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30 seconds after Froch beat Taylor, my bird says "what a load of crap, I am not watching boxing with you again!"
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This happened on Tuesday morning, i was on 6 till 2 shift,it was 5 to 6 and i had a hangover.......
Old bloke i work with..."Did you see the Hatton fight,got murdered did'nt he,That Jakartas a good boxer"
Me....."his names Pacquaio"
Bloke..."Ay,i knew it had a J in it"
:witzend:
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BIGMARK wrote:
alexpaterson wrote:I like Adrian Chiles he knows nothing about boxing my faviorite boxing presenter behind Andy Kerr is Jim Rosenthal from ITV he knows what he's on about
i like Jim and meet him at a warren show a few years back. I started off asking him how Oxford Utd had got on that day (as i, like him am a fan) and he thought i was taking the piss, however once he realised i wasnt he had decent chat. We both found it quite ironic we were talking Oxford Utd at a boxing event when Curtis Woodhouse had scored the winner against oxford that day. decent guy in my book :TU:
Not that old chestnut Mark......... :lol:
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"When's Hatton gonna fight Mayflower again?"
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Chambers2 wrote:"When's Hatton gonna fight Mayflower again?"
Brilliant. Every non boxing fan was calling him Mayflower or Merryweather!
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When I was about to have my first amateur bout, a big fat lad at school started talking to me and said "What you wanna be a boxer? No way - you're too small! Just imagine if you fought Lennox Lewis!" :witzend:
I'm actually pretty big for a featherweight. Effin' twat!
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guy at work : i think Lacy will destroy calzaghe
Monday morn : Lacy is rubbish
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Adamj1987 wrote:
zeroprobe wrote:
dbf wrote:"Theres only one fight left for Hatton now, and its the one everyone wants to see, Ricky v De La Hoya"
I've heard this one already, and I replied with "NO, it would be a meaningless disgrace of a fight."


OK, if this fight happens and it sells out a huge arena and does massive PPV numbers, will you even understand why you are wrong?

no becuase zeroprobe isnt refering to the money aspect its a fight between 2 fights who are clearly past their best and risk doing perminent damage to thereselves by getting back in the ring
good god man are you being stupid on purpose? Are you able to understand words and what those words mean?

The statement is that everyone wants to see DLH Vs Hatton

he disagrees with that

I would say that said fight would be actually huge, sell loads of tickets and do well on PPV

Those are the 2 positions

As to who would win, or who is part their best have nothing whatsoever to do with the argument that a non boxing fan doesnt know what he's talking about by saying that this would be a popular fight, because it obviously would be

Internet boxing fans, for the most part, are without a doubt the stupidest people on earth they know far less about boxing than any so called 'casual fan'
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DG. wrote:My friend Avril Evans.

'Are they allowed to hit them in the face that hard?'



:D
Haha yes, an ex of mine said something along those lines.

Her: "But he hit him REALLY hard"

Me: "Yes, that's what he's supposed to do"

Her: "But it was IN THE FACE"

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My mum proclaimed boxing is "all fixed" on the basis of Mercer-Morrison, because "how could he come back and win like that? It's just stupid"
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I've heard this one already, and I replied with "NO, it would be a meaningless disgrace of a fight."


OK, if this fight happens and it sells out a huge arena and does massive PPV numbers, will you even understand why you are wrong?[/quote]


no becuase zeroprobe isnt refering to the money aspect its a fight between 2 fights who are clearly past their best and risk doing perminent damage to thereselves by getting back in the ring[/quote]

good god man are you being stupid on purpose? Are you able to understand words and what those words mean?

The statement is that everyone wants to see DLH Vs Hatton

he disagrees with that

I would say that said fight would be actually huge, sell loads of tickets and do well on PPV

Those are the 2 positions

As to who would win, or who is part their best have nothing whatsoever to do with the argument that a non boxing fan doesnt know what he's talking about by saying that this would be a popular fight, because it obviously would be

Internet boxing fans, for the most part, are without a doubt the stupidest people on earth they know far less about boxing than any so called 'casual fan'[/quote]

No true boxing fan wants to see it, thats the point. In fact, whats the point?
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Me and two mates were in the queue for Khan-Barrera at the MEN and there was a load of asian lads from bolton in front of us, one with hardly any teeth left and alot of gold chains turned round to us and said:

"Whose a better fighter, Calzaghe or McNeely?" (He meant Maccarinelli)

Without even getting the chance to reply the lad blurted out:

"McNeely init, McNeely" nodding his head up and down very fast as we just stared at him in shock.

Fastforward an hour or so and Enzo Maccarinelli was knocked out by Afolabi.

I've also heard someone call Hatton the middleweight champion of the world and someone screaming "scouse bastard" at Wayne Elcock at the MEN Arena. :-?
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Neri wrote:Me and two mates were in the queue for Khan-Barrera at the MEN and there was a load of asian lads from bolton in front of us, one with hardly any teeth left and alot of gold chains turned round to us and said:

"Whose a better fighter, Calzaghe or McNeely?" (He meant Maccarinelli)

Without even getting the chance to reply the lad blurted out:

"McNeely init, McNeely" nodding his head up and down very fast as we just stared at him in shock.

Fastforward an hour or so and Enzo Maccarinelli was knocked out by Afolabi.

I've also heard someone call Hatton the middleweight champion of the world and someone screaming "scouse bastard" at Wayne Elcock at the MEN Arena. :-?
You sure they weren't talking to you :lol:
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banjo wrote:
Neri wrote:Me and two mates were in the queue for Khan-Barrera at the MEN and there was a load of asian lads from bolton in front of us, one with hardly any teeth left and alot of gold chains turned round to us and said:

"Whose a better fighter, Calzaghe or McNeely?" (He meant Maccarinelli)

Without even getting the chance to reply the lad blurted out:

"McNeely init, McNeely" nodding his head up and down very fast as we just stared at him in shock.

Fastforward an hour or so and Enzo Maccarinelli was knocked out by Afolabi.

I've also heard someone call Hatton the middleweight champion of the world and someone screaming "scouse bastard" at Wayne Elcock at the MEN Arena. :-?
You sure they weren't talking to you :lol:
:lol:
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Three from one bloke stood behind me at the York hall

1) Is this a real fight or are they pretending
2) Hit him (at this point I suggested he'd thought of that)
3) Jab (again the same thing but he was massivly over reaching and the british fighter [thaxton] was jabbing but the other guy was stapping off to the left so it wasn't helpful advice)

an ex
1) can they kick
2) what happens if they both get knocked out at the same time

A football fan who likes boxing.. but Calzaghe is better than De La Hoya he's never lost (I point out ali lost) then he's better than ali
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Adamj1987 wrote:
banjo wrote:
observer1 wrote:Joe beat a Prime Roy Jones.
I've never heard that one and if I do I'm going to make sure the culprit spends the rest of their life in a padded room.

jones just had a off night lol
.

You think that's bad,
Don't know where it was. I think it was on Youtube buu Something about how a Passed it Calzaghe beat a Prime Hopkins and Prime RJJ.

I think already posted here, but "Vitali Klitshko would be a nightmare for Ali"


I mean come on,
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dbf wrote:I've heard this one already, and I replied with "NO, it would be a meaningless disgrace of a fight."


OK, if this fight happens and it sells out a huge arena and does massive PPV numbers, will you even understand why you are wrong?

no becuase zeroprobe isnt refering to the money aspect its a fight between 2 fights who are clearly past their best and risk doing perminent damage to thereselves by getting back in the ring[/quote]

good god man are you being stupid on purpose? Are you able to understand words and what those words mean?

The statement is that everyone wants to see DLH Vs Hatton

he disagrees with that

I would say that said fight would be actually huge, sell loads of tickets and do well on PPV

Those are the 2 positions

As to who would win, or who is part their best have nothing whatsoever to do with the argument that a non boxing fan doesnt know what he's talking about by saying that this would be a popular fight, because it obviously would be

Internet boxing fans, for the most part, are without a doubt the stupidest people on earth they know far less about boxing than any so called 'casual fan'[/quote]

No true boxing fan wants to see it, thats the point. In fact, whats the point?[/quote]

true boxing fan?


and what the fornicate are they then?


you dont mean all of the 15 people who post on here on a daily basis do you?

i think the world of boxing could cope just fine without you cnuts, to be honest
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Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: Internet boxing fans, for the most part, are without a doubt the stupidest people on earth they know far less about boxing than any so called 'casual fan'
Why visit this forum then if you have such a low opinion of the "majority" ??
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: you dont mean all of the 15 people who post on here on a daily basis do you?

i think the world of boxing could cope just fine without you cnuts, to be honest
Again - why visit this forum if you have such a low opinion of the majority of people on here!!!

Yet again you mock and belittle people - yet again you fail to contribute to any boxing discussion!!!
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Spud wrote:
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: Internet boxing fans, for the most part, are without a doubt the stupidest people on earth they know far less about boxing than any so called 'casual fan'
Why visit this forum then if you have such a low opinion of the "majority" ??
Khaosai-Galaxy wrote: you dont mean all of the 15 people who post on here on a daily basis do you?

i think the world of boxing could cope just fine without you cnuts, to be honest
Again - why visit this forum if you have such a low opinion of the majority of people on here!!!

Yet again you mock and belittle people - yet again you fail to contribute to any boxing discussion!!!

Yawn, why dont you go and start some threads about how great your current employer is

Then, after you have been fired again, start some new ones telling us all how unprofessional they are.
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banjo wrote:
oliverfennell wrote:Various old men drinking mild on a Sunday afternoon: "Henry Cooper would have beaten Lennox Lewis"
One of my pet hates with the sport, old geezers who believe fighters of the past would always beat fighters of today, in some cases I agree but not most of the time have a look at all these records being beaten all the time. Lennox Lewis would've battered Cooper all over the place and won by a savage KO.

Or in reverse, I dislike the belief that current is best. That just because you just saw it, that makes it better than what comes before.

eg, That Robinson was ok right? How long do you think he would last with Pavlik? Cue sigh
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I personally think Pavlik would destroy SRR, much in the same way the current Man United team would beat the 1968 European Cup winning team 5 - 0




off you go...
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Khaosai-Galaxy wrote:I personally think Pavlik would destroy SRR, much in the same way the current Man United team would beat the 1968 European Cup winning team 5 - 0




off you go...

My sarcasm antenna is not working tonight, are you serious?
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tobyh5 wrote:
banjo wrote:
oliverfennell wrote:Various old men drinking mild on a Sunday afternoon: "Henry Cooper would have beaten Lennox Lewis"
One of my pet hates with the sport, old geezers who believe fighters of the past would always beat fighters of today, in some cases I agree but not most of the time have a look at all these records being beaten all the time. Lennox Lewis would've battered Cooper all over the place and won by a savage KO.

Or in reverse, I dislike the belief that current is best. That just because you just saw it, that makes it better than what comes before.

eg, That Robinson was ok right? How long do you think he would last with Pavlik? Cue sigh
That's why I said sometimes, Ray Robinson is arguarbly the greatest fighter that ever lived and IMO would have had way too much for Pavlik but I fail to believe that a chain smoking, drinking partygoer like Carlos Monzon would have beaten a dedicated athlete who lives like a monk like Bernard Hopkins. It just an opinion after all and if modern day athletes are always breaking records why shouldn't modern boxers be able to beat the boxers of the past.
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That's why I said sometimes, Ray Robinson is arguarbly the greatest fighter that ever lived and IMO would have had way too much for Pavlik but I fail to believe that a chain smoking, drinking partygoer like Carlos Monzon would have beaten a dedicated athlete who lives like a monk like Bernard Hopkins. It just an opinion after all and if modern day athletes are always breaking records why shouldn't modern boxers be able to beat the boxers of the past.[/quote]


I was not saying you were suggesting every modern fighter could beat ever olden time fighter btw, was just saying that in the same way that I dislike the old giffers saying that old is best I also dislike the Generation X attitude that modern is what it is all about.

I do agree with what you are saying that if man can run faster, jump further and higher etc (basically sports that have clear comparisons that show modern man is better) then logic says the same is true in boxing. I think that whilst modern lifestyles, nutrition, techniques and knowledge should make the modern fighter faster, stronger, fitter etc that it is not always the case. Plenty of those olden days fighers were tough SOB's who fought all the time and boxing shows that skill and technique and a boxing brain is the best attribute to have.

Two examples - the best boxers around are ones we consider having old school tricks and knowledge, Hopkins being a great example and as for modern fighter being better than older fighter. How could a fighter from a couple generations earlier in George Foreman come back and compete so successfully with modern man?
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My current annoyance from non-boxing fans, "you must have felt a bit stupid flying all that way to see a five minute fight".

Er no, I saw a punch perfect masterclass from a future all time great. And that's without even going into the party activities...
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