bobby frankham fracas

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 31 Oct 2007, 09:46

just been looking through some old videos out of the loft not expecting to find anything to do with boxing when a news item came up about trouble at a british venue after a boxer named bobby frankham was in a bit of hot water. the item was cut off after a few seconds. who knows what went on?
is b.frankham related to johnny by any chance!!!!

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 31 Oct 2007, 10:00

Bobby got banned for life for striking the ref after getting stopped in the 1st by Billy Sim. It was a slightly early stoppage if memory serves me right.
One of those that the losing boxer is recovered straight away, Bobby lost his rag a punched out, not a full bloodied punch , but deliberate.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 31 Oct 2007, 10:11

And was it Richie Davies who was the ref?
i remember he took the punch quite well

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 31 Oct 2007, 10:29

From what I remember, he was a gypsy who had a load of supporters there, couldn't take being shown up and went mental when he was stopped.

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 31 Oct 2007, 10:53

Old bones Ian wrote:Bobby got banned for life for striking the ref after getting stopped in the 1st by Billy Sim. It was a slightly early stoppage if memory serves me right.
One of those that the losing boxer is recovered straight away, Bobby lost his rag a punched out, not a full bloodied punch , but deliberate.

It was indeed Richie. And it was nasty for a few minutes at ringside. Bobby helped Brad Pitt with that boxing movie methinks;'

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 31 Oct 2007, 11:02

harrygreb wrote: is b.frankham related to johnny by any chance!!!!

Yep, another of the famous fighting family. I remember from the clips he looked out on his feet when Davies stopped it, but like Ian says, it was all about losing face in front of his family and friends.

The Blade · Post by **The Blade** » 31 Oct 2007, 11:09

The Blade wrote:
Old bones Ian wrote:Bobby got banned for life for striking the ref after getting stopped in the 1st by Billy Sim. It was a slightly early stoppage if memory serves me right.
One of those that the losing boxer is recovered straight away, Bobby lost his rag a punched out, not a full bloodied punch , but deliberate.
It was indeed Richie. And it was nasty for a few minutes at ringside. Bobby helped Brad Pitt with that boxing movie methinks;'

"Snatch"

Coco · Post by **Coco** » 31 Oct 2007, 11:25

The Blade wrote:
The Blade wrote:
Old bones Ian wrote:Bobby got banned for life for striking the ref after getting stopped in the 1st by Billy Sim. It was a slightly early stoppage if memory serves me right.
One of those that the losing boxer is recovered straight away, Bobby lost his rag a punched out, not a full bloodied punch , but deliberate.
It was indeed Richie. And it was nasty for a few minutes at ringside. Bobby helped Brad Pitt with that boxing movie methinks;'
"Snatch"

Scott Dixon was Pitt's body double for it

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 31 Oct 2007, 11:39

http://bradpittfan.com/pics/wuk99_002a.jpg

funso banjo baby · Post by **funso banjo baby** » 31 Oct 2007, 12:25

bit premature but Frankham was walking away and shaking his head wen the ref stopped it

sim was quite good for a while

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 31 Oct 2007, 16:50

were you ringside, blade? from the clip on my old video i saw frankham trying to get at sim with davies and a second standing in his way, frankham looked like he wanted to have a proper ruck with the guy who'd just put him down for a count and eventually stopped him. foolish behaviour by the gypsy pug but the crowd went a bit ape. then it switched to john morris of the board of control saying "what a disgrace...bad for boxing...blah blah"
was it all a storm in a teacup or was it a serious incident. we've all seen a bit of trouble at a bout, was this any worse?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 03 Nov 2007, 18:31

Gypsy Johnny Frankham is Bobby's uncle. Both men have crossed the line and I won't go there, but here is a shot of the gifted Johnny in better days:

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 03 Nov 2007, 19:51

please explain this photograph, bennie. ali on the canvas with gypsy johnny lurking in the background? its some sort of crazy dream!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 03 Nov 2007, 20:20

Is that Our 'Enry with Johnny's head pasted on?

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 04 Nov 2007, 15:32

we've rumbled him...good try

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 05 Nov 2007, 06:53

harrygreb wrote:please explain this photograph, bennie. ali on the canvas with gypsy johnny lurking in the background? its some sort of crazy dream!

Found this ,

http://www.travellersinleeds.co.uk/_tra ... oxing.html

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 05 Nov 2007, 08:00

excellent. what a sniffer you are ian

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