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Reg gutteridge sonny liston biography: In this autobiography, Reg tells the

As a young sports fan growing up in 's Britain, when boxing still ruled the world, Reg Gutteridge formed part of a Mount Rushmore of great television commentators, with Harry Carpenter , Richie Benaud and Brian Moore making up my granite-hewn quartet. While the BBC's Carpenter, with whom Gutteridge went toe-to-toe at some of the world's greatest fights for four decades, exuded erudition, you could almost smell the liniment when ITV's man at ringside appeared on screen.

Gutteridge, who passed away at the weekend the age of 84, was steeped in the sport. His dad and uncle were the famous Gutteridge twins - Dick and Jack - "trainers of champions" during s and '30s. And after Reg had his left leg blown off during the D-Day Landings - "want to know something really funny? Mine came to 16 shillings per week" - he became a boxing writer.

He saw most of 'them' fight. But, while I will always think of Carpenter as the messenger from the home front, I will always think of Gutteridge and his sidekick Jim Watt as my guides to the exotic world of Hagler , Hearns and Leonard. The slightly washed-out transatlantic pictures, the crackling sound. After the fights, my eldest brother and I would dig out the battered old gloves from under the stairs and go a few rounds in the living room, with my brother usually pretending to be Leonard while reeling off Reg's best lines.