A senior International Cricket Council official signalled yesterday that the option of staging some World Cup matches in the United States in 2007 is being given serious consideration. He died in a Glasgow hospital after a desperate battle to remove a blood clot from his brain.Geoff McCreesh v Michael SmythJuly 1998Chairs flew as fans rioted during and after McCreesh's British welterweight title defence against Welshman Smyth.Paul Jones v Jason MatthewsFebruary 1999Trouble flared outside the main arena after Commonwealth middleweight title fight, and spread to the car park where a fan attempting to escape the violence fell under the wheels of a coach and was killed.. Rival fans of McCracken and Steve Foster, on the undercard, blamed for worst violence at British boxing match.Drew Docherty v James MurrayOctober 1995Bottles were thrown and fans fought after challenger Murray was counted out in 12th round of British bantamweight title fight, then carried out of ring as the riot went on around him. Scuffles broke out as McCracken won on points.Nigel Benn v Juan Carlos GiminezSeptember 1994Millions of TV viewers saw 300 thugs riot at Birmingham NEC.

Prompted British Board of Control to ban all but British licence holders from rings after fights.Robert McCracken v Andy TillFebruary 1994McCracken fans blocked aisles at Watford Town Hall and tried to attack Till. Riot ensued when McCarthy was awarded the fight.Derek Williams v Jean ChanetMay 1990Woman carried into ring unconscious as people fled from fight between English and French fans.Chris Eubank v Michael WatsonSeptember 1991Chaos broke out as Watson lay unconscious and fans swept into ring. But the only available exit was over a table and that quickly collapsed as Hide attempted to flee.As Hide and others, including several young women, who for some reason had also climbed up on a ringside table, fell a sense of panic gripped the ringside area and then people started throwing chairs.Hide left the building, order was restored and at midnight the police arrived to review tapes of the incident. A few fans had managed to pierce the security cordon and they started to insult Hide and push him.Hide did not have any security and with Crocodile I was able to persuade him to leave. Harrison goaded Hide with a few well-placed taunts but at ringside things were turning nasty very fast. Harrison remained in the ring and grabbed the microphone as Bruno joined him.

If I had come for a fight I would not be wearing those things. "The BBC wanted to interview me with 'Audrey' and his security team would not let them because he is petrified of me."I was hit on the back of the head and my trainer 'Crocodile' was hit with a chair I never pushed anybody I was wearing a £3,000 Armani suit and an £85,000 watch. "I am not worried about an inquiry because I have done nothing wrong whatsoever," he said. The guy [Hide] is a powderkeg and he is liable to do anything." Hide denies doing anything wrong and is considering suing for assault.