{"id":214888,"date":"2023-09-29T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=214888"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:51:39","slug":"boxer-ellie-scotney-pays-tribute-to-nan-after-her-death-aged-99-whose-x-rated-antics-were-cut-by-tv-chiefs-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/sport\/boxer-ellie-scotney-pays-tribute-to-nan-after-her-death-aged-99-whose-x-rated-antics-were-cut-by-tv-chiefs-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Ellie Scotney pays tribute to nan after her death aged 99 – whose X-rated antics were cut by TV chiefs | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
ELLIE SCOTNEY\u2019S nan will have the best view of her world title defence on Saturday, gazing down proudly from heaven with her trademark x-rated two-finger salute.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old super-bantamweight won the IBF belt in June and raced it around to the 99-year-old to complete a lifetime goal and out came her infamous V-sign – not for victory!<\/p>\n
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Sadly Eileen passed away at the end of August and Scotney\u2019s rapid ring return will be about honouring her life and unwavering support.<\/p>\n
Dexy\u2019s Midnight Runners tune \u2018Come on Eileen\u2019 will boom around Wembley arena, before the bout with Laura Griffa, and Scotney will be even more inspired than usual.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s watching from up there now, best seat in the house, but to get it done while she was still here was amazing,\u201d she told SunSport.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a panicking stage because last year she had a hip replacement and the doctors were not sure what would happen so we all had to say our goodbyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we said she was like the cat with nine lives, she kept coming back.<\/p>\n "To make sure I got that world title before she passed was everything to me. It\u2019s the biggest thing I\u2019m grateful for.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was so stubborn, she waited until her 99th birthday and then 10 days later she passed. She wanted to see 100 but we can forgive her the year.\u201d<\/p>\n It might seem a tragedy to some that Eileen never made it to 100 and that famous letter from Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n But Scotney is typically brilliant when explaining the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cShe wasn\u2019t worried about that letter,\u201d She said. \u201cShe said: \u2018sod Prince Charles\u2019, she liked the Queen better and the belt was enough for her.\u201d<\/p>\n The Catford queen\u2019s world title win – and her super-fan nan – made the local news.<\/p>\n But when the show producers chose to edit out the saucy hand sign that had gone viral among online boxing circles, Eileen was irate.<\/p>\n \u201cShe made it on the news but they blurred her fingers out,\u201d Scotney laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cThey asked me if she was confused but I had to tell them that she meant what she did.<\/p>\n \u201cThe channel asked me if they could say that she meant it as a peace sign but we didn\u2019t want to lie so they put her photo on the show but they blurred her fingers out.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was fuming about it because that was her trademark.\u201d<\/p>\n Now he has another world champion in his Leyton gym, trainer Shane McGuigan and his close-knit team will carry Scotney\u2019s belt into the ring and hold it aloft while she makes her entrance.<\/p>\n Fight fans should keep an eye out if the brilliant former B&Q worker manages to convince them to hold a couple of fingers aloft too, for Eileen\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n She giggled: \u201cI did think about getting my kit designer to stitch her two-finger sign on my shorts.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I also know a lot of the American teams stand in their corners with their hands or fists raised.<\/p>\n \u201cI might see if I can get Shane and the rest of the team to do that, one belt in the air and a load of fingers. Better not, might not go down too well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/picture>GOING FOR THE DUB <\/span><\/p>\n
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