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In reply to Post #789
That was the british title fight against john l gardner , He still holds the record of fighting for a title with the least number of pro fights 6 i think ? Spent years in prison for various things charles bronson was a mate of his , had 2 sons both in prison for 2 seperate murders ! Got an asbo and had to stay out of wakefield centre , a real character who escaped from a foreign jail and swam across shark infested waters ! Sadly died a alcoholic .
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In reply to Post #788
Yeah, I’ve heard of him Jeff, if he was the heavyweight, lot older than me.
He was a bit of a local brawler and knuckler mate, not to be messed with. I remember seeing one of his biggest fights, just turned his back and walked off, ref stopped it, quite a character
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In reply to Post #787
This has made me think about people ive met in boxing , Chris not sure how old you are but did you ever hear of paul sykes from wakefield, He has to be one of the strangest fighters i ever met as hard as nails .
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In reply to Post #784
No doubt about it, in his prime one of the most entertaining fighters I have seen, as well as his tear up style I used to love his rope work, moving, slipping, counter, brilliant 
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In reply to Post #785
Thing is someone somewhere in the world will sanction it somehow. Johnny Nelson has written an article about it saying its for closure rather than aiming for another career. Hopefully neither get hurt if it does go ahead. There's talk of Shannon briggs fighting again too, he's a similar age to Benn. Such a shame these guys can't accept their careers for what they are, both very good but in the past
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In reply to Post #783
He has appealed against that Gerry and has met all criteria , hope he doesnt get it
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In reply to Post #782
He did but Benn should have called that fight off he was shot at twice in the run up to that fight and did,nt train properly for it , i m very lucky that i had got to know him quite well and he was crapping himself at that time.
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In reply to Post #781
He got refused a licence so dont think it will ever happen
a GREAT boxer on Friday night !!! cant wait DUBOIS VS TETTEH
Commonwealth title bout is set for Friday, September 27 It is being held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Undercard's will get going around 7.30pm UK time Expect the main event from around 10.30pm.
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In reply to Post #781
Benn one of my all time favourites, proper warrior, I had a signed photograph, put it up behind the bar in my local boozer
Why the hell is he fighting SB, I don’t know what he’s like now but I expect him to beat Benn, he has got a bit of pedigree. 55, that’s mental  
Massive Benn fan like I say Jeff but Collins whooped his arse big time. Proper machine Collins 
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My Hero and someone i got to know quite well Nigel benn will be returning to the ring later this year at the age of 55 !! He will be fighting ex world champ sadio bika age 40 , Spent some time with Nigel in tenerife training up mount teide , Never seen a fitter bloke in my life but that was 25 years ago ! He was devastated when steve collins retired him , if he hadnt got mixed up with the infamous essex boys he would have won that fight ! Gotta say what the hell is he doing !The sport is becoming a joke if this goes ahead.
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Serge Ambomo Nathan will be fighting and not the other lad I said.
Not heard of this lad before but he sure looks a tough hard lad.
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In reply to Post #778
I,ve not spoken to him as i have been busy for the last few weeks moving stuff up to new house in scotland , I did bump into Tony bellew last week and he mentioned something but i cant remember what it was , I will be seeing him at next liverpool home match.
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In reply to Post #777
Yes mate they are nasty, cut man did a hell of a job. If anyone can open them up it's wilder for sure. He will need to be so much better than last weekend.
Have you heard what pricey is up to next jeff?
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In reply to Post #774
I never like to say never but those cuts are bad , really bad ! Wilder in my opinion will now take all the belts , he is so much better than joshua , much more power and better defence , joshua has no defence very poor ,
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In reply to Post #773
The heavyweight division could belong to Wilder soon,as much I would hate that.If AJ loses rematch against Ruiz,Wilder beats Ortiz then Fury he will definitely beat Ruiz to claim all the belts
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