Ground Breaking Boxers

Carl Speare

After a glittering amateur career, which culminated in winning the bronze medal at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, another celebrated pugilist from the south end of Liverpool, Carl Speare who was a hard hitting all or nothing middleweight boxer who fought with great tenacity and bravery between 1974 and 1978 to win 9 of his 17 professional contests. Retirement from the ring, saw him fully immerse himself in a career as a youth worker, working out of the Methodist Centre on Princess Avenue, as well as working in some of the toughest areas of Liverpool, where his youth programmes continue to operate to this day.