THERE’S a photo in Edwin Cleary’s Gym of the three Turpin brothers, Randolph, Dick and Jackie. Randolph was world middleweight champion, Dick won British and Commonwealth honours and Jackie was a veteran of 130 pro fights.
Cleary’s ABC has spent the past decade or so making new heroes in Leamington Spa.
Lewis Williams is No 4 in the world after winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and Serena Mali went desperately close to the European Schools gold in August in Turkey, where clubmate Jaya Kalsi also represented her country, losing to the eventual silver medallist.
And on the club’s show at Trident College last month, Cleary saw what he called “the best debut I’ve ever seen” and another explosive performance from a super-heavyweight novice he says carries “elite
