Alan Richardson Interview: the old fighters were just a lot
Posted: 21 Apr 2012, 08:18
Ringnews24.com: Hi Alan, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. First question: You beat Vernon Sollas to become British Champion, but had previously lost to him in 1975 - what did you do the second time around to get the win?
Alan Richardson: The first fight I thought "what a flash git" and after four rounds I thought he was finished and that I had him in trouble. How wrong I was - he came out in the fifth and just took over the fight. He was skillwise out of my league.
The second fight I was determined to beat him as he had made some undignified remarks about me. I knew punchwise he could not hurt me, so I fought him putting pressure on him from bell one. I learned after the fight his manager Bobby Niel had instructed him to box in the second fight, so my gameplan worked for me winning the title.
I never had much time for Sollas, but over the years I have come to know him better at ex-boxer meetings - he is not a bad guy.
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Alan Richardson: The first fight I thought "what a flash git" and after four rounds I thought he was finished and that I had him in trouble. How wrong I was - he came out in the fifth and just took over the fight. He was skillwise out of my league.
The second fight I was determined to beat him as he had made some undignified remarks about me. I knew punchwise he could not hurt me, so I fought him putting pressure on him from bell one. I learned after the fight his manager Bobby Niel had instructed him to box in the second fight, so my gameplan worked for me winning the title.
I never had much time for Sollas, but over the years I have come to know him better at ex-boxer meetings - he is not a bad guy.
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