KERRY HOPE SS 1 BOXING

Merthyr boy fighting for the European title on SS1

Massive underdog but hes doing well. Round 8 and it could go either way,

Great fight. Cmon hope.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees. Get in Hopey.

Cracking performance.

Few years younger than me in junior school. Nice lad. Well deserved, Been a bit of a journeyman but joined a new stable, knuckled down and got his rewards.

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

Hes done Merthyr and Wales proud mate.

Yes, hes had a patchy career, and never fulfilled his promise until now. He would admit that himself.

Couldnt wish to meet a more down to earth lad though, very well liked, and what he lacked in quality compared to his opponent, he Wanted it ten times more tonight.

As he said "A good chin and a massive heart".

Well done Hopey

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

Hes done Merthyr and Wales proud mate.

Yes, hes had a patchy career, and never fulfilled his promise until now. He would admit that himself.

Couldnt wish to meet a more down to earth lad though, very well liked, and what he lacked in quality compared to his opponent, he Wanted it ten times more tonight.

As he said "A good chin and a massive heart".

Well done Hopey

Met him a couple of times when he trained at our gym he's sound, dunno why he ever had that spell in MMA should of stuck with the boxing, glad to see him back and doing well had 3 maybe 4 fights since, still an under achiever in potential though

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

Hes done Merthyr and Wales proud mate.

Yes, hes had a patchy career, and never fulfilled his promise until now. He would admit that himself.

Couldnt wish to meet a more down to earth lad though, very well liked, and what he lacked in quality compared to his opponent, he Wanted it ten times more tonight.

As he said "A good chin and a massive heart".

Well done Hopey

Met him a couple of times when he trained at our gym he's sound, dunno why he ever had that spell in MMA should of stuck with the boxing, glad to see him back and doing well had 3 maybe 4 fights since, still an under achiever in potential though

I think he lost his way for a bit tbh. Dont think he was living right. Looked in great shape tonight.

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

Hes done Merthyr and Wales proud mate.

Yes, hes had a patchy career, and never fulfilled his promise until now. He would admit that himself.

Couldnt wish to meet a more down to earth lad though, very well liked, and what he lacked in quality compared to his opponent, he Wanted it ten times more tonight.

As he said "A good chin and a massive heart".
didn,t see it but will look out for him now.you have had some great fighters out of merthyr
Well done Hopey

Met him a couple of times when he trained at our gym he's sound, dunno why he ever had that spell in MMA should of stuck with the boxing, glad to see him back and doing well had 3 maybe 4 fights since, still an under achiever in potential though

I think he lost his way for a bit tbh. Dont think he was living right. Looked in great shape tonight.

polo im hoping you agree with me given his career to date,But that was like watching micky ward fight.

well Kerry you've done yourself and your family proud.

Hes done Merthyr and Wales proud mate.

Yes, hes had a patchy career, and never fulfilled his promise until now. He would admit that himself.

Couldnt wish to meet a more down to earth lad though, very well liked, and what he lacked in quality compared to his opponent, he Wanted it ten times more tonight.

As he said "A good chin and a massive heart".

Well done Hopey

Met him a couple of times when he trained at our gym he's sound, dunno why he ever had that spell in MMA should of stuck with the boxing, glad to see him back and doing well had 3 maybe 4 fights since, still an under achiever in potential though

I think he lost his way for a bit tbh. Dont think he was living right. Looked in great shape tonight.

didn,t see it but i will look out for him now.you have had some great fighters out merthyr

Yes JTC a big boxing town. If he done a home show next fight he would get 1000s there.

massive respect and especially after that performance and proved all the doubters wrong, hes had a up and down ride so far but cant fault his drive his move to america didnt plan out and he came back to the UK and pulled everything back together
AND THEEEEE NEWWWW!!

Yes JTC a big boxing town. If he done a home show next fight he would get 1000s there.

i drove up from porthcawl about 18mnth ago when i was on hols to see johny owen statue.got the book the big if.tragic mate.great lad ,i remember him boxing.humble man.a lot of young lads should be made to read about him and his dedication.there is a killer hill by you that people would struggle to go up.he ran up backwards.i was talking to a litter picker opposite the labour club about him .seems half of mythr had the gloves on as kids in them days .he spoke very highly of j.o and his family

My old man was one of JOs sparring partners mate. Sportsnight come to the gym to do piece on him in the build up
and the feature ends with me hitting the bag as a 4 year old with the voice over "Is this the next jonny owen?."

The first time I seen my father cry when my grandfather wslked up our house (no phones then ) to say they switched off the life support.

The fella who he boxed, Pintor, come over to open the statue. Very sad.

My old man said JO was the fittest man you would ever meet. Also very shy and humble. Far removed from the bixers of today.

The Sanatorium hill is hard enoughto drive up let alone run

My old man was one of JOs sparring partners mate. Sportsnight come to the gym to do piece on him in the build up
and the feature ends with me hitting the bag as a 4 year old with the voice over "Is this the next jonny owen?."

The first time I seen my father cry when my grandfather wslked up our house (no phones then ) to say they switched off the life support.

The fella who he boxed, Pintor, come over to open the statue. Very sad.

My old man said JO was the fittest man you would ever meet. Also very shy and humble. Far removed from the bixers of today.

The Sanatorium hill is hard enoughto drive up let alone run

thats the hill.couldn,t spell it i heard it was pintor who opened it.dick o was some man to go to mexico and ask him.pintor was proper world class.j o is on youtube .lovely fellow .some of todays boxers could learn a lot off him.one bit of video he thanks the fans for coming because without you i wouldn,t have a job.a very very humble man