Jim Rosenthal: Ask A Silly Question

Hello Jim. Which fellow sports anchorman would you least like to box: Steve Rider, Ray "Stubbdogg" Stubbs or Jeff Stelling 
I wouldn’t fancy facing Stubbs. He’s got pedigree as a sportsman and I think he’d take the ITV-BBC rivalry to heart and batter me. I’d back myself against the other two. Rider I could take down easily. Easy. I’d be way too quick for him. And I have no fears of Stelling. He’s quick-witted on a Saturday afternoon but my footwork would be too quick for him in the ring.

How much can you bench press?
Not very much, I fear. I’m not really a gym person. I’m more of a runner, really. My squash is OK. I could defeat Rider, Stubbs or Stelling at squash.

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Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.