Randolph Turpin doc/film (64 Day Hero - from the 80s). Excellent. Fact.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Earlier in the week I was having a little debate about what makes fighters "great." Anyway, it got me thinking about Turpin, who beat Ray Robinson, as i'm sure you're all aware. I was thinking that maybe he doesn't get the adulation for beating the "greatest" fighter in history that one would expect.

I stumbled upon this "unflattering" doc from the 80s.

- He was a bully
- Womaniser
- Woman beater
- Spunked all his dough (the equivalent of millions today)
- Was conned out of his dough by parasites
- By 30 was skint and working in a scrap metal yard
- Attempted to kill his daughter
- Aged 38 committed suicide - shot himself in the head then heart

Some story.

I knew all of this by the age of 14*. Way too young... Depressed the fuckin life out of me. What a shit story for a man who beat Sugar Ray.

*I used to collect those 'Boxers' collectables (magazine/ VHS combo). The first generation, when it was distributed by Marshall Cavendish. I think it was no. 6 in the collection.