Unfortunately, it’s a classic case of the imitators weakening the reputation of the genuine articles. I have been fortunate enough to meet some men from these shores who I truly do believe have experienced and overcome hundreds of genuine encounters over 10, 15, 20 years of door work. People like Sensei Terry O’Neil, Steve Powell and Mr Geoff Thompson (who, in my personal opinion, is very much the real deal). However, for every one of these gentlemen I agree that there will be 100 others who embellish their history and their record to try and cash in. The notion of hundreds of fights unbeaten is, I would argue, only true for a very few exceptional individuals.
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