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Boxer Curtis Woodhouse Tracks Down Twitter Troll, Shows Up at His House

Dan Carson

Curtis Woodhouse doesn’t know who you are, but he has a very specific set of skills. 

And if you’re talking trash on social media, he will find you. 

After losing his light welterweight title in a hard-fought bout last Friday night, the British boxer logged onto Twitter, found an old nemesis—@Jimmyob88—and called him a “waste” and a “complete disgrace” in tweets that have since been deleted.

@woodhousecurtis retire immediately cant even defend a pathetic little title you are a complete disgrace #awfulboxer

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

@woodhousecurtis Haha u lost u silly mug fight a 10 year old next time if u want to actually win u waste of spunk

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

Woodhouse—a former under-21 soccer player turned pro boxer—attempted to brush the troll bile off his shoulder, initially retweeting his detractor’s messages and tweeting back, “lol.” 

But when @Jimmyob88 kept at it, telling Woodhouse to retire and calling him a “joke,” that’s when Woodhouse said enough was enough.

@woodhousecurtis Whats funny u put so much effort in sacrificed all that time and failed to defend your mickey mouse title #wasteofspunk

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

@1987holmesj great is a strong word mayweather Ali tyson Lewis were great fighters @woodhousecurtis is a laughable joke in my opinion

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

@woodhousecurtis just retire lets face it your not good the facts and statistics prove my point a handful of losses already #shitboxer

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

After that, Woodhouse put the word out, tweeting he would pay £1,000 to anyone who could find him the address and picture of @Jimmyob88, as per The Daily Mail.

@kinkwadze @jimmyob88 ill give£1000 to anybody that provides me with address and picture of this man! knock knock!!

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

The troll continued to do troll things. Obviously, Woodhouse wasn’t serious. Plus, the boxer would never be able to find him, right?

@woodhousecurtis what u going to do knock me out like your last opponent ooops

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

But Woodhouse was serious. Very serious.

@kinkwadze@jimmyob88 james o brian,mount view road, you silly silly boy, see you really soon big boy @wit_xx

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

At this point, Woodhouse had the user’s real name and the name of the street he lived on, and he tweeted he planned on stopping by his "old friend’s" house for a spot of tea. 

just on my way to sheffield to have a little chat with a old friend, get the kettle on @jimmyob88 #boxing #football #sillysillyboy

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

True to his word, the 32-year-old boxer hopped in his car and freaking started driving, live-tweeting his journey to find “Jimbob” and counting down the mileage with increasing excitement.

when i get on @jimmyob88 road ill send a picture of the road just to let you all know that im not messing about #keyboardwarrior #boxing

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

@frankiegavin1 hes gone very quite!

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

Realizing that he actually was about to be faced with a strong man who gets paid to beat other strong men’s faces in, the keyboard Karate Kid started backpedaling, tweeting the following (again, they've since been deleted):

"chill out pal i was only doing it so you would bite back it was only abit of harmless fun."

"i was only joking about Didnt think you would be bothered thought you would take them as a joke."

@woodhousecurtis i am sorry its getting abit out of hand i am in the wrong i accept that

— the master (@jimmyob88) March 11, 2013

But it was too late. Woodhouse was blasting down the road with a head full of steam and presumably an unholy troll-smashing gleam in his eyes. And he was not about to turn around.

@jimmyob88 @wit_xx to late for all that now jimmy, ive had enough of your mouth, ill be about 50 mins and you can have your say then

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

The countdown continued, with Woodhouse ticking off the miles until he finally showed up on the troll’s street.

right Jimbob im here !!!!! someone tell me what number he lives at, or do I have to knock on every door#itsshowtime twitter.com/woodhousecurti…

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

just had a call from somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody and @jimmyob88 has asked what he can do to make me go away! #boxing

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

Unfortunately for Woodhouse (and fortunately for his pocket book), “Jimbob” didn’t come out to play, and the boxer returned to his home. But not without sending a powerful message about cyber bullying.

@jimmyob88 never came out to play so im going back home! maybe a bit daft what i did today but sometimes enough is enough #boxing #football

— curtis woodhouse (@woodhousecurtis) March 11, 2013

I doff my cap to you, Curtis Woodhouse. You came. You saw. And you went full Neeson (Liam) on an Internet troll.

Talk troll to me, baby: @Dr__Carson

   

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