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Fought over a year ago winning a BBBofC British Welterweight Title Eliminator. then nothing since.

Unfortunatly Mark has been jailed , he is looking to comeback once this is over

Got banged up for fraud apparently. In Armley he has apologised to the fans & said he is staying in training while there.

really didnt know that, was this kept quiet? i must of been on another planet at the time.

He originally had his license suspended. Then the story appeared a few weeks ago in BN.

how long did he get?

i don't think it was all that long. Not sure how the diet will affect him in there though. It's not the best gear in the world apparently.

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:i don't think it was all that long. Not sure how the diet will affect him in there though. It's not the best gear in the world apparently.

Apparently? ;;-)

yid14 wrote:

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:i don't think it was all that long. Not sure how the diet will affect him in there though. It's not the best gear in the world apparently.

Apparently? ;;-)

I know one ex con and I'm reading the diary right now of another (Jeffrey Archer, novelist and politician). From what I can gather it's all chips and "stuck together sh*t". We ain't talking salads and chicken breasts here...

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:

yid14 wrote:

NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:i don't think it was all that long. Not sure how the diet will affect him in there though. It's not the best gear in the world apparently.

Apparently? ;;-)

I know one ex con and I'm reading the diary right now of another (Jeffrey Archer, novelist and politician). From what I can gather it's all chips and "stuck together sh*t". We ain't talking salads and chicken breasts here...

Sounds like a Ricky Hatton 'between training camp' diet, haha.

pyenest77 wrote:Got banged up for fraud apparently. In Armley he has apologised to the fans & said he is staying in training while there.

I doubt he will have stayed at Armley too long,and thats a good thing.Armley is one of the worst prisons in the north and the training he will get in there will be limited to say the least.Maybe press ups and shadow boxing in his cell!Its nearly all bang up in there and the food has a worse reputation than most of the other prisons.He will probably have been allocated to a cat c jail after a couple of weeks or maybe even a cat d as he is in for fraud and he will get a lot better conditions there.

mickey1975 wrote:

pyenest77 wrote:Got banged up for fraud apparently. In Armley he has apologised to the fans & said he is staying in training while there.

I doubt he will have stayed at Armley too long,and thats a good thing.Armley is one of the worst prisons in the north and the training he will get in there will be limited to say the least.Maybe press ups and shadow boxing in his cell!Its nearly all bang up in there and the food has a worse reputation than most of the other prisons.He will probably have been allocated to a cat c jail after a couple of weeks or maybe even a cat d as he is in for fraud and he will get a lot better conditions there.

He's in Moorlands prison now Doncaster

I was wondering what happened to him too. I was there in Wigan when he put up a cracking effort against Vincent Vuma having come at late notice taking a fight a weight above. Hope he gets out soon - it would be good to see him in with the likes of Watson, O'Donnell, Jennings, Hatton and Brook.

pyenest77 wrote:Got banged up for fraud apparently. In Armley he has apologised to the fans & said he is staying in training while there.

I visited a mate in Armley; it was an old castle that was colder inside than outside.

Best of luck to Thompson; he's a good boxer who's done a daft thing; we've all done em.

He can get going again, no doubt, he was a fit and fierce lad.

simon fox wrote:

pyenest77 wrote:Got banged up for fraud apparently. In Armley he has apologised to the fans & said he is staying in training while there.

I visited a mate in Armley; it was an old castle that was colder inside than outside.

Best of luck to Thompson; he's a good boxer who's done a daft thing; we've all done em.

He can get going again, no doubt, he was a fit and fierce lad.

Im a personal friend of marks,the prison has been good to him,he is allowed in the gym everyday,i spoke to his brother the other day and he said mark will be being transfered to a cat d soon,and most probably in a few months may be allowed home on a tag.