I was on my second pint when the first of my mates began to arrive, and we were soon joined by more, and having a great crack (being a Northern English/Scottish word, that's how we spell it
) Wolfie called in with the tickets for the fight, and then went off to the venue, while the rest of us stayed boozing in the pub
When it was time, we all headed up the road to the venue, and found some seats. Wolfie was supposed to be fighting a Welsh boxer, but he had dropped out, and been replaced by another, from Manchester, where the opposing boxers all seemed to emanate. I don't know which boxing gym they were from, but there was a lot of unnecessary posing and showboating, which you don't usually see at these kind of events, particularly when some of the boxers didn't have a lot of talent. There were some incredible scraps though, particularly a title fight, which was fourth on the card, with a local favourite fighting the title-holder. It was a pretty brutal contest, with both fighters really going for it, and a points decision, which favoured the champ. Wolfie was ninth on the card, and came out to
The Fields of Athenry. His opponent also did a lot of posing and show-boating, despite clearly inferior boxing skills, and keeping his cool, Wolfie was well in front throughout. We were all hoping for a knockout, but he won decisively on points
I filmed the fight on my phone, but who knows what happened there, I only have one short section
I'll post that later, along with any other footage I can get hold of
There were three more fights, one of which involved a belt, and while one only lasted 30 seconds or so, the others were pretty good. After that it was back to the pub, where we had a great boozing session. Here's Wolfie after the fight
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Have a lovely time camping, and thanks for the great pics 
or pinch. I prefer pinch!
I had a great night out though 
Hang onto your hat buddy! 
And your Hartshead of course 
