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Here's the guy.
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human ... &cat=boxer

When I was about 19 and in my uni holidays I went back to the Wakefield area and worked as a lifeguard. "The Pitbull" worked as a lifeguard, doorman and by all accounts was a reasonable pro. He also came across as a great guy; bit potty, obviously hard as nails, but with no sort of attitude. I never saw him fight, but I'm interested to know from anyone who did and who might know if he's still involved in the sport in any way these days. As someone who loves the sport but has never been involved (e.g fought etc...) I'm always fascinated by these guys as people, whether they were great, good, average or poor...

He stopped future british champ Scott Dann hard lad who gave and took a lot shots

I saw him stopped in the second against Clint Johnson in Leeds in 97.Both were very raw if i remember rightly.

(To jonp) You're not him, are you?
It took me ages to work out that Scrap was Paul "Scrap Iron" Ryan!!!

gb wrote:You're not him, are you?
It took me ages to work out that Scrap was Paul "Scrap Iron" Ryan!!!

It isnt Ryan,its his former trainer Howard Rainey

I was at that Dann fight, Scott went in with a 100% record and got banged out.
Oddly, Jon, who tended to cut, never won another fight.
Always exciting though, just six of his twenty fights going the distance.

Bugger - I'm rattling on about uni whilst outing myself as a total idiot, aren't I?!? Although funnily enough, I think that Jon was trained by Howard Rainey at the same time as he was handling Clinton Woods. I fully expect to stand corrected on this one as well though!!!

gb wrote:(To jonp) You're not him, are you?
It took me ages to work out that Scrap was Paul "Scrap Iron" Ryan!!!

Nah im not John penn he had too many wars id have retired after one fight lol

Jon is a gem, one of the nice guys. He can be found on Facebook. Still keeps in touch.
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Now then H, hows Peter F lookin - ready for Prizefighter ?
Is he worth a punt ?

Im pleased with Him mate

I'm a bit late to the thread, so apologies.

I'm a friend of Jon's, though I havent seen him for a few years. We went to the same school (Hemsworth High) and used to work at the same place in Wombwell, Barnsley in the late 90's. During that time he fought world-rated fighters Howard Eastman and Mario Veit, and I used to supply him with fight videos so he could study his upcoming opponents.

Despite being a vicious bloke in the ring, I can assure you he was the exact opposite outside of it. He liked a laugh and a joke and was easy to approach and talk to.

A couple of years ago he called at my parents house to pick up some videos of his early fights which I had stored there, but sadly I haven't heard from him since.

Hope he's ok.

Hi, sorry to butt in....

We saw Jon recently, he came to see Howie. He is well and very happy and working in the building trade.

L xx

I'm sort of vaguely honoured that a pretty old thread of mine has been resurrected. The fact that what I referred to was about 10 years ago makes me feel bloody old though!
Nice to know that he's doing alright - top fella!

Lorn wrote:Hi, sorry to butt in....

We saw Jon recently, he came to see Howie. He is well and very happy and working in the building trade.

L xx

Thanks Lorn.

When you see him next, give him my regards if you will.

Cheers.

Will do chick x

hes a good friend of mine and dunnys (Peter Dunn) from my neck of the woods (Pontefract) he had a spell playing rugby league for our local amatuer club, if im being honest he started out very novicy, but a few games later he really turned out to be a very competent player, obviously a hard man on the pitch as he was in the ring, but a great lad off it. he has time for everybody. havnt seen him on the doors for a while think hes settled down now.

gb wrote:(To jonp) You're not him, are you?
It took me ages to work out that Scrap was Paul "Scrap Iron" Ryan!!!

haha, you will never make a detective.......

I believe Jons fighting in a prizefighter style event in Barnsley on 31st july starts at 2pm. Neil 'Old Skool' Wain also on the card !!

Hi this is Jon Penn, nice of you to post this, could you reply please so I know who it is
Regards Jon

MAYBE HE MEANS THIS
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/14850