British champions and two European champions at the top weight. The reason he stands out is because he is the only fighter who boxed both a father and a son in a British ring, and he did so against the only father and son to have ever held the British heavyweight title.