Linares by one for me. Early rounds Linares, middle rounds Crolla - undone by getting caught badly in the sixth - and then final rounds Linares. Good fight, both fighters deserve credit. Always pretty close. The Sky commentary was irritating dribble for the most part. Adam Smith has never been able...

Linares by one for me. Early rounds Linares, middle rounds Crolla - undone by getting caught badly in the sixth - and then final rounds Linares. Good fight, both fighters deserve credit. Always pretty close. The Sky commentary was irritating dribble for the most part. Adam Smith has never been able ...

keithmoonhangover wrote:Amazing fact #76. 50% of all boxers in big fights lose.

Not mathematically true - given that some boxers will win multiple times it stands that much more than 50% of boxers will lose in big fights

I'm sure Hunter is disappointed but he's making a bit of a fool of himself here. It's hardly worth discussing the points deductions as he could have been docked five points and it would still have not been the decisive factor. Although for what its worth having been given several warnings including ...

Jamie's legal team are filing an appeal and are very confident of clearing Jamies name. Your talk is cheap Bamtamweight that's normally the way with a hater. Not sure who you are talking to ? As his legal team are preparing an appeal, I guess that means he got a guilty ? I am aware of more than you...

Smith is a very poor commentator - always has been. It was torture having to listen to him do the Crolla fight. He literally didn't do any commentating on the actual fight. His self important commentary was like the introduction to some documentary: "and a very respectful Perez has been charm i...

I wondered what happened to the Spanish jail thing. I presume there must be a fresh hearing on the horizon. To be fair he is a well conditioned fighter still. Walsh will know he's been in a fight at least. He's appealed. It might be the end of the year before its finally resolved. His chances are p...

It will be a sad end to a great career for Scott and lets just hope he handles it well. well given that he has recently split with his manager, he has been arrested in the last year for amongst other things a domestic assault and alleged theft from Tescos at 2.30am - his second arrest in that same ...

It's not big, it's not clever and it's certainly not funny. And putting it up on youtube and then advertising it on a forum shows that it can't even be written off as a moment of substance induced misjudgement. I'm a bit embarrassed for you to be honest - assuming you are older than 14. Don't think ...

Another would-be sports subscription channel. Grab a few premier league games, a bit of rugby and a couple of boxing and mma fights and call it a tenner a month. Its not really worked in the past and its unlikely to work in the future. Setanta gave it about as decent a shout as anyone could and look...

I remember back in 2009 that Calzaghe was awarded a settlement against FW and then a year later had to sue for the money as FW had dissolved the company concerned. As I recall it was a couple of million owing. I've not seen anything in the last two years - does that mean they settled out of court? A...

As a manager he still looks to be in a relatively strong position. As a promoter I'd say he is struggling a bit. The lack of a superstar in his stable is a killer for his own profile and his ability to attract the next generation of stars. His TV exposure is minimal. His blockbusting shows are non-e...

Life is the maximum for for conspiracy to supply but about 7 to 10 years is the usual range. More if he pleads not guilty and is found guilty, less if he cooperates.

Warren said once that he would never work with Harrison again, and I believe it. Warren would work with anyone if there was money in it. Anyone would be better for Harrison than that joker Barry Hughes. None of this means anything unless Harrison has given up the booze 100%. This is a man who shoul...

I'm not sure why your so excited about it, he's 43 and hasn't been a force for years. He's a genuis. Naw, he’s a double genius. When Paul McCartney sings you listen. When Russell Crowe acts you watch. . Well I for fornicating one don't. I'd rather watch McCartney act and Crowe sing. But you'd have ...

Sad to hear, Brodie was always one of my favourite fighters and just to add, as it's a bit of a one man crusade of mine, he wasn't robbed against Jorrin Interesting choice of crusade - at the time I thought it was a blatant robbery. I haven't watched it for years. A few things stick in my memory. O...

Not ridiculous. Not a robbery. It came down to the last round and Sturm won it clearly to keep his title. It didn't come down to the last round though did it. The judges (or two of them at least) had effectively given Sturm the fight by the 10th round with Macklin requiring a knockout from that poi...

I have nothing against him, like i said before many times, he's the better boxer of the recent boxers in the UK. But for someone who is "46-0", without a single superfight, there will be question marks. The only Superfight he had i can think of is the BHOP and RJJ fights. both who were at...

Warren as a manager - rather than promoter - has always been a bit of a black hole for guiding fighter's pr personas as far as I can see. He's got no feel for it and seemingly little interest in it. Its all about the fights as far as I can see. Someone like Degale should be getting proper advice on ...

A few dozen plants is not percy use. At that level you could plead that it was for personal not commerical production and might get a smaller sentence. The guidelines on sentencing for cultivation of cannabis have been tightened up. Jail is almost inevitable if you are the lead culprit - significan...

I wouldn't imagine him admitting in court he didn't smoke it and was just growing it to sell. :lol: Not automatic jail either. Growing for personal use would normally be 6 to 12 months for a few dozen plants. A few dozen plants is not percy use. At that level you could plead that it was for persona...

If he's caught growing it, doesn't mean he's smoking it. It would look a lot worse in court if you were not smoking it. I wouldn't imagine him admitting in court he didn't smoke it and was just growing it to sell. :lol: Not automatic jail either. Growing for personal use would normally be 6 to 12 m...

Cultivation of cannabis Date Produced: 25 February 2009 Title: Drugs Offence: Cultivation of Cannabis Legislation: Section 6 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Mode of Trial: Either Way Statutory Limitations & Maximum Penalty: 14 years Aggravating & Mitigating Factors Commercial, sophistication, scale...

I'm no expert but just reading the thread it seems that this all came about because he applied to be a coach and that necessitated the crb check. When that comes back the result is to ban him outright. Yes, that might be unfair but its not comparable to all seniors undergoing CRB checks because its ...

Degale would have to fight Paul Smith 15 times to earn what Froch did against Abraham. He was also beamed into the homes of several million American boxing fan's living rooms. Say what you like about Mick, but the reality is he has a solid, respectful relationship with Ken Hershman / Showtime and t...