OVERHANDS TRIVIA(L) THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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overhand_right
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OVERHANDS TRIVIA(L) THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See if you Fokkers can get this one, as presented by the forums most veteran, long serving & of course credible British member:
Who is the heaviest man EVER to compete in a British ring?
Answers please!
Who is the heaviest man EVER to compete in a British ring?
Answers please!
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Old bones Ian
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Old bones Ian
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Re: OVERHANDS TRIVIA(L) THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coronation Street's John Savident (Fred Elliott)? Think laterally...overhand_right wrote:See if you Fokkers can get this one, as presented by the forums most veteran, long serving & of course credible British member:
Who is the heaviest man EVER to compete in a British ring?
Answers please!
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overhand_right
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overhand_right
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overhand_right
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I have it on tape. Its shit. But i'll go into mopre detail if anyones interested.
Big John was completely obese. He couldnt fight in his prime & in this sorry, tired & overweight condition he was even worse.
For 10 rds he plodded after Quarless throwing haymakers. Quarless ran & won a decision i think by half a point. Tate looked like he won fair & square.
Tate didnt realise that in the UK immediately after the fight the ref awards the dec. He was wondering around waiting on the decision whilst Quarless was running around celebrating. Then one ofhis corner explains the situation to him and Tate screams "WHAT THE fornicate????" & attempts to run wild & has to be restrained. I dont know about you but i cant realy conjure with the idea of having to restrain a 20 stone John Tate going ape. The situation eventually calmed i assume somebody had a cattle prod or a gun to hand or something.
Big John was completely obese. He couldnt fight in his prime & in this sorry, tired & overweight condition he was even worse.
For 10 rds he plodded after Quarless throwing haymakers. Quarless ran & won a decision i think by half a point. Tate looked like he won fair & square.
Tate didnt realise that in the UK immediately after the fight the ref awards the dec. He was wondering around waiting on the decision whilst Quarless was running around celebrating. Then one ofhis corner explains the situation to him and Tate screams "WHAT THE fornicate????" & attempts to run wild & has to be restrained. I dont know about you but i cant realy conjure with the idea of having to restrain a 20 stone John Tate going ape. The situation eventually calmed i assume somebody had a cattle prod or a gun to hand or something.
I am, and I thank you.overhand_right wrote:I have it on tape. Its shit. But i'll go into mopre detail if anyones interested..
Thinking back to the Boxing News report I seem to recall them saying that at one point the faded and overweight Tate attempted an Ali shuffle. Bearing in mind this is the best part of 20 years ago, so I apologise if I am thinking of the wrong fight. I think they said his whole body 'jiggled' during his attempted shuffle.