MJ HALL stands on the stairs of Wolverhampton’s Hangar venue seconds after dropping yet another four-round decision to yet another apprentice pro. He is in good humour and unmarked.
“MJ – I flipping hate that name,” he confesses when BN approaches him, then laughs: “I’m shit, I’m just tough.”
The tongue-in-cheek assessment does not do the man justice. Matt – the Christian name he insists on – is very tough and highly skilled at what he does. What he does is survival.
To achieve that, the Black Country journeyman has to be in tip-top condition. Matt, who visits the gym twice a day, lives the life and makes the sacrifices. One of the
