Retiring Heaney thanks 'special' fans for send-off

Retiring Stoke-on-Trent boxer Nathan Heaney has thanked his "very special" fans for their superb send-off at his final bout, saying his followers have "made" the best nights of his career.The 37-year-old, a former British middleweight champion, lost on points to Welshman Gerome Warburton in Birmingham on Saturday.He told BBC Radio Stoke: "The pressure I put on myself in the build-up thinking I had to win the fight, because if I don't I've ruined…