UNLESS you're a fight fan, you'll probably have never heard of Peter Buckley.

But he's mixed it with some of the greatest fighters these shores have ever produced and on Friday night he takes part in is 300th and last bout. That's right - 300!

The Birmingham man fights Matin Mohammed for the second time (first meeting was a draw) and he's hoping to win his first fight since he out-pointed Jaz Malik in 2003 to end on a high.

But for a man who has gone toe-to-toe with Prince Naseem Hamed, Duke McKenzie and Scott Harrison, for me his finest moment came against Gareth Jordan in October 2000.

It was my first pro boxing show and I was there to cover Gravesend boxer Harry Dhami's first defence of his British welterweight title at Wembley Conference Centre.

Way down the card was Buckley's bout against the up and coming Jordan.

Being keen, I was there very early and saw all the bouts on the card.

And apart from Dhami's win, it was Buckley's bout that will always stick in my mind.

Buckley is trained by the erstwhile Nobby Nobbs for a stable called "Losers Unlimited."

Basically, Nobbs has a number of decent fighters who can step in at a moment's notice to save a show or give a young fighter a hard lesson.

On this fateful night, Buckley was getting his usual working over before, midway through the second of four rounds, Nobbs shouted out from his corner "Gareth, your shoe's come undone!"

Incredibly, the young Welshman glanced down to check his footwear situation only to be staring at a haymaker as he looked back at his opponent.

The punch caught him high on the head but it brought howls of laughter from Nobbs and, I'm ashamed to say, from me in the press seats.

I couldn't believe something like that would happen in pro boxing.

So as Buckley prepares to end his 19-year career, let's hope he can make his record Won 32, Lost 256 and Drawn 12.