Jack Bishop, nicknamed ‘Mr Boxing’, kept the professional side of the sport alive in Southampton for three decades, and trained ten champions, including Gary Cooper, Steve McCarthy and Colin Kenna. Jack was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s Honours List in 2014, and was one of the country’s most celebrated and revered trainers. Jack, a former Paratrooper and World War II veteran who served in the likes of Holland, France, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Italy, Sicily, North Africa and Palestine, had his first boxing bout in 1933. His champions included Jan Magdziarz, Gary Cooper, Steve and Paul McCarthy, Danny Ruegg, Colin Kenna, Steve Ede and Sammy Couzens