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The battered and bruised face of a burglar who got on the wrong side of a 72-year-old former boxer
MailOnline ^ | 30th June 2009 | Staff reporter

Posted on 06/30/2009 7:22:17 PM PDT by metmom

A knife-wielding burglar had a shock when he attacked a pensioner in his home - and discovered his victim was a retired boxer.

Senior citizen Frank Corti, 72, a former junior boxing champion is still a bit handy with his dukes.

And when he spotted the aforementioned intruder, Gregory McCalium, in his hallway he sprang into action and delivered two right hooks.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: boxer; burglar; napl
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1 posted on 06/30/2009 7:22:17 PM PDT by metmom
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To: metmom

This happened in the UK right? So we can expect Grandpa to be going to jail.


2 posted on 06/30/2009 7:23:52 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: metmom

And very good right hooks they were. Too bad there wasn’t an uppercut or two to take that stupid ring out of his lip.


3 posted on 06/30/2009 7:25:35 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: metmom
That's two right hooks?

Might fine.

4 posted on 06/30/2009 7:26:45 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Ditto
I met a former boxer one time, at a nursing home. He was in his eighties, don't remember exactly, but he had one of the strongest grips I have ever shaken hands with.
5 posted on 06/30/2009 7:27:38 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: gieriscm

ping for a great and well deserved butt kicking.


6 posted on 06/30/2009 7:28:08 PM PDT by BCR #226 (07/02 SOT www.extremefirepower.com...The BS stops when the hammer drops.)
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To: metmom

Beea - utiFUL! ;0)

Bet it hurts getting punched in those rings.


7 posted on 06/30/2009 7:28:49 PM PDT by incredulous joe ("No road is too long with good company" - Turkish Proverb)
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To: Ditto

I’ll bet those hooks felt real good with those piercings in.


8 posted on 06/30/2009 7:29:04 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


9 posted on 06/30/2009 7:29:42 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Even tho this has been posted about nine times in the last couple of days, I still get a chuckle out of this clown’s puss......


10 posted on 06/30/2009 7:30:31 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Prepare. It's Coming.)
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To: metmom

I wounder if his dentures are still in place?


11 posted on 06/30/2009 7:32:30 PM PDT by greatdefender (If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I searched it by title and keyword and anything else I could think of and NOTHING came up.

Does anyone believe in using reasonable keywords?


12 posted on 06/30/2009 7:34:04 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Oooh Pops hits hard don’t he?


13 posted on 06/30/2009 7:37:50 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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To: metmom

Simplify your searches. Don’t search by exact title. Search for a word in the title that doesn’t show up on a regular basis.

Boxer.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=boxer

Yep, you might get some results for Barbara from CA......But you will surely get some news of the day, as well.

The only reason I am aware of this story is that I FReep too much....

;-)

Still, you gotta love that stupid mug shot!!!!!


14 posted on 06/30/2009 7:41:12 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Prepare. It's Coming.)
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To: driftdiver

So attempted murder or aggravated assault gets you 4 hours in jail in Britain???


15 posted on 06/30/2009 7:42:14 PM PDT by CondiArmy
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To: LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot

His friends at the Senior Center refer to him as “Rocky”...


16 posted on 06/30/2009 7:45:12 PM PDT by mikrofon (Yo)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

OK, I tried that and this time something came up.

But not one of those other threads had keywords that were related to the article in any way that made sense.

One thread didn’t even have keywords.

If people would pick their keywords from the title, that would help the searches a LOT.

Keywords should be a required field.


17 posted on 06/30/2009 7:46:02 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Another thing is, many times I’ve done title searches by copying and pasting the title and nothing comes up.

Later I’ll find a thread with the EXACT title that didn’t show up in the search, cause it’s from the exact source I used.

Sheesh.


18 posted on 06/30/2009 7:48:05 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: mikrofon

19 posted on 06/30/2009 7:52:41 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Roscoe Karns

lol


20 posted on 06/30/2009 7:54:40 PM PDT by kanawa
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