William Stuart "Billy 'the Preacher'" Graham (born Salford

City of Salford

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, Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

) is a former amateur and professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and head of Billy 'the Preacher' Grahams Phoenix Camp.

Graham was the last boxer to fight at the Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester. Billy won the BBC North West Manager / Coach of the Year (2007), beating Sir Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

 and Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...

 Coach Andrew Sheridan to the title.

Graham is also an aspiring actor who has appeared in series such as Burn It on BBC Three

BBC Three

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 and made films with Director Tom Bruggan which are yet to be released.

Billy Graham split with Ricky Hatton, having been the latter's trainer, on 29 July 2008.

Phoenix Camp

Trainer of fighters from the Phoenix Camp that have won titles including:

• Central Area, Ricky Hatton
  Ricky Hatton
  Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....
  
  , Mathew Hatton
• British, Ricky Hatton, Ensley Bingham
  Ensley Bingham
  Ensley Bingham is a former Manchester Boxer who held both the British and Inter-Continental Light Middle Weight Championships.Bingham also challenged Ronald 'Winky' Wright for the WBO Light Middleweight Title in November 1996, losing a wide unanimous decision.Anthony Ivory, after being knocked...
  
  , Mike Brodie, Michael Gomez
• Irish Title, Mathew Macklin (now departed)
• Commonwealth, Paul Burke, Steve Foster
• European, Carl Thompson
• Inter-continental titles, Ensley Bingham
  Ensley Bingham
  Ensley Bingham is a former Manchester Boxer who held both the British and Inter-Continental Light Middle Weight Championships.Bingham also challenged Ronald 'Winky' Wright for the WBO Light Middleweight Title in November 1996, losing a wide unanimous decision.Anthony Ivory, after being knocked...
  
  , Peter Judson, Carl Thompson, Ricky Hatton, Anthony Farnell, Mathew Hatton
• World title versions (WBO, WBU, IBF, WBA, IBO), Ricky Hatton, Carl Thompson, Michael Gomez, Antony Farnell
• Ring' Undisputed Light Welter Weight Title, Ricky Hatton