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“There was just one cheeky bastard in the club that night and it started World War Three. There was a bloodbath down there, they all got locked up, and the police dogs didnt need feeding for a week ...”
“One lesson I learned from all of this, and that was a hard one, for all of the good I did people, it was never remembered. I was the one doing jail, not them. Apart from a small circle of close loy...”
“A normal fighter in the street fights in a different way than a disciplined boxer, but a boxer is from the other world, its a big difference. A boxer can throw a six-inch punch. A six-inch punch ca...”
“Dicing with death is one man’s cup of tea, but another man’s poison. I just didn’t fear anything.”
“I’ve had guns pointed at me, and I can tell you that it’s not the right place to be standing if some is really mad at you!”
“You know, the Lord said to Adam: ‘Come forth, come forth,’ and he came fifth and won the fucking apple, do you know what I mean. If you can walk away, walk away but it’s hard to do”
“People keep telling me that I’m a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here’s my understanding on that, what’s a legend? I don’t really know what a legend is, I don’t even know the ...”
“Obviously it’s hard for anyone to imagine, but these dance halls were powder kegs just waiting to erupt. Names were made and reputations were enhanced or blown in a flash!”
“These near death escapades didn’t put me off working in violent situations. If trouble happened then I couldn’t stop to think of what might happen. There were some good people about and my job was ...”
“Remember, I was only in to fighting; I wasn’t a high-ranking underworld figure selling the Crown Jewels! I wasn’t the Merthyr Mafia and I had no connections with the goings on of petty criminal mat...”
