It's not that I am in any way ashemed of anyhing in my career. As a matter of fact, it was a period of my life I am proud of. It's just that I see on this and other sites what happens when guys present themselves with their signiture and idnetity. Things degenerate into attacks on them, their families, etc. Have you seen the abuse Stacy Goodson and Chauncy Williver get in current scene. No matter what the topic, it becomes about them, so i just presented myself as some ex fighter with some opinions. I should have kept it that way. When you see me in thses forums, I am working, running a program for business, and killing time muti-tasking in here. It's just a fun distration, wanted to keep it that way.mimmy123
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
Posts: 30
Location: N-Yorkshire (Donny born)
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:
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cosand wrote:
I explained the contradiction in the old threads before, I beleive in a conversation with Matty. I have also explianed that to those who PMed me over the past months who put two and two together and asked who I was, or if I am who I am. . Like I said originally, I went to great lenghts to maintain anyonimity in the open threads, even in throwing out some smoke and mirriors to do so if someone had a hunch. My business life and the heated and sometimes over the top conversation on here don't mesh. I only "came out of the closet" the other day because it added something to the conversation. I am always amused when I hear the "What if" applied to Canalito. What if is a streach. I also thought that it would be taken in the passing, "I said it once and let it go" way in which I presented it. My bad. This is after all, the internet, the home of the undermotivited wannabe who scan archived threads and think they broke the lateral universe theory.
It makes no difference, think what you like. I stayed anoymous until the other day because I never wanted to be the topic of the threads, and it looks like I was correct when I maintained that stance.
Why would you want to remain annonym' after all this time,ts not as if you were a top ranked fighter who blew his chance because of drink and drugs. You played your part in the pro ranks but never made the trop rankings. I'm not sure why you would want to remain behind closed doors. All athletes whether great or not bad should stand up to be counted, at the end of the day we need guys like you who are not world beaters but can test the up and comers. Its not a crime to be medrocre.
by the way, you never answered my question surrounding your fight with John l gardner
I will be happy to answer your question though.
The gardner was actually not a good fight for me to take at that point. I had not even gotten all the cobwebs out of my head from the Burbick fight. I am not taking anything away from Gardner though, he was a tough fighter. I needed every inch of that ring to move away, but he still cut me off and tagged me more often then I care to think about. I have no idea what happend to him in the 1st round of the Arrington fight. For my money Gardner was the better fighter. He had a great win over Sykes, and at that point, should have beaten Jimmy Young. That would have been his ticket to bigger things. At the time he met Dokes, Dokes was on a roll and had a point to make after a lackluster performance. Wrong place at the wrong time, and too much firepower to overcome.
Finally, back to your original question on Canalito. In was a little harsh in my earlier post , and I shouldnt have used the word "fix'. I have zero evidence of that. But if you ever have the chance to ask anyone who saw the fight, 9 out of 10 people who saw it will tell you I easily won 3 of the 4 rounds. Lee was a fringe celebrity in those days, a former college football player, complete with endorsements, but boxing was his media outlet. Who the hell was I ? A legacy fighter from the sticks with no KO punch and zero name recognition. I had already upset the apple cart by putting on a clinic for Molyneaux, when i was put in as an easy debut win for him. lignting was not going to be allowed to strike twice I guess.
