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by The Gaffer
09 Nov 2009, 09:35
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: 800,000 sky buys for Haye fight
Replies: 33
Views: 895

Re: 800,000 sky buys for Haye fight

According to the Guardian today, Haye is rumoured to have collected £5 for every PPV sale.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/no ... matic-haye
by The Gaffer
03 Jun 2009, 17:23
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: haye klistcho off (merged)
Replies: 295
Views: 9272

Re: haye klistcho off

Did anyone listen to Radio 5 last night because Haye was interviewed on it? Obviously nothing was said or it would have come out last night, same with Haye's twitter post. Seems a bit strange though that between last night and 2/3 o'clock he injured his back, it was diagnosed and deemed serious eno...
by The Gaffer
14 Mar 2009, 19:08
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Boxing Streams Tonight?
Replies: 52
Views: 2040

Re: Boxing Streams Tonight?

oh man, that streams been perfect all night...

gutted!
by The Gaffer
11 Mar 2008, 19:11
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: O/T - millenium dome
Replies: 26
Views: 1185

According to today's Guardian the traffic was so bad Haye ended up walking 5 miles back to Bermondsey after the fight.
by The Gaffer
11 Jan 2008, 13:59
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: What Do We Want From Sky?
Replies: 21
Views: 1025

the BBC do seem interested in showing delays. let's not forget though, the beeb dropped boxing after haye lost to thompson and after audley went nowhere. Amateur aside, they dropped it completely when Peter Fincham became controller. He absolutely hates boxing and had stated it would never be shown...
by The Gaffer
07 Feb 2007, 10:31
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Britain v US contender night
Replies: 25
Views: 2057

Article from todays Guardian: John Rawling Wednesday February 7, 2007 The Guardian Sugar Ray Leonard is to lead a team of seven Americans, including fighters from the US television show The Contenders, to take on seven British boxers at Newcastle's 10,000-seat Metro Radio Arena for the inaugural Sug...
by The Gaffer
15 Nov 2006, 10:08
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Kindelan to help coach British amateurs
Replies: 29
Views: 1806

Kindelan to help coach British amateurs

Seem to remember this idea being discussed a while back but now it's going to happen - which can only be good news. Duncan Mackay Wednesday November 15, 2006 The Guardian Mario Kindelán, the man who beat Amir Khan for the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight final in Athens in 2004, will move to Li...
by The Gaffer
05 Sep 2006, 09:34
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Curtis Woodhouse
Replies: 1
Views: 301

Curtis Woodhouse

Interesting interview with him by Donald McRae in today's Guardian. Hopefully ITV will show some of his debut on Friday night. http://sport.guardian.co.uk/boxing/comment/0,,1865057,00.html Streetfighter swaps pitch battle for ring of fire Donald McRae Tuesday September 5, 2006 The Guardian "I f...
by The Gaffer
02 Sep 2006, 06:32
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: GET THE FVCK OFF MY COMPUTER
Replies: 18
Views: 1364

Ewido anti-spyware, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Guard are also well worth getting. Also what firewall do you have? The Windows XP one is pretty pants so best thing is to turn it off and use a different one instead. I use Kerio Firewall which is excellent. All the above are free and will be avialible...
by The Gaffer
09 Aug 2006, 02:46
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Off topic(ish) Sports Personality odds.
Replies: 119
Views: 11287

Glad about Walliams being taken out the competition. For a deserving winner who won't get anywhere near the top 3 look no further than Nicole Cooke. There's a good article on the BBC website about her. If a bloke had been performing at the top of his sport like she has (at only 23) then he'd probabl...
by The Gaffer
04 Aug 2006, 03:58
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Off topic(ish) Sports Personality odds.
Replies: 119
Views: 11287

If we win the Ryder Cup it will be a golfer, and probably Montgomery if he does as well as last time. Don't count out Monty Panesar either. We've 2 more home tests against Pakistan, plus the Ashes will be well underway by the time the votes have been counted. He's a huge cult figure already, and a c...
by The Gaffer
19 Jun 2006, 06:39
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: John Duddy
Replies: 25
Views: 1307

John Duddy

What does everyone think of him?

Looked pretty good vs Cuevas although did get caught a few times. Exciting fighter though, no wonder he sells so many tickets.
by The Gaffer
15 Jun 2006, 03:25
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Excellent Hitman Hearns Interview
Replies: 5
Views: 551

Hmmm, the link doesn't seem to have worked for some reason.

Here you go:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/stor ... 87,00.html
by The Gaffer
15 Jun 2006, 03:24
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Excellent Hitman Hearns Interview
Replies: 5
Views: 551

Excellent Hitman Hearns Interview

This was printed in the Observer sports magazine last month, but I only got round to reading it last night. Don't think it's been posted on here before, apologies if it has! I've put a link rather than cut and paste it because it's pretty long. Enjoy. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1766...
by The Gaffer
31 May 2006, 09:37
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Andrew Murray (Tennis player)...
Replies: 32
Views: 1213

The US tennis scene is in big shit right now though, who have they got aside from Roddick, and the Williams sisters, who don't seem that bothered about Tennis any more? James Blake, ranked 8th in the world and rising. Regards Murray, I think he will be a top 5 player once he sorts out his injury pr...
by The Gaffer
20 May 2006, 13:05
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Hatton speaks on future - talks down Collazo rematch
Replies: 30
Views: 1144

I have some questions especially for the British contingent on this site..... What are the papers over in Britain saying about Hattons performance against Collazo? Is it overall positive, negative, neutral, or depends on which one you're reading. I have often noticed British papers can be pretty ha...
by The Gaffer
14 May 2006, 15:47
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Hatton repeat
Replies: 4
Views: 293

Doesn't look like it. They sometimes show a repeat, or highlights, on the Thursday after the fight but there's no boxing on their listings until the Barrera vs Juarez fight Sunday morning.
by The Gaffer
30 Apr 2006, 06:26
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Young vs McNeil
Replies: 2
Views: 282

Young vs McNeil

1st round KO for McNeil. Not sure anyone was expecting that!

Young looked all over the place after the second knockdown, probably the shock of actually being on the cancass for the first time in his career.
by The Gaffer
30 Apr 2006, 06:14
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Has Channel 5 shown Audley Harrison vs Guinn yet ?
Replies: 19
Views: 829

Mercifully they only showed very brief highlights before interviewing McGuigan and Warren about Harrison.

Interesting that McGuigan thought Audley still had the chance to win a title, while Warren hinted at a fight between Harrison and the loser of Skelton vs Williams.
by The Gaffer
01 Jul 2005, 17:43
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: No Tommy, No!
Replies: 35
Views: 1719

What do Enzo Maccarinelli and Tommy Hearns have in common?

Both WBU Cruiserweight Champions of the World! :o
by The Gaffer
26 Jun 2005, 15:57
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY THIS YR- JULES IS BACK
Replies: 11
Views: 480

Kenna won on points, 39-38. Francis shook his head at the decision although he never did anything to warrant the win. He also looked like a Weeble and came in at 19st 3lbs, 3 stone heavier than Kenna give or take a few pounds. Colin landed a few decent punches although it's doubtful Francis felt any...
by The Gaffer
24 May 2005, 16:13
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Fight Night 3
Replies: 11
Views: 577

Fight Night 3

If you thought Fight Night 2 was good, wait for this: Fight Night PS3 http://palgn.com.au/media/thumbs/art_2229_id_1.jpeg "EA have today announced that they intend to bring Fight Night 3 to the Playstation 3 when it is launched next year. They have also included an image of the game that looks ...
by The Gaffer
22 May 2005, 17:07
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: UK fight capital?
Replies: 11
Views: 637

It's clearly Southampton. We've got Matthew Barney and Colin Kenna :wink:
by The Gaffer
20 May 2005, 12:47
Forum: British & Irish
Topic: Best British prospect right now?
Replies: 42
Views: 2232

Paul Smith?