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jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:21

Anyone remember that thread I did on british boxers of the past recently. I'm buggered if I can find it anywhere, and was looking to interview some of those fighters this weekend.

Anyone know where it is?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:32

Just found it, was further down the list of pages than I thought.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:48

15,000 posts, Jim?

Ye Gods!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:56

Fekking nora!

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 16 Jan 2008, 07:58

If each post take one min you've spent over 10 days solid of your life posting on here, thats commendable.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jan 2008, 08:00

Or pitiable.....

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 16 Jan 2008, 08:01

Just think what he could have done.

He could have saved Newcastle on Football Manager. for example.

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 16 Jan 2008, 08:13

Nothing compared to mattyp151

24741 posts - 29.95 posts per day

That's proper dedication James, you could learn a thing or two there

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 16 Jan 2008, 08:29

Fair play James thats some serious posting

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 16 Jan 2008, 10:22

There was me thinking I was the most prodigious poster on these forums.

Never mind the quality, feel the width as they say.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 16 Jan 2008, 11:49

I remember when there was no British forum and i had a post average of 16 per day and we were all racing to see who would make it to 2,000 posts! How times have changed, i'm sure i am not even in the top ten now. Well done anyway James, extremely commendable milestone you have reached.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 16 Jan 2008, 12:09

Well done, James. How is your Magri book selling?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 17 Jan 2008, 05:57

I've no idea with you to be honest Bennie, it's not really something I'm involved with the sales side.

To be honest, I think sales were always expected to be relatively modest, this is a boxing book after all, and Charlie's heyday was over 20 years ago.

However, at one point before christmas the book was #4 in the amazon sales chart for boxing books which isn't bad, and they had to restock three times already. Sadly extra sales do not affect me as I'm not on a royalty. :x

Anyone out there read it who wants to give me any feedback, it would be most welcome.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 17 Jan 2008, 06:01

Oh, also, anyone here who has read it, it would be good if you could do a review on Amazon, not asking any favours here, just write whatever you felt the book said to you.

Ta.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 17 Jan 2008, 07:25

Good book James, I'm half way through it and it's an excellent read. It's a very honest account by Charlie, no excuses when he describes that devastating Olympic defeat, and it comes over like you're listening to the man talking about his career over a few beers.

Always one of my favorite fighters was Magri, never in a dull fight that's for sure - bombs away from the first bell and you knew somone was going to get knocked out when he stepped into the ring. They used to say he punched like a lightweight.

His last stand against the great flyweight champ Sot Chitalada was a brilliant effort - not many fighters would have survived the bombs Charlie threw at him in the first few rounds. Sot had a great chin, but even he looked shocked at Magri's power.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 17 Jan 2008, 07:43

MightyWarrior wrote:Good book James, I'm half way through it and it's an excellent read. It's a very honest account by Charlie, no excuses when he describes that devastating Olympic defeat, and it comes over like you're listening to the man talking about his career over a few beers.

Always one of my favorite fighters was Magri, never in a dull fight that's for sure - bombs away from the first bell and you knew somone was going to get knocked out when he stepped into the ring. They used to say he punched like a lightweight.

His last stand against the great flyweight champ Sot Chitalada was a brilliant effort - not many fighters would have survived the bombs Charlie threw at him in the first few rounds. Sot had a great chin, but even he looked shocked at Magri's power.

Magri-Chitalada at the Ally Pally in 1984 was F rank Warren's first ever world title promotion.
Not a lot of people know that.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 17 Jan 2008, 07:52

bennie wrote:
Magri-Chitalada at the Ally Pally in 1984 was F rank Warren's first ever world title promotion.
Not a lot of people know that.

Yes, Warren was chasing Magri for years to get in with his big prospect Keith Wallace before that, never happened though.

Frank got his career to the big time really started by picking up former Brit world title challengers, and giving them last chance shots at the end of their careers: Magri, Colin Jones and Tony Sibson.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 18 Jan 2008, 05:59

MightyWarrior wrote:Good book James, I'm half way through it and it's an excellent read. It's a very honest account by Charlie, no excuses when he describes that devastating Olympic defeat, and it comes over like you're listening to the man talking about his career over a few beers.

Always one of my favorite fighters was Magri, never in a dull fight that's for sure - bombs away from the first bell and you knew somone was going to get knocked out when he stepped into the ring. They used to say he punched like a lightweight.

His last stand against the great flyweight champ Sot Chitalada was a brilliant effort - not many fighters would have survived the bombs Charlie threw at him in the first few rounds. Sot had a great chin, but even he looked shocked at Magri's power.

Thanks. Good to hear that, my major concern when doing the book, was to make sure it came across as sounding like Charlie rather than some poncy reworking of his life and career by a writer.

In the main Charlie is a very straightforward kind of bloke. There's nothing sensationalised in his book, just his take on things, though there were a few things we couldn't mention in the book for legal reasons which would have raised a few eyebrows.