Think you are a boxer? Here is your chance...

[Redback Rasta]

Read about this lot a bit back, kinda like the last boxing booth left in the world or something, interesting

According to this fairly recent article Fred Brophy's troupe is the last boxing touring troupe left in the world >>>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

[AntonS]

I'll take on well built accurate lefty any day

[littlepug]

Read about this lot a bit back, kinda like the last boxing booth left in the world or something, interesting

According to this fairly recent article Fred Brophy's troupe is the last boxing touring troupe left in the world >>>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... paign=1490

cheers

[Like a Boss]

Yeah, I had a fight in Brophy's tent in '95 at Birdsville, I took on his best boy 'Mandingo' who was apparently undefeated in over 400 bouts and had won every one of his fights by knockout that weekend. I punched the stuffing out of Mandingo and had about a dozen points taken off from "low blows", every body shot I threw. Didn't get the chocolates but didn't pay for another drink for the rest of the trip.

It is pretty hard to get the chocolates in the tent from what I hear because if you do Fred has to pay you.

Apparently no more than two per show, but no matter, it's fun, and these blokes do it for a living. Read on the rest of the thread after I posted, great stories from Fox. I sat with Fred Brophy (rather, I invited him to sit with us) when Kolby Johnston fought at Flemington, great bloke.

If you are fighting after Fred has already awarded fighters from the crowd two wins you've got Buckley's then

[Like a Boss]

I had 2 fights in Brophys Tent. Both draws against Fred's boys. Then I went to Moura and had a couple of fights for Fred. It's great fun punching on in the tent.

One of Brophy's fighters, Sapphire, occasionally posts here.

This article from about 18 months ago is a good read :

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/29929 ... ugh-breed/

Good insight into tent boxing and mentions tent boxing is banned in NSW, but still allowed to operate in Queensland, the Northern Territory and the ACT.

[Redback Rasta]

Tag team boxing >>>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4xrVwLlYo

Could only happen in Fred Brophy's tent

Sapphire is in that clip too.

[Redback Rasta]

'Sapphire', known outside the tent as Scott Edwards, is fighting for the NSW State welterweight title on November 5th in Newcastle.

[Redback Rasta]

Won by KOR 2.

Knocked his opponent out of the ring and the ref stopped it.

Conrats Scott

[Redback Rasta]

From fox's posts Brophy is still out there presenting punters with their chance to step up and have a go.