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One Fine Journeyman Boxer. Johnny Greaves.

Dozen Wicked Words · 2014-09-24 12:48:39

Hope this might be of interest to some here (and if its been posted before feel free to delete). An excellent article about Johnny Greaves who fought 100 times, winning 4 times. As one of the comments in the article says, an unusual, but worthy role model.…

24-09-2014 12:48pm

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Hope this might be of interest to some here (and if its been posted before feel free to delete).

An excellent article about Johnny Greaves who fought 100 times, winning 4 times. As one of the comments in the article says, an unusual, but worthy role model.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/the-balls-of-wrath/2014/sep/24/johnny-greaves-boxer-journeyman-fighter-100?CMP=twt_gu

There's also a really good Documentary from BT Sport about him too. Very sad in places and a man with a lot of issues from his youth seem to have left him emotionally battered.

http://vimeo.com/77671392 (it looks like its just a tv test card to start but does go onto the documentary after, and it pauses where the ads would be)

Particularly liked how much respect Joe Calzaghe gave to journeymen and a sign of his class I think.

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