Really, I had the Pedroza fight as being in 1986 and the fight I was thinking of was one of the ones on his way to the title. Obviously got it wrong then. It was a sort of pub crawl for me in the mid 80s on a Saturday night involving any three of the Rummer, the City Arms, the Staff Club, Old A and the Cottage before going on to the Crooked Stairs or Dog and Duck.
The bit about getting on the bus to avoid watching Queen was definitely true though.