never knew either lenny or roy.
im only in my mid forties but my old man said lenny was a bit of a bully and that roy was a better fighter but was nigh on twenty years older and 2stone lighter when they fought and yes he saw them both fight, my old mans close pal used to fight bare knuckles was very well known in that world and very much mixed in the same sort of company. oh he came unstuck against both.
lenny used to train at a gym i used a few times during the ninties and he was one big scary looking fucker to a young skinny lad, he was about 20st i reckon, but people only had good words to say about him.
very easy to talk about people you dont know, lenny clearly had an ego thing going on, but these two fellas came from a different era to pretty much everyone on this site so had a differently mentality.
seen roy a a few boxing shows ive been too and even though he was an older fella, the look in his eye can only be described as mental, definitely looked like he had a screw loose, but the same again, people only spoke good words about him.
i believe that if you have some kind of reputation and mix in the company they both did then you go to extremes to reinforce it, im sure they both did that, like many doormen from that time, ott violence.
oh couldnt agree more about ronnie and reggie but society was so different then, nowadays people wouldnt put up with their bullying. they never came south either!
good luck the poster working on the film should be a great experience, i hope its better than bronson and the krays
