Neil Adams

Yeah, I mean, he was no mug either. I think he just got third place in the All Japan Championships, which is all weight categories. So he wasn't a mug, you know, he was strong. And I'd fought him once before, and I knew he was a lefty as well, which was really awkward for me.

Yeah, I mean, he was no mug either. I think he just got third place in the All Japan Championships, which is all weight categories. So he wasn't a mug, you know, he was strong. And I'd fought him once before, and I knew he was a lefty as well, which was really awkward for me.

Yeah, I mean, he was no mug either. I think he just got third place in the All Japan Championships, which is all weight categories. So he wasn't a mug, you know, he was strong. And I'd fought him once before, and I knew he was a lefty as well, which was really awkward for me.

Better for me than him. It did. It felt amazing, you know, because it was almost like all these things, disappointments and everything had kind of come to this one point where I was at last kind of champion of the world. It's everything I said as a kid that I had no idea how difficult it was going to be. So as a kid, as a 14-year-old kid, I remember saying, I'm going to be world champion.

Better for me than him. It did. It felt amazing, you know, because it was almost like all these things, disappointments and everything had kind of come to this one point where I was at last kind of champion of the world. It's everything I said as a kid that I had no idea how difficult it was going to be. So as a kid, as a 14-year-old kid, I remember saying, I'm going to be world champion.

Better for me than him. It did. It felt amazing, you know, because it was almost like all these things, disappointments and everything had kind of come to this one point where I was at last kind of champion of the world. It's everything I said as a kid that I had no idea how difficult it was going to be. So as a kid, as a 14-year-old kid, I remember saying, I'm going to be world champion.

I'm going to be the best in the world. I had no idea how difficult that was going to be.

I'm going to be the best in the world. I had no idea how difficult that was going to be.

I'm going to be the best in the world. I had no idea how difficult that was going to be.

I like that.

I like that.

I like that.

Yeah. Well, I mean, you see it a lot with parents as well. You know, parents, you know, our little Johnny is, you know, he's amazing and he's this, that and the other. And they have no idea what's, you know, out there. I remember the very first time I stepped out in 1974 into the European cadets. And I remember that we were fighting. I'd only ever fought in Great Britain.

Yeah. Well, I mean, you see it a lot with parents as well. You know, parents, you know, our little Johnny is, you know, he's amazing and he's this, that and the other. And they have no idea what's, you know, out there. I remember the very first time I stepped out in 1974 into the European cadets. And I remember that we were fighting. I'd only ever fought in Great Britain.

Yeah. Well, I mean, you see it a lot with parents as well. You know, parents, you know, our little Johnny is, you know, he's amazing and he's this, that and the other. And they have no idea what's, you know, out there. I remember the very first time I stepped out in 1974 into the European cadets. And I remember that we were fighting. I'd only ever fought in Great Britain.

I was the top, you know, I was unbeaten in the juniors, kids. And went out there and there were these different fighters out there that were treating me with total disdain. And I remember thinking... How dare they? You know, and I realized when I came back from that event, there's other people out there.

I was the top, you know, I was unbeaten in the juniors, kids. And went out there and there were these different fighters out there that were treating me with total disdain. And I remember thinking... How dare they? You know, and I realized when I came back from that event, there's other people out there.

I was the top, you know, I was unbeaten in the juniors, kids. And went out there and there were these different fighters out there that were treating me with total disdain. And I remember thinking... How dare they? You know, and I realized when I came back from that event, there's other people out there.

There's just a whole, you know, and there are different levels of, you know, the majority of people are just not informed as to what's out there and the different levels that there are out there.

There's just a whole, you know, and there are different levels of, you know, the majority of people are just not informed as to what's out there and the different levels that there are out there.