Journeymen with a drop of ambition left.

[James The Great]

Respects to my friend daniel thorpe for his service to boxing. A true warrior. will be missed in the game mate.

[fightacademy]

were you training now? who trains you james?

[alexpaterson]

Out of all the names mentioned who would you most like?

[James The Great]

Out of all the names mentioned who would you most like?

i would fight any of them again for a title if thats what u meant with the exception of 3, murray,fielding and banbula.

murray and fielding are class acts and banbula is very awkard, hard to hit, and we clash styles. but if i had too i would fight him.

[alexpaterson]

I thought Banbula would be a winnable fight, no?

[James The Great]

i would fight him i guess but hes so awkard, his style is very frustrateing. i dont think he would trouble me, its just that i found him hard to hit. he is a friend of mine as well.

[alexpaterson]

Fair enough. Good luck to you anyways.

[James The Great]

thanks

[James The Great]

were you training now? who trains you james?

gonna be back at Stefy bulls gym in mexbrough very shortly,

[James The Great]

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/insigh ... and-others

[jonny]

Hello mate you could maybe look at the Northern Area title to start with as the Super Middleweight title hasn't been defended since 2004 and the Light Heavyweight title has not been defended since 1994 also there's the British Masters title and the English title to look at
hope this helps mate and good luck

Cant fight for a nortern area title if he's from doncaster thats central are

[Darcy Delaney]

Hello mate you could maybe look at the Northern Area title to start with as the Super Middleweight title hasn't been defended since 2004 and the Light Heavyweight title has not been defended since 1994 also there's the British Masters title and the English title to look at
hope this helps mate and good luck

Cant fight for a nortern area title if he's from doncaster thats central are

but colin dunn was southern area champion and he's from liverpool i think it's where you are based as a fighter and colin was training in london at the time

[damianhucker1]

Hello mate you could maybe look at the Northern Area title to start with as the Super Middleweight title hasn't been defended since 2004 and the Light Heavyweight title has not been defended since 1994 also there's the British Masters title and the English title to look at
hope this helps mate and good luck

Cant fight for a nortern area title if he's from doncaster thats central are

but colin dunn was southern area champion and he's from liverpool i think it's where you are based as a fighter and colin was training in london at the time

is doncaster definately central too , ive seen manchester lads box for the central title , to me that should be northern .
i think its to do with which area board you originally register with .

[Des1]

probably all the factors you have put at some point have contributed to my loses. my workrate can be slow at times, then some fights i genuine beat the guy but dont get the win, and yes sometimes im overmatched, but its my job role to box win or lose im game. lots of things but the main thing is im the away fighter and a ko is my only real chance of a win. so sometimes in the past admittedly i havent tried to win because of i think theres no point.

errrrr......you just said you always try to win, make your mind up sonny jim !!!

kevinmalpas, Give it up and stop trying to pick holes in him. Its not an easy life being a fighter on the road. Of course its in everyones nature to want to win but when your the away fighter, everything against you and knowing full well that even if you dominate every round, bash them up, 'win' the fight but you wont get the decision why work hard? Why risk say getting stopped when it is their job and they would be out of work for a month or longer if cut? So I wouldn't blame the fighters, I'd say its to do with the system of boxing with the biased part. Its a business with money involved and money rules most especially in the promotional side and how many refs/judges would continue to get work with that promotion if they was always 'fair'? No work no money. Maybe you dont get or understand what Im saying but unless you've lived the life thats understandable.

[subsy]

James, whats your other hobby?

[James The Great]

mma

[Floatlikeabutterfly]

James when you next out mate, I`ve seen you a few times, and you seem to go thru the motions for a couple of rounds, and let the home fighter pick up the points, and quite often you come to life in the last and show what you can do, often nicking the last round. I guess thats so you continue to get work.

[James The Great]

guess im a slow starter. i would love 6x3s or 8x2s rounds then i can show what im really like. but because of my recent loses im restricted by the boxing board to 4x3s or 6x2s which doesent really suit my style. i guess as well sometimes you can go through the motions by habit then when realisations sets in its to late. will see hope to bring a few upsets this year.

[James The Great]

my next defo match up is in ireland 18th june rematch with john waldron. theres a couple fights booked before then but nothing set in stone yet. 8)

[curtis wood]

tucker is a tough mofo i wish you well buddy defo got it in you to pick up a belt you just have to stay away from that fried chicken! good luck mate

[dookus]

no one decides what someones ambition should be apart from the person themselves. so i wont be taking ur comment in.

please yourself, but would you pay to see a live football match if you knew who was going to win beforehand, or you knew one of the sides was not trying as much as they should have been, just food for thought for you matey boy.

In boxing, trying as much as you possibly can to get a win against someone who outmatches you risks:

- getting seriously hurt through leaving yourself wide open

- getting injured and having to recuperate, wasting training time and not being able to get fights

- getting stopped and then not being able to fight (ie, earn money) for 40 days (or whatever it is now?)

..which is why in boxing, risks have to be calculated, and Castillo-Corrales I doesn't happen every time someone with a decent chin gets in there.

Football teams don't risk winding up dead, injured, or out of work if they try too hard against the wrong guy, and they also don't have hometown decisions (a crooked footie ref has bugger all impact on the result of a football match compared to hometown judges) that make it less worthwhile to chase a victory that isn't coming.

[Des1]

no one decides what someones ambition should be apart from the person themselves. so i wont be taking ur comment in.

please yourself, but would you pay to see a live football match if you knew who was going to win beforehand, or you knew one of the sides was not trying as much as they should have been, just food for thought for you matey boy.

In boxing, trying as much as you possibly can to get a win against someone who outmatches you risks:

- getting seriously hurt through leaving yourself wide open

- getting injured and having to recuperate, wasting training time and not being able to get fights

- getting stopped and then not being able to fight (ie, earn money) for 40 days (or whatever it is now?)

..which is why in boxing, risks have to be calculated, and Castillo-Corrales I doesn't happen every time someone with a decent chin gets in there.

Football teams don't risk winding up dead, injured, or out of work if they try too hard against the wrong guy, and they also don't have hometown decisions (a crooked footie ref has bugger all impact on the result of a football match compared to hometown judges) that make it less worthwhile to chase a victory that isn't coming.

Well put dookus

[James The Great]

nice one dookus

[James The Great]

thanks for the feedback curtus, your a star mate. :P . I have left the fried chicken well and truly alone now lol. b :P boiled down chicken and veg for me mate. new start,

[subsy]

mma

Cool, are you training to compete?

Been following MMA for years now since I saw my first pride event, and just started training, mainly kickboxing and BJJ.

Hats off to any of you guys who compete in any combat sports