Which one of you did this???

[Vendettos]

Julius Frances wiki ������

[Master]

It was a good right hand that he landed.

[Vendettos]

It was a good right hand that he landed.

Yeah, also completely deserved.

[Master]

Former British heavyweight champion Julius Francis has been defended by his boss after footage emerged of him apparently knocking a man unconscious during an altercation as he worked as a security guard.

Francis lost to Mike Tyson and Vitali Klitschko during a 13-year career which ended in 2006.

The 57-year-old now works at the Boxpark venue in Wembley.

The Met Police said there have been no arrests and enquiries are ongoing.

Writing on LinkedIn, chief executive of Boxpark Roger Wade said a video clip on social media showed Francis and other security staff dealing with a group who had been aggressive.

"Julius Francis is one of the nicest people I have ever met and helps train young underprivileged kids boxing in his spare time," Wade said.

"My understanding is that Julius and our security team spent 15 minutes stopping this man and his friends from abusing, spitting and hitting our customers and staff.

"They carefully escorted him from the premises under constant provocation and violence. Finally the person approached Julius in a confrontational manner and he defended himself.

"Acts of violence or abuse to any staff members should never be tolerated."

The Met Police told BBC Sport: "An investigation into the circumstances, including to establish the identity and welfare of those involved, is under way."

Francis won the British heavyweight title with victory over Garry Delaney in 1997.

He fought future world champion Klitschko in 1998 and former champion Tyson in 2000.

Francis won 24 of his 48 professional bouts and lost 23, including the final 14 fights of his career.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/61800690

[Master]

Tyson Fury has spoken out in support of Julius Francis after a video emerged on social media of him KOing an aggressive punter in his role as security at BOXPARK Wembley.

The 57-year-old former British heavyweight champion, who once fought Mike Tyson, has gone viral on social media as he knocked out a man while working at the weekend.



https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...kout-security/

[Ron Swanson]

Looks like he’s having a nice nap, I’m jealous

[NoSavingByTheBell]

snappy right hand

[Memphis]

Fair play to Francis. The prick got what he deserved. Odd behaviour though. I wonder how they thought that situation was going to play out? Did they think they could just mouth off, take swings at people and nothing would happen?

I wanted to the little ginger prick to get a clump as well but you can't have everything.

[Spicoli]

Sizing up the opponent is not restricted to a ring . He literally took a walk about around him, let him show his ass and sparked him once he raised a finger. Just glad the fella didn't fall on his little purse.

[ykdadamaja]

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[Master]

As shown in the viral footage, the man was shouting: "I hope you have a heart attack, you fat ****,"​ as well as pushing a member of staff.

Despite attempts to remove the rowdy customer from the area, the 57-year-old ex-fighter opted to knock him out with a right hook.

Francis explained to TMZ: "I was arrested and rightly so. I was taken to the police station for about four-and-a-half hours.

"They came back and said ‘no further action’. They had statements from my manager, people at the door and they looked at our CCTV.

"I wasn’t worried so much about that because it was actually me defending myself. I had the right to defend myself and that’s what I did when he raised his hands."

Metropolitan Police launched an investigation but have since said this has been dropped.

However, Francis has admitted that his license has been temporarily suspended by the UK's Security Industry Authority (SIA).

He added: "What actually has happened [is] the SIA... they have actually suspended my license to work, so I can't work at the moment anyway.

"So I'm just trying to get that sorted, and then hopefully [I'll be] back on the doors as soon as possible you know, get back to work."

In the meantime, Francis says he wouldn't mind a rematch with Iron Mike Tyson.

"If there is a promoter that’s willing to promote a sanctioned fight," Julius said, "and, I never have liked talking about money, but [if] they could come up with a decent offer, then who knows?"

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