I was at school in Brinscall then Chorley with one of Steven Pembertons younger brothers and they lived in a big gaff in Charnock Richard in the mid/late 80's. I don't really remember much about Steven but my mate Lee, his dad and other younger brother were huge Man Yoo fans. Doesn't mean they didn't originate from Blackburn, I can't remember but I was under the impression they lived Brinscall way before Charnock Richard and Steven maybe just went to school there.

If Jack had courted celebrity he'd probably have been the most famous worldwide Blackburn son ever. Thankfully he didn't and even if he was younger when it happened I doubt he'd have popped up in the jungle decades later. Foggy will always have been widely known around the world but only in certain circles and even less in those circles would know he comes from Blackburn. Probably the same with Wainwright as everyone just assumes he came from the Lake district I suppose. Plenty of big names associated with the Town though down the years which isn't bad for a relatively small place.

So is McShane lol At least the previous Dr Who stills claims to be a Rovers fan so it's got to be him..............oh wait he's not from Blackburn. Damn !

Eubank jnr does lack big one punch power and that's why he's still fighting for British titles etc instead of taking the division by storm. He's got all the other tools and he'll do well he just needs to learn to box smarter. After Watson his old man just did enough in fights but jnr does too much at times and if he goes about like that v Saunders in a rematch he'll run out of steam and maybe get stopped. Saunders is another little gobshite and I honestly don't think he fancies a rematch despite what he says. He's too busy pricing himself out of a fight with GGG. A right collection of tits on that ringside front row the other night all egging on Blackwell and goading Eubank then turning around and saying it should have been stopped. Disgraceful stuff from Locket etc in the corner as well, where was the towel ?

There are no guarantees in football though and even less with the likes of our lot. If he'd told them he could have a stab at getting in the play offs this season if we cashed in on Rhodes and they backed his loan signings then by the same token he could be worried. I hope that's not the case and it probably isn't but promises work both ways and unless guarantees are written into legal documents they mean nothing.

Correct. I'd rather watch that today than what was served up last season where we might have spent 89 mins of the game trying to contain the opposition. We set out to over run them first half but it didn't come off and we kept going forwards even at 1 then 2 nil down. We'll prob lose to Ipswich but you know we'll bounce back under this guy, win/lose/win is better than draw/draw/draw. Far better stuff on display now despite the odd set backs and I wish some would accept that. When it's bad i'll be the first to moan but that today wasn't bad.

Looks like they may have just been trying to buy time to see if they could get some points on the board or throw in the towel with admin. Never seemed very concrete that Holdsworth thing as they couldn't show they had money to run the club right from the off.

Quigg seemed reluctant to close the distance and when he tried big shots Frampton was out the way. As soon as he started going at Frampton he realised he could push him around easy and was slowing him down working the body. As good as Frampton is I really think that fight was there for the taking for Quigg if he'd tested the water earlier. If they had a rematch in Manchester I'd back him but going over there will be too much I reckon.

I was expecting them to call it a draw to be honest. Mainly because the first few rounds neither did enough to take those rounds but it seems they scored them to Frampton because he seemed to be landing the odd jab.

Too many nerves for both at first them it settled and became tactical boxer v puncher stuff. Developed into a good scrap later on. Close despite what Framptons camp may so but that was only because of lack of punches early on. Quigg looked like he had plenty left and was never in real trouble so his corner should have had him stepping on the gas a couple of rounds earlier. Would have made all the difference, they only seemed to put it on him in the 9th and he looked surprised to be told he was far behind. A bit poor from Gallagher that imo.

He looked a bit drained yesterday and I think they had to weigh in again today so he won't be able to get much back on so don't know if it will go against him a bit being the slightly bigger guy. Not been keen on some of the antics and mouth coming out of the Mcguigan camp so I hope Quigg flattens him now. Spent 40 mins on phone one morn ages ago for tickets for this only to be told they'd sold out in 9 mins. Similar with the AJ thing, Hearns mobs distribution of tickets is a disgrace. Basically they advertise them for sale to everyone but quietly hand the majority over to agencies then take a cut off them selling at 3 or 4 times face value. Just wasting thousands of peoples time and effort.

Quigg v Frampton is an interesting little match up and should be a good fight. Hard to separate but heads says Frampton breaks him down and a late stoppage or points. Had a sneaky feeling all along though that Quigg might pull something out of the bag, I'm probably rooting for him really as the home boy. A bit difficult though as he's an ex dingle

I think Hanley got a lot of deserved stick last season because we all knew he could do a lot better. Also the question marks about his off field habits which I don't think was doing him any good. He definitely seems to have cleaned up his act and got his ample heed back of the job. He's been excellent so far compared to last season and fair play to him. Sad thing is though if his form stays consistent he'll be the one paying the bills after summer

Your lost paragraph is spot on, not about titles anymore really certainly not outside the heavyweight div anyway. Fighters fighting each other for money and profile first and belts second. On the AJ fight I've a sneaky feeling some American tv company or promoters have put some big money forwards to get this on as a profile fight more than anything. I was chatting to a Yank boxing guy on twitter and he was saying that Joshua was proving very popular Stateside after his fight v Whyte drew good viewing numbers. People over there have never really taken to the Klitschkos and they won't buy into a knob like Fury at all. It's a no brainer in that sense because if AJ wins it raises his profile over there in prep for a big fight v Wilder. If Martin wins it gets him known across Europe and paves the way for a huge fight v Fury or Wlad after their rematch. Assuming Fury would go for that belt again )he would imo) but also there is Haye who could get a shot if Martin wins.

Well this season now really is about beating the crud from down the road on their own patch. Do PNE 3 nil at Ewood and get enough points to finish above them. I think this manager might be able to get them up for the derbies a bit more than the previous.

AJ fighting Martin for IBF title on April 9th. Hope this isn't a step to far for him at this stage, shades of Bruno.

Well it seems it's driven by the fact that his previous defeats were at the hands of two opponents who failed drugs tests. Fair enough he feels wronged but the last knock out was a bad one and he'd only just got his confidence back to let his hands go after the other defeat. I like Price he comes across as a real decent guy but I don't think he should be anywhere near world level. He might prove me wrong but some guys are just cut out to be decent domestic or European fighters and I think he's one of them. No shame in that if he could become British champ again but also no money in it so it depends how hungry he still is.

Roy Jones set to continue and now David Price coming back again. Not just football that's a funny old game evidently.

Boro must be old fashioned then, be interesting to see where it gets them, although I actually think they usually play a hard working closing down pressing game. Obviously there was something missing though.

Vardy bears all the hallmarks of a player that's had to graft for everything he's got and knows he has to keep doing it. That's what playing non league etc does for players rather than graduating from an academy and having a 5 yr contract thrown at them after one or two good games. You'll never get the likes of Rhodes grafting like that at this stage of his career. He's certainly not alone although he's a completely different kind of striker so yet again it's clutching at straws just to compare for the sake of slagging him off !

You could certainly point to Rhodes being a Championship version of Andy Cole in terms of stats etc. Both penalty box predators as well but that's about the lot and I don't think Stuart was drawing like for like comparisons anyway. They did have another glaring thing in common though and that was too many people crying and picking fault over what they couldn't do rather than appreciating what they could. I'll include managers in that as well.

Khan v Canello in Vegas is on, fair play to him for that.

Fortunately they seem to have refused Big Franks intention of renewing his license. It's mad how fighters lives are often such a mess outside the ring that the only place they feel safe and secure is actually in it. Tyson on the other hand is best off staying away from the ring as he's finally got his life in order. Injury to his eye meant Brunos career was over 20 years ago,Tyson on the other hand knew he had nothing left after keeping going into his late 30's and losing to a couple of bums because he was just fighting for money. There were so many opportunities though for someone like Bruno after being so popular but his mental health has sadly been his hardest fight. He's almost Boxings version of Gazza without the drink, proves depression can get the better of the hardest of men at times. I've often thought though that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a veterans version of the Heavyweight crown. That many of them going on a long time at that weight and some are still quite good. Have strict rules and age limit for it and fight it over 5 rounds or something. A lot of other sports have veteran catagories.

He's been sending hints out for a while and the way he's been working out suggested something might be in his mind. Crazy stuff that will only end in tears although if he's skint it's the ticket to some quick money I suppose.

He was another who was on 10k pwk and we PAID him off to go. About 3 hundred grand I think it was.