Neil 'Razor' Ruddock, 35

His role? The hot-tempered tough guy.

Just like: Nigel Benn, in 2002.

So are the gloves off? Yes, if you believe the Vinnie Jones-ish image portrayed in his autobiography Hell Razor.

Less so when you hear him fretting about the next few weeks: 'I'm scared of hunger. I have never, ever gone hungry.'

Is he on fighting form? Well, he was a big, beefy defender at Spurs, Liverpool and West Ham.

Now he's mostly resting: 'I'll miss going down to the pub every day and a kip on the settee, that's a speciality of mine.'

On the grapevine: 'Razor' was finally axed by Second Division Swindon Town when it was discovered that, at 15st, he could no longer fit into a single one of the club's 86 pairs of shorts.

And what's his game plan? 'I break wind a lot and I swear a lot, but they can always bleep those out.'

Tara says: Will have to avoid being too laddish to win favour with female viewers.

The bookies say: 3/1 joint favourite.

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