Gary Corcoran aims to become the latest Traveller to win a world boxing title when he challenges Jeff Horn on Dec. 13. The 27-year-old, who lives in a caravan near Wembley Stadium in London, takes on local hero Horn for his WBO welterweight title at the Convention & Exhibition Centre in Brisbane, Australia.
The Traveller communities have a rich tradition of producing boxers. ESPN looks at some of their standout heroes in the boxing ring.
George 'Digger' Stanley
In Corcoran's corner in Australia will be 61-year-old co-trainer Peter Stanley, the grandson of George "Digger" Stanley, who is arguably Britain's most successful Traveller boxer.
Stanley was born in a caravan in Kingston, a southwest section of London, in 1876 and went on to win British, European and world bantamweight titles early in the 20th century.
Stanley was world champion from 1905 to 1907, and held the British version of the world title from 1909 to 1912. He beat Jimmy Walsh by a 15-round decision in Massachusetts, U.S. in 1905 for what was claimed to be the world title but lost it two years later when he was disqualified for throwing a low blow against Al Delmont in Liverpool. History would repeat itself when he beat Joe Bowker for the British version of the world crown in 1910, only to lose it again two years later in a rematch with Charles Ledoux, who knocked him out. Stanley died in 1919, at age 43.
Tyson Fury
No Traveller boxer has had a higher profile than Tyson Fury, who became the first Traveller world heavyweight champion with his unanimous points victory over Wladimir Klitschko in Germany in November 2015. The Lancashire-based boxer has remained ubiquitous on social media during his ring exile since pulling off the shock win over Klitschko for three versions of the world title (IBF, WBA and WBO).
Fury (25-0, 18 KOs), 29, is from 10 generations of bare-knuckle fighters and won European, British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles before defeating Klitschko. But things fell apart for Fury after being crowned world champion, and he twice pulled out of rematches with the Ukrainian. He said after the second postponement in September 2016 that he was "medically unfit to fight," and he announced the following month that he had suffered from depression. He said in an interview in October 2016 that he had been "drinking, Monday to Friday to Sunday, and taking cocaine" and, after being stripped of one title, he gave up the other two belts.
In June 2016, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) claimed Fury had tested positive for a banned substance along with his cousin Hughie, also a heavyweight. Fury says the result was caused from him eating uncastrated wild boar. Fury has since been involved in a legal battle with UKAD, with his hearing due to resume this month. With his future to be resolved, Fury is still training for a comeback in spring 2018 after piling on the pounds in his ring absence.
Hughie Fury
Hughie Fury, a cousin of Tyson, failed in an attempt to win the WBO world heavyweight title when he was out-pointed by New Zealand's Joseph Parker in Manchester on Sep. 23. That was the 23-year-old's first professional defeat in 21 fights after he had been inactive since April 30 last year due to a skin disease -- acne conglobata -- that left him too fatigued to train.
Billy Joe Saunders
WBO world middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) makes a third title defence against David Lemieux in Canada on Dec. 16. That will be the English boxer's first professional fight outside his homeland since he turned professional after competing at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Saunders beat Andy Lee for the belt two years ago in the first fight between Travellers for a legitimate world title. Saunders floored Lee twice in the third round before triumphing by a majority points decision in an impressive display. But injury and postponements have restricted Saunders to two defences, against Russia's Artur Akavov -- which he seemed fortunate to win on points -- and American Willie Monroe Jr. on Sep. 16, also on points.
Saunders is proud of his Romany heritage, and in his spare time races horse and carts along dual carriageways in Hertfordshire, where he lives. He is a smart boxer who has lifted world, European, British and Commonwealth titles.
Andy Lee
Andy Lee, who was brought up in Limerick after spending his early years in London, became the first boxer from the Traveller community to win a world title in modern times when he beat Russia's Matt Korobov in six rounds in Las Vegas three years ago. He then lost the belt to Saunders in a first defence and has fought just once since -- a points win over KeAndrae Leatherwood -- in March earlier this year.
Lee (35-3-1, 24 KOs), 33, moved from London to Ireland as a teenager and worked with legendary trainer Emanuel Steward in Detroit for six years. He is a cousin of Tyson Fury (their grandmothers were sisters).
Gary Buckland
Gary Buckland, who lives on a caravan site in Cardiff, won the British super-featherweight title in 2011 and made two defences. He stepped up a division and was involved in two entertaining bouts with fellow Welshman Gavin Rees. He last fought in July 2016.
Willie Casey
Willie Casey beat fellow Irishman Paul Hyland in only his 11th professional fight for the European super-bantamweight title in November 2010. That victory earned him a fight with classy Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux in 2012 for the WBA interim title, but he was blown away in a round by the world No. 1 and has not fought since September 2014.
Matthew Barney
Hampshire-based Matthew Barney won the British super-middleweight title in 2003 and in 2005 took European champion Thomas Ulrich to points. He also went the distance with future world champion Carl Froch the same year.
Henry Wharton
Fighting out of Leeds, Henry Wharton won Commonwealth and European super-middleweight titles but came up short in world title attempts in the 1990s. He was out-pointed by British greats Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank in 1994 and then Robin Reid in 1997.
Tony Sibson
Leicester's Tony Sibson was a British, Commonwealth and European middleweight champion who fought the best of his era. In 1981, he stopped fellow Briton -- and former world champion -- Alan Minter in three rounds to defend his European belt. In 1983 came Sibson's first of three world title shots when he travelled to America to last six rounds with 'Marvellous' Marvin Hagler for the WBC and WBA titles. Dennis Andries then stopped him in nine rounds for the WBC title in 1986 and two years later, in his final fight, Frank Tate stopped him in the 10th for the IBF version of the world title.
Johnny Frankham
Johnny Frankham defeated Olympic gold medallist Chris Finnegan for the British light-heavyweight title in 1975, and lost a rematch four months later.
Jem Mace
In the days before boxing with gloves, Jem Mace was one of the great bare-knuckle fighters. The son of a Hungarian Traveller and a Norfolk cabinet-maker crossed the Atlantic to win the world heavyweight title in 1870, losing it a year later. He was the last Briton to win a world title without gloves.