This was just before I got onto boxing and I remember hearing my dad in the other room keep shouting "come on Barry lad" and getting more and more animated.

I went through near the end and though my dad was obviously still rooting for Barry I still to this day clearly remember him saying "by he's a bloody good champion is this lad".

I've just watched the highlights of that fight and can see why he said it. Pedroza showed remarkable recovery during that fight when hurt.

Not sure how much of a hero he still is in Panama?

Rip sir