\n The 40-year-old was top of the bill at a charity event in London, where he stopped former Arsenal player Armand Traore in the third round – a north London derby success for the former Spurs defender.\n<\/p>\n
\n Bassong had leading trainer Don Charles in his corner for the event.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt was very impressive,\u201d said Charles. \u201cI knew he would do it. This guy is so driven and he\u2019s such a competitor.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe spars me and he gives me a bloody hard time.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Bassong reportedly took up an interest in boxing after retiring in 2019, but Charles believes had the pair worked together years ago, he had world class potential.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWithout a shadow of a doubt,\u201d said Charles, who guided Daniel Dubois to his explosive victory over Ipswich\u2019s Fabio Wardley earlier this month. \u201cBecause of his competitiveness.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019s very, very competitive. Someone who has got that can do anything.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Another former Canary, striker Leroy Lita, was stopped in the third round by Harlee Dean while David Norris finished Simon Cox by third-round knockout.\n<\/p>\n
\n Gary Madine edged a gruelling battle with Jamie Sendles-White by split decision, Anthony Gardner used his size and composure to outpoint Matthew Briggs, and Lee Cook stayed elusive to beat Martin Woods on points.\n<\/p>\n
\n The planned main event had been the clash between Nile Ranger and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, but Ranger was withdrawn on medical advice following his pre-fight checks.\n<\/p>\n
\n Graham Stack, Founder of Pro Project Promotions, said: \u201cThese lads put the work in for months, stepped into the ring in front of a packed Grosvenor and gave everything for a good cause. It was a shame not to see Nile and Jay share the ring, but fighters’ health will always come first with us, and it was the right call. \u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Having raised over \u00a3201,500 for charity across its first two events, Pro Project Promotions are hoping the latest event \u2013 billed A Night to Remember III \u2013 will edge them a lot closer to their \u00a3500,000 target in their debut year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Pro Project Promotions aims to unite retired athletes in purpose-driven events that channel their competitive spirit towards making a positive impact.\n<\/p>\n
\n The organisation recognises the challenges of post-retirement life \u2013 from physical fitness to mental well-being \u2013 and provides ex-pros with structure, goals, and a platform to give back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 40-year-old was top of the bill at a charity event in London, where he stopped former Arsenal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}