Fenech-Nelson III

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 09 Apr 2008, 17:51

http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2/he ... TBGQe.html

Ridiculous.

Lord Rupert Of Gloucester · Post by **Lord Rupert Of Gloucester** » 09 Apr 2008, 18:19

Quite sick if you ask me. Such a sorrowful affair.

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 09 Apr 2008, 18:25

completely ridiculous.

1st fight was excellent.

fenech is right in that he should have got it.

2nd fight was all set up for jeff but he had a stinker of a night.

seems like he's still beating himself up about it.

hence this joke.

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 09 Apr 2008, 18:48

A rubber match made out of a recycled used condom of a factory way past its sell by date.

I apologise for the flippancy. This just shouldn't happen. These two great fighters should not be encouraged to indulge themselves in past glories in front of a voyeuristic audience.

STP · Post by **STP** » 09 Apr 2008, 19:04

Idiots.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 10 Apr 2008, 03:57

Well Ottke v Dariusz was pulled so they needed a filler.

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 10 Apr 2008, 03:59

Hopefully Oz TV will not buy any rights and this fight will bomb.

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 10 Apr 2008, 04:06

Is Jeff's body even up for it?!

There should be a law for all commissions that a fighter over x shouldn't be allowed to box.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 10 Apr 2008, 04:09

But how do you do that.

Hopkins is 43 and fit as a flea.

They should allowed to box if they pass medicals. The trick is, not to watch.

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 10 Apr 2008, 04:19

Honestly, I have no idea, but if the trend continues to increase of fighters being allowed to box in their late fourties, someone's gonna get seriously hurt.

Then we have The Daily Mail brigade saying how barbaric boxing is, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Personally, I think a boxer should have any licence refused/withdrawn on their 45th birthday.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 10 Apr 2008, 04:49

NO!

Two greats, out to sully their reputations. I hope it falls through.

I loved their first fight - Fenech was full of piss and vinegar (as per usual..)

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 10 Apr 2008, 04:57

In the 1st fight, Fenech gave one of the greatest performances of a foreign fighter in America. He won clearly in an exciting fight, but he never got over the draw verdict.

He obviously badly needs the money as well. Fenech had so many great nights, he must've made loads of money fighting in Australia in world title fight after world title fight, so it is doubly sad to see this.

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 10 Apr 2008, 05:40

Autobarn wrote:In the 1st fight, Fenech gave one of the greatest performances of a foreign fighter in America. He won clearly in an exciting fight, but he never got over the draw verdict.

He obviously badly needs the money as well. Fenech had so many great nights, he must've made loads of money fighting in Australia in world title fight after world title fight, so it is doubly sad to see this.

I agree Fenech never got over that robbery. He looked a diffrent fighter in there rematch. Ive heard he had a rib injury from sparring the very young Kostya Tszyu, but Fenech himself has never said anything about the injury. Fenech claimed that it took something away from him being robbed and in the rematch he thought it would be easy and never trained as he should have.

I personally think its not smart fighting at there age's but Id rather watch this fight than Mundine Soliman 3.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 10 Apr 2008, 07:45

Nelson was recovering from malaria first time; second time, he mashed the mauler; third time, we're all a helluva lot older.

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 10 Apr 2008, 07:46

Will they be given Ovaltine instead of water between rounds?

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 10 Apr 2008, 09:42

Wasn't Nelson v Fenech II shown on ITV on a Sunday morning? oh those happy days.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 10 Apr 2008, 09:57

The rematch was one of those Ali-Foreman, Hagler-Sibson type moments when you knew beyond all doubt you were watching a great fighter (and I don't use the word 'great' lightly).
After the first fight, NOBODY tipped Nelson to smash Fenech in Oz.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Apr 2008, 10:04

I'll bet Nelson is still fit as a fiddle. From what I hear he's got plenty of money as well, and has invested in several businesses.

If anything, I would suggest he's doing Fenech a favour.

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 12 Apr 2008, 20:30

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I'll bet Nelson is still fit as a fiddle. From what I hear he's got plenty of money as well, and has invested in several businesses.

If anything, I would suggest he's doing Fenech a favour.

Fenech isnt in trouble with money, He has fight cards on every month on Foxtel here and makes plenty out of his gym Restruants etc. He said he was visiting Thailand and a wealthy businessman offered him 1 Mil to fight and he said it was to good to pass up.

Arbachakov · Post by **Arbachakov** » 12 Apr 2008, 21:08

bennie wrote:The rematch was one of those Ali-Foreman, Hagler-Sibson type moments when you knew beyond all doubt you were watching a great fighter (and I don't use the word 'great' lightly).
After the first fight, NOBODY tipped Nelson to smash Fenech in Oz.

That bout wasn't really anything new for Nelson; he often needed two fights to be convincing against good fighters.

Men he should have been beating handily the first time around to justify his rep.Nelson of course had an excuse for every bad performance it seemed.

I can't think of any other touted great from that era that had as many off-nights.