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Heard he was out of the nick, and looking to box again.

What happened next?

Excuse my ignorance but who is the Method Man?

steve689 wrote:Excuse my ignorance but who is the Method Man?

i think hes that rappor.

I thought he was a member of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan

Matchfixer wrote:I thought he was a member of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan

Yeah that's why i suspected...did he also have a lethal left hook

REAL_DEAL wrote:

Matchfixer wrote:I thought he was a member of the rap group Wu-Tang Clan

Must have typed our threads at the same time!

http://www.method-man.com/mefindexfeb04.jpg

I believe you are referring to Jason Matthews.

A friend of mine from Hackney was talking about Matthews and his lifestyle not so long back. I think it's safe to say we'll never see him back in the ring.

What was he in the nick for , if you don't mind me asking ?
He was awesome that night he knocked out Ryan Rhodes .

Met Jason a few times through a good mate of mine Ian Cooper. The pair boxed for England together in the mid 1990s and are sadly both in the Big House at the moment. Such a shame as both are sound lads who have plenty of talent.

galway jack wrote:What was he in the nick for , if you don't mind me asking ?
He was awesome that night he knocked out Ryan Rhodes .

assaulting his missus apparently, although that was a couple of years ago, would have thought he'd be out by now

Well remember the night he put Rhodes on his face. He was unbeatable that night, fighting just a few days after the death of his mum. His post-fight interview was very moving.
Such a shame it all went downhill from there. He worked at a local college and seemed to have his head screwed on. But as a guard at Rahway once said: "those you swear will screw up on the outside, never come back, and those you swear will never come back, screw up."

Kilburn wrote:A friend of mine from Hackney was talking about Matthews and his lifestyle not so long back. I think it's safe to say we'll never see him back in the ring.

I remember reading an interview with him in Boxing News a few years ago and thinking how sound he seemed - wasn't he doing some sort of social/care work? Given that it's with genuine sadness that I read the above article.