Anthony Small sees parallel with Ali

[dondada]

He might be a bell end as Mooresy says. At least he lives in a country which doesn't kill him for being one.

Would you watch him if he was on the box though? Be honest.

I bet more people would watch him now, for all sorts of reasons.

Thing is, he'll probably sign with a management team who want him to head up a card at Wootton Bassett though.

[1southpaw]

he should be banned from boxing as when you turn pro you get told that you have to conduct yourself in a professional manor at all times and small has not ???
also religion should not be in sport at all

What was he doing that was "unprofessional" - most people would have thought that it was a stupid act but I dont see what was unprofessional about it.

"also religion should not be in sport at all" how is that relevat - was he fighting at the same time? Do you want to stop fighters blessing themselves in the ring, saying a prayer in the corner before a fight and thanks God for their performance?

Good to see such rational opinions on here.

i aint got a problem with what he does or boxers blessing them selves but what i do have a problem with is when they put in your face i dont ant to know about all that stuff it has know place in boxing

[TBONE]

His last 2 performances are really the "decider."

Shame, in a way, as he looked good against Matthew Hall.

anyone whos half decent would look good against matthew hall,hes to one dimmensional.

[Smigga]

Small's a tosser. The only similarities with Ali are that he's a boxer, the colour of his skin and he converted to Islam.
He's not fit to lace Ali's boots or be mentioned in the same breath, Ali had class.

[whicker]

One major difference is that Ali's stance was against the US government not the US armed forces. :geek2:

The two are very much linked.

[TerribleTerry]

Small's a tosser. The only similarities with Ali are that he's a boxer, the colour of his skin and he converted to Islam.
He's not fit to lace Ali's boots or be mentioned in the same breath, Ali had class.

x2

[JamesH]

I'd certainly watch him fight again, and I have watched countless other fighters who have done things outside the ring that I wouldn't necessarily condone.

[Adamj1987]

He might be a bell end as Mooresy says. At least he lives in a country which doesn't kill him for being one.

Would you watch him if he was on the box though? Be honest.

I bet more people would watch him now, for all sorts of reasons.

Thing is, he'll probably sign with a management team who want him to head up a card at Wootton Bassett though.

yeah watched his last 3 fights on the TV there would have to be someone i liked a lot more for me to see him live

[Jeff Thomas]

Ian- Would I watch Small? No chance- Sky Plus fast forward through the fight unless its El Maachi- then i'd cringe my way through another interview where he tries to sound witty but fails terribly.

I struggled to like Small before his placard, that killed it, and his follow up youtube release just was embarassing on so many levels. What a shame, he could have used his position as a champion to be a positive role model to kids, instead he wants to be a vehicle for uneducated hatred.

[Jeff Thomas]

[doctorboxing]

Early in his career, Ali scored 78 in an IQ test so maybe there is a parallel with Small after all

[Bricks]

Its very clear that small isn't the sharpest knife in the draw...

He no doubt prays that people compare his disgusting actions towards our returning troops to those of Ali's stance against his draft.

The thing is - the two just don't compare.
Lets hope this is the last to hear of anthony small.

Please could you tell us a little more about "the two just don't compare"? Just wondering how you reached this conclusion?

[Adamj1987]

y?

[beagleboy]

Small has replaced his old trainer with his new "brothers". Surely he would not want an infidel to promote him. Could anyone forward him the number of Prince Promotions ?

[DEKKER87]

i personally feel that it was pointless sending british troops to afganistan, we were never attacked it was only after we sent troops to iraq and afganistan that we came under threat of extremist muslims, we went into a country without researching the geography or the culture of the ppl we were attacking and it never really occurred to any1 we'd be dragged into a costly war

with all due respect if you have no clue as to the subject of discussion dont bother commenting.

only after we sent troops to iraq and afganistan that we came under threat of extremist muslims

utter garbage. salman rushdie has been under threat of death for nearly 20 years.

we went into a country without researching the geography

never really occurred to any1

you do know we spent 100 years fighting in afghanistan in the past!??! this is the 3rd or 4th afghan war from a british perspective.

islamism = fascism.

simple as that.

[DEKKER87]

Its very clear that small isn't the sharpest knife in the draw...

He no doubt prays that people compare his disgusting actions towards our returning troops to those of Ali's stance against his draft.

The thing is - the two just don't compare.
Lets hope this is the last to hear of anthony small.

Please could you tell us a little more about "the two just don't compare"? Just wondering how you reached this conclusion?

hmmm..Ali made a stand in a country where he was denied free speech and freedom of expression because he was a black man.

whereas numbnuts small is actively promoting a form of Islam that would deny such freedoms to anyone non-muslim, gay or a woman...

hmmmm....

[doctor]

i personally feel that it was pointless sending british troops to afganistan, we were never attacked it was only after we sent troops to iraq and afganistan that we came under threat of extremist muslims, we went into a country without researching the geography or the culture of the ppl we were attacking and it never really occurred to any1 we'd be dragged into a costly war

with all due respect if you have no clue as to the subject of discussion dont bother commenting.

only after we sent troops to iraq and afganistan that we came under threat of extremist muslims

utter garbage. salman rushdie has been under threat of death for nearly 20 years.

we went into a country without researching the geography

never really occurred to any1

you do know we spent 100 years fighting in afghanistan in the past!??! this is the 3rd or 4th afghan war from a british perspective.

islamism = fascism.

simple as that.

what benefit has attacking afganistan given us? were stuck in a never-ending quagmire and were going to pull out of the country in the next 4 years on top of that we havent even defeated the taliban and were still under threat of terrorist attacks.
You seem like a complete and utter worthless idiot, Salman rushdie doesnt represent the fuckin british public you fuckin moron hes a man who wrote a book and came under attack by muslims so how on earth did britain come under attack?, theres always been radical muslim elements in society but none more so then there is now after we sent troops into afganistan and iraq,

[TBONE]

smallsy is a decent fighter ,just ask matthew hall,but boy hes gone and fucked up is career.....have meet him a few times comes across very humble,not at all like the trash talking person you see on tv.

[Des1]

i personally feel that it was pointless sending british troops to afganistan, we were never attacked it was only after we sent troops to iraq and afganistan that we came under threat of extremist muslims, we went into a country without researching the geography or the culture of the ppl we were attacking and it never really occurred to any1 we'd be dragged into a costly war

[Des1]

smallsy is a decent fighter ,just ask matthew hall,but boy hes gone and fucked up is career.....have meet him a few times comes across very humble,not at all like the trash talking person you see on tv.

Is giving your opinion trash talking?

[DEKKER87]

what benefit has attacking afganistan given us? were stuck in a never-ending quagmire and were going to pull out of the country in the next 4 years on top of that we havent even defeated the taliban and were still under threat of terrorist attacks.
You seem like a complete and utter worthless idiot, Salman rushdie doesnt represent the fuckin british public you fuckin moron hes a man who wrote a book and came under attack by muslims so how on earth did britain come under attack?, theres always been radical muslim elements in society but none more so then there is now after we sent troops into afganistan and iraq,

we sent troops into Afghanistan under the terms of NATO...a treaty that kept Western Europe free from communism for 50 years....under said terms if any member country is attacked then all other countries should come to it's aid. the USA was attacked ergo we go into Afghanistan.

do you cheer when you hear about little girls havin acid poured into their faces by talibs for having the audacity to want to be educated? or does it not matter because hey - it's 'their country' and they don't look like us anyway....right?

<puke>

you're nothing more than a racist faux-leftist anti-american retard who fails to see that by defending Islamism you are betraying everything the left has ever stood for....you'd rather defend the acolytes of a religion that reveres a paedophile prophet than back your own countries servicemen in wartime....

Salman Rushdie is a british citizen…yet you think that his freedom of speech should be curtailed because he’s upset a few religious nuts!?!?

Freedom of speech is an essential part of British Democracy…..fought for by generations of your countrymen...

[bad mamma jamma]

i am just surprised small has been able to do and say what he did without someone smashing his face in...surely one day he will be recognised by the wrong person and he will get what he deserves?

[DEKKER87]

i am just surprised small has been able to do and say what he did without someone smashing his face in...surely one day he will be recognised by the wrong person and he will get what he deserves?

let's be honest here cos i actually used to like Small....

the fella has quite clearly got tourette syndrome - watch his ticks and jerkiness in interviews - so he's essentially mentally ill.... and has been sucked into the whole islamic-fascist thing by radicals who probably been sold it to him as being similar to Ali's tribulations in the 60's....there are groups of muslims who will exploit and manipulate people into strapping bombs to themselves and blowing buses in London up so a promising boxers career means fornicate all to these people who will leave him lonely and penniless once they've had what they want from him.

having said all that i'd still like to see someone knock a bit of sense into him.. D

[doctor]

what benefit has attacking afganistan given us? were stuck in a never-ending quagmire and were going to pull out of the country in the next 4 years on top of that we havent even defeated the taliban and were still under threat of terrorist attacks.
You seem like a complete and utter worthless idiot, Salman rushdie doesnt represent the fuckin british public you fuckin moron hes a man who wrote a book and came under attack by muslims so how on earth did britain come under attack?, theres always been radical muslim elements in society but none more so then there is now after we sent troops into afganistan and iraq,

we sent troops into Afghanistan under the terms of NATO...a treaty that kept Western Europe free from communism for 50 years....under said terms if any member country is attacked then all other countries should come to it's aid. the USA was attacked ergo we go into Afghanistan.

do you cheer when you hear about little girls havin acid poured into their faces by talibs for having the audacity to want to be educated? or does it not matter because hey - it's 'their country' and they don't look like us anyway....right?

<puke>

you're nothing more than a racist faux-leftist anti-american retard who fails to see that by defending Islamism you are betraying everything the left has ever stood for....you'd rather defend the acolytes of a religion that reveres a paedophile prophet than back your own countries servicemen in wartime....

Salman Rushdie is a british citizen…yet you think that his freedom of speech should be curtailed because he’s upset a few religious nuts!?!?

Freedom of speech is an essential part of British Democracy…..fought for by generations of your countrymen...

And so where was The US and the so called allies when Argentina Attacked the Falklands? Your obviously ill-informed judging from your third rate jargon. i agree that the taliban need to be removed but allot of the times it isnt even the taliban who NATO ends up fighting its the tribals in the rural areas who see there presence as unwelcome the same tribals who fought the british in the anglo-afgan wars almost 2 centuries ago and i'm sure your unaware that the generals higher up have stated they would rather hold talks with the taliban as 8 years of fighting has only seemed to strengthen the resistance,The MOD has even stated that sometimes they dont recognise the enemy who there fighting they end up fighting warlords,druglords,tribesmen, etc etc
Salman rushdie was a british citizen and the ppl protesting him england were all british citizens but by your flawed logic because there muslims and they worship a ''pedophile prophet'' there removed the right to express there views lol So Tell how the hell was the british public attack when it was british citizen who were protesting against a book written by another british citizen and The book ended up being published

[whicker]

Freedom of speech is an essential part of British Democracy…..fought for by generations of your countrymen...

True, true, and to avoid contradiction, this right must also be applied to Muslims.

What I find unsettling about this whole thing is that some people genuinly feel that people should be obliged to "toe the official Sun newspaper line."