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HE grew up in England aware he was adopted, but Simon Edwards never looked into his origins until after his own children were born. When he did he unearthed an incredible story, as he was the result of Clare liaison between Rosemary Ruane and the legendary US boxing commentator Bob Sheridan who died last year. Sheridan, also known as the Colonel, was a boxing Hall of Famer, who called over 1,000 world title fights in an amazing career. He was at ringside for nights like the Rumble in the Jungle and the Thrilla in Manilla and was in Tokyo for Buster Douglas’s sensational KO of Mike Tyson. Younger boxing fans may have heard his commentary on fights involving present-day stars like Tyson Fury, Canelo Alvarez and Anthony Joshua. For a period in the 1970s and 80s, Sheridan, himself the son of Irish emigrants to the US, lived an incredible double life. He would spend much of the week farming in …
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