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Birmingham - Billed as boxing's worst loser, Peter Buckley calls the final bell on his career on Friday when he fights for the 300th time and hopes it won't be his 257th defeat.
The 39-year-old super-featherweight has the worst record of anyone currently in the sport with 31 victories and 12 draws listed alongside his huge number of losses and hopes to go out with a victory.
"I'm always in the gym, so if I get a call a couple of hours before a fight, I usually say yes," said Buckley, who sometimes goes into the ring with a black eye from his previous fight and lost a six-rounder in South Wales last Friday. "If you phone up a bricklayer and ask him to build you a wall, he doesn't ask for three weeks to prepare. He comes round and does it straight away. Why should a boxer be any different?"
Buckley hasn't won a fight since a points victory over Joel Viney in October 2003. Although he has had two draws since then, he has also lost 84 times. But he has also lost against fighters who went on to become world champions, including "Prince" Naseem Hamed, Duke McKenzie, Scott Harrison and Colin McMillan
Saying he has long planned to retire after 300 fights, Buckley will appear on Frank Warren's show in his home city of Birmingham against Matin Mohammed, an opponent he drew with Oct 5 in Nottingham. Although he does not top the bill, he has been given the favourite's corner for a change and admits that may confuse him.
"It's great to get my final fight in my home city, but I'm not sure about being in the home corner," Buckley said. "When the bell goes between rounds I'm not sure if I'll know where to go."
The 39-year-old super-featherweight has the worst record of anyone currently in the sport with 31 victories and 12 draws listed alongside his huge number of losses and hopes to go out with a victory.
"I'm always in the gym, so if I get a call a couple of hours before a fight, I usually say yes," said Buckley, who sometimes goes into the ring with a black eye from his previous fight and lost a six-rounder in South Wales last Friday. "If you phone up a bricklayer and ask him to build you a wall, he doesn't ask for three weeks to prepare. He comes round and does it straight away. Why should a boxer be any different?"
Buckley hasn't won a fight since a points victory over Joel Viney in October 2003. Although he has had two draws since then, he has also lost 84 times. But he has also lost against fighters who went on to become world champions, including "Prince" Naseem Hamed, Duke McKenzie, Scott Harrison and Colin McMillan
Saying he has long planned to retire after 300 fights, Buckley will appear on Frank Warren's show in his home city of Birmingham against Matin Mohammed, an opponent he drew with Oct 5 in Nottingham. Although he does not top the bill, he has been given the favourite's corner for a change and admits that may confuse him.
"It's great to get my final fight in my home city, but I'm not sure about being in the home corner," Buckley said. "When the bell goes between rounds I'm not sure if I'll know where to go."
