It was because I was a teacher and we didn't have a lot of money and I had a young family.

I couldn't really afford to pay for all the tickets, you know.

So he taught me. We went to all the small halls in London, like Manor Place Bath, York Hall,

Shore Ditch, all of those, and we always managed to get in somehow because we knew the people who were on the doors.

They were always the same people.

Brendan used to ring me on a Sunday after the big fights and asked me what I thought of the fights.

He'd always end up saying, the English, they're a clever people.

The English, they're a clever people.

And he said, boxing is a fucking bastard in horrible prostituting profession.

But he said, we're all in it for the same thing.

Morning.

So Bill said, what you, I said, I'm so keen on Floyd Patterson.

He said, well, write to him. I said, what do you mean right to him? He said, I you, I said, I'm so keen on Floyd Patterson, he said, well, write to him.

I said, what do you mean right to him?

He said, I've written to boxes.

If you write via the Ring magazine, care of the Ring magazine, a lot of them will answer.

And that's what happened.

I wrote to him this thing, could I have a signed photograph and think you're wonderful?

And he wrote back

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after tyson only was charles play competitor that they still have postponed to this day

just you couldn't take the tears from his eyes or the smile off his face, couldn't you?

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