peewee wrote:john conteh, absolute legend, also i remember watching alan minter agaisnt vito antifuermo when minter ripped vitos face to shreds.
when i was about 9 or 10 conteh had a fight at liverpool stadium, he was fighting an american (i dont remember his name now). at the top of our street there was a boxong gym above a small matal fabricators workshop. the guy conteh was fighting trained in there before the fight, we were allowed in as kids to watch, it was great
Mikz wrote:I remember Conteh Peewee, always wanted him to win, he just seemed so small for a light heavy weight. I remember he won superstars too lol[img]
NANNY RED wrote:I think the American boxer was a lad called Lenny Hutchins PeeWee, he fought him in the old Liverpool boxing stadium in town ,im sure it was the same year we won the European cup. The Americans stayed in the hotel i was working in town.
He was a really nice fella and i got tickets off him for the fight and we got invited to the after party.
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