Great Defeats

[Fenster]

I remember a british fighter, Richard Evatt, giving Junior Jones a real battle back around 2000ish (presume it was a Naz undercard).

Evatt had him down twice before losing late on by getting kayoed himself (may even have been last round). He must have been ahead on cards too.

Sadly I read a couple of years ago that Evatt had died in a homeless shelter

Yeah it was a Naz undercard (Ingle) and I remember Sky had Evatt hacking up before getting chinned - it was the 11th round.

[ryanman]

I remember a british fighter, Richard Evatt, giving Junior Jones a real battle back around 2000ish (presume it was a Naz undercard).

Evatt had him down twice before losing late on by getting kayoed himself (may even have been last round). He must have been ahead on cards too.

Sadly I read a couple of years ago that Evatt had died in a homeless shelter

Yeah it was a Naz undercard (Ingle) and I remember Sky had Evatt hacking up before getting chinned - it was the 11th round.

Had totally forgot this. Mark is right he did sadly die in a shelter, so I read just now. Seeing the pictures of him in his tiger shorts/poncho really brings back memories of that late mid to late 90s era that was my introduction to boxing.