King Geedorah wrote:Forget about the fact that Audley went out and conned hardcore, I.E. 'knowledgeable', fans using the medium of TV, the Internet and mags. What I really need right now is rich tea and sympathy after sending a deposed African prince my bank details so he could put a coup into place. I lost all my money in the process and have yet to receive my red sash and 'Grand Vizor of Nigeria' title.
Moreover, there is still no sign of a coup and I googled the name of the country he emailed to me, Abbadabbadoshy, and cannot find it on Google maps. His email addy, 'DearfriendoffakeAfricanpeople' is no longer working and I'm beginning to suspect that he was appealing to my innate white-liberal guilt and weakness.
I fear that I may never see my money again but am publicly admitting to my mistake and demanding a refund as I'm sure my fellow Boxreccers will not judge me as stupid for falling for this scam and will give me the sympathy and comfort required during this difficult time.
As for Haye versus Audley, they said it would be akin to gang rape, and a large amount of people did get f*cked, against their will an' all by all accounts, judging by the indignation going around. So how can we say it was falsely marketed?
Well - pardon me for daring to raise my ire in public! We can't have that now can we? This forum all week is for all the 'told you so' mongs who want to take credit for picking an overwhelming favourite against our favourite carthorse.
I didn't pay any money - I didn't pay one red cent (or Yuan... whatever) here in China to watch Audley get knocked on his arse. However - I got up at 5am to watch him fight Haye because I believed in him - not totally, not blindly - but in the manner of a frustrated dad wanting to believe his deadbeat son is kicking the needle and the spoon and straightening his life out, in the manner of the fiancee who will get her big day at the altar even after her finace has been shagging around for years upon end, in the manner of the kid with the stig clothes getting his shiny new BMX from his deadbeat dad - who gives a fornicate if it might be stolen or knock off? As long as you get it - the end justifies the means - in this case moreso.
Ten years ago - I got up a goddamn O'clock (like you did as well..) to watch Audley bash up some Uzbek in the olympic final in Sydney and from then till now - I have been a fan - I have (and you too) have probably written more words in defence of Audley Harrison than I did in my final dissertation - no, scrap that - I have probably written more words defending Audley Harrison than in all my four year degree essays combined. It has nothing to do about money, do you think money can buy all that time in believing in him? Wasted listening to his big mouth telling us what he is going to do? Defending him when others say he is a bag shit? Only for them to be proven right after all?
I am not against fighters getting knocked out early - Pat Cowdell against Azumah Nelson - I don't think many bet on that in hindsight - it happens, we all know it happens. But for Audley to land just one punch in three rounds is pathetic! It turns whatever thoughts and sympathies you had with Audley being cast as the prodigal son onto it's head and I suppose into it's rightful place.
All anybody wanted was for him to make an effort. Try - like Richard Dunn did against Muhammad Ali! If that doesn't put me on the higher level of understanding of a boxing God like yourself then so be it - not one more minute will be spent defending Audley Harrison from now on - he gets all the flak he deserves in my opinion.
Life has been kind to Audley Harrison - he will go back to America to his pretty wife and cute daughter and live out the rest of his life in relative wealth. So in the end - whatever we say on here won't affect him too much as he paddles around his swimming pool in the California sun.
