How Ricky Gervais once won boxing fight dubbed 'farcical' by Frank Warren
dailystar.co.ukShould unlicensed boxing fights for charity be allowed? Let us know in the comments section. The British Boxing Board of Control were also pretty unhappy with the charity bout, and wrote to then-director general of the BBC Greg Dyke to urge him to scrap the planned show.The BBBoC argued it would make "a farce of the noble art", adding that Gervais and Bovey – both aged 41 at the time – were too old for it to be safe.Regardless, the programme went ahead and it was later revealed that Gervais had even fought fellow comic Bob Mortimer while training for the big bout.Lisa Clark, who has regularly worked with the comedian who rose to fame as part of a double-act with Vic Reeves, said in 2019 the practice bout was "brilliant", adding: "Bob gave.
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