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- 24 Sep 2011, 17:32
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: LASIK and boxing
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3778
Re: LASIK and boxing
For people who do contact sports (boxing, mma, rugby), lasek is recommended over lasik. Lasek is the older procedure which scrapes the cornea in order to achieve the improvements. Lasik by contrast involves an incision in the cornea in order to improve your sight. As a result, if you get hit or thum...
- 24 Sep 2011, 16:39
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: Dimitrenko v Sprott
- Replies: 74
- Views: 2118
Re: Dimitrenko v Sprott
PM would be great. cheers
- 07 Nov 2009, 17:17
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: Haye fight, streams??
- Replies: 71
- Views: 2191
Re: Haye fight, streams??
If anyone could shoot me a link that would be great. Cheers.
- 11 Jul 2009, 13:58
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: White collar "right or wrong"
- Replies: 22
- Views: 752
Re: White collar "right or wrong"
I recently took part in a charity show in the US in front of a sell-out crowd at the Legendary Blue Horizon. Not only did the crowd and the boxers have an amazing night, but we also managed to raise $55K for the boys and girls clubs of philadelphia. 16oz gloves and 3 x 1.5 minute rounds meant that n...
- 10 Jul 2009, 01:09
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: Khan Vs Kotelnik who ya got?
- Replies: 97
- Views: 2879
Re: Khan Vs Kotelnik who ya got?
Kotelnik isn't known as much of a puncher, but then again Willie Limond proved you don't have to be a puncher to wobble Khan. The only prediction I'd be confident about making is that Khan will have to get off the canvas at some point in the fight. In saying that, if Roach has taught him anything, i...
- 08 Jul 2009, 14:55
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: ESPN launch uk channel.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 739
Re: ESPN launch uk channel.
I've been living in the US for the past year, and outside of Friday Night Fights, I haven't seen much boxing coverage on the channel. In saying that, their sister channel, ESPN Classic did recently show the Klitschko-Chagaev fight live, although I suspect it was only because HBO and Showtime didn't ...
- 05 Jul 2009, 19:35
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: Boxing books??
- Replies: 351
- Views: 16931
Re: Boxing books??
I've read a number of boxing books over the years and they tend to be a real mixed bag. The best I've read recently is The Boxing Scene by Thomas Hauser, which comprises a collection of essays about the likes of Pavlik, Cotto, Hopkins...etc, as well as stories about Bob Arum and Don King and a great...
- 03 Jul 2009, 17:10
- Forum: British & Irish
- Topic: World Series of Boxing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 157
World Series of Boxing
I was wondering what people's thoughts were on this new initiative at the amatuer level, details of which can be found at the following link: http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=2994 It appears that a number of the franchises have already been sold, and with sports managment giant IMG in charge of ...