The last fight to draw nobbins

[palooka]

Does anyone know when the last fight was when the crowd threw money (nobbins) into the ring, (after the bout)?

[dookus]

Erm...a fight in the early 80s I think...help!

[Punchy Joe]

Starting reading Boxing News in about 1988 and remember reading about it still happening in small hall shows now and again. Didn't know what the hell Nobbins meant at the time though lol

[Dirk Kelly]

Didn't some Irish fans do am interception of this when Pickering I think fought dunne?

[TerribleTerry]

Pretty sure a small hall fight I was at drew nobbins in the last 5 years or so.

Can't remember which fight it was off the top of my head though (5hite memory..)

[funso banjo baby]

weird. i was thinking the same thing the other day.

the only time ive ever seen it was the first jimmy cable v nick wilshire fight way back in about 81 on the bruno ledouz undercard at wembley

[stujones]

There was a fight a couple of years ago on tv, a belter. I can't remember between who but I can remember the commentator suggesting the crowd were being violent as they were hurling coins at the boxers

[Insider]

Happened in 2006 in Birmingham for one of James McKinley's fights

[TerribleTerry]

Happened in 2006 in Birmingham for one of James McKinley's fights

That was the one

[Counter-puncher]

Happened in 2006 in Birmingham for one of James McKinley's fights

That was the one

it was McKinley vs Jonny Musgrove, absolute belter from start to finish

nobody got any more recent than that?

[ShadrachSimmo]

I saw someone attempt to throw a programme into the ring in disgust when John Simpson lost to Stephen Smith at the Kelvin Hall. It went about 2 feet in front of him

[josco]

Dunno - but recall that Joe Falcon was the "nobbins king" at Granby Hall, Leicester 30 odd years ago.

[Gazmac81]

i remeber them doing it when my Bro won scottish Welterweight title @ Thistle hotel

that mustve been early late 90s early 2000

Edit - April 2002 it was

[m1kee50]

who picks up the coins? i realise who they are meant for, but please tell me at least they let them take the gloves off first, or thats just cruel.

[rhino222]

it was on a eugene maloney sunday show, was it a chas symonds fight?

[johnnygreaves]

I actually fought lee purdy in the un licenced game.we had a 6 round punch up and the crowd threw nobbins,was quite a few quid.i was British champ in that & used to come to have a tearup every fight. Was at least a bullseye there.shared if I remember rightly.lee knocked out all opponents b4 me in the first.we went 6 and Steve holdsworth & the ref said it was best fight ever on them shows.i have vid somewhere.ill try putting it on utube

[palooka]

I actually fought lee purdy in the un licenced game.we had a 6 round punch up and the crowd threw nobbins,was quite a few quid.i was British champ in that & used to come to have a tearup every fight. Was at least a bullseye there.shared if I remember rightly.lee knocked out all opponents b4 me in the first.we went 6 and Steve holdsworth & the ref said it was best fight ever on them shows.i have vid somewhere.ill try putting it on utube

I hope you can put it on Johnny Purdy is not doing too bad at all now is he?

[johnnygreaves]

I actually fought lee purdy in the un licenced game.we had a 6 round punch up and the crowd threw nobbins,was quite a few quid.i was British champ in that & used to come to have a tearup every fight. Was at least a bullseye there.shared if I remember rightly.lee knocked out all opponents b4 me in the first.we went 6 and Steve holdsworth & the ref said it was best fight ever on them shows.i have vid somewhere.ill try putting it on utube

I hope you can put it on Johnny Purdy is not doing too bad at all now is he?

Boxed lee twice as a pro too.great lad and a tuff fighter.ill deffo put that on utube & let you know when I have

[Old bones Ian]

Wayne Bloy v Jamie Mcdonnell 1st fight got nobbins. In 2006

[TerribleTerry]

Happened in 2006 in Birmingham for one of James McKinley's fights

That was the one

it was McKinley vs Jonny Musgrove, absolute belter from start to finish

nobody got any more recent than that?

McKinley has Sheldon's very own Rocky Balboa - he tore it up everytime out. Exciting fighter.

[beano]

[quote="TerribleTerry"][quote="Counter-puncher"][quote="TerribleTerry"][quote="Insider"]Happened in 2006 in Birmingham for one of James McKinley's fights[/quote]

That was the one [/quote]

it was McKinley vs Jonny Musgrove, absolute belter from start to finish

nobody got any more recent than that?[/quote]

McKinley has Sheldon's very own Rocky Balboa - he tore it up everytime out. Exciting fighter. [/quote]
A lot of people never went to watch him as they said they could watch him up the town on a weekend for free ha ha I was at that fight and what a fight it was think he had 7 fights undefeated don't think he was to happy with the wages so knocked it on the head

[jonp]

Jimmy also had money thrown in the ring with Jon Foster as well abosulte crazy fight.

[Kilburn]

The first fight between Gary Logan and Hussain Osman got nobbins a few years back.

[Gazmac81]

i also saw a drunk guy in a get in the ring and do forward rolls in the ring at the thistle hotel, think he was well connected cause he was told to be left alone by big Alex Morrison

[steve 111]

it was on a eugene maloney sunday show, was it a chas symonds fight?

yes you are right it was a great fight chas symonds v brett james they both had each other on the floor
it was a real tear up