Description
Freddie Mills
Record: 77-18-6 55 KOs 7 KOs
Division: light heavy
Bouts: 101
Career: 1936-1950
Debut: 1936-02-26
Post Boxing Career and Death
Freddie Mills became a London night club owner in retirement, and a friend of the Kray brothers, Reg and Ronnie, who were powerful crime figures in London, as well as former boxers. In 1948 he married Chrissie Broadribb, the daughter of (Ted Broadribb) and the former wife of fellow boxer Don McCorkindale. Freddie and Chrissie had two daughters: Susan and Amanda Mills. the family set up home in Denmark Hill London. Mills was a scrappy, rugged and game battler who was aggressive and liked to get close where he could slug it out; Perhaps, his greatest fights (wars) came against Gus Lesnevich.
Mills was found dead, shot in the head, in London’s Soho district. The police officially ruled the death a suicide. However, several theories arose, due in no small part to his relationship with the Krays.
