Dates

• Existence: c1919 - 2004

Biography

Ron Taylor was a fairground showman, who owned a boxing booth.

Ron came from a long line of boxing booth presenters in the British fairground. His great grandfather was a mountain fighter, who fought illegal bare Knuckle fights in the middle of the 19th century. After the introduction of the Marquis of Queensberry rules in 1867, the sport gradually changed and eventually ended the days of bareknuckle pugilism. This had a knock on effect on the fairground shows and led his great grandfather to purchase a travelling show. This was the first boxing show the Taylor family owned, in it Ron’s great grandfather and his boxers challenged anyone out of the crowd to fight and charged the public to watch.

Before WWI Ron’s grandmother used to box in the family show.

Ron continued the family tradition travelling the Ron taylor boxing booth around the British fairs until the late 1980s.

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