ANDY HALDER MUST BE ONE OF COVENTRY'S BIGGEST FAVOURITES AND NUMBER ONE SHOWMAN ANDY MADE HIS PRO DEBUT AT THE SKYDOME 13TH JULY 2002 JUST SEVENTEEN MONTHS AGO IN THIS TIME HE HAS HAD ELEVEN BOUTS WINNING NINE AND LOSING TWO HE SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT LAST WEEK BUT BOTH THE NOMINATED BOXERS PULLED OUT. THE HIGH LIGHT OF ANDY'S YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN AGAINST ANTHONY FARNELL ANDY WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN THIS ONE WAS CANCELLED. WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE ANDY GOING IN AGAINST A COUPLE OF TOP TEN RATED BOXERS IN THE NEW YEAR TO SHOOT HIM BACK UP THE RANKINGS WHERE HE BELONGS.

NEIL "SIMMO" SIMPSON AT THE END OF 2003 HAS TO BE GIVEN THE TITLE OF COVENTRY'S FAVOURITE SON HIS FIGHT AGAINST PETER OBOH AT THE A.T.7. CENTRE ON SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 2003 WAS THE BEST FIGHT BY A COVENTRY MAN IN MY OPINION OF 2003. NEIL THERE ARE STILL SOME GREAT FIGHTS FOR YOU OUT THERE AND YOUR FANS HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE RING NEXT YEAR.

NICE TO SEE OUR FRIEND JAMES SALT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH ASKING NEIL IF HE COULD FIX UP A FIGHT WITH HIS TORQUAY MATE GARETH HOGG. LOOKING THROUGH GARETH'S RECORD IT COULD BE A GOOD FIGHT GARETH IS 26 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN BOXING FOR SIX YEARS HIS RECORD STANDS AT WON 8 (KO'S 6) AND LOST 1 HE IS RANKED 8TH IN THE U.K. NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU JAMES KEEP IN TOUCH.

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