Duiven plots Rebel’s downfall

HARRY DUIVEN Junior, a heavyweight from Amsterdam, plans to succeed where others have failed by putting an end to the unblemished record of Mike “The Rebel” Perez at the dinner-show at the Silversprings Moran Hotel in Cork tonight.

The 21 year old Dutchman could be the typical comic-book hero — 6’3” tall, 115 kgs of solid muscle and a stunning head of blond hair, and the story of his career to date is sensational if not inspirational.

Following in the footsteps of his father, Harry Duiven Snr, who fought bare-knuckled in the gypsy boxing rings around England, he knows no other life outside of boxing.