In need of a father figure, Yoel and his older brother, James, found a group of retired fighters who hung out at the Police Athletic League in Brownsville.

I say this from my experience as a retired fighter.

In the last two years, Craig has gone from being a retired amateur fighter pressing pants for a dry cleaner to becoming a surprise contender in the Olympic welterweight division.

Although Defoe is set in the seventeenth, rather than nineteenth, century, the character owes a lot to the real-life boxer, being a retired bare-knuckle fighter of note whose nickname was also 'Bendy,' and who famously defeated a Ben Caunt.

The promotion with Frazier and four other retired fighters was canceled after Frazier complained about the unauthorized use of his name.

The governing body have explained in a statement that Ameen is not an employee or official of theirs, though he does voluntary work with their programme for retired fighters and will attend their January 18 hearing.

The Marshal (Sir Longarm from the original Stronghold): This retired fighter tends to play things a little more cautiously than he once did.

He was found wandering in the streets of Valhalla by a retired fighter named Okamato.

The former heavyweight champion FLOYD PATTERSON, at 61 looking almost fit enough to climb back in the ring, promised yesterday to make the welfare of retired fighters his priority as he began his first full term as the state's Athletic Commission chairman.