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RIP Big Jimmy Abbot

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Sad news has broken that ex boxer Jimmy Abbot has passed away.

Many will know him personally from his private “Jesus loves you” messages on Facebook 🙏 ,

Big Jimmy was a regular at Ellis Park following the Lions 🦁 and loved the horses 🐎

RIP

RIP

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RIP big Jimmy

He was a real character, thoughts are prayers with family and friends 🙏

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Scroll to 3:25

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manwatweet wrote: Scroll to 3:25

invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=AG7kGNGwYEQ

Same clip on YouTube

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RIP Jimmy , gone but will be remembered fondly , rest well

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From the Citizen

“He is one of the hardest punchers I have ever seen in the game,” said historian Ron Jackson about the boxer who passed away on Sunday.


Renowned boxing historian Ron Jackson has described former South African heavyweight boxer Jimmy Abbott as “the best SA heavyweight never to have won a world title.”

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