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11. Forgive the link source please..

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:41 PM

5 hrs ago

Sadly it's the Daily Fail. Summary is that a former junior boxer (who also served in the Royal Engineers in North Africa ) beat the crap out of a would be home intruder who attacked him with a knife. Pensioner restrained him. Police stated would be thief looked like he'd been in a car wreck.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196479/Pictured-The-battered-bruised-face-burglar-got-wrong-72-year-old-boxer.html

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Sh*t Happens (graphic) [View all] NJCher 7 hrs ago OP

oooooops niyad 7 hrs ago #1

You're NOT alone in that, niyad. calimary 4 hrs ago #14

So very true. Endorphins are so useful. niyad 3 hrs ago #16

Another Magat FAFO moment! GreenWave 7 hrs ago #2

Since it happened in the UK... mwooldri 4 hrs ago #12

Dumb ass PJMcK 7 hrs ago #3

HA ha heh! Serves the little shit right (pardon my language). SWBTATTReg 7 hrs ago #4

The old dude looks pretty tough to me Redleg 7 hrs ago #5

I don't know why, because this is different but, gab13by13 7 hrs ago #6

As a friend put it many years ago when we were discussing egos and niyad 7 hrs ago #7

Now his head is perfectly bent for a beret. taxi 6 hrs ago #8

At least the loser's head is still attached to his neck. erronis 5 hrs ago #9

Please describe. ScotLass 5 hrs ago #10

Forgive the link source please.. mwooldri 5 hrs ago #11

that's a good, detailed story, regardless of the source NJCher 4 hrs ago #15

Looks like the old man Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #13

An early lesson I learned the hard way while studying martial arts... JoseBalow 3 hrs ago #18