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The marble gravestone, dedicated to Willy Collins, known to some as the 'King of Sheffield', remains in the city's Shiregreen Cemetery, almost two years after it was unveiled.
The colossal 37-ton marble grave, dedicated to an Irish boxer who was the self-crowned 'King of Sheffield', was unveiled in March 2022 - almost two years on, a spat between the council and traveller family continues
A huge battle is ongoing over an extravagant memorial for the 'King of Sheffield' Big Willy Collins - but who was the bare-knuckle boxer?
The grave marks the resting place of Willy Collins, known to some as the 'King of Sheffield'.
What started out as a small protest escalated into a decade-long battle between the council and hundreds of ordinary people who decided to take radical action to save their city’s trees