"'back-up' vans was sold in 2004 for almost £4,000 to British boxer Ricky Hatton, and another sold for around £44,000 in 2017 to an anonymous buyer. Afterwards, it was found this was just a replica (this was an older model that featured separate side lights, all models used in the tv series had their side lights incorporated in to their headlamp units). There were several Reliant Regal vans used in filming; in series 1 and 2 of ""Only Fools and Horses"" the inside of the van is red indicating the van's original colour was red. This a 1969 Reliant Regal"
"reported in Pierce Egan's first volume of ""Boxiana""). He was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Hen Pearce Henry ""Hen"" Pearce (born 7 May 1777 in Bristol; died 30 April 1809 at St. Martin's Lane, London) was an English bare-knuckle prizefighter who fought under the London Prize Ring rules and was the recognised English Champion from 1804 until his retirement due to ill health in 1807. Pearce was known as ""The Game Chicken"", a nickname probably derived from his habit of signing his name ""Hen"" instead of"
"Robin Reid (boxer) Robin Reid (born 19 February 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 1996 to 1997, and the IBO super-middleweight title from 2004 to 2005. As an amateur, Reid represented Great Britain at 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division. Reid began his professional career in 1993 and quickly became a popular British fighter. In 1996, he captured the World Boxing Council super middleweight title by defeating Vincenzo Nardiello by a TKO in 7. He then successfully defended his title three"
"had walked out of the film. His latest film role is in 'Mob Handed'. Reid still retains strong ties to professional boxing, acting as a judge. In September 2016 he joined the Advisory Board of the World Boxing Federation. Robin Reid (boxer) Robin Reid (born 19 February 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 1996 to 1997, and the IBO super-middleweight title from 2004 to 2005. As an amateur, Reid represented Great Britain at 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division. Reid began"
"Jason Rowland Jason Rowland (born 6 August 1970) is a British former boxer who was British light welterweight champion between 1998 and 2000, and WBU light welterweight World champion in 2000. Born in London and based in West Ham, Rowland made his professional debut in September 1989 with a win over Terry Smith. He won his first 19 fights, leading to a British title eliminator against Bernard Paul in November 1995, with the BBBofC Southern Area title also at stake; Rowland was knocked out in the first round. After being out of the ring in 1996, Rowland won his two"
"Boxing Gym in his home town of Cardiff where he hopes to train a world champion. Steve Robinson (boxer) Steve Robinson (born 13 December 1968 Cardiff) is a Welsh retired professional boxer. He is best known for working in Debenhams as a storeman in Cardiff, then with just two days' notice, he accepted the fight against John Davison in 1993 for the vacant WBO Featherweight title and won the contest on a points decision. On 17 April 1993 the defending Featherweight Champion, Ruben Palacios from Colombia, was due to defend his title in Washington, England against John Davison from England."
"raise money for the club. In 2010 the club won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Dazzo Williams Darren ""Dazzo"" Williams (born 19 March 1974) is a British former boxer who was British featherweight champion between 2003 and 2005 and also fought for the Commonwealth and European titles. Born and raised in Lambeth, London, and based in Hereford during his boxing career, Williams, a former soldier, trained at Gelligaer ABC. He made his professional debut in February 2001, beating Mickey Coveney via a second round knockout. After winning eight from his first ten fights, culminating in a narrow title eliminator"
"book characters. He is a supporter of English football team Tottenham Hotspur. Finn Bálor Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Bálor. Devitt is widely known for his tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Prince Devitt, where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the title twice with Minoru and four times with Ryusuke Taguchi. He is also a two-time winner of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament,"
"to retire from boxing, his hands, never strong and always easily damaged, were now weakened. Throughout his career Spring had often managed to avoid damage with his fast hits and what became known as his Harlequin Step; this was a technique he developed of putting himself just within reach of his opponent, then avoiding the instinctive punch while simultaneously delivering one himself. On his retirement he purchased the Castle Inn at Holborn (previously owned by the pugilist Bob Gregson), which under his management became the unofficial headquarters of English boxing; fights were arranged and contacts signed under his supervision. English"
"rematch was announced to take place on 22 December at The O2 Arena on Sky Sports Box Office. Whyte has three children, including two boys. He has highlighted his early boxing idols, including Jack Dempsey, Sonny Liston, Archie Moore, Lennox Lewis and James Toney. On 23 March 2015, as part of Evelyn Grace Academy's Sport Week, Whyte appeared alongside footballer Brede Hangeland and rugby union player Natasha Brennan to speak to the students of his profession and to impart advice and provide inspiration. Dillian Whyte Dillian Whyte (born 11 April 1988) is a British professional boxer. He has held the"
"into the steroid claims in order to clear his name. Holyfield was again linked to HGH in September 2007, when his name came up following a raid of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, Florida. Signature Pharmacy was under investigation for illegally supplying several professional athletes with steroids and HGH. Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2011. He reigned as the undisputed champion at cruiserweight in the late 1980s and at heavyweight in the early 1990s, and remains the only boxer in history to win the undisputed championship in"
"of public votes he received. The show was a success and several thousand pounds were raised for the local charities. Kaelan Joyce Kaelan Joyce (born 20 August 1982), is an amateur boxer from the British Overseas Territory, Gibraltar. He started his boxing career in January 2000 as a Middleweight and competed exclusively in Gibraltar at first, but then mostly abroad thereafter. Kaelan was awarded a place at Southampton Solent University (UK) in September 2002, where he went on to earn an honours degree in a Computer Networking related subject. Whilst at University he trained at the Golden Ring ABC (Southampton,"
"his belt in Doncaster at a non-existent event staged by former trainer Ian Allcock and John Sheppard on 10 July 2015, after 20 years of fighting against the WBO and British Boxing Board of Control who denied his existence, retracted statements, and tried to charge him for the belt on more than one occasion. The belt arrived in England while Paul was on social media Tweeting support for world-famous Floyd Mayweather after his recent rift with the WBO.<ref name=""fightnetwork.com/news/58242:paul-silky-jones-crowned-world-champ-after-20-year-wait/"">fightnetwork.com/news/58242:paul-silky-jones-crowned-world-champ-after-20-year-wait/</ref> Paul Jones (boxer) Paul ""Silky"" Jones (born 19 November 1966 in Sheffield, England), is former World Boxing Champion, known as Silky"
"beat Viktor Baranov by unanimous decision to take the vacant WBU light welterweight title. Rowland vacated the title, and by July 2001 Ricky Hatton held the WBU title and faced Rowland in his first defence, knocking him out in the fourth round. It was almost two years before Rowland fought again, beating Paul Denton in April 2003 in what was his final fight. Rowland went on to be a successful trainer, working with boxers such as Tony Conquest, John Wayne Hibbert, Richard Hines, Miles Shinkwin, and Mitchell Smith, and in 2010 opened the Noble Art Gym in Rainham. Jason Rowland"
"$180 in 2018). According to the county where John L Sullivan passed away he had an estate worth $3675, which was quite a bit of money back then, for an ex-boxer. Sullivan was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990, as a member of the hall's original class. He had a record of 40 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws, with 34 wins by knockout, though many sources disagree on his exact record. The barn where Sullivan trained still stands in the small town of Belfast, New York and is now the Bare Knuckle Boxing Hall of"
"wears the club's black and white stripes on his customary shorts. He walks to the ring to Geordie folk song Blaydon Races. Lewis Ritson Lewis David Ritson (born 22 September 1993) is a British professional boxer. He is currently British lightweight champion having won the title in October 2017. Ritson first started boxing at the age of eight. He was an England international at amateur level and a dual title winner of the TTW belts at 67kgs and 71kgs respectively. Ritson had 97 amateur fights in total and was also an ABA Seniors finalist. Ritson made his professional boxing debut"
"Dickinson is also a professional boxer who fights at light-heavyweight, and also won Prizefighter in January 2011. Jon-Lewis Dickinson Jon-Lewis Dickinson (born 3 May 1986 in Durham, England) is a British boxer currently fighting in the cruiserweight class, and held the British cruiserweight title from 2012 until 2014. In his early fights he beat journeymen Paul Bonson and Hastings Rasani on points, before winning the Prizefighter series in April 2010 beating Leon Williams, Mark Krence and Nick Okoth. In July, however, he suffered a shock knockout loss to Tyrone Wright, and followed it up by retiring on his stool against"
"he retired from boxing. Des Sowden Des Sowden (Born 13 August 1974, Plymouth, England) is a former British professional boxer. He is considered to be one of the worst, if not the worst, professional boxer of all time. During his two-year professional career, he won just one fight, in which the opponent was disqualified. During his career he was knocked out in under a minute twice and just over a minute once in just 11 bouts. He holds the record for the fastest to be knocked out in a boxing match, being knocked out in the first punch within just"
"he has yet to embark on either endeavour. Lewis has a villa at the Tryall Golf Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Lewis is an avid amateur chess player, and funded an after-school chess programme for disadvantaged youths, one of whom earned a university chess scholarship at Tennessee Tech. Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, , (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed title. Holding dual British and Canadian citizenship, Lewis represented Canada as"
"John Watson (boxer) John Watson (Born 9 June 1983) is a British lightweight boxer, based in Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom. He has fought for the British lightweight title on two occasions, losing to Gavin Rees and Anthony Crolla. On 28 April 2002 Watson was crowned Junior ABA champion after opponent Jimmy Fletcher pulled out of the final with an injury. The pinnacle of Watson's amateur career was winning the 2004 senior Amateur Boxing Association championships at light welterweight Watson was involved with the 2004 Olympics being Amir Khan's chief training and sparring partner. The same year saw Watson pick up"
"wins (24 knockouts) and 3 loss in 33 bouts. <br> Richel Hersisia Richel Hersisia (born April 28, 1974 in Curaçao, in the former Netherlands Antilles) is a heavyweight boxer. He is referred to as ""The Dutch Sonny Liston"" by his fans. He now fights out of The Hague (Den Haag) in the Netherlands. He once held the fringe World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) Heavyweight title, but lost it to Audley Harrison via fourth-round knockout on March 20, 2004 at Wembley Arena in London. He last fought in September 2008, when he lost a six rounds decision to a comebacking Ray Mercer"
"a brown ball believing it to be red. During the course of his career, Williams has earned the nicknames ""Sprog"", the ""Welsh Potting Machine"", and ""The Welsh Wonder"". Williams is also a keen poker player. He is proud of his Welsh heritage, and has a tattoo depicting the Welsh Dragon eating the English flag. Williams is a keen Manchester United supporter. Williams and his wife Joanne have three sons: Connor (born April 2004), Kian (born 2007) and Joel (born 2013). Williams is good friends with Matthew Stevens and Stephen Hendry, as well as boxer Joe Calzaghe. Williams was awarded an"
"Barrington Renford Patterson Barrington Renford Patterson (born 25 August 1965) is an English former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. At 18 stones, he competed in the super heavyweight division and once fought for a world IKF Kickboxing Championship. He is often referred to as one of Britain's ""hard men"" and former football hooligan of the known firm Birmingham Zulus. At an early age as a child Barrington was blinded in one eye through an accident, which later earned him the name ""One eye Baz"". In the early years of his life while growing up in the tough streets of Handsworth,"
"in radio, John Burns had an established career as a barrister. He was a Victorian Crown Prosecutor and practiced Law for 22 years. John Burns is married to Monique and they have three sons. He used to speak fondly on-air of his adopted former ""death row"" dog nicknamed ""Rocky"" (formerly called ""Rocca"", because its black and white colour was reminiscent of Collingwood players Saverio and Anthony Rocca). After Rocky’s death, he adopted another dog, named Gus. His son Andrew Burns is an actor, comedian and the founder of Question One, London's largest quiz night company. Burns is a passionate Melbourne"
"Steve Robinson (boxer) Steve Robinson (born 13 December 1968 Cardiff) is a Welsh retired professional boxer. He is best known for working in Debenhams as a storeman in Cardiff, then with just two days' notice, he accepted the fight against John Davison in 1993 for the vacant WBO Featherweight title and won the contest on a points decision. On 17 April 1993 the defending Featherweight Champion, Ruben Palacios from Colombia, was due to defend his title in Washington, England against John Davison from England. However, the champion failed a HIV test by the BBBC prior to the bout and was"
"proved to be Reeson's final fight. Steve Bunce Radio Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYS5rKls8X4 Sammy talks about his life after boxing and why he retired after being stopped in the 9th round of his World Title fight against Carlos De Leon in 1989. He turned to collecting scrap metal for a living and dropped out of the boxing world completely. In 2011, after an accident at work, he had his leg amputated from the knee. Sammy Reeson Sammy Reeson (born 5 January 1963) is a British former boxer who was the first to hold both the British and European cruiserweight titles and went"
"by Welsh boxer Enzo Maccarinelli. Avoth now regularly travels around the UK and Ireland making after dinner speeches. Eddie Avoth Eddie Avoth (born 2 May 1945) is a former boxer and actor. He was British and Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion, with a record of 44 wins (20 by knockout) from 53 fights. Avoth was born in Cardiff, Wales. He was a product of the Eddie Thomas boxing gym based in Merthyr Tydfil, which spawned the boxing careers of such notables as Howard Winstone and Ken Buchanan . Avoth's professional boxing career spanned nine years and in this time he"
"Henry Cooper Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was an English heavyweight boxer. Cooper held the British, Commonwealth, and European heavyweight titles several times throughout his career, and unsuccessfully challenged Muhammad Ali for the world heavyweight championship in 1966. Following his retirement from the sport, Cooper continued his career as a television and radio personality; he was the first (and is today one of four people) to twice win the public vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and is thus far the only boxer to be awarded a knighthood. Cooper was born on 3 May"
"cocaine after a police sniffer dog found what was alleged to be £12000 worth of the drug in his back garden. The charges were dropped against the boxer in April 2009 when the police decided not to proceed with the case. The Independent | Saunders leads rout of Hungary Bradley Saunders Bradley Saunders (born 4 February 1986) is a British professional boxer. As an amateur he won a silver medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, gold at the 2009 EU Championships and bronze at the 2007 World Championships. Saunders won the British championships in 2006"
"Robert McCracken Robert McCracken MBE (born May 31, 1968) is a British former middleweight boxer and world title challenger, and boxing coach, from Birmingham, England. McCracken worked as a wood machinist at Hoskins Cabinet Works, Bordesley, Birmingham before turning to boxing. He was affectionately known as ""Boxing Bob"". McCracken turned pro in 1991 in the Light-Middleweight division. In February 1994 he won the British title by outpointing Andy Till, and defended it twice outpointing Steve ""The Viking"" Foster and Paul Wesley. In November 1995, he officially moved into the Middleweight division, winning the vacant Commonwealth title by outpointing Canadian southpaw"
"of his ancestors, Sir Jonah Barrington, established an estate in County Limerick called ""Glenstal"", which was eventually sold in the 1930s to a group of Belgian Benedictine monks who established a boarding school. In 1982 Barrington co-authored the book ""Murder in the Squash Court: the Only Way to Win"". He has coached Israeli squash player Daniel Poleshchuk. Barrington is the father of professional squash player Joey Barrington. Jonah Barrington (squash player) Jonah Barrington (born 29 April 1941) is a retired Irish/English squash player, originally from Morwenstow, Cornwall, England. A Cornish-born Irish squash player, Barrington won the British Open (which was"
"anybody, I apologise to anyone that's been hurt by it."" Tyson Fury Tyson Luke Fury (born 12 August 1988) is a British professional boxer. In 2015 he won the unified WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, ""Ring"" magazine and lineal heavyweight titles by defeating long-reigning champion Wladimir Klitschko. The victory earned Fury Fighter of the Year and Upset of the Year awards by ""The Ring"". In August 2016, Fury was ranked by BoxRec as the world's sixth best active boxer, pound for pound. He was subsequently stripped of the IBF title later in 2015 for failing to grant a fight against"
"Eddie Ryan Vincent Rubio (born 5 November 1985), better known by the ring name Eddie Ryan, is a British professional wrestler currently active in the United Kingdom. Rubio, originally from Plymouth, England, started his in ring career in 2008 at the 4 Front Wrestling (4FW) training school. His first match was in January of the following year for 4FW under the ring name Eddie Reyes, being given the gimmick of a Spanish wrestler. Before representing England overseas in Japan and the United States, Rubio changed his ring name to Eddie Ryan, with a more realistic English gimmick. In 2018, Rubio"