Frankie has no regrets after ill-fated roll of the dice

INITIALLY, I vowed not to feed Frankie Gavin's disastrous bareknuckle debut the oxygen of publicity.

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It was all too depressing, all too humiliating for a man who was one of the greatest amateurs this world has ever produced.

But the noise surrounding Gavin's 52 second defeat to Jack “One Smack” Dugdale, plus the Birmingham champ's past achievements, means last Saturday's showdown cannot be ignored.

To be blunt, Frankie made a mistake. He shouldn't have done it. I don’t think he truly wanted to do it. I hope he doesn’t do it again.

As he told me ruefully: “I rolled the dice and came up with a one”

For organisers BKFC, acquiring Frankie’s services for the major BP Pulse Live, Resorts World, show was a major coup. Big name boxers have defected to the bareknuckle code: in Britain, Frankie - our only world amateur champ, former British and Commonwealth pro welter champ and world title contender - is probably the biggest.