The tale of Lucas and Speare
N May 4 1973 Frankie Lucas of the Croydon-based Sir Philip Game ABC beat Carl Speare of Liverpool in that year’s ABA middleweight final at the Empire Pool, Wembley. This was Lucas’ second straight ABA championship victory, having beaten another Liverpudlian, Tony Byrne, in 1972. Still only 20 years old at the time of his triumph over Speare, Lucas seemed
