sentences:  His amateur days ended in acrimony with him being ‘expelled’ from the games panel for failing to report for training.He was in America where he was given the chance to spar with some of the top fighters in the world.Hodkinson had sparred with six world champions in the shape of Sot Chitalada, Hilario Zapata, Bernardo Pinango, Barry McGuigan, Brian Mitchell and Antonio Esparragoza.