Sweet Agony

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Despite believing his drinking was harmless, he went on to be banned from Wakefield city centre for his anti-social behaviour. Other careers

Sweet Agony by Paul Sykes (Paperback) – WarCry Publishing Sweet Agony by Paul Sykes (Paperback) – WarCry Publishing

It’s all the same machine and I didn’t realise I had such a good brain until I took the wraps off and started using it. I've got a brilliant brain.” Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 293pp., yellow pictorial laminated wrappers. Crease in upper cover, but a very good copy. Notorious memoir of a violent criminal and, briefly, professional boxer. Sykes was a drunken thug who spent much of his life in prison, but his book is nevertheless the work of a sensitive and intelligent man. Uncommon: COPAC lists just the Bodleian copy; OCLC finds five more in provincial UK libraries. Despite disparate datings (1990, 1991, 1993) this seems to be the sole edition. That’s because Bronson wrote in his book, Legends: “A notorious hard man from Yorkshire, a fighting man in every sense. While in prison, Sykes wrote an award winning book called Sweet Agony where he articulated his rollercoaster life.His intellectual abilities were discovered in jail when he began spending time reading books before publishing his own. Sharks will have a look at me and think ‘yeah’ but I know how to do them - you punch them right in the f*****g earhole and they swim off.” Death And he also suggested the hydration was “necessary” for his kidney after he ruptured it playing football in 1966. He said: “I was getting bashed in the face at seven years of age. Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday morning, learning how to box. How can your dad love you if he lets this happen to you three or four times a week?”

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth He is said to have been “respected” by the likes of Charles Bronson, dubbed Britain’s most violent prisoner, and ex boxer and bouncer Lee Duffy from South Bank, who was killed in a street stabbing. Clips from the Paul Sykes: At Large documentary are often shared on social media and go viral, as new viewers join the legions who have lauded him as a cult hero. Read More Related Articles Sykes added: “I like being drunk. I've never had any complaints about being drunk if I have been drunk. I still manage to keep my wits about me although I don't remember what I have done. But it runs in the family anyway.” Jamie said he was approached by Sivell and Western Edge after the release of Unfinished Agony earlier in the year.When not inside, he travelled the world and was banned from pubs in his hometown of Wakefield, West Yorks, after his alcohol abuse caused chaos in the community. The life of an infamous underworld debt collector who operated in Teesside is being adapted into a film. And although Sykes could be characterised as a violent narcissist, he showcased his empathic side after one fight. His mum once said in a documentary, Paul Sykes: At Large: “I never had any problems with him as a little boy, he was always a grand lad.

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She said: “I’ve been used to brutality with my husband - perhaps that’s why Paul thinks he’s got to use force because his dad’s always used force.” In March this year, The Gazette told how a Teesside author had taken an uncompromising look at the life of Paul Sykes - a professional boxer, violent criminal and notorious jailbird. I've belted a few people. In every case I was in the right and it were them that were taken the liberties and I did what John Wayne did, what any sane man would do, punch them right in the f*****g earhole.”He left behind children - including Paul Leighton Sykes and Michael Sharp who are serving life sentences for murder. Speaking to The Gazette about the release of his first book Jamie, who now lives in Northallerton, said: “Sykes was a fascinating character - someone who fought for the British and Commonwealth title but spent many years in prison and ended up dying a broken man. Use italics (lyric) and bold (lyric) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part

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And former Governor of Hull Prison, Philip Wheatley, described Sykes as a “short tempered” lag who assaulted staff “on a number of occasions”. While jailed for violence, Sykes spent his time passing an Open University degree in Physical Sciences and earning the Arthur Koestler prize for prison literature. But as a professional boxer, the brawler still holds the record for being the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight contender with fewest professional fights. And Sykes later claimed from prison: “What’s got me into trouble in the past is having my physique trained as a child but not my emotions.”Syke’s father said he “encouraged” his son to turn pro because there are “fortunes” to be made in the sport. You’d be forgiven for thinking Sykes’ upbringing was far from desirable when you consider how he once described being put behind bars. Contested three timer for the British and Commonwealth Empires heavyweight titles as a professional, but did not win those bouts And in the Paul Sykes: At Large documentary, the tension between Sykes and his father was often explored.