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Staying Friends: Milton McCrory & Colin Jones, the boxers who fought to a standstill

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The friendship of Milton McCrory & Colin Jones - after 24 of the toughest rounds in boxing

Peter Jackson goes to Detroit’s Kronk gym to reveal the friendship between Gorseinon’s Colin Jones and Milton McCrory, despite 24 of the toughest rounds in Welsh boxing history.

How can two men who fought each other to a standstill become friends later in life – and stay that way? Peter Jackson traces the relationship between boxers who fought for a world title – with each admitting they were never quite the same again. In the heat of Nevada in 1983, Colin Jones – one of the hardest-hitting Welsh boxers of all time – and the tall native of Detroit Milton McCrory fought two epic battles for boxing’s World Welterweight title.  The first fight in Reno ended in a draw. The second, a noon showdown in an old carpark in Las Vegas, saw McCrory take the title on points. And that should have been that.And yet some years later, with Jones now Welsh Boxing’s national coach and McCrory teaching youngsters at the legendary Kronk gym in Detroit where he started out, the pair – and their wives – met up and realised there was a level of respect and friendship that took them both by surprise. Jackson has spoken to both men to piece together what happened in those fights, and how a relationship can endure despite their avowed intent in 1983 to knock each other to the canvas, and make sure one of them didn’t get up.

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