RIP Jack Bodell

yes I mentioned this yesterday cooperman big Jack succumbed to dementia, I think he was 76.

Ali did the official opening of Jack's chippy when he moved to Coventry

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One of that great area of British Horizontal Heavyweights

Jack was actually only KO'd twice in his career, unfortunately they were 2 out of his 3 last fights when he was past it, and they seem to stick in people's minds.

I won't ask whether the Great Man ever got battered in his chippy by an unhappy customer.

how clumsy he was alun I'd be surprised they'd let him serve anyone, deffo wouldn't let him near the fryers.

  I hadn't known the Great Man had a 'Jack Douglas' comedy side to him.

Well, apart from when he fought McAlinden obviously.

I'd like to think that the streets of Swadlincote will be full of people paying their humble respects to the man who put that town's unforgettable name on the map forever.

I told you about the accident with his toes didn't I?

alun2005 10 Nov 16 14:25 Joined: 11 Jan 02 | Topic/replies: 30,643 | Blogger: alun2005's blog
I won't ask whether the Great Man ever got battered in his chippy by an unhappy customer.

Was he tight with his sauce like most chippys they got bloody chains on the sauce bottles now

B-B - thanks, yes you did.

He was the Fred Titmus of boxing.

That McAlinden-Bodell brawl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLJhiaqkf_o

An excellent punch after the bell from Bodell there. Pity he never got a chance to repeat it after the second round.

Those two rights from McAlinden which sent Bodell to the canvas feel painful just to watch. Very upsetting to read on McAlinden's wikipedia page that the poor sod was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue six years ago.

RIP Jack.

part of the era when every kid knew his name and where he
stacked up in the rankings of british heavies

sad news

another one of the gooduns gone

r.i.p. a very good heavyweight

did get a reputation for a glass jaw, not sure it was justified

he deserves rembering