Manchester Evening News his heartbroken wife Kathleen said: "He was the love of my life and our children and grandchildren are devastated. "He was the King of Sheffield and was very respected.
He was very well-known and was a bare-knuckle boxer but was more of a peacemaker."I always used to say he was smooth in the middle but rough around the edges - that's just what he was.She added: "I will miss him so much and my heart is broken.
Sheffield will just never be the same without him."Willy, who was born in Ireland, moved to Sheffield in 1980 and grew up in Pitsmoor.
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