'The biggest success story from our gym,' said legendary trainer Brendan Ingle, whose string of champions includes Naseem Hamed. Brendan Ingle might have added that skinny Johnny Nelson, from the wrong side of Sheffield, was also the least likely to succeed. But Nelson had a stubbon streak. Determined not to let his early failures stop him, he went into exile, taking fights all over the world to learn his craft. Finally - nine years being booed out of the ring - he earned the respect of everyone.