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Danny Francis with Jimmy Page and Paul Stanley.

It was in 1974 that Danny Francis found his calling in life, and it happened due to an unexpected encounter with one of the most famous people in the world.

At the age of 24, Francis didn’t have anything even approaching a career plan. Born and raised in Camden Town, north London, he worked as a labourer in London’s fruit and vegetable markets. He also did odd jobs around the boxing gym in Highgate where his father George Francis trained his fighters – one of whom, John Conteh, a charismatic young Liverpudlian light heavyweight, had recently become George’s first World Champion.