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Wolverhampton's finest Nigel "Centurion" Rafferty has embarked on a new career as a tattooist. The former West Midlands Cruiserweight champion has opened Scorpions tattoo shop above a set of shops across from my house. As you can imagine while leaving the house for work and seeing the great Nige across the road is a great honour especially considering his local celebrity status and 26-69-9 (1) record.

Nigel stated in the local free paper the "AdNews" at the shops official opening: "I started practising on pig skins when i was still Boxing and after i retired i decided to carry on with it".

Actually my claim to fame is that when i used to manage a video shop Nige who was a member came in and offered to loan me a copy of Ali before it was available for rent. Obviously i declined due to to the fact that if i broke it i would fear for my life.

So the moral of my story is....if your in Wolverhampton and you suddenly have a craving for a tattoo then Nigel is your man.

Could this story be used, Steve?

Of course if you want it then no problem, but i must be careful not to upset Nige.

steve689 wrote:Of course if you want it then no problem, but i must be careful not to upset Nige.

Oh sure. It's a nice, human story, and I'm sure BN would be interested.

No problem, if you contact the Centurion himself then maybe he can give you more information?

An ex-fighter who comes down to the gym I train at, Trevor Smith, was telling me of the admiration he had for Rafferty only the other day...

He has seen Rafferty hit with some shots that were sickeningly hard and he just soaks em up and comes flying back with his own. He would have WW3 in sparring and simply say after - "yeah, that was a good spar that". A very hard man.