Matthew Hall believes he should have been let off the leash when he was still an angry young man. But his inability to control that fighting spirit resulted in two stabbings that ruined his career, writes John Evans
MATTHEW HALL’S reputation precedes him. The door to the famous Collyhurst and Moston gym is always open for the former Commonwealth super-welterweight champion. He doesn’t work set hours or have a defined role but whenever he feels like it he walks up the battered concrete steps, nods to the familiar faces and parks himself on the old bench in the sparring room he once graced. He might not say much at first but everybody knows he is there. Hall retired five years ago but in a gym full of strong personalities, he still has a presence. Eventually he will speak out or approach one of the fighters he has been watching, and his blunt but honest manner cuts right to the heart of the matter.
Letters: Property investors, Covid spread, infrastructure building and the US election
12 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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John Kenel, who runs an investment business specialising in housing, says stricter rules mean he will leave some of his properties vacant. Photo / Supplied
John Kenel, who runs an investment business specialising in housing, says stricter rules mean he will leave some of his properties vacant. Photo / Supplied
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Housing obligations
The investor who fears he won t be able to rent out all his properties (NZ Herald, January 11), is evidence that property investors should not be in the housing provision market.
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The fallout of Impact s Winter is Coming show is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at how AEW is doing compared to Raw in different demos, the Sting interview this past week, how AEW s numbers for segments have risen as well as the biggest AEW quarters of this year.
Also in this issue:
Kenny Omega/Don Callis dynamic, the odes to the past they have copied in their angle, debut of Tony Khan as a television performer in the interview on Impact, how close Winter is Coming actually came to being No. 1 for the night on cable, Tony Schiavone s appearances years ago in TNA and what angle Vince Russo wanted to do with him, executives who vowed to not be TV performers and how that changed.