thesun.co.uk - 7/2/2009
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THIS is how a burglar looked after he made the mistake of breaking into the home of a 71-year-old ex-boxer. Vicious Gregory McCalium, 23 - jailed for 4½ years yesterday - looked like a "car accident" victim after he was punched by battling grandad Frank Corti Frank - woken by noises as he lay ...
sportsrubbish.com - 7/2/2009
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sportsrubbish.com —
Frank Corti is 71-years-old. He’s also a former
boxer who served in the British Army. Judging by...
what he did to a knife-wielding man who tried to burglarize his home, Frank could step back into the ring right now if he wanted to. Not only did he dodge the knife, he managed to nail ...
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Never Try To Rob An Old Boxer
sportsbybrooks.com - 7/2/2009
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sportsbybrooks.com —
Making a living through crime is most assuredly
not as exciting in reality as it is on...
TV and in movies. In reality, career criminals are often stupid junkies with no education, work ethic, or morals. They prey on the weakest and most vulnerable, not out of cunning but out of cowardice and laziness.
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71-Year-Old Ex-Boxing Champ Beats Up 23-Year-Old ...
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Never Try To Rob An Old Boxer
Sports Rubbish —
... year prison sentence, he got what he deserved.
The former featherweight boxer Corti said, “”He took a slash at me. If I needed to I would do it again. I had the advantage of having done some boxing training and retained the ability to punch.”
That’s for damn sure. If he’s looking for some work, people could do worse than having him for a bodyguard.
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Elderly Boxing Champ Beats Up Would-Be Burglar
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... (The face of criminal genius.) 23-year-old Brit Gregory McCalium probably thought he hit some sort of criminal jackpot when he broke into his elderly neighbors’ house as they slept. What he didn’t know was that one of his 71-year-old neighbors just so happened to be a championship boxer back in the day. Hilarity, as they say, ensued. Lucky for us, THE SUN was there : Vicious Gregory McCalium, 23 - jailed for 4½ years yesterday - looked like a “car accident” victim after he was punched by battling grandad Frank Corti . Frank - woken by noises as he lay in bed with his wife ...
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