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Just read that Dean has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, tragic news I hope he can upset the odds, he was a great fighter and I was a fan of his, devastating news for him and his loved ones, my thoughts are with them all at this difficult time

Truly gutting

Nice guy too, keep punching champ

Seems like only yesterday he was fighting Ajisafe for the British

Keep fighting Champ, my thoughts are with you

Jesus Christ! Awful news. All the best to Dean and his family!

handsofstone wrote:Seems like only yesterday he was fighting Ajisafe for the British

I was there for that fight. Brilliant performance from both, Francis made it a great fight . Good luck to the fella

Terrible news, he was one of my favourite fighters when I started to follow the sport properly, was absolutely gutted when he got his arm injury and had to take such a long lay-off. All the best to Dean in this new fight.

My heart goes out to Dean and his family. I'm currently going through a scare (at Jimmy's Leeds hospital tomorrow) for tests and scans and hopefully a result from my operation 14 days ago. All the best of luck Champ.

tijuana1 wrote:My heart goes out to Dean and his family. I'm currently going through a scare (at Jimmy's Leeds hospital tomorrow) for tests and scans and hopefully a result from my operation 14 days ago. All the best of luck Champ.

All the best to you too mate

Cancer is the devil - hope to god we can find a cure asap

This is terrible news. So sad and utterly shocking. Poor fella

tijuana1 wrote:My heart goes out to Dean and his family. I'm currently going through a scare (at Jimmy's Leeds hospital tomorrow) for tests and scans and hopefully a result from my operation 14 days ago. All the best of luck Champ.

Hoping for positive news for you mate!

Remember him beating David Starie...horrific news.

Gutted for him

christ he's still young. awful news

Really sad news. Anyone know what kind of cancer? Maybe a just giving page to help.

Cazelo wrote:Really sad news. Anyone know what kind of cancer? Maybe a just giving page to help.

Lee Haskins has started one,I`ll try to find the link.
Only just found about this myself,he`s very popular here in Bristol where he`s a trainer still

rpms wrote:

Cazelo wrote:Really sad news. Anyone know what kind of cancer? Maybe a just giving page to help.

Lee Haskins has started one,I`ll try to find the link.
Only just found about this myself,he`s very popular here in Bristol where he`s a trainer still

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding ... =3zvvKdwRr

tijuana1 wrote:My heart goes out to Dean and his family. I'm currently going through a scare (at Jimmy's Leeds hospital tomorrow) for tests and scans and hopefully a result from my operation 14 days ago. All the best of luck Champ.

Good luck sir

Awful news about Dean. Should've been a world champion but was plagued by bad luck.

fornicate. Clicked on the thread but didn't for a second expect to see such horrible, shocking news. Made even worse by reading the justgiving link and seeing how he's settled down and has a great family by the looks of things. Can only hope and pray against all odds that the more recent diagnosis is wrong

Aww no way,i remember him losing his british sm title and his unbeaten record with a shoukder unjury,always liked watching him in the 90's. Keep your hands up champ and keep bobbin and a weaving

Just checked to see if my memory was as good as i thought and it isnt ,he was beaten in a fight before the dislocated shoulder im talkin about

Tragic news, keep fighting Dean

thepocketrocket wrote:Remember him beating David Starie...horrific news.

Me too. And how's this for a tenuous link. At the time I was engaged to a bird who's step grandad was a boxing manager out of Norfolk way who managed Starie. He was involved with Herbie Hide too & a couple of other names from that way. Great old colourful character he was.

Back to Francis. Best of luck to him. I remember when he turned pro & he was going all the way. Well, that's what many thought at the time. Wasn't his dad the UK Olympic boxing coach or something?