They are officers and perhaps senior ranks well done to all well turned out and a proud tradition. I remember those nights well. Some people wouldn’t grasp it.
When will the members of the BFBS commentary team finally realise that amateur boxers do NOT "fight" each other? They take part in contests of athleticism, courage, fitness and skill to decide which is the better boxer. "Fighting" takes place in the gutter, outside clubs and pubs at closing time, and not inside the four, bar-taut ropes of the Square Ring!