Old Man Fights Boxing Match to Settle Price of House (1979)

[@vantheman1238]

What a great short film to watch after all the recent nonsense going on in this country of ours. This was magnificent and the two men in question were gentleman and showed great honour.

[@Rebelconformist82]

😂😂😂😂

[@AnonAnonAnon]

Knocked down 17 times, got back up 17 times. When English men were men and no knives or guns.

[@ScratchyBaws]

That's because the one's carrying knives and guns are NOT English.

[@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765]

​@@ScratchyBawstook the words out my mouth

[@genghishank1]

There are less licensed gun owners in Britain now than ever

[@Jon-qw2oe]

100%correct ​@@ScratchyBaws

[@claw333]

Words like those will have the police at your door id be carefull lol ​@ScratchyBaws

[@williamterriss6620]

What’s more surprising about all this, is you could buy an eight bedroom house, for £85,000.

[@shutupcnt5222]

I know and in London as well that’s fucking insanity I’d happily sell up and move to London if it’s that cheap lol

[@dfpguitar]

House prices only really started to explode in the late 90s.

[@JohnNicholls-rb4rs]

​@dfpguitar in line with the great migration to the UK more people less houses price go up

[@timwoodger7896]

@@JohnNicholls-rb4rsthere’s also 2 million empty houses just sitting there as assets. The super rich from around the world have been sinking money into our housing stock for decades and it’s getting worse with large investment firms starting to sink more money into solid assets like British housing stock.

[@undesignated3491]

lol

[@BiggieBigLnPac]

That's what u call HEART. Most guys would start looking for a way out after 3-4 knock downs, This guy got up 17 times and would've gotten up another 17 times if the fight wasn't stopped. Don't know who he is but he has my respect.

[@joejoejoe4577]

Like Cool Hand Luke.

[@Cloudface77]

You must be mad. There's rules in boxing about how many times you can be knocked down and it's certainly not 17. That's madness.

[@BiggieBigLnPac]

@@Cloudface77 I'm saying - The old guy coulda called it a day after the first few knock downs, Realising he stood no chance, he could of stayed down after being dropped for the 2nd or third time, But he got up and fought on like a warrior.

[@Cloudface77]

@BiggieBigLnPac Well, you're not wrong there. He showed great determination but also a careless lack of concern for his own wellbeing. There were no responsible people there at all to adjudicate competently on the match. Even the weight difference was unacceptable. That was shocking that was. 🙂

[@domissavvy]

​@@Cloudface77grow up 😂😂

[@carlranger8060]

Ah, the England of my youth.

[@londonmadeeasy]

It’s gone for good 😢

[@Olly-q9f]

🤣😂🤣it's like commentary from monty pythons flying circus "he fought gamely but was knocked down 17 times in the first two rounds"

[@michaelhowarth-w1e]

your comment bang on mate😂😂😂.

[@Olly-q9f]

@@michaelhowarth-w1e 😂👍

[@owainjohns2815]

one of the most British things I've ever seen on screen, on the news no less, when they actually told mostly truth.

[@MadDogSurvival]

English

[@craig5098]

Brilliant,back in the days when fights were done properly, good sports both of them

[@chris2336]

That was brilliant. Proper English 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MadDogSurvival]

English

[@chris2336]

@@MadDogSurvival true

[@thomaspowell-c3r]

A time when we were still an eccentric sometimes potty homogenous nation! class!

[@DrBrule-ju6qb]

Oh Britain I remember you well

[@MadDogSurvival]

England

[@Sim0n98]

Remember, it’s the old guy who wanted the fight.

[@mileschurch67]

He wasn’t even that old. Fifties?

[@frankie6849]

Knock down price for sure 😂. Fair play though he got up each time 👏

[@FirearmsGunGear]

Lol the "old guy" is only 45, found an old article about the fight online, younger bloke is 30, ironically the fight took place in a town called Battle, which is near Hastings, naned after the battle of 1066

[@BiggieBigLnPac]

30 and 45?? That's insane the younger man looks around 45 and the old bloke looks late 60s lol.

[@rgrtnyjjc]

@@BiggieBigLnPacwhisky and cigarettes take their toll.

[@immers2410]

My missus is 39 and smokes and drinks heavily. She looks older than me mam in the mornings

[@Toecutter875]

Now thats a mans man, he just wont give up!

[@staxmantim]

The man got back up 17 times in 2 rounds!

[@goonerinSP]

I love how he keeps getting back up. He's a lot smaller but love that determination and courage.

[@laurencetitusoates6328]

Like looking at another country from the past.

[@mrsmith3930]

English ecentrism at its most splendid as a former pro fighter I take my hat off to the old boy.

[@timcolledge6813]

So do I !!

[@robinbeavan5152]

He was game didn't need to fight the big man was a lot older and smaller. And knew he was losing 10 k. He was the bigger man really. God bless.

[@WelsHomEx]

“He said 85 thousand, the other, 75 thousand; they agreed to resolve this dispute with a boxing match.” You know, in the states we would have resolved it with about two minutes of scratching our chins and offering numbers between 75 and 85 until we say the same number.

[@markf4720]

How boring is that!

[@hypramgeth7449]

The older man had an upper class accent. It wasn't about the money, he was letting the younger man in. A very kind man letting the honour of gentlemen prevail over class and money.

[@jenniferdunstan5065]

Like this if SDSB pod brought you here 💜💛 If it didn’t- comment where you heard of it

[@danzap384]

This needs to be made law - only way people got a chance to get housing ladder.

[@bentelbow2922]

Back when England had "men" living there.

[@TC8787-yq7og]

😂😂😂😂 what?

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

​@@TC8787-yq7ogI know, literally anyone that can but their chin down and through a decent 1-2 would win the house in thirty seconds.They look like a pair of old ladies in a bus queue 😂😂

[@mmaphilosophy]

​​​​@@MarleneWalker-su8ku I dont think he is on about there fighting style. (Which is awfull 😂) but more of, that's the way all things should be settled. People just bring knifes now

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

@@mmaphilosophy I totally agree , it just sounded funny, in a "Dads Army" (comedy from seventies) sort of way.knifes are rotten.Also being able to fight is useful, but not being good at it doesn't make anyone a lesser man .All my ex's tell me I cant dance but it I still try😃

[@mmaphilosophy]

@@MarleneWalker-su8ku 😂👍

[@marvwhtft6834]

Brilliant stuff

[@rogfusionkid]

That's a bit mean letting the old guy get smashed up like that. But they were gentleman about it, can't really argue with that.

[@leechapman-ri9rb]

But the old guy (he's younger than me!) got what he almost wanted...80K!!!

[@GrahamWoodward-ww1zf]

When this country had genuine values.

[@jeffster57]

The good old days when a man's word meant something and things were settled a gentlemanly way . Bring them days back I say

[@TheSockWomble]

The older man reminds me of my Dad never give up ! My uncle told me once when they were younger he was put down 7 times in a fight and got up and laid out 3 men he was fight with m my dad was a bit of a hell raiser in his day. The fighting Irish ☘️

[@FlanjoPanjo]

"Bless you, John."

[@LHudsonARTLIFTS]

This is England and the meeting of English souls that only the English know. You don’t get a passport and have this gentlemanly conduct, it’s in your blood. The perfect ending as well. Masculine competition, honourable conduct, fair resolution.

[@TheAllAmericanSocialistMTR1000]

That was incredible.

[@SPUGGY-t1x]

Is mr Naylor still around? He was a bit of a lad. Clap clap.

[@youtoob1811]

I miss England, which is an odd thing to say when I live here...

[@jap7384]

I laboured for a builder that was a unit all the way into his eighties with a heart stint You love to see it

[@Stpen-j9w]

Back when england was proper people

[@LdevArt]

YES. THOSE pesky robots have taken our jobs..

[@Myndir]

@@LdevArt Dey took our JERBS!

[@divinusmaximus1315]

Everything and everyone was better in the old times... Everywhere... The people, the food, entertainment, the cars, chicks, workplaces.... Everything. Greetings from Hungary!

[@MaxMax-th7uz]

Love this !

[@hu-man-oid]

Nice way to negotiate

[@davidbarnes241]

I remember this bout. My late father said it was a load of nonsense at the time and done for publicity purposes, I don’t think he was wrong looking back at it.

[@j4nk3n]

Absolute show of spirit and gentlemanly behaviour all round, what happened to us?

[@emmanuelwolfmusic410]

How the world has changed so much, it almost seems like a different place, I miss it 😔

[@THEOCKANDCHESTER]

I Love it 😂 respect for keep getting back up 😃 If only my generation and the younger ones understood this way of solving differences ect... to shake hands after a fair fight.... its mostly sadly lost in our culture now x

[@davidgreally4391]

Good old days. Long gone

[@paulstrange8607]

A time when English men had massive balls , That time will come again

[@ScorpionSuerte]

Back when the old 20 knockdown rule was in effect

[@AutoPil0t459]

As an American, it doesnt get much realer than a fist fight hyped up by the surrounding crowd, sadly knives and guns have taken over.

[@ExploringHabit]

If these men could see what has happened to their country.

[@hypramgeth7449]

I'm sure conservatives whined when The Marquis of Queensbury arranged for peasants to fight upper class lords with Welsh rules and big gloves. Things turned out OK.

[@hypramgeth7449]

Here is my reply to a deleted post from a prat / bot who thinks we should all share their fear and hatred of Muslims. Muhammad Ali was a Muslim (the clue is in the name) If the posh guy had been a fascist he would not have agreed to Queensbury rules to make fair play the test of a worthy Englishman who deserves a good deal. I'll finish the OP's sentence by saying those fine Englishmen would be on the antifascist side, just like Frodo stepped up and stopped orks like Tommy Ten Names burning the Shire.

[@lmc1dj]

You win some, you lose some, but you live to fight another day.

[@ScratchyBaws]

You wouldn't get an 8 bedroom house for that price today.

[@briangatt2956]

1 room in London if you're lucky

[@garymac5571]

You wouldn't get a shed in London for that price. ​@@briangatt2956

[@Sodastrings]

These are called ‘the good old days

[@oakleygt]

What a proppa old Englishman. 👊🏻

[@leechapman-ri9rb]

I think the sporting bigger guy was exhausted and decided to offer 80K?

[@kevthegoat8774]

Probably felt bad

[@BawoSamedi]

I didn't see signs of him seriously tired, he probably didn't want to do any lasting damage to the guy. Getting rocked once sucks, 17 times is crazy

[@elderlemon8020]

Got off the deck 17 times. A very tough fellow.

[@redshift237]

Old boy probably forgot he even had a house to sell 😂😂... Oh bonus prize, brain damage

[@fizzgigmalmy2567]

Ahhhh the good ole English....it's a dam shame and a crime against humanity whats going on the UK right now...fight for your land folks

[@laurencetitusoates6328]

They've stopped us being able to do that.

[@fizzgigmalmy2567]

@@laurencetitusoates6328 u must not give in

[@sandeepk4093]

Looting sausage rolls from Greggs and bars of soap from Poundland is not exactly my idea of fighting for your country

[@rigbysan]

Kier will put u in prison if he reads this comment. Wish I was joking.

[@fizzgigmalmy2567]

@@sandeepk4093 u wouldn't have a clue....your not English

[@derekwhite2929]

Proof that getting older doesn't necessarily mean growing up.

[@britishgass6947]

It saddens me what Britain has become. I absolutely love this clip though

[@118ball118]

Brilliant gents

[@MadDogSurvival]

Good old proper English men! Love it! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@BalticFleet666]

Beautiful 🇬🇧

[@Oldgold-zo3et]

Jolly good old chap

[@jenniferdunstan5065]

I can’t decide whose outfit I like best

[@dogpaw775]

Makes you proud to be English, sporting fair play; but that was then.

[@XTSu-sl1bb]

What a lovely country it was

[@Yellowbellytropics]

Respect.

[@Jwg13]

Can’t believe you could buy eight bed house for 85k 😳absolutely crazy

[@pershorefoodbanktrusselltr3632]

£80,000 in 1979, is just over £500,000 today. Still cheap.

[@simonzonenblick395]

If anyone knows whereabouts in Battle this was it would be interesting to know. I'm visiting Battle in a few weeks time and it would be great to see what it looked like today.

[@adamfreeman2348]

Lol. Love it. 👍

[@Big-Mike]

The good old days! John hard the heart of a lion with all the odds stacked against him he kept getting up and up!

[@goldeneagle99]

True warriors of england!

[@candjim]

Plot twist.......As soon as the tall guy had won, the house was repossessed by the government.

[@paddynolan9853]

85 grand for an 8 bedroom house that’s like 10k a bedroom. Madness.

[@Hulks_volcano]

Proper British gentleman

[@Jafmanz]

This story is more made up than my mother in law

[@patnevin4478]

Sure do miss characters like that

[@davidc4408]

Older guy had far more courage and other guy had good sporting friendship. I am more impressed with the house

[@nezbit8989]

Proper Englishmen with heart and character 💪

[@mmaphilosophy]

Love it

[@scottyk200]

Alternatively he could have just waited for another buyer. Of course this was back in the day when there wasn’t the obsession with property prices there has been for the last 25 years. 80k for a six bedroom house? 🤦🏼🤦🏼

[@unvaccinated_proletariat6960]

No diversity was our strength

[@ohenekojo2561]

What are you on about? His wife looks pretty diverse to me.

[@unvaccinated_proletariat6960]

Are you judging on skin colour 😲 I'm talking about ILL-EGAL IMMI-GRANTS not legitimate citizens 🤣

[@sandeepk4093]

Major cities had diversity at the time of the video

[@phildrabble5498]

Good lad 👍 😊

[@maxtelero4904]

Included curtains?

[@hypramgeth7449]

The Marquis of Queensbury was regarded as obnoxious when he sponsored a comical Welsh substitute for bloodthirsty English pugilism for friendly duels including people of any class. Fast forward to the punk era and it's lovely.

[@gutz323]

What a silly old Sod, with a capital 'C'

[@boilerroombob]

Wonder what it worth today😮

[@Jin-Ro]

My mum and dad bought a 6 bed Mansion in 1983 for £111,000, they sold it in 1987, can't remember how much for. I saw it recently sold for £2.1 million. House prices are whacked nowadays.

[@gvicvic569]

Real men. These men no loner exist.

[@MadDogSurvival]

They do but have been silenced

[@adam_p99]

I’m also going to write a comment about men being real men, so then I can put myself on the same shelf and portray my own character as a tough, rugged, old school type of man. Grrrr. I’m off down to work on the docks now, just before I then go down the pits before going over the top. I often like the join the SAS before finishing the day with a good old bare knuckle fight. My god I’m double ‘ard.

[@robertpirsig5011]

Kevin Riordan must have had a bit if the ol fighting irish in him. He has a big advantage though.

[@Carnabwth]

I can actually remember this and I was a school boy at the time. I remember thinking at the time that neither looked like ex-boxers. I wonder what happened to them?

[@justbreathe7984]

Kevin, the taller guy went on to become a multimillionaire and retired on his estate in Sussex . I worked there when he was renovating the main house. He`s definitely a character I won`t forget.

[@Carnabwth]

@@justbreathe7984 They were certainly characters and obviously friends. I thought it was from a slightly later time. It feels like it comes from a different time from the one we live in now....almost a different world where life was much simpler compared to the one we live in now. The elder of the two would be around 100 years old I would imagine if he still lives.

[@Mark_Batcheler]

Why can’t we bring this back

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Madlad😂

[@Jandejongjong]

Lol mid 50 Guy, moving like 85 old. Smoking some more.. what was he thinking.

[@petecernan2568]

God I remember this

[@-Scotty]

Real men fight with their fists.

[@thefella131]

It's now worth £4 million. Well that was until they built a migrant hostel along the road.

[@Eoin-fd5ns]

ah boxing in your pants the good old days

[@Jandejongjong]

Haha call it a draw.

[@jamesbomd3503]

I really couldn't watch that I was appalled And had to turn away several times and I used to box myself I might as well been watching a bare knuckle fight from the 1800s