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Not sure when he passed away,but hearing he banged his head&collapsed once let out of hospital,what a fantastic puncher he was in the Ams&Pros.. R.I.P

Stunned - RIP Tiger.

Crikey, that is sad news. Saw him a couple years ago and he was trying to turn his personal life around.

Tommy13Gunn wrote:Not sure when he passed away,but hearing he banged his head&collapsed once let out of hospital,what a fantastic puncher he was in the Ams&Pros.. R.I.P

Tragic end for a very good fighter really sad to hear that he has passed on

R.I.P Tiger. So sad this, so young.

gutted to hear this, i really am. rip

That's a shocker.
Didn't come across Richard that often in the late 90's early 00's but do remember well his fight with Junior Jones when Naz fought Paul Ingle.
Very very sad and only 39. I feel for his family.
RIP Richard.

Tragic news,

God bless Tiger. Rest in Peace.

Tragic news was just thinking back the other day how he pushed Junior Jones to the limit. That loss seemed to take something away from him as he was never the same. He may have lacked the finesse for top level but serious puncher and as gritty and tough as they came. RIP

Remember him as an ABA champ and a powerful, exciting fighter well ahead against Junior Jones when he got caught in the penultimate round. This is a waste.

Yes mate had him down a couple of times then got caught in the 11th.
If only .....

Yeah, although Junior Jones was a shot fighter when they fought people often forget that Jones was ahead against Paul Ingle at the time of the stoppage further down the line.

Tommy13Gunn wrote:Not sure when he passed away,but hearing he banged his head&collapsed once let out of hospital,what a fantastic puncher he was in the Ams&Pros.. R.I.P

Just heard on facebook, terrible news, he went from some bad times, almost knocked out world champion Junior Jones, who had knocked out Barrera, he had Junior Jones in all sorts of trouble, before he got caught himself, so near. Big puncher, tiger hairstyle. Big loss.

He has been totally off the radar...did he have personal demons?

RIP, used to always tune in for his fights, always exciting. And as mentioned, was beating up Jones at the time of stoppage

Shocking news, i know he'd has a few problems since retiring.
R.I.P

thepocketrocket wrote:He has been totally off the radar...did he have personal demons?

It would be fair to say he did.

Shocked by this. RIP.

Exciting fighter. A bit of a hot head, by all accounts but was akways a fighter worth watching. Shame to pass on, so young.

RIP.

Terrible news.

A hero of mine growing up in the 90s and i got to know him well during my days at BBN, between 2004 and 2008 - when he considered making a comeback. I was in awe of him even then.

Had a lot of personal problems that i know of - and they haunted him both during and after his up-and-down career that was never short of excitement. It wouldn't be fair on his family to go into them on here, though. But they were the same demons that caused the downfall of another quality fighter from Coventry, Dean Pithie - although he's beat them and no longer lives in the city.

Sad news for Coventry, Midlands and British boxing. RIP, mate.

R.i.p Rich, Very exciting fighter, his fight with junior jones is always remembered and talked about around Coventry
Quite a shock seeing this thread because I'm not on Facebook and hadn't heard, didn't really know him myself but I know the poster CB did.

RIP Tiger. A warrior.

It's a shame; he was a very fierce fighter; (there is a good youtube montage of Richard boxing). When he was an amateur the Boxing News rated him the pound for pound best amateur puncher. I have heard that Coventry is a difficult city to live in for a celebrity/well known person.

RIP Tiger

I was far from a close friend of Rich's but knew him for a good few years and was good friends with one of his younger sisters Louise growing up and lived next door to another of his sisters Lisa for a good few years.

I can only say on how I found him over the years and he was always sound with me and I found him a good lad. However, there's plenty of stories (some true, some not) of him being a bully over the years both whilst he was boxing and after.

As Podmore has put he had his fair share of problems with certain aspects of his life and the company he kept but that's not for this board. What I do know his family will be gutted and especially his Old Man Step.

I can remember Louise showing us the video of his first Pro fight a couple of days after the fight and he put the other geezer down with his first landed punch of his Pro career. Not a bad way to start.

Saw him fight a few times live and he was a very entertaining fighter who could dig like a mule and that never left him.

RIP Rich.

Terrible news. Remember that fight so well.

RIP

So very very sad! I have great memories of tuning in and watching him perform! Relentless and also remember that Tiger Haircut too!

No age this! RIP Richie Evatt