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March 14, 2013 11:08 pm GMT

Boxer Meets Twitter Troll He Punked Into Submission

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On Monday, we brought you the story of how an English boxer threatened to impose a bit of street justice on a cheeky Twitter troll for one of the all-time instances of athlete-on-fan retribution. On Thursday, the two men met on TV, shaking hands and providing a nice end to the tale.

You should really read Monday's full story because it's just so fantastic, but here's a quick recap of what led up to the meeting:

Curtis Woodhouse, a pro soccer player turned boxer, lost the English light welterweight title to Shayne Singleton last Friday. Soon after, one @jimmyob88 started sending Woodhouse vile tweets, calling him, among other things, a "complete disgrace," "laughable joke" and "waste of spunk." Woodhouse tweeted him back a few times, then took things up a notch


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