Worst British boxer with 152 losses has never been KO’d – and has one last fight

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    A brave journeyman dubbed 'Britain's worst boxer' still takes pride in never being knocked to the canvas as he awaits his final bow.

    Fearless Bristol fighter Lewis van Poetsch currently has a record of 13-152-4 and will finally hang his gloves up after his 170th bout on March 25.

    The 32-year-old has a decade of experience taking last-minute fights and offering exciting young prospects the chance to boost confidence levels.

    Few will envy the job of a perennial loser regularly taking brutal punches from highly-trained professionals on undercards well away from bright lights of boxing.

    But those in boxing circles can respect the undervalued service Van Poetsch has offered to the sport over the years whilst juggling full-time careers in other industries.

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    A former British soldier who fought in Afghanistan, the man nicknamed 'Poochi' has also worked as a barber and lift engineer while travelling the country taking dangerous fights.

    And warrior Van Poetsch will hope his bout in his hometown Bristol will not result in his first time being knocked out as he boasted about the record he has somehow managed to keep in tact.

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    “People think you’re a human punchbag or you're taking dives for money," he said in an interview with The Sun.

    "But you have to be extremely good, whack very hard, or have one of the best nights of your career to stop me. I see it, when these hot young prospects can’t hurt or stop me, that it p***es them off and I love that, I take it as a sign of respect.

    "I have always taken great pride in taking these young knockout kings the distance and showing them a bit of boxing.

    “I have never been knocked out and I will proudly take that accolade to the grave. I have been stopped on my feet but never waved off or counted out on the ground."

    Van Poetsch may only have 13 wins to his name in 169 fights, but his role has been to give rising contenders valuable ring time, whilst offering a steely defence.

    And he has revealed how the unpredictable nature of life as a boxing journeyman once led him to ditch a visit to the pub for a short-notice scrap against a former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in 2019.

    “I took a dangerous fight on 10 hours notice against John Docherty in Newcastle,” he admitted.

    “I was on my way to Liverpool for a different fight when that got cancelled, so I had a Burger King and was heading for the pub. The call came just before I could get a round in and off I went, lasted all six rounds too."

    He added: “Every journeyman has one or more stories like that. I know it sounds mad but that’s what we do. I have probably only lived a proper dedicated boxer’s life for 10 per cent of my career."

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