# Mark Kaylor

Mark Kaylor (born 11 May 1961) is a former professional British boxer.
Kaylor was born in Canning Town but from the age of nine was brought up in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. Kaylor won the British schoolboy title the first year he was eligible to take part and at the age of 16, moved back to Canning Town to live with his grandmother so that he could join a bigger boxing club at West Ham. In 1979, at the age of 17, Kaylor won the National Association of Boys Clubs Championships and the London senior title. In 1980, Kaylor won the British Amateur Boxing Association Championships and went to the European Junior championships in Rimini, Italy. Kaylor represented Great Britain in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, losing on a split decision in the quarter-finals. Perhaps his most famous fight came in 1985, when he defeated Errol Christie in the eighth round of a hard-fought match, marred with controversy due to a pre-fight punch-up between the pair, and by death threats from racist fans against Christie. Despite the controversy, Kaylor and Christie in fact showed great respect for each other after the match. Kaylor later commented, "Back then, I had a quick temper that I’d rather not have had. There was always this spark in my head! Today, I’m embarrassed by it. Errol was a nice guy. There’s no way I could behave like that now."
Kaylor appeared in Ron Peck's 1991 film Fighters, which follows a group of young East End boxers as they try to make it to the top in the boxing game.
Kaylor worked with Peck again in 1996, this time in a semi-improvised, fictional film Real Money, about a group of young boxers getting drawn into underworld villainy and crime. Real Money also starred other well known and well respected faces from the boxing world, such as father and son boxing legends Jimmy Tibbs and Mark Tibbs, Steve Roberts and Jason Rowland. boxer, writer and actor Jimmy Flint who had also starred in many of Ron Peck's films, and later went on to star in many films such as Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Revolver and Rise of The Footsoldier.
In 1996, Kaylor moved to California with his family. He is also very close to his nephew Charles Kaylor. He now coaches boxing and is an aerobics instructor at a gym.

## Professional boxing record

40 Wins (34 knockouts, 6 decisions), 7 Losses (4 knockouts, 3 decisions), 1 Draw :
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 16-8 | James Cook | TKO | 6 | 1 June 1991 | York Hall, London, England | EBU Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the sixth round. |
| Win | 12-0 | Roland Ericsson | TKO | 4 | 20 March 1991 | Battersea Town Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 12-2-1 | Shannon Landberg | TKO | 6 | 7 March 1991 | Basildon Festival Hall, Basildon, England | |
| Loss | 14-1-2 | Mauro Galvano | UD | 12 | 31 March 1990 | Capo d'Orlando, Italy | EBU Super Middleweight Title. |
| Draw | 5-7-1 | Jerry Okorodudu | MD | 10 | 26 June 1989 | Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, U.S. | |
| Loss | 22-14-1 | Tom Collins | KO | 9 | 11 May 1988 | Grand Hall, London, England | EBU Light Heavyweight Title. |
| Win | 3-10 | Roy Safford | KO | 2 | 29 March 1988 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
| Win | 18-7 | Charles Henderson | TKO | 3 | 3 February 1988 | Grand Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 13-5-1 | Jamie Howe | TKO | 4 | 24 October 1987 | White Hart Lane, London, England | |
| Win | 5-2 | Jack Basting | KO | 6 | 27 June 1987 | Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France | |
| Win | 16-2-1 | Tommy Taylor | TKO | 4 | 18 April 1987 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:12 of the fourth round. |
| Win | 14-13 | Jimmy Shavers | PTS | 8 | 22 February 1987 | Grand Hall, London, England | |
| Loss | 36-0 | Herol Graham | TKO | 8 | 4 November 1986 | Wembley Arena, London, England | EBU Middleweight Title. |
| Win | 18-8-1 | Tony Harrison | TKO | 9 | 17 September 1986 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 18-6-4 | Tony Cerda | TKO | 6 | 19 July 1986 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | |
| Win | 20-1 | Errol Christie | KO | 8 | 5 November 1985 | London, England | Christie knocked out at 2:35 of the eighth round. |
| Win | 21-4-1 | Dwight Walker | PTS | 10 | 16 June 1985 | York Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 13-4 | Richard Beranek | KO | 3 | 14 April 1985 | York Hall, London, England | Beranek knocked out at 1:25 of the third round. |
| Loss | 50-5-1 | Tony Sibson | UD | 12 | 27 November 1984 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Commonwealth/BBBofC British/EBU Middleweight Titles. |
| Win | 8-3 | David Todt | TKO | 6 | 16 October 1984 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Loss | 18-8-1 | Buster Drayton | TKO | 7 | 13 May 1984 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 14-1 | Randy Smith | PTS | 10 | 13 March 1984 | Empire Pool, London, England | |
| Win | 20-8 | Ralph Moncrief | TKO | 5 | 31 January 1984 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Loss | 14-3-4 | Tony Cerda | DQ | 9 | 22 November 1983 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
| Win | 26-8-3 | Roy Gumbs | KO | 5 | 14 September 1983 | Alexandra Pavilion, London, England | BBBofC British/Commonwealth Middleweight Titles. Gumbs knocked out at 2:00 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 10-2 | Bobby West | TKO | 5 | 31 May 1983 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:03 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 38-6-1 | Bobby Watts | TKO | 4 | 3 May 1983 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 0:57 of the fourth round. |
| Win | 15-9-1 | Glen McEwan | TKO | 2 | 1 March 1983 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the second round. |
| Win | 19-19-2 | Henry Walker | PTS | 10 | 18 January 1983 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 5-6-2 | Juan Muñoz Holgado | KO | 2 | 7 December 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Holgado knocked out at 0:48 of the second round. |
| Win | 25-10-1 | Eddie Smith | TKO | 3 | 9 November 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round. |
| Win | 10-3-1 | Doug James | TKO | 2 | 26 October 1982 | York Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 23-9-1 | Maurice Bufi | TKO | 3 | 22 September 1982 | Mayfair Sporting Club, London, England | |
| Win | 6-4 | Steve Williams | TKO | 2 | 1 June 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 32-14-1 | Joel Bonnetaz | TKO | 3 | 20 April 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 13-1 | Alfonso Redondo | TKO | 5 | 17 March 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:25 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 7-7 | Dario De Asa | TKO | 3 | 2 March 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:15 of the third round. |
| Win | 12-11 | Romal Ambrose | KO | 1 | 9 February 1982 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Ambrose knocked out at 2:30 of the first round. |
| Win | 2-6 | Billy Savage | TKO | 2 | 24 November 1981 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:07 of the second round. |
| Win | 6-8-2 | Winston Burnett | TKO | 6 | 3 November 1981 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:20 of the sixth round. |
| Win | 8-2 | George Danahar | TKO | 3 | 20 October 1981 | York Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:28 of the third round. |
| Win | 13-7-2 | Jimmy Everard Ellis | TKO | 5 | 15 September 1981 | Wembley Arena, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 0:44 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 13-18-3 | Joe Gregory | TKO | 6 | 26 May 1981 | York Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 9-7-1 | Peter Bassey | PTS | 8 | 17 March 1981 | Wembley Arena, London, England | |
| Win | 12-5 | Martin McEwan | TKO | 6 | 24 February 1981 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the sixth round. |
| Win | 3-3-1 | Winston Burnett | PTS | 8 | 27 January 1981 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | |
| Win | 9-17-2 | Clifton Wallace | TKO | 3 | 8 December 1980 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 1:40 of the third round. |
| Win | 9-9-3 | Peter Morris | TKO | 5 | 14 October 1980 | Royal Albert Hall, London, England | Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the fifth round. |