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Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 00:27
by TheLeprechaun
I'm curious as to how/what they are doing today?
James Hare
Steve Roberts
Dale Robinson
Brian Magee
Takaloo
Wayne Alexander
Scott Welch
Scott Harrison
Etc etc
Anyone know what any of them are up to?
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 02:08
by Mimmy
Scott Welch, quite an active bloke, has run marathons for charity and climbed mountains. These days head trainer ABC Brighton.
Wayne Alexandra works in security.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 02:12
by Noxy
Brian Magee has a gym in Belfast
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 03:58
by Floyd the snake
Scott Harrison still behind bars .
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 05:49
by Southy1922
Mimmy wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 02:08
Scott Welch, quite an active bloke, has run marathons for charity and climbed mountains. These days head trainer ABC Brighton.
Wayne Alexandra works in security.
Scott is also the head of the uk wbc cares programme
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 05:53
by mickey1975
Dale Robinson didn’t look too fresh last time I saw him. At all...
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 17:03
by REEVE
mickey1975 wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 05:53
Dale Robinson didn’t look too fresh last time I saw him. At all...
Has he been hitting the liqour mate
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 17:26
by Dirk Kelly
Scott Welsh apart from stalking me at pro shows has his care home business and has recently promoted a pro show in Portsmouth.
Takaloo didn’t he get the jail for benefit fraud?
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 17:27
by Dirk Kelly
Steve Roberts didn’t he buy a B&B in Scotland?
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 17:34
by CharlesListon
Wayne Alexander did a bit of bird. At least thats what I was told. Admittedly by someone he has a falling out with.
He was doing some reffing for BIBA/Malta.
Not sure if his time inside has fucked up his SIA.
Takaloo was up to some nonsesne with claiming benefits or somerhing.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 28 May 2018, 20:46
by KiwiRider
Should be clear of Shotts in a few months. He is 40 now, and planning a comeback when he gets out. All the best to him.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 01:54
by mickey1975
REEVE wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 17:03
mickey1975 wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 05:53
Dale Robinson didn’t look too fresh last time I saw him. At all...
Has he been hitting the liqour mate
Looked something harder than that. Was on a push bike wearing a hoodie.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 06:11
by Stuarty
KiwiRider wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 20:46
Should be clear of Shotts in a few months. He is 40 now, and planning a comeback when he gets out. All the best to him.
He's a nasty piece of work when he's on one. Always playing the victim. Hopefully his latest stint in the jail has tamed him and he's grown up a bit. I was a massive fan of his but he let himself down big time. Happens to the best of us but the tricky part is learning from it.....
He shouldn't come back to the ring either.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 06:58
by Tommyscc
mickey1975 wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 01:54
REEVE wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 17:03
mickey1975 wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 05:53
Dale Robinson didn’t look too fresh last time I saw him. At all...
Has he been hitting the liqour mate
Looked something harder than that. Was on a push bike wearing a hoodie.
Was he in training?
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 07:38
by chinarich
KiwiRider wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 20:46
Should be clear of Shotts in a few months. He is 40 now, and planning a comeback when he gets out. All the best to him.
Hmmm, hardly a certainty that the Board will re-licence him and a comeback would be I’ll-advised, he didn’t seem to have a great deal left in losing to Liam Walsh a few years back. Perhaps he should just concentrate on his painting...
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 16:10
by REEVE
Tommyscc wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 06:58
mickey1975 wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 01:54
REEVE wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 17:03
Has he been hitting the liqour mate
Looked something harder than that. Was on a push bike wearing a hoodie.
Was he in training?
I always wonder how these fighters can g0 from being super fit training to on the drink/crack etc - got to be more to life then that
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 18:50
by Coco
People often chase the highs they got in the ring
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 29 May 2018, 19:31
by Tommyscc
REEVE wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 16:10
Tommyscc wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 06:58
mickey1975 wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 01:54
Looked something harder than that. Was on a push bike wearing a hoodie.
Was he in training?
I always wonder how these fighters can g0 from being super fit training to on the drink/crack etc - got to be more to life then that
I notice Nicky Booth got in a spot of bother before Christmas too sadly
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 30 May 2018, 11:27
by Dirk Kelly
REEVE wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 16:10
Tommyscc wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 06:58
mickey1975 wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 01:54
Looked something harder than that. Was on a push bike wearing a hoodie.
Was he in training?
I always wonder how these fighters can g0 from being super fit training to on the drink/crack etc - got to be more to life then that
I guess boxing can be a lonely and unforgiving sport with chances of redemption few and far between. Footballers, rugby players etc can blame the pass, the ref, have a bad day but they can redeem themselves the following week.
Boxers don't really have that. If they make a mistake, don't train properly, stand still instead of slipping the jab etc then its all down to them and to get a shot at redemption with training, selling tickets it must be tough - when Colin Kenna fought Krence I reckon he took two coaches plus cars to Reading but after that defeat his career never really got back on track even the night he won the Southern Area I don't think there was a hundred of us there but on his first defence he sold Southampton Guildhall out so shows what a title can do.
Robinson is the perfect example as I think it was the Booth fight when he didn't put his guard up, or he made a silly mistake and Booth had him down, the pain on his face with the knowledge there was no way he was winning this fight bar a KO and he didn't. You have to be a strong character for that not to eat as you over the years - the what if.
Sad as I used to really like watching Dale fight and train when I lived in Huddersfield. Then on the other hand as Coco said a lot of fighters chase that high.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 30 May 2018, 11:40
by paddy chavez
CharlesListon wrote: ↑28 May 2018, 17:34
Wayne Alexander did a bit of bird. At least thats what I was told. Admittedly by someone he has a falling out with.
He was doing some reffing for BIBA/Malta.
Not sure if his time inside has fucked up his SIA.
Takaloo was up to some nonsesne with claiming benefits or somerhing.
Wayne is in Jamaica seeing his parents for a holiday and he's living more north London way I forget exactly where ,he did do a short stretch inside but he's doing a bit of reffing on the Queensbury circuit now and is in a decent place with himself
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 30 May 2018, 11:49
by littlepug
A lot of boxers have grown up on the wrong side of the tracks so quite easy for them to fall back into a life they know well, especially if their friends and family are also living that way, lads I used to box with in the pros regardless of how well they were doing in boxing were still on the rob, fighting on the town, getting off their heads and all the rest of it, sometimes you just cant change what people are.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 30 May 2018, 16:31
by REEVE
dave_smith wrote: ↑30 May 2018, 11:27
REEVE wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 16:10
Tommyscc wrote: ↑29 May 2018, 06:58
Was he in training?
I always wonder how these fighters can g0 from being super fit training to on the drink/crack etc - got to be more to life then that
I guess boxing can be a lonely and unforgiving sport with chances of redemption few and far between. Footballers, rugby players etc can blame the pass, the ref, have a bad day but they can redeem themselves the following week.
Boxers don't really have that. If they make a mistake, don't train properly, stand still instead of slipping the jab etc then its all down to them and to get a shot at redemption with training, selling tickets it must be tough - when Colin Kenna fought Krence I reckon he took two coaches plus cars to Reading but after that defeat his career never really got back on track even the night he won the Southern Area I don't think there was a hundred of us there but on his first defence he sold Southampton Guildhall out so shows what a title can do.
Robinson is the perfect example as I think it was the Booth fight when he didn't put his guard up, or he made a silly mistake and Booth had him down, the pain on his face with the knowledge there was no way he was winning this fight bar a KO and he didn't. You have to be a strong character for that not to eat as you over the years - the what if.
Sad as I used to really like watching Dale fight and train when I lived in Huddersfield. Then on the other hand as Coco said a lot of fighters chase that high.
Good post mate ! I used to watch dale back ij the sky days (usually mark hobson undercard)
Funny its true what coco said about the high ive told my family coach boss everyone i am retiring when my license expires in march ive been saying it for 2 years now and my fiance is having twins in oct.
But the closer i get the more i dont want to retire - to be a pro boxer is all ive wanted to be since i was 10 and my life has been based around a "date" for my next fight, dont know what ill do when im.not doing this anymore tbh.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 30 May 2018, 17:05
by Coco
The highs of boxing are amazing, and I am talking about my time as a journeyman, it great being a pro boxer.
Imagine being a genuine contender or a champion, life will def be sh*t afterwards.
I wouldn't change anything, but I would kill to have that time again.
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 31 May 2018, 00:00
by jamamb
might be hard really in any endevour where decline can start so fast. your a good boxer all your life and thats how you see your self, but then its over by your 30s
whereas ppl who are in more mental things like politics, business, art, writing, etc can go on there whole life almost and many dont even emerge till an age where boxers are usually fading or finished
Re: Retired Brit fighters
Posted: 31 May 2018, 07:58
by bripez
jamamb wrote: ↑31 May 2018, 00:00
might be hard really in any endevour where decline can start so fast. your a good boxer all your life and thats how you see your self, but then its over by your 30s
whereas ppl who are in more mental things like politics, business, art, writing, etc can go on there whole life almost and many dont even emerge till an age where boxers are usually fading or finished
Its the same for any sport.
Imagine of this happens when you are 15? - how do kids cope with that?
On Talksport I think they said that something like 0.1% of lads at football academies actually become pro footballers!! 0.1% !!
Imagine going through your childhood at school being the best footballer attached to a club etc. then you are jibbed-off before your life has even started (by this time, it is also likely that they didn't concentrate too much at the old algebra as they didn't consider not being a footballer so academically they are at a disadvantage).