‘I’ve KO’d 1,000 individuals as UK’s hardest bouncer however one battle took terrifying flip’

Marcus Redwood is reportedly the most notorious bouncer in Britain and in his new book he opened up about some of his scariest encounters — including being threatened at gunpoint

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‘Britain’s hardest bouncer’ has recalled the terrifying moment a gun was pointed at his chin in front of his little boy — after a fight at a nightclub.

Marcus Redwood has estimated that he has knocked out approximately 1,000 men during his time working on doors in southern England.

He has now written an autobiography — Big Guy: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Bouncer — where he opened up about his wild past.

Marcus, who worked security at Ronnie Kray’s funeral, acknowledged that he was “pretty hot-headed” during the early days of his career.

This was demonstrated one night in the mid-1980s when four blokes arrived at the club he was working in.

According to Marcus, they had been barred previously for always causing trouble, but he said another doorman allowed them in.

As they made their way inside, Marcus pulled one of them and warned him that he was tired of kicking them out, and if they acted up again, they would be chucked out “hard”.

Five minutes later, the group of lads were “full on fighting” before they were forcibly removed.

Once outside, Marcus claimed the four men started threatening him, before further violence erupted.

In his new book, Marcus revealed: “So, I walked out towards the four guys on my own. I dropped the first three unconscious on the floor and chased the other one away (he didn’t want to play). They all jumped into a black cab, and I heard that two out of the three had to go to hospital; and they weren’t very happy about it.”

Within two weeks, Marcus and his son, Damion, four, were in Ramsgate.

It was their Sunday tradition to go to their local video shop to get a film and as they were walking in, the bouncer clocked the four men from the nightclub, who were all clad in shooting gear.

He didn’t think they would do anything silly in a public place, so he went inside to choose a movie.

However, as for what happened next, he said: “As I walked out, a shotgun was shoved in my face. The guy hadn’t taken the shotgun out of the case — he had his arms in the case with his fingers on the trigger.

“He just shoved the muzzle end under my chin and said: ‘What do you think of that, then? What have you got to say for yourself now? You’re not so tough now, are you?’

“I said: ‘Mate, listen, why don’t you put that gun down and I’ll batter all four of you like I did the other week. I’ve got my kid with me.”

He said the video shop owner came out and took his son safely inside where he called the police.

Marcus meanwhile found himself still arguing with the man, who continued to point the gun at his chin, before sirens were heard in the distance.

With that, the bloke ran away, before Marcus decided to “sort it out” himself rather than make an official complaint to the police.

Having been threatened at gunpoint in front of his little boy, the doorman was not going to let the matter slide.

He remembered that on Monday nights in Ramsgate, there was a bar that served cheap drinks all evening, and it usually attracted around 1,000 people.

After the gun incident, he went to the pub looking for the men who he had an issue with, but they were not there.

He tried again the following Monday with no luck before he got what he wanted on the third try, after three of the four men walked in.

After introducing himself, the trio followed him outside, where a final scuffle took place.

In his own words, Marcus said: “I hit the guy who I thought was the biggest problem first and knocked him out cold. I then brought my elbow back and smashed the second one in the face and broke his jaw.

“I just grabbed the third guy with both hands, picked him off the ground, slammed him on the floor and stamped on him. I demolished all three of them in seconds.

“At this point all the doormen in the reception had jumped on me, in an attempt to calm me down, but my point was proven. Those guys never so much as looked at me funny after that.

“If they saw me walking down the street they’d cross over. None of them caused a problem with me ever again.”