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banjo wrote:Wasn't there a bit of a scrap after Mutley-Anderson back in 2006?

a few flying chairs no real fighting mate

BIGMARK wrote:i've heard there was a lot of trouble at Khan-MAB anyone know anything?

what are the rumours then mark?

All I saw was a few dudes in the top tier in one of the corners going at it during the Enzo/Ola fight. Looked from the lower tier like one of them either dived or fell in to one of the entrance ways.

Actually went on for quite a while before security got there. Once they did, there was loads of them and it looked like they kicked one of them out.

ERIC GUY wrote:I remember another one in Reading, Geoff McCreesh was the main event, I think Sky filmed it

Against Michael Smyth in 1998. I was there. A very frightening experience indeed. All the Welsh & Bracknell fans were baiting each other during the fight and when Smyth hit the deck in the 7th (I think) the Bracknell fans jeered at the Welsh fans. They stood up and went for the Bracknell crowd who then all stood up and battle was joined in the middle - a very nasty mass brawl with the riot police eventually turning up!

Wasn't McCreesh involved in a brawl in his amateur days?
The crowd was scrapping, apparently some guy was hitting his dad, and he jumped out of the ring and whacked the fella

was at hatton zoo, have to say the atmposhere was pretty intimidating and Im not easily intimidated.

My mates refused to go to the bar as there was so much grief getting served.

Ive never seen so many facial tatoos, and that was just the birds.

Coco wrote:Wasn't McCreesh involved in a brawl in his amateur days?
The crowd was scrapping, apparently some guy was hitting his dad, and he jumped out of the ring and whacked the fella

I think that was McCreesh vMcCraken

ERIC GUY wrote:

Coco wrote:Wasn't McCreesh involved in a brawl in his amateur days?
The crowd was scrapping, apparently some guy was hitting his dad, and he jumped out of the ring and whacked the fella

I think that was McCreesh vMcCraken

Yes it was against McCraken

One of the worst I have witnessed live was at Barnes v Hare in Halifax. The willing pissed fans gave a bloody reincatment of the war of the roses. The handful of security could do fook all and it went on for about 15 mins. Think it was Leeds v Mancs that night.

BIGMARK wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

BIGMARK wrote:i've heard there was a lot of trouble at Khan-MAB anyone know anything?

what are the rumours then mark?

dont call me Mark I was reading over on ESB (no always the best place for INfo i know) and there was a thread about trouble at the fight. I just wondered if there was any truth in it?

I think the one you've mentioned was in 208 around the Macca fight? Not much happened to be honest, there was an argument (I think) between a group of asian lads and a couple of other guys but nothing seemed to happen, I didn't see any punches being thrown.

Foster / McCracken it was one of the first ones I'd been to as well.

Weren't some of Geoff Mcreesh's fans involved in a riot as well

i remember in brentford years back there was a massive fight in the bar between about 100 fellas (mark delaney.s lot vs jason ratcliff) fans i was court right in the middle it all started with some fella spilling a drink he said sorry and the fella said fu*& off anyway it went right off and the canning towners give it to ratty.s lot big time

There was a horrible riot at the second fight between Derek Williams and Jean Maurice Chanet in a circus tent on the outskirts of Paris. Chanet's gypsy friends and Williams' black South London posse at ringside seemed to have a difference of opinion over something that resulted in chairs being smashed over heads. The riot spread row by row away from the ring like wildfire and I was petrified I would either get smashed up or the tent would come down on me. Gene Hackman was at ringside and he scarpered immediately, heavily protected by his entourage. It was a really crap boxing match as well. Williams allowed himself to be outhustled by a short, ancient, moustachioed candy floss salesman.

black panther wrote: the MC/timekeeper(that old geezer - who sets up rings Duffield is it?) shouting via the ringside microphone over the PA "STAY IN YOUR SEATS AND BEHAVE

ERIC GUY wrote:.Mike Goodall the MC told them to stop as they are being filmed, and the police would be looking at the footage, , POINTING AT ME!!!, bloody idiot, lucky they ignored him, otherwise I would have been killed,

That man could START a fight in a church with his attitude!!

Was at the Young Muttley, Kevin Anderson fight when Muttley got stopped. A large section of Muttley fans started throwing plastic coke bottles towards the 150 or so Anderson fans. Next thing they were charging each other and people were scattering all over the place.

MC John McDonald took the mike and said in a loud but calm voice, "Ladies & gentlemen, we need you to remain calm, we have a boxer in need of urgent medical attention, do not get in our way, we need your co-operation, one of our boxers requires urgent medical attention" this was a load of bollocks, but it worked, the Muttley fans who had started the trouble obviously thought he was referring to their man and it all just fizzled out. Quick thinking and a touch of class from John McDonald. Goodall would just have bellowed, "You're all a disgrace, sit down...etc" and the fight would have continued.

Good old Geoff McCreesh! I used to see him run through my estate early in the mornings when I lived in Bracknell (which was sadly for all of my life until 4 years ago). Certainly had a reputation for partaking in a bit of bother and his followers were the same!

nobby_nobbins wrote:There was a horrible riot at the second fight between Derek Williams and Jean Maurice Chanet in a circus tent on the outskirts of Paris. Chanet's gypsy friends and Williams' black South London posse at ringside seemed to have a difference of opinion over something that resulted in chairs being smashed over heads. The riot spread row by row away from the ring like wildfire and I was petrified I would either get smashed up or the tent would come down on me. Gene Hackman was at ringside and he scarpered immediately, heavily protected by his entourage. It was a really crap boxing match as well. Williams allowed himself to be outhustled by a short, ancient, moustachioed candy floss salesman.

I already mentioned this fight earlier!! that was a bad night,I was there right at the end, lucky the promoters friend gave me a lift back to my hotel..

nobby_nobbins wrote: Jean Maurice Chanet... a short, ancient, moustachioed candy floss salesman.

ERIC GUY wrote: I already mentioned this fight earlier!! that was a bad night,I was there right at the end, lucky the promoters friend gave me a lift back to my hotel..

I have no memory of how I got out of there - I was just grateful I did! I had another bad experience watching a boxing match in a big tent in Warsaw. Lewis-Golota was being screened live there and when he got demolished in less than a round, everyone ran for the exit in disgust. There was a terrible crush and someone who made the mistake of squashing one of the mafia goons got himself stabbed. I got out by climbing over a wall in the beer garden and jumped straight into a cab to the airport and home.

good old days!!!!