Legends of Welsh Sport: Johnny Owen - The Matchstick Man

BBC One Wales HD

11:50 PM to 12:20 AM

Saturday 25 January

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A profile of the Welsh boxing great, who tragically died in at the age of just 24 following a 1980 world title fight with Lupe Pintor. The programme looks at his upbringing in Merthyr Tydfil as one of eight children, and provides archive footage of the emotional moment Owen's father Dick welcomed Pintor into his home after Johnny's death