Jimmy Vincent

[danal2]

Just looking through my old Boxing News and read the article by Matthew Bozeat, he struck me as real kind hearted, but tough sort of guy...

[Sklar]

I don't know how he's doing and would be interested to know too. I was a keen supporter of Jennings but Jimmy wasn't himself that night. I know he lost his son in 2006 and the kid may have been already diagnosed at the time of the Jenning's fight (I don't know that to be the case).

[Bleak]

Remember him fighting a great fight v barnes lost by a point or 2

[palooka]

Jimmy used to live and train up in Doncaster, he trained at the Tadcaster Arms in Armthorpe. I spoke to John Ruston recently and he speaks highly of Jimmy who took the sport seriously and was a game fighter; he turned pro young and was matched hard. I remember watching Jimmy v Gary Jacobs and the very top men were a bit too much for him, though I saw Gary a few years after and how he got down to welter I do not know. The boxers that trained alongside him speak highly of him. I hope he's doing well now.

[Rexob]

Remember him fighting a great fight v barnes lost by a point or 2

Yes, I remember that fight, he got proper robbed that night.

[Parson Cross]

I will never get over that robbery.
This is why some of the recent threads get my goat about "robbery".
This beats em all.

[DavidPayne]

Colin Dunne v Martin Jacobs was worst I remember.

[hurlock]

Feck off Payne!! I was there it was under par but he still won!!

As for Barnes I remember Vincent pishing it & wazza even going to the corner to urge Barnes on to pull it out the bag & Barnes was flying at that time & a real decent prospect obviously mentally weak & lacks belief now but on his day a real good kid

[black panther]

Great value fighter was Vincent and should have been British champion. His fight with Walker was a corker as was the Barnes fight.

Hope he's doing okay now.

[Parson Cross]

The Board ordered a rematch and still Wazza found a way out of it and set Jimmy up for a fall.

[DAVE2005]

The Board ordered a rematch and still Wazza found a way out of it and set Jimmy up for a fall.

They did,but I think Barnes vacated the title rather than have the fight again.so mike stepped in and we know the rest.

[Gazmac81]

i believe Vincent got a shot at Eamon Magee for the commonwealth Title on a big Warren show.

so the rematch didnt need to happen , shrewd move by wazza

BArnes didnt vacate cause my Brother fought him for title not long after

The Board ordered a rematch and still Wazza found a way out of it and set Jimmy up for a fall.

They did,but I think Barnes vacated the title rather than have the fight again.so mike stepped in and we know the rest.

[thepocketrocket]

It was the WBU belt that Vincent ended up fighting for. Warren paid Vincent well to swerve Barnes. It was a big story at the time due to Vincent getting loads of sympathy for having his 'dreams' of being British champion shattered.

[DavidPayne]

Feck off Payne!! I was there it was under par but he still won!!

As for Barnes I remember Vincent pishing it & wazza even going to the corner to urge Barnes on to pull it out the bag & Barnes was flying at that time & a real decent prospect obviously mentally weak & lacks belief now but on his day a real good kid

Well my recollection is different Hurlock. Being there gives you a perspective, I wouldn't assume a better one than my sofa.

[Parson Cross]

On the money Pocket.
Snake.

[thepocketrocket]

On the money Pocket.
Snake.

On the flipside, Vincent made the business decision to take the cash rather than go for the title . Unless there is anything else to the story (there may well be) then it isn't like he was shafted; we all knew what was happening.

Looking back, it was probably the first sign that Barnes was never really going to make it. I know he beat Hare later on, but that seemed the rare decent result.

And to think I rated him above Macklin back in the day.

[Parson Cross]

He didn't have a choice.
He was told he was vacating and he wouldn't get a shot at the vacant title.
Play on words - but the Board only ordered a rematch with Barnes.

[thepocketrocket]

He didn't have a choice.
He was told he was vacating and he wouldn't get a shot at the vacant title.
Play on words - but the Board only ordered a rematch with Barnes.

Really? Well, my bad. Even back in the day I thought Vincent had opted for cash over the title