Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that only one man has the honour of being titled the guv’nor, and that man is Lew ‘Wild Thing’ Yates. This book is the true story of Yates’ dream to become a world heavyweight boxing champion, he began boxing at the age of six, transforming into a ruthless adult who was fixated on achieving his all time goal.

However when his licence was revoked following an assault on a referee, he turned to unlicensed boxing. By day Yates pounded punchbags and the streets in an effort to reach the peak of physical fitness as he prepared for his epic battle with Roy ‘Pretty Boy’ Shaw. At night he pounded gangsters and drug dealers foolish enough to take him on in the nightclubs where he worked.

Wild Thing documents how Yates rose to the top of his bloody profession. Despite being immersed in the seedy world of unlicensed boxing and running security at some of Britain’s toughest nightspots, he has never served a day in prison, nor taken or sold a drug. When it comes to his fighting ability, he doesn’t need to boast, brag or exaggerate. With Lew Yates what you see is what you hope you’re never going to get, this is his remarkable story.

Book courtesy of Mainstream Publishing.
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James Henderson

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