An image of the gym’s sadly missed founder, Brian Hughes MBE, is flanked by paintings of its current figurehead, Pat "The Black Flash" Barrett and Collyhurst stalwart Thomas "Storm Boy" McDonagh.

Lyndon Arthur hasn’t yet earned a place on the wall, but the light heavyweight is well on the way to doing so.

As Arthur (25-3, 16 KOs) winds down training for Saturday’s fight with Lewis Edmondson (11-1, 3 KOs), Barrett, who is Arthur’s cousin and trainer, and another of the gym’s former stars, Matthew Hall, recount his journey from the streets of Moston and wonder whether he might be the most accomplished fighter the gym has ever produced.

Barrett proudly describes Arthur, 35, as a veteran of the sport.

“I suppose I am,” Arthur told The Ring.

“I've been professional 10 years in September. So, I don't know, maybe I am a veteran of the pro game. I've had about probably 10 or 12, 12-round fights — or I’ve booked in for that many — I probably could class myself as a veteran, I suppose. I'm near the end.”

Those last words, “near the end” are accompanied by a smile.

“I've got a few years left. As long as I don't get any serious injuries, touch wood. Pause.”

This time last year, Arthur found himself at a crossroads after losing his trilogy bout with Anthony Yarde.

Boxing in front of around 60,000 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Arthur fought well but began to stay longer on the ropes and dropped a close but unanimous decision.

In November, Arthur answered questions about his remaining desire when he got off the floor to beat his Manchester rival, Brad Rea, in a European title fight.

The exciting win breathed new life into his career and put him back into the mix for big fights.

Ten days out from this weekend’s fight with Edmondson, Arthur looks fit, healthy and happy. The hooded anorak that would once be pulled tight as fight week approached is nowhere to be seen, and whilst he is pleased training is coming to an end, Arthur looks like he has plenty left to give.

“I've got a nutritionist,” he laughed. “I never had one and the last few fights I've been in the best shape I've probably been in my whole career.

“Ishmael Davis is one of my best friends and when I was speaking to him in camp and I was watching his routine and seeing the plan that he had, I was thinking, 'That looks kind of professional. Maybe I need to adapt that into my regimen' and I did that, and it's worked.”

Arthur is a career light heavyweight. He doesn’t tend to dwell on previous fights but has wondered about what he might have achieved had he started his program earlier.

“I think I could have done a lot better. I used to kill myself. I tell my nutritionist now what I used to do to make weight. He doesn't understand how I even got to where I've got to.”

If Arthur is enjoying an Indian Summer in the ring, he also changed his approach outside of it. Publicly anyway.

Over the past year, Arthur has become a constant presence on social media and a growing audience watches his skits, practical jokes and “Someone’s Gotta Say It” videos where he lets loose and gives his opinions and advice on whichever topic enters his head.

Those who spent years trying to figure out what mood Arthur was in before approaching him for an interview or working out how to get him to expand on a topic might be surprised by the sudden change, but away from the camera carriers and boxing business he has always been a joker and a wind-up merchant.

“I never really let the personality show. Not that I didn't have a personality — I’ve always had a personality — it just came about,” he said.

“It just kind of stuck, 'Lyndon's laid back,' so I thought because I actually am laid back, unless you actually know me personally, but that's obviously not on social media. I thought I'd delve into it a little bit and see how it goes and it's kind of done alright. It’s given people a different side of me.

“You need a life after boxing. I know for a fact that people used to look at me and I don’t know if they thought I was arrogant or unapproachable or moody or whatever, but now a lot of people know me for the other thing. They will be able to approach me — and they do — and not think that I'm just a guy that fights and boxes. ... I'm glad that's happened.”

Arthur was 17 and sat on the pavement where his brother, Zennen, had been shot when Barrett found him and persuaded him to try the gym.

As an amateur he reached two Elite national finals and represented Great Britain. He battled his way up from the small halls and has boxed in arenas, stadiums and Saudi Arabia. He has fought for world titles, dragged himself back from disappointing losses and is still in the mix for big fights.

Arthur has enjoyed a real career. And it isn’t over yet.

“It’s definitely one that, when all's said and done, I'll look back and think, 'I did that,'” he said.

“It’s one my kids will look back on. They can be proud of something. Also kids from around here, from the estate. My gym is 30 seconds from my mum’s house so I'm a product of my estate. Any kid that wants to do something, whether it's boxing or whatever they want to do, can see that it's reachable and attainable.

“I've had speed bumps. I've been through s—t and I've been through s—t in boxing with the politics of it, the ups and downs, but you've just got to keep grinding out. I've always been good at that.”