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“For valid reasons, it's been a long time since you've heard an ancient truism cherished by the fight game: "As the heavyweights go, so goes boxing." The current heavyweight division, a quaint collection of overweight senior citizens, is probably the industry's least appealing crop since bare-knuckle brawling gave way to gloved combat in the 1890s.”

Boxing Stories Arkansas Gazette Sportswriters

Author:Jim Bailey

“The crowd started cheering as soon as they seen him, he was one of them, a local lad from Lancashire. In the first round, I tried to put him away but my punches had nothing in them, I might as well as been hitting thin air. It was then that I knew I had to really dig deep if I wanted to hear the final bell; I threw a clever little corkscrew right. A great shot, but ineffective unless it hits with some vigour, which it didn’t!”

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Book:Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

Source: Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

“The crowd were totally behind him and it spurred him on, I was right in the heat of battle. There was only one to win; I dug deep and summoned up every bit of strength, I had in me to put in to one punch to see if I could hit the jackpot. I drew him to the ropes and put everything in to a cracking right uppercut and just missed, bastard!”

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Book:Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

Source: Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

“In the last round I was so wiped-out that for the first time in my life I tried to get disqualified. He was throwing punches non-stop and he was dangerous with those shots and becoming a little bit too cute for my liking. I backed to the ropes and catapulted off them and nutted him.”

Boxing Richy Horsley Boxer Boxing Stories

Book:Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

Source: Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

“Everyone in the place seen me nut him apart from the ref, it caught him on the blind side. I tried to nut him on the eyebrow so it would split open, but I got him on the forehead. The crowd turned right against me, but I made it to the last bell and lost on a unanimous decision.”

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Book:Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

Source: Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

“I must have been crazy for taking that fight, I should have told Anth to get on his bike, but what made it worse was I knew if I were in shape I’d have beaten him inside of two rounds. Some people reckon fighters must have a little madness in them, I reckon they might be right.”

Boxing Richy Horsley Boxer Boxing Stories

Book:Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley

Source: Born to Fight: The True Story of Richy Crazy Horse Horsley