Small Talk wiht Johnny Nelson

Please do not patronise me. I am 24 stone and have probably had more dinners than you've had nights of full sleep.

I think you struggle with that chip on your shoulder to completely understand my pride in my own country. I can justify it, just for you if you really want but can't see that you'd really be that interested.

As for Nelson, your personal opinion is that he bottled the fight with Enzo. I cannot believe that a boxer who pretty much dedicates his whole life to boxing would lie about the fact that his knee was popping out of the side of his leg in a book published to the whole country. It's my personal opinion that it would have taken at least a year Nelson to recover to a level anywhere near where he was and decided, in his late 30s that he just didn't want to do it anymore.

If, in your opinion, that's bottling it, then I think that's unreasonable.

I'm really pleased for you that you have read so many boxing books, if you have. But you really don't have to justify that to me. You have a lot of knowledge about certain things and I respect that.

 

If you say so