Legends of Welsh Sport: Johnny Owen - The Matchstick Man

BBC Two Wales HD

11:00 PM to 11:30 PM

Saturday 19 April

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A profile of the Welsh boxing great, who died at the age of 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 moment Owen's father Dick welcomed Pintor into his home after Johnny's death