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Bouncer 'fight night' condemned | Bouncer 'fight night' condemned |
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A row has broken out over plans to stage a "fight night" in Manchester to find what organisers have described as Britain's "hardest bouncer". | A row has broken out over plans to stage a "fight night" in Manchester to find what organisers have described as Britain's "hardest bouncer". |
Sixteen nightclub doormen will fight each other for the title and for a £10,000 prize fund in the event, which is being staged by KO Promotions. | Sixteen nightclub doormen will fight each other for the title and for a £10,000 prize fund in the event, which is being staged by KO Promotions. |
Manchester City Council and the bouncers' regulatory authority have condemned the idea. | Manchester City Council and the bouncers' regulatory authority have condemned the idea. |
But KO spokesman Chris Bacon said it was being shown in the wrong light. | But KO spokesman Chris Bacon said it was being shown in the wrong light. |
'Normal guys' | 'Normal guys' |
"It's a reality TV show culminating in a competition. And this is going to show these people in home life, and their work on the door and going out in their day jobs," he said. | "It's a reality TV show culminating in a competition. And this is going to show these people in home life, and their work on the door and going out in their day jobs," he said. |
"You've got guys from right across the country, that are normal hard-working guys, that actually do doors at night and do like to do boxing." | "You've got guys from right across the country, that are normal hard-working guys, that actually do doors at night and do like to do boxing." |
Pat Karney, spokesman for Manchester City Council, said that the contest could put the winner at risk. | Pat Karney, spokesman for Manchester City Council, said that the contest could put the winner at risk. |
He said: "That guy's going to become some sort of tourist attraction - it's going to be provocative. | He said: "That guy's going to become some sort of tourist attraction - it's going to be provocative. |
"And you're going to get some of the idiots with too much alcohol down them saying, 'I hear you're the hardest doorman in Britain - show me'... I'm hoping that they'll think again about this." | "And you're going to get some of the idiots with too much alcohol down them saying, 'I hear you're the hardest doorman in Britain - show me'... I'm hoping that they'll think again about this." |
Mike Wilson, chief executive, Security Industry Authority (SIA), said he was "disappointed" by the event. | |
"It puts the industry in a very bad light," he said. | |
"It undermines the real progress made in door supervision. Intelligence and conflict management skills are the tools of the profession to protect the public in the 21st Century - not physical means." |
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