Post by Les on Sept 2, 2017 14:01:13 GMT
Maidstone I remember it well:
Hello Boo,I remember well the fun we had at the old westree club some tough old boys wernt there?I believe Eddie Henderson was probably the hardest maidstone had seen for years but he kept a low profile
.I remember his sparing with guys like Robert Xavier a menacing looking man who looked and was built like Mike Tyson and a really nice man to go with it but Eddie happily obliged them even though he was 20 years older than them.
I must have sparred hundreds of rounds with Eddie and as soon as I thought I was getting the upper hand he would catch me.
I remember making his nose and mouth bleed he smiled at me then cracked on of my ribs and I was useless for couple of weeks so there you are Boo Eddie got me back lol.
Eddie is 68 now and still a handfull he's a trainer at the westree still and gets on the heavy bags and you can see how fit and strong he still is even the youngsters are in awe of him.
My son Sam 18 is a good heavyweight now and he spars with some real classy fighters. Hes got me sparring with him now and due to a 42 year age difference I have to resort to what Sam calls dirty tactics ie nutting ,and using my elbows but as I stressed use all you have just dont let the ref see,hard old game isnt it?
Sam has joined me up at a big boxing club in Aylseford where we will train together and spar his mate is coming too big Benny Fankham he's 6ft 4ins and over 20 stones fit so that will be fun for me wont it Boo,and if you come back on holiday here I can get you fixed up for a good spar keep you on your toes wont it boo lol ?keep well Boo always good to hear from you x