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Originally Posted by madredmonkey
Hello, Rocco,
i was on the net when i came across your list of boxers from the 1960,s,
and my fathers name was on it, Jim Mcilvaney, but as many records have put my father down as being born in Birmingham England, infact he was born in Bellshill Scotland, and moved to Birmingham in 1961 at the age of 18, this is why he is often put down as being born there, but is infact untrue, he is a true Scott and hates being called English as you can imagine.
I hope you dont mind me telling you his real birth place.
all the best to you,
Mark Mcilvaney(proud son of James Mcilvaney.
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Hello Mark,
So great to "meet" you! It's really great to have you write about your father. So much of these ratings that we do on these boards for TCB get based in large part on what's on BoxRec website. You people like yourself came come forward with information like this on your father, I truely appreciate it! I got my hands on some 1967 thru 69 Boxing News just for the purpose of hoping to learn more about the fighters from the UK and Europe as I've gotten into this 1967 project of mind I really got interested in the fighters from "over there". I'll be sure to get an updated file on your father posted soon. We sure don't want him being called anything he doesn't like!
Thanks again for writing Mark!
Rocco Del Sesto