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

Redback Rasta wrote:

littlepug wrote: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

dberry wrote:

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dberry wrote: 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.

fox wrote: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.