Mr Woolatt is a great guy I've been priviliged to know for - well it must be a decade now. He's made a significant contribution to a number of fight careers - and if I understand anything about him - this won't stop him continuing to do so. Thinking about you and yours Spud...

And Starie/Dean Francis an amateur classic too...

A reassuring presence for all fighters during those last minutes before they walk. Always has a spare cig for his friends too.

Anyone remember the James "special" Branch KO?

the omen

your work is appreciated lee. What's behind the name? and the four ds

ed robinson wrote:I've been a fan since she pushed Lucia Rijker all the way on the Lewis / Klitschko bill in L.A. Talk about plucky! One of the game's great characters.

Yep that was a quality performance she totally earned Rijker's respect

Right Said Fred might be a good shout. Corrie Sanders came in to them before he beat Wladimir in Hanover: "Stand up for the Champions". There was some talk of getting McFadden and Whitehead to sing Haye in live... But on investigation McFadden had died from lung cancer in 2006 and Whitehea...

Roach spent a fortnight in Edinburgh before the Limond fight. Pre Gomez it was phone calls only. Terry McCormack led the corner. I remember Arthur cut and the second soaking his head with a sponge meaning Benny King had to dry his head again before starting work on the cut.

Paul Wesley back in the late nineties gave Glenn Catley fits dangerous when he wanted to be

about the same era as austin fought lloyd, frankile liles came over and avenged his only defeat at that point against another american tim littles. Liles ended up 32-3. Not threatening austin and co career wise maybe - but the fight itself was certainly memorable

He's live on set on Sky Sports News tonight around 630pm

Mike the Greek the US stats guru who works with Showtime takes a measuring tape and measures each fighter himself before he compiles the graphics for the telecast. I remember him measuring Joe Calzaghe before the Kid Fire Mcintyre fight in Copenhagen and he said he was exactly six foot. Khan's a bit...

Did Billy initially agree to abide by the "retirement" line with the Hattons then change his mind?

a boxing in our time would be very welcome

anyone remember bronko mccart's wife haranguing him in the corner with a photo of his kids or something as he struggled in the first winky fight?

lennon jnr used to say if a fighter was about to box - the least he could do was pronounce his name properly and get his record absolutely right - to do otherwise would be extreme disrespect in the circumstances

buffer once introduced jim watt as "jim scott from wattland"

THEBUTCH wrote:Yes, Bob Mee must be far and away the most knowledgable boxing commentator on TV.

no question even if you've been to or seen a fight on tv you'd still read his report

saw tyson last night - last minute job got a late call. He said he'd spoken to Tarver about a fight in the new year in dubai and that antonio's keen on the idea. One last fight he said. Asked if he'd been in the gym - no. Asked about his leg - still a problem. Otherwise he was on good form. I think ...

McKeever/Mulholland 1, Gallagher/Shepherd, Arthur/Gomez, McMillan/Ingle, Adam Smith/Adrian Dodson

Bruno was in good form at the boxing writers dinner last night.

naz v barrera was really disappointing. If he'd actually gone in with a decent gameplan to beat Barrera things could have been different. It seemed as though he was just expecting to blast away what he seemed to think was a shopworn super-bantam (it was easy to read Morales 1 as a last hurrah). I re...

haven't seen much of grant recently. How's he coming on? He was lightning fast in the amateurs. Also working as an electrician if I remembe right.

Last time I saw him was about four years ago, he was doing voluntary work at some old people's home. Some character, wrecked Ross Hale's career essentially. Ross was in the frame for a big money fight when he met him. Thaxton KO was one of those superslomo replays that Hollywood couldn' reconstruct ...