Sweet Agony

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During the 13 years since his first prison sentence, free for just 9 months, Boxing offered the chance to end the cycle of crime. I new my statutory rights you see just like Paul did” Can’t wait for the Film to be released in 2022’ Great investment. After his release he was then inside again again for two and a half years for assaulting police before more time was added for putting prison workers in hospital. And he once said: “I’ve had 10 and half years for whacking screws and 10 years for whacking coppers. Jamie said he was approached by Sivell and Western Edge after the release of Unfinished Agony earlier in the year.

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Referring to 'Sykesy', Bronson describes him as "a Legend, Born and Bred" and "I first met Sykes in Liverpool in the early 70's and at that time he was probably the fittest Con in Britain. Sykes had also been billed to fight Lenny Mclean at London's Rainbow Theatre on 20 November 1979, but this fight never materialized.A lot of people never liked him, perhaps they even feared him but I respected the man for what he stood for". I did what John Wayne did, what any sane thinking man would do, punched em right in the f*cking ear-ole. Bronson referring to 'Sykesy' wrote: "I first met Sykes in Liverpool in the early 70's and at that time he was probably the fittest Con in Britain.

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Sykes collared the petrified groom in the bathroom during the reception and he remembered: “I told him unless he came up with something here and now I was going to stick his head right through the wedding cake and generally cause mayhem. In 1981 he was jailed for five years for taking out a contract on a union official from Blackpool working at a St Annes firm. He described himself as a “wonderful citizen” before explaining how he had visited various places - including North America, Ivory Coast, India, Russia and Singapore. Sykes died at the age of 60 in March 2007 at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield after suffering from pneumonia and liver cirrhosis. While jailed for violence, Sykes spent his time passing an Open University degree in Physical Sciences and earning the Arthur Koestler prize for prison literature.And Sykes later claimed from prison: “What’s got me into trouble in the past is having my physique trained as a child but not my emotions. Speaking to The Gazette about the release of his first book Jamie, who now lives in Northallerton, said: “Sykes was a fascinating character - someone who fought for the British and Commonwealth title but spent many years in prison and ended up dying a broken man.