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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • John Ibrahim is a living legend from the Cross the party central of Sydney with its seedy clubs and red light district. Gangs, criminal firms, Bikers, and bouncers fought over control. But there was only one king of the X John Ibrahim. This is a story from his best-selling book about a gang fight between John and his friends and the Bikers dead set on violence!
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  • @Jammo1978
    @Jammo1978 Рік тому +45

    Watched loads of docs on Australian crime like Tough nuts and the underbelly series, if you haven't seen them give them a watch coz they're brilliant

    • @BulkernatorKerb
      @BulkernatorKerb 7 місяців тому +2

      Acting is horrendous in Tough Nuts though

    • @jamasmith2146
      @jamasmith2146 7 місяців тому +9

      Mr in-between.... Best yet

    • @Jammo1978
      @Jammo1978 7 місяців тому

      @@jamasmith2146 thanks I'll give it a whirl 😉

    • @DUELFightSports1
      @DUELFightSports1 4 місяці тому +4

      Underbelly series was brilliant. I worked on the doors the in Kings Cross and Bondi for several months just after all that madness, and it was still a little crazy. Bikers and Lebanese were the main issues, but the general hassle was with the Brit tourists (like myself, though i chose to work instead of make a tit of myself). Worked Kings Cross Hotel/Buddah's Bar, and Hotel Bondi. Both for RSM Security. Great times.

    • @geeaitch7573
      @geeaitch7573 Місяць тому +1

      @@jamasmith2146 absolutely second that

  • @johnconey8489
    @johnconey8489 3 місяці тому +10

    I was backpacking in 89 and ended up in a hostel on the main drag in the Cross. After that, me and another three POMs got an flat in Potts Point. Two of the lads from Sheffield got a bar job at a House music club called the Zigerate (something like that). We had the best time over those few months. Yes the Cross was a bit grim at times and you had to be street wise to wander its streets in the early morning, but if you did not go looking for trouble, then most of the time you would be OK. Some great memories.....

    • @gregwingrove6161
      @gregwingrove6161 Місяць тому

      John Ibrahim played on his big brothers noteriety he's just a nothing that is all he will ever be

  • @mas.f.g9958
    @mas.f.g9958 Рік тому +3

    Wow!!!😮 Cracking extract. Quality as ever bud, love the Aussie stuff. 👍🏾

  • @davidcochrane9287
    @davidcochrane9287 Рік тому +4

    Superb content. Respect from Glasgow mate

  • @anonymousgentleman1124
    @anonymousgentleman1124 Рік тому +8

    Hey Mate
    I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative.
    Awesome work.
    But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated.
    Thanks

    • @enquirer2.0
      @enquirer2.0  Рік тому +1

      Hi mate thankyou cud u send me any info you have on him to contact@enquirermedia.co.uk thankyou

    • @anonymousgentleman1124
      @anonymousgentleman1124 Рік тому +3

      @@enquirer2.0 okay

  • @michaelougarezos8963
    @michaelougarezos8963 7 місяців тому +34

    nothing beats living a humble life

  • @rogercook9217
    @rogercook9217 Рік тому +5

    That underbelly TV show is outstanding 💯👊👊👊 a few seasons on Amazon prime
    great upload 🦾
    Jimmy Spinks soon mate 👀

  • @JonnyMack33
    @JonnyMack33 Рік тому +1

    Happy New Year fella! Looking forward to seeing what you've got in 2024!

  • @charliemansonUK
    @charliemansonUK Рік тому +17

    I first got interested in Australian crime as a young biker back in the 80's when Chopper Read hit the headlines been following it ever since, the history is brutal

    • @snakeman9902
      @snakeman9902 Рік тому +3

      Have you seen the mini series, Bikie wars??? True story on the first bikie gang's..brilliant..

    • @MrScooba79
      @MrScooba79 7 місяців тому +1

      Chopper read was nothing more than a police informant goose

    • @bigricky5742
      @bigricky5742 6 місяців тому

      Chopper read was a loser, drug addict and a literal nobody. He lied about everything

    • @thisguyyy8866
      @thisguyyy8866 5 місяців тому +1

      @@MrScooba79talking like you knew the bloke personally

    • @MarijaDuffin
      @MarijaDuffin 2 місяці тому

      You a clown😅

  • @rabbitskinner
    @rabbitskinner Рік тому +21

    Kings Cross in now dead the government killed it 😢 it used to be great......

    • @richardjames8244
      @richardjames8244 7 місяців тому

      Seen it lately all the junkies and hookers are coming back

    • @AntoninusPius17
      @AntoninusPius17 4 місяці тому

      Government killed all cities. Well that was the intent and it worked.

  • @mrv1681
    @mrv1681 Рік тому +5

    I asked, you delivered superbly as usual. Top job as always. Maximum respect bro 💯👍🏿

    • @enquirer2.0
      @enquirer2.0  Рік тому +1

      Thankyou mate

    • @anonymousgentleman1124
      @anonymousgentleman1124 Рік тому

      ​@@enquirer2.0Hey Mate
      I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative.
      Awesome work.
      But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated.
      Thanks

  • @thatcouncilestatekid1832
    @thatcouncilestatekid1832 Рік тому +1

    Great episode Ben 👍🏻

  • @opinionatedglaswegianO.G
    @opinionatedglaswegianO.G Рік тому +1

    Great videos you make mate , simple concept well executed 👍

  • @kerryhayward9407
    @kerryhayward9407 7 місяців тому +13

    Those were great nights in the 90s and early 2000s, the cross was off the hook.

  • @ewenhutchison841
    @ewenhutchison841 Рік тому +8

    Underbelly is brilliant and king of the cross is on sky catch up.

    • @forbesy33
      @forbesy33 Рік тому

      Some pretty girls in that too

  • @jmw-qt2ih
    @jmw-qt2ih 4 місяці тому +3

    I visited Sydney 6 years ago and stayed at Potts Point, the area is right next to Kings X and it was very smart as was Kings X itself.
    Dont know what it was like but it was was very quiet when we were there and have seen much rowdier places in the UK.
    I presume the authorities have clamped down there as the security was much stricter than anywhere here.

    • @kenlee-97
      @kenlee-97 3 місяці тому

      Yep -allroneddownand all the stuff like violence being dished out to drunks and prostitutes standing around and "watchers"and "pimps"watching from the distance -was all but finished by about 2017-ish...😢
      Never in a million years dis weaver omgine the "Cross"to be anything wleby full of sin...

    • @kingzjay-f7m
      @kingzjay-f7m 26 днів тому

      The cross has been very quiet for years... As laws were introduced to reduce alcohol fuelled violence. It is not what it once was !

  • @service2204
    @service2204 Рік тому +2

    There's a series dedicated to him on underbelly anyone who hasn't seen underbelly your missing a treat

  • @johnanthonycafe2993
    @johnanthonycafe2993 5 місяців тому +2

    I used to work in King’s Cross. As night came a blanket of sordidness and violence would engulf it. People called it Night Life.

  • @S2000YEH
    @S2000YEH 29 днів тому +1

    My first time in the cross was 1993 when I was 15yo with a fake Id ended up getting in the tunnel then in about 5 minutes of being inside Tongan Sam through me out

  • @NevilleMaroon
    @NevilleMaroon 7 місяців тому +1

    Great video………impressive format & very informative. From someone who was there for most of the events that were documented, I can tell this video is almost 100% spot on. One update that needs to be mentioned though, is Sam Ibrahim’s deportation was overturned before finalising so he never left Australia (he was held in immigration detention for a very long time) so he still lives in Australia (which is really his home anyway). And in my opinion that is proper justice & how it should be, because had Sam, John & their crew not stood up to the bikies & won, paving the way for the future & allowing Kings Cross & the whole of Sydney to become a proper party capital of the world for the following 2 decades, who knows how bad, much more dangerous & ugly it could have been if the original bikies took over the Sydney nightlife. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now days as the government, along with the pandemic put an end to Sydney’s entertainment nightlife for good.

  • @Potbellypugilist
    @Potbellypugilist Рік тому +5

    Interesting video, ive heard about the cross before bit of a wild west type place lol

  • @tirednsleepy44
    @tirednsleepy44 7 місяців тому +7

    Sydney is a pretty interesting place for its history, as is Melbourne (although Melbourne has been more than meticulously documented in comparison). Their 70’s-80’s era is especially compelling.

    • @AdamKir-r9v
      @AdamKir-r9v 7 місяців тому +3

      I grew up in Melbourne it was fukn crazy back in the 80s 90s the worst crims were the fukn jacks, armed robbery squad were savage, I know

  • @Rugrat
    @Rugrat 9 днів тому

    Have you checked out the actual tv show they have now made from his book with the same title 😁👍

  • @MountinDoctor
    @MountinDoctor 5 місяців тому +2

    correction; "was" a bustling area in Sydney. Its been dead for well over 10 years

  • @ScottAce-Macgyver
    @ScottAce-Macgyver Рік тому +1

    What an amazing story 👍💯

  • @DelStrainOriginal12Legion
    @DelStrainOriginal12Legion Рік тому +6

    Ray Chuck Bennet
    Russel Cox
    Brendon Abott
    Bill Longley the Texan
    Chris Flannery
    Roger Rogerson bent cop Kangaroo Gang that grafted London late 60s.

    • @BradleyFerguson-oi5ym
      @BradleyFerguson-oi5ym 6 місяців тому

      Your point??

    • @DelStrainOriginal12Legion
      @DelStrainOriginal12Legion 6 місяців тому

      @@BradleyFerguson-oi5ym Aussies have much respect in UK not juts Oz. Was point. And your passive aggressive one was? What? If you want to "debate" or start a war of words at least do it.That was off top of my head.Jimmy the Pom and Ray Chuck, Abbott and Cox CUT ABOVE. Radev, Williams ,Lanfranchie all wanna bees.

  • @STEVIEBHOY
    @STEVIEBHOY Рік тому +1

    Happy New Year Ben bro 👌💯

  • @StuartMurchie
    @StuartMurchie 6 місяців тому +2

    I was in the Cross in the 90's for a bucks,a week before my young brother committed suicide,I was pissed off and started a blue with the doormen at a strip club,I got kicked in the head by a martial arts bouncer,lucky for us detectives were across the road and intervened,my father was a detective sergeant at the Cross at the time and told the 2 detectives I was going in and to keep and eye out for me,he told me this 2 days later as well as that Asian man could have kicked the shit out of me and dumped me in the ocean,I'm not a bad fighter,but you got to know your limitations,never went in the Cross for 5 years after that,and when I did it was with respect

    • @enquirer2.0
      @enquirer2.0  6 місяців тому

      Great stuff must have been an experience the Cross back then

  • @yyxy.oncesaid
    @yyxy.oncesaid 8 місяців тому +4

    I wandered the cross at 15 in 82.Was awesome

    • @dennistongs4244
      @dennistongs4244 Місяць тому

      Me too. I was a westy and mainly went to the cross on the weekend looking for fun , a fu@k and a fight if one came our way. Great time of my life!

  • @TheScruffyMoonrider
    @TheScruffyMoonrider 3 місяці тому

    Just watched last king of the cross, what an awesome series

  • @Noneed9999
    @Noneed9999 7 місяців тому +6

    Sam was absolutely a nightmare in his days.

  • @bulldog-lincspirits.4648
    @bulldog-lincspirits.4648 Рік тому +1

    Another great share cheers fella🥊👊👍🏻

  • @Nevilebartos
    @Nevilebartos Рік тому +12

    Nevile bartos

    • @legacyrsme
      @legacyrsme 9 місяців тому +3

      Neville Bloody Bartos lol

    • @geoffbeyer1873
      @geoffbeyer1873 7 місяців тому +4

      No cash here mate

    • @AdamKir-r9v
      @AdamKir-r9v 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@legacyrsme how longs this gonna take to fukn defrost

    • @Mrhasbarafree
      @Mrhasbarafree 7 місяців тому +2

      Mate, the leg is ok

    • @Muldoon111
      @Muldoon111 4 місяці тому

      @@geoffbeyer1873Tell him Robbo.

  • @SeanBruton-f4t
    @SeanBruton-f4t 2 місяці тому

    Love the Underbelly franchise & King of the Cross, would love more information on Fred "Paddles" Anderson.

  • @nmon9402
    @nmon9402 7 місяців тому +2

    once abb passed away it was open Slather,

  • @justinlambert5829
    @justinlambert5829 2 місяці тому

    Been a bouncer since 1989 34 years , at least 25 years one out on my own and still bouncing to this day .
    Had 100’s of fights with bikies , footy teams and gangs of Abos, fobs and wogs .
    One common denominator is 99% of them got FA on their own and need a crew to back them up .

    • @kingzjay-f7m
      @kingzjay-f7m 26 днів тому +1

      That's because people who are trained fighters don't usually start trouble

  • @joshvinson1237
    @joshvinson1237 4 місяці тому +2

    Thats mid 90's.
    80's is a bit too early for John Ibrahim's club ownership days I'm fairly certain.
    The 80's was still the Lenny McPherson/Roger rogerson era

    • @terryking3912
      @terryking3912 13 днів тому

      I guarantee you that he had the tunnel in the mid to late eighties.I know them very well from our school days and beyond. He was 17 when he bought it.

  • @raymondkolbus3186
    @raymondkolbus3186 5 місяців тому +1

    And lifetime biker and a lot of that that you share with us is absolutely correct. I have been in fights with some of Life the weakest pieces of shit. They are very large men with big mouth and they were on my side. Thank you for sharing that moment in time because I had no idea about it

  • @da90sReAlvloc
    @da90sReAlvloc Рік тому +3

    My favourite Aussie gangster to read about and I've seen the film and underbelly episode about squizzy Taylor,
    He basically was there version of al Capone,

  • @AllanKendall-ek5ow
    @AllanKendall-ek5ow 7 місяців тому +5

    John.payed.his.taxes...never.done.drugs..made.a.living.properly....

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 7 місяців тому

      Oh surrrrre 😅

  • @AdamKir-r9v
    @AdamKir-r9v 7 місяців тому +4

    My grandfather was one of the original painter n dockers

  • @ahmedmoussa3378
    @ahmedmoussa3378 10 місяців тому +1

    My dad is sick and would mean alot to have john attend his funeral I think john would want to any way tell him ali moussa

  • @Siana-r2b
    @Siana-r2b Місяць тому

    Its a silent death the underworld brings , no need for noise or a news article
    Stay well fam 🙏

  • @legacyrsme
    @legacyrsme 9 місяців тому +3

    A cousin of mine plays Tongan Sam in the Underbelly series

  • @D-doggy77
    @D-doggy77 4 місяці тому

    Should do one on Dane Sweetman a notorious and violent skinhead from back in the day in Melbourne. He was actually the inspiration for Russell Crowe as Hando in Romper Stomper. He put an axe through a guy’s head at a birthday celebration for Hitler in Adelaide years ago because he thought the guy was hitting on his mrs.

  • @Leftystrat
    @Leftystrat Місяць тому

    Blue moon blues club , late 80s was fun😊

  • @Nevilebartos
    @Nevilebartos Рік тому +2

    There’s loads more

  • @Jammo1978
    @Jammo1978 11 місяців тому +1

    A good future video for your Ozzy crime series would be James Frederick Bazeley and Ozzy Bob Trimbmole

  • @thesatisfiedcustomer4869
    @thesatisfiedcustomer4869 9 місяців тому +2

    do one on Denis Allen from Melbourne, headcase.

    • @markuscev4581
      @markuscev4581 7 місяців тому +1

      Just a junky that was of his head 💯 of the time

    • @harrisfrankou2368
      @harrisfrankou2368 7 місяців тому

      Junky filth only hard coz he lived on meth.

  • @teariki-barefist2932
    @teariki-barefist2932 7 місяців тому +1

    Best fighter on the cross,every dudes envy.

  • @useruseruseruseruser790
    @useruseruseruseruser790 7 місяців тому +2

    Sam Ibrahim was terrifying. John would be nothing without him always being on hand to act as bodyguard.

  • @Shireboyz
    @Shireboyz Місяць тому

    I was 8 years old when my mother and aunty took me to Kings Cross! They were checking out my cousin's girlfriend who workedt at the Cross. They wanted to make sure she wasnt a hooker or a stripper or both! Turns out she worked in a cake shop 😂. Anyway as they were looking for the shop we passed one if the many strip joints that were thriving back in the 1970s. It was a real eye opener for an 8 year old especially the full size poster of a nude stripper framed up next to the entranceif the Pink Pussycat!!!

  • @stevebaker6711
    @stevebaker6711 Місяць тому

    A great tale. The ozzie's are serious.

  • @jamiesaunders1819
    @jamiesaunders1819 5 місяців тому +1

    Merrylands mate ...more than just the west a mythical area of criminals..they all come out of that suburb

  • @shannonmccarthy2769
    @shannonmccarthy2769 7 місяців тому

    Why show Koby Abberton pic?

    • @useruseruseruseruser790
      @useruseruseruseruser790 7 місяців тому

      It’s not Koby Adderton. Forget his name, but it’s a friend of the Ibrahims who proved to be a liability.

    • @michaelrussom9347
      @michaelrussom9347 6 місяців тому

      @@useruseruseruseruser790it’s 💯 Koby, even the neck tattoo is the same, you need to google Toby Abberton.

  • @edwardcatton1047
    @edwardcatton1047 7 місяців тому +2

    Old Mole?, of Kings X!, how much is a Root?, Old Mole of Kings X!, i did that the other day?, One of them Spat at Me!!! ( Classic Rodney Rude? ).

  • @milkybar06
    @milkybar06 7 місяців тому +1

    Was a bustling night life. Not anymore.

  • @MrDeano-eu9rg
    @MrDeano-eu9rg 2 місяці тому

    I dont think john ibrahim had much rep as a fighter or enforcer.

  • @marcl3763
    @marcl3763 8 місяців тому +2

    sounds like some BS thrown in

  • @doingadlay
    @doingadlay Місяць тому

    So every kiwi gets deported but sam ibrabim doesnt ? 😂

  • @angelicupstart1977
    @angelicupstart1977 7 місяців тому +1

    Ooooooh, nothing like a bit of license x

  • @Anandamide420
    @Anandamide420 7 місяців тому +1

    Cmon buddy 1 thing for certain is he was never a street fighting machine haha the fact he wasn't an isn't is exactly y he is where he is he kept his smarts simple as that

    • @Anandamide420
      @Anandamide420 6 місяців тому

      He also now owns every night club in the Cross an Queens st i believe

  • @Rob-yf8ri
    @Rob-yf8ri 7 місяців тому +1

    I grew up around the Lebanese. Love the food ❤

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 7 місяців тому

      Oily crap

  • @DavinaRobertson-gp6wu
    @DavinaRobertson-gp6wu 7 місяців тому

    how does he even get 23k views

  • @stevesullivan1202
    @stevesullivan1202 7 місяців тому

    Coop story bro

  • @shannonmccarthy2769
    @shannonmccarthy2769 7 місяців тому

    Why Koby though?

  • @BillWalters-kx8sw
    @BillWalters-kx8sw Рік тому +5

    Sam never got deported

  • @mataafa1
    @mataafa1 9 місяців тому

    The book is one of my fav reads I read it back maybe once a year twice a year … very good book.

  • @russellking9762
    @russellking9762 Місяць тому

    Police informant this guy...Fact

  • @Scott-s4z
    @Scott-s4z 20 днів тому

    Hey bro leave raygun from Australia out of this.silly you're opinion ,poor girl did her best to be ridiculed,as aan of faith god , shouldn't you encourage doing you're best as far as I'm concerned it has nothing to do with this subject as she good Christian girl doing her best
    She just doesn't come close to talent of other countries but she had a go .Is Aussies are kings at conquering sport or having our best go.we will get hold in 8 years

  • @mastaroshi23
    @mastaroshi23 4 місяці тому

    Why are you using AI generated photos?

  • @donnytaylor3645
    @donnytaylor3645 Рік тому

    Read It Madd

  • @RedTerrorist13
    @RedTerrorist13 7 місяців тому

    I heard maori ruled the doors

    • @yeahrighty0
      @yeahrighty0 3 місяці тому

      Nah they ruled the scaffolding scene 😆

    • @RedTerrorist13
      @RedTerrorist13 3 місяці тому +1

      @@yeahrighty0 and that and giving people a good hiding

    • @yeahrighty0
      @yeahrighty0 3 місяці тому

      @RedTerrorist13 you heard wrong. Them Islander lads ruled the doors. There was a maori high-ranking Como Daux, but he got pumped by Crayze Dave ..

    • @RedTerrorist13
      @RedTerrorist13 3 місяці тому

      @@yeahrighty0 got told maori and coconuts give the bash to everyone who wants a fight with fist,you know and I know it's true,dam true

  • @haydndavies2475
    @haydndavies2475 Місяць тому

    👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @BigHoks007
    @BigHoks007 7 місяців тому

    Big night… 👊👊

  • @Logan-p1x2c
    @Logan-p1x2c 6 місяців тому

    Rogues dcm 2000

  • @underworldringside
    @underworldringside 6 місяців тому

    Average cant fight

  • @maxviolence5604
    @maxviolence5604 7 місяців тому

    so just bla bla bla with no video

  • @TomNevin
    @TomNevin 7 місяців тому +1

    John Ibrahim is the only leb who lives in the middle of Jew territory in Sydney.

    • @ACDZ123
      @ACDZ123 7 місяців тому

      Even he doesn't want to be with the arabs lol

  • @Cyclone-Enoch
    @Cyclone-Enoch 6 місяців тому

    🌹🦘🦘🦘🪃🦘🦘🦘🌹

  • @aj-tp2yh
    @aj-tp2yh 6 місяців тому

    bullshit

  • @blakebrittain5052
    @blakebrittain5052 7 місяців тому

    Why’s Koby there he’s not a bikie he’s a surfer 😂😂😂

  • @KennethAspinall-wm7ji
    @KennethAspinall-wm7ji Місяць тому

    how is it the law can't get them, or they on the payroll?

  • @ahmedmoussa3378
    @ahmedmoussa3378 10 місяців тому

    Hey mate my name Ahmed john put my dad ali pic in book I want to contact john can u help

  • @MichaelBrown-ul9ph
    @MichaelBrown-ul9ph 7 місяців тому +1

    Who cares