THE PRIZEFIGHTER DRAW - IS IT FIXED /

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Post by sweetscience »

seems abit of a weird way to draw

it isnt live and the sky commentors telling people who is what number

WTF ??
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Post by stujones »

Yes, seemed dodgy. Obviously wasn't live I guess with the pull out they had to do some editing.

"A prize fighting tournament"!!!
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I thought it was abit dodgy when tyson did it

Hearn was the only one who knew who was who.... when you compare it too the FA cup when you know what number your team is before the draw its believable but this is a load of shite to be fair

i like the format thou & coulndt give a shit about the draw in general..... but its got to be fixed
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Yes its basically whatever SKY wanted, without us knowing which number corresponded to which boxer before the draw, it means they just had the matches they wanted.
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Post by oscar »

lynes v barnes rees v bami muttley v jones grant v cook.
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Post by ridgeback71 »

fixed or not, the best man will win. Im really looking fwd to it, looks like a strong line up :box:
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Post by gobbles »

The problem was, they pretended it was live when Tyson did it, but they announced Michael Sprott who had already pulled out. That draw was obviously done last Sunday or Monday when Adam Smith was still in Las Vegas and did the interview (on Sky Sports News Monday or Tuesday) and they didn't want a repeat of what happened with Tyson.

However, who is to say what numbers correspond with what names?

Bit of a farce
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Post by leforge »

Who cares the names are good are am there ringside for this!
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Post by Des1 »

Yes, does it really matter anyway? Its not like its being fixed on who's actually in it. Theres going to be one man standing after they have all boxed off againts each other, doesnt really matter who boxes who at what stage. It's not fixed on who actually wins it is it so who cares
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Post by GlobalBox »

sweetscience wrote:I thought it was abit dodgy when tyson did it

Hearn was the only one who knew who was who.... when you compare it too the FA cup when you know what number your team is before the draw its believable but this is a load of shite to be fair

i like the format thou & coulndt give a poop about the draw in general..... but its got to be fixed
No fix its done in alphabetical order numbers 1-8 I.E. Bami number 1 Barnes number 2 etc down to Rees who was number 8,

:box:
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Post by Old bones Ian »

GLOBALBOX wrote:
sweetscience wrote:I thought it was abit dodgy when tyson did it

Hearn was the only one who knew who was who.... when you compare it too the FA cup when you know what number your team is before the draw its believable but this is a load of shite to be fair

i like the format thou & coulndt give a poop about the draw in general..... but its got to be fixed
No fix its done in alphabetical order numbers 1-8 I.E. Bami number 1 Barnes number 2 etc down to Rees who was number 8,

:box:
Ah see one of us does have a brain :D
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Post by banger »

if my memory serves me right when tyson done the draw for the heavyweights he drew from 2 bags...four balls in each which meant that williams and harrison wouldnt meet until the latter stages.so in a way that draw was contrived just for that tourament as now mayweather only drew from one bag...seems the draw process is 'flexible'.
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Post by danieljenkins »

anyone got the vid of floyd doing the draw lads ?

thanks :TU:
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banger wrote:if my memory serves me right when tyson done the draw for the heavyweights he drew from 2 bags...four balls in each which meant that williams and harrison wouldnt meet until the latter stages.so in a way that draw was contrived just for that tourament as now mayweather only drew from one bag...seems the draw process is 'flexible'.
The Heavyweights were seeded with the intention of Harrison and Williams meeting in the final.They didnt even try to hide it.Poor Danny actually only prepared for the final!
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Post by Poncey »

Also, when they drew the numbers from the bag most times they then cut to a close up of the number. Not one take.

Probably nothing, but still.
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Post by landon »

barnse v lynes looks like barnse is taking a early bath colin will win that no doubt
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Post by steve689 »

I fancy Lynes to win this one.
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Post by TheCobra »

Haha Mayweather got a bit annoying saying "in the prizefighting tournament" before drawing every single number. Ah well least he did the draw he could have been a cock and told them he was too good for it.
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