I joked I’d knock out any resident who was acting up
became the la landlord of the everyone, even if it was embarrassing to getting.” Charlie may be down but he is Victoria pub in Bow, East be seen like that.” definitely not out. London, but after a A bout of rheumatoid arthritis last year He managed super featherweight Dean decade t the business meant he needed three months off. Pithie and would love to get back into turned sou sour. But a doctor working for the housing training young boxers. He wa was out of work association that employed him said it was He said: “I’ve asked a lot of boxing and forc forced to tighten too risky for Charlie to carryarry on working. agents for a couplecoup of tickets for me and his belt even further, He took early retirementt but is my son to go and watch boxing. before a cleaning job now trying to find work as a “But“Bu sadly it’s fallen on deaf earm came up. security guard to make ends nds ears. If they’re reading this H He spent the meet. maybe they will give me a nex next nine years bell.b I’d love to train up swe sweeping, mopboxing stars of the ping and cleaning future, too. windowswind on the “I still think I have a BurdettBurde Estate, l lot to offer. Tower Hamlets, w where he grew “You would have up alongside the li likes of football th thought Charlie Magri, manager Harry R Redknapp. fo former European champ, He said: “At my interview they form former world champ, I asked what I’d do if a resident defended my European title six times, was acting up and started might be able to show these young fightconfronting me. Q Quick as a flash ers a few tricks. I said, ‘I’d knock h him out.’ I was “I’ve still got plenty to offer – there’s only joking but t they liked me life in this old fighter.” there. It was g great seeing
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Looking back on his topsy-turvy life, Charlie realises he was destined to be a boxer from hiss teenage years but believes es he was taken advantage of.
He said: “I wasn’t clever enough. I just enjoyed fighting.ighting
I definitely never got what I should have got.
“The promoters were taking over the whole show – it was great to box in them shows but you never knew what you were