"Before losing to Gomez I hadnt had the time off after winning the commonwealth gold medal 6 years ago. The 5 months since have rejuvinated me. My brother & I offered the chance to stay in a Beverly hills mansion belonging to a friend of Freddies but my brother Mark & I looked at each other when we saw it & knew it wasnt what we had gone there for. So we ended up living rough in a B&B in Culver city which is basically mexican gangland. We would run to the gym every day & every street corner was like a tombstone because someone had been shot there, although it just made us run faster. We ate of paper plates using plastic knives & forks, we cooked our own food & even had to leave the house to fetch water for cups of tea."
"When we walked into Freddies gym for the first time it was a bit like in Rocky III when Stallone goes into Apollo Creeds place. There must have been 100 guys in there but every head in the place turned to look at us! You have to be able to survive the pressure to climb in the ring & give as good as you get against some pretty hard people but it toughened me up & also made me realise how soft was the life I had been leading. It was hard going but it was worth it. freddie told me I needed to sort my defence & jab."
"& by the time I was ready to come home... I was hardly taking a blow. I fell in love with boxing again, before I lost to Gomez, it had become boring. I treated it just as a job, & one that I wasnt enjoying. However, freddie & other fighters in the gym helped me find the fun & my hunger again."
"Even though I wasnt at my best I thought I would flatten Gomez anyway because I had been flattening everyone else. However I have to give Gomez credit because he was in fantastic shape & I just hope he stays that way... I dont want anyone else to get to him before me"
"I dont know much about Kizza, listen it could be King Kong in their with me for al I care, Alex Arthur will be leaving the arena a WINNER. What happened on October 25th was a stupid accident, it WONT happen again"
SUNDAY MAIL INTERVIEW WITH AMAZIN ALEX ARTHUR
A few quotes from Amazin Alex Arthur part II
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Sounds like he's doing the right thing. I was thinking the dangerous Campbell was probably in his future at some point, but then Nate had an even more shocking loss than Arthur last week. He mentioned the good sparring he had with Alex after the fight, and how he'd blown it.
Alex sounds confident as ever, he's young enough to come back an even better fighter....with a defence.
It's great to train with Roach for a few months, but he really needs to get himself a top class full time trainer - Freddie cleary isn't up to it, that's twice he's a no show.
Alex sounds confident as ever, he's young enough to come back an even better fighter....with a defence.
It's great to train with Roach for a few months, but he really needs to get himself a top class full time trainer - Freddie cleary isn't up to it, that's twice he's a no show.
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6 months too late he does! Also what was his behaviour in the ring all about getitng four bells punched out of him and he is playing up to the camera?Southpaw Stylist wrote:Nah he seemed pretty humble in that interview.
Then after he came round and was capable of being interviewed, instead of saying well done I got beat by the better man in the night, it was i had cold, throat infection, my sister's hamster died 4 weeks b4 and I was emotionally under prepared for the fight blah blah blah.
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To be fair to him, I think getting the living shit drilled out of you has a tendancy to bring out the worst in some people, he must have felt pretty humiliated.
Although, when you think about it now, how out of character (or rather how false was Hamed's public persona) was his humility after getting 'boyed' by Barrera.
I thought Hamed showed a hell of a lot of class that night, if not in his performance, then certainly in the dignified way he took defeat like a man.
Although, when you think about it now, how out of character (or rather how false was Hamed's public persona) was his humility after getting 'boyed' by Barrera.
I thought Hamed showed a hell of a lot of class that night, if not in his performance, then certainly in the dignified way he took defeat like a man.
good point tho I cant remember it I was too busy jumping around elated that the little gobshite had been dethroned.
But then to go and mess it up with his attitude post snorefest against calvo didnt help himself add that to the his "will he wont he" messing around of Brodie for 18 months and hamed returned to usual form.
Maybe Im being a bit harsh on Arhtur, i used to like him I was just totally and utterly shocked by his attitude both in the ring and out of it then night of the gomez fight. its the rugby ethic in me, take your victories and defeats in good gracious manner.
Perhaps he has learned a lesson I dunno time will tell. Could be good thing for him that defeat in the long run, tame the cockiness a bit.
But then to go and mess it up with his attitude post snorefest against calvo didnt help himself add that to the his "will he wont he" messing around of Brodie for 18 months and hamed returned to usual form.
Maybe Im being a bit harsh on Arhtur, i used to like him I was just totally and utterly shocked by his attitude both in the ring and out of it then night of the gomez fight. its the rugby ethic in me, take your victories and defeats in good gracious manner.
Perhaps he has learned a lesson I dunno time will tell. Could be good thing for him that defeat in the long run, tame the cockiness a bit.
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I think the important difference is that in Rugby you don't get humiliated like a boxer does. In a team sport there is collective responsibility, in a boxing ring there is nowhere to hide, and the defeat is absolute when you get knocked out.
I think that's why boxers make more excuses than other sportsmen at times, I don't think there is a more humiliating feeling in sports than being knocked the fornicate out, or perhaps even worse saved by the referee after being beaten like a wayward child.
I think that's why boxers make more excuses than other sportsmen at times, I don't think there is a more humiliating feeling in sports than being knocked the fornicate out, or perhaps even worse saved by the referee after being beaten like a wayward child.
true, but I still find it less than pleasing to hear some of the excuses that are given and the derision to which some fighters treat their losses.
But point taken you do stand alone more so than any other sport, just think it can be seen as sour grapes when you to hear some of the comments dished out rather than the sportmanship and respect you normally see between fighters after they have contested.
In fact perfect example recently was Dale against booth, post bout interview Dale while obviously dissapointed in a very close contest could only have credible and reasonable things to say. Thats real sportsmanship....perhaps we take that for granted sometimes in the game.
footnote, the one time i was sparked at a wadyru tournament a few years back (well ten), I had nothing to say period, I had to go hospital.....
But point taken you do stand alone more so than any other sport, just think it can be seen as sour grapes when you to hear some of the comments dished out rather than the sportmanship and respect you normally see between fighters after they have contested.
In fact perfect example recently was Dale against booth, post bout interview Dale while obviously dissapointed in a very close contest could only have credible and reasonable things to say. Thats real sportsmanship....perhaps we take that for granted sometimes in the game.
footnote, the one time i was sparked at a wadyru tournament a few years back (well ten), I had nothing to say period, I had to go hospital.....
Totally agree with your comments about Naz, wether he was to your liking or not, you must admit he took his lose to Barrera like a man.jamesmcdonnell wrote:To be fair to him, I think getting the living shit drilled out of you has a tendancy to bring out the worst in some people, he must have felt pretty humiliated.
Although, when you think about it now, how out of character (or rather how false was Hamed's public persona) was his humility after getting 'boyed' by Barrera.
I thought Hamed showed a hell of a lot of class that night, if not in his performance, then certainly in the dignified way he took defeat like a man.
As for Alex Arthur, he seems not to know how to deal with the Gomez lose, seems to becoming out with one story after another. It's very easy to get a reputation of being a bad loser in this sport and if Alex is not carefull, he will get labled as such.
It's time for him to let his fists do the talking. The guy has talent, lets hope he has the drive and maturity to put the Gomez fight behind him and rebuild his career.