Retirement
On retiring, he used his popularity to keep himself in the public eye, making walk-on appearances in various films and becoming a presenter on the BBC pop-music programme Six-Five Special. He also became owner of a restaurant in Soho, which later became a nightclub. He became friends with the Kray Twins, notorious criminals who frequented his club. During the latter stages of his boxing career, Mills suffered from frequent headaches, which continued after his retirement. Mills taught boxing classes at the Streatham youth center in the early 1960s. After its initial success his nightclub began to fail and he tried to sell it, without success. He sold off what property he had but was in serious financial difficulty.
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