Mural design is chosen to honour Chatteris boxers

The faces of three local boxing heroes will soon be gracing a town bus stop in a specially commissioned mural.

Chatteris Town Council has approved the design for the £1,350 artwork, which will be created in the town’s bus shelter opposite the police station in East Park Street.

Councillors agreed on the design from well-known street artist Nathan ‘Nyces’ Murdoch, who is based in Peterborough.

Nathan, who has a massive following online both nationally and internationally, is already known to many in Chatteris thanks to the mural he created for Paul and Linda Fuller on the wall of their garage in St Martins Road, last year.

Councillor Sue Unwin had previously suggested a new mural was needed for the bus shelter, which belongs to Fenland District Council, and thought a picture of Jordan Gill, who has held various titles including Commonwealth Featherweight, European Featherweight and the WBA International Featherweight titles, would be a good idea.

However, fellow councillors thought it would be better to honour all three of the town’s famous boxers, the other two being Dave ‘Boy’ Green and Eric Boon.

Dave ‘Boy’ Green was the European Welterweight Champion and also both the British and European Super-Lightweight champion. He was a prominent fighter in the 1970s/1980s.

Eric Boon, who also hails from Chatteris, was nicknamed the Fen Tiger and had a total of 119 fights winning 92. He became the British Lightweight Champion in 1938 and held it for three years.

At Tuesday night#s meeting clerk Joanna Melton showed councillors the final design and it was unanimously agreed it was perfect for what was wanted.

The work will be carried out shortly.