Takaloo

[Arnie]

I remember watching Takaloo in a few fights that were aired over here on 'Friday Night Fights', the last one I seen him in, I think was against Anthony Farnell, I always enjoyed watching him and wondered what happened to him, good to see him making a comeback, at least for one last hoorah.

Twat u had to remember that one ha only joking pal

[Jon Saxon]

and BTW mate if you think I have had pelters on here for the past few days it's nothing that compares to "Clarky's Plastic pish bed" the same guy still gets slagged for it today.

Lol im still laughing thinking aout it now.

Tit

Ashes to rashes, Cakes to Scones, Scones turned to Biscuits, Biscuits broke down to crumbs.

In the end what are we all left with?....another unfunny internet stalking fuktard that no one cares about.

[Gazmac81]

Sorry to Bring up bad memorys Arnie but i mustve been late teens /early twenties and i seem to remeber some Ballet Dancing / BAllroom Dancing incorporated into your training before the takaloo fight

was that for real or just a stunt?

I remember watching Takaloo in a few fights that were aired over here on 'Friday Night Fights', the last one I seen him in, I think was against Anthony Farnell, I always enjoyed watching him and wondered what happened to him, good to see him making a comeback, at least for one last hoorah.

Twat u had to remember that one ha only joking pal

[dberry]

I remember watching Takaloo in a few fights that were aired over here on 'Friday Night Fights', the last one I seen him in, I think was against Anthony Farnell, I always enjoyed watching him and wondered what happened to him, good to see him making a comeback, at least for one last hoorah.

Twat u had to remember that one ha only joking pal

Sorry mate, I was a big fan of yours, you had a lot of coverage here on cable at the time, as did Takaloo. You certainly where the favorite. Bad day at the office for you, not much more else, I've always said that title fights should be a best of three to decide the winner and would be interested to have seen the results of a best of three here.

[Captain Hook]

Takaloo held a WBU belt did he not, not the greatest of the belts but on a par with a WBC is it not

And Takaloo was a solid good pro deserving of his chance

Have you been drinking?

[Captain Hook]

I was at the Farnell fight at the Velodrome.
I cant believe it was 10 years ago.
Arnie was so hyped up you had to drag him off the ceiling, and that was on the way to the ring. Ultimately that led to his downfall.
Tak caught him with a beaut and that was it - all over.
The atmosphere that night was electric.
Arnie might let us have his take on it, when he's next nosying around here.

I was there too mate, seem to remember there being trouble on the way in/out of the ring for Takaloo?

That was Hatton v Matthews undercard? It's a bit of a blur got hammered afterwards!

Remember Farnell was favourite, whole place was in shock at the finish..

[Captain Hook]

It was a good venue I thought.......been anything like that there since?

Had a group of middle-aged ladies behind me shouting "Come on Richard" all the way through the Hatton fight!

[Adamj1987]

Takaloo held a WBU belt did he not, not the greatest of the belts but on a par with a WBC is it not

And Takaloo was a solid good pro deserving of his chance

no
yes

[addi]

It was a good venue I thought.......been anything like that there since?

That was probably the biggest show there to date. I have been to a couple of VIP shows there since that were decent.

northside a.b.c have a show there every season allways a good night.

[wesley05]

Takaloo held a WBU belt did he not, not the greatest of the belts but on a par with a WBC is it not

And Takaloo was a solid good pro deserving of his chance

On par with WBC you on mehow mehow mate

[Arnie]

I was at the Farnell fight at the Velodrome.
I cant believe it was 10 years ago.
Arnie was so hyped up you had to drag him off the ceiling, and that was on the way to the ring. Ultimately that led to his downfall.
Tak caught him with a beaut and that was it - all over.
The atmosphere that night was electric.
Arnie might let us have his take on it, when he's next nosying around here.

Yes m8 the atmosphere was electric I didn't think nothing could stop me that night, I remember walking to the ring and the noise was deafening I looked to my side there was a huge guy with a big gold chain round his neck shouting Arnie Arnie he had tears coming down his face that got me started, we r the champions music blasting, Roy Keans football top on I started singing myself I lost complete control of my emotions, when I got in the ring I was to stiff and that's that really, I was devastated at the time but now I can tell my guys about my experiences and how to react when the pressure is on and so on learn from ur own experience as they say.

[NazNaci1]

Takaloo was a good, British level fighter. Nice guy too.

However 'World Champ' is stretching it, to be honest. The WBU is a total sham and granted the WBC isn't much better, it is still much, much , much higher regarded than the WBU.

Does the WBU still exist?

Takaloo back to fighting and in Prizefighter, no less. He will do ok, but can't see him winning it. He could always bang a bit, so it will be fun I am sure

[Andy]

Will Takaloo have to box a four rounder prior to Prizefighter to prove his suitability after a spell away ? It was required of a couple of others, Robin Reid included.

[DavidPayne]

I was at the Farnell fight at the Velodrome.
I cant believe it was 10 years ago.
Arnie was so hyped up you had to drag him off the ceiling, and that was on the way to the ring. Ultimately that led to his downfall.
Tak caught him with a beaut and that was it - all over.
The atmosphere that night was electric.
Arnie might let us have his take on it, when he's next nosying around here. :TU:

Yes m8 the atmosphere was electric I didn't think nothing could stop me that night, I remember walking to the ring and the noise was deafening I looked to my side there was a huge guy with a big gold chain round his neck shouting Arnie Arnie he had tears coming down his face that got me started, we r the champions music blasting, Roy Keans football top on I started singing myself I lost complete control of my emotions, when I got in the ring I was to stiff and that's that really, I was devastated at the time but now I can tell my guys about my experiences and how to react when the pressure is on and so on learn from ur own experience as they say. :TU:

Arnie, I remember the nightmare you had with Sergio Acuna. Already ten years since that nearly series of Light-Middleweights.

[Gazmac81]

Probably against Youssef Al Hamidi , seems to be enough these days

Will Takaloo have to box a four rounder prior to Prizefighter to prove his suitability after a spell away ? It was required of a couple of others, Robin Reid included.

[Bob Wright]

Does the WBU still exist?

Yes, in fact we now have TWO WBU's to enjoy!!!

http://www.thewbu.com/

http://wbu-boxing.com/

[Arnie]

Yeah Acuna was very clever, hard fight

[Bricks]

Didn't he get done for benefit fraud or something similar?

I can't be sure, but I think they managed to charge his wife with it, but he didn't. You can prob google it to confirm.

It was over something like 5+ years too, so pretty serious indeed if my memory serves me correct.

Personally I absolutely detest people who move to this country and then frig the benefit system.

well you'd probably love walking through Wembley or edmonton with its huge somalian communities, ive never met a somalian man over 30 who didnt wear a suit and who wasnt cheating benefits. Also avoid Slough the hordes of Albanians cheating benefits will put you right off your chicken tikka

[DavidPayne]

Didn't he get done for benefit fraud or something similar?

I can't be sure, but I think they managed to charge his wife with it, but he didn't. You can prob google it to confirm.

It was over something like 5+ years too, so pretty serious indeed if my memory serves me correct.

Personally I absolutely detest people who move to this country and then frig the benefit system.

well you'd probably love walking through Wembley or edmonton with its huge somalian communities, ive never met a somalian man over 30 who didnt wear a suit and who wasnt cheating benefits. Also avoid Slough the hordes of Albanians cheating benefits will put you right off your chicken tikka

I'm getting toward the end of Black Hawk Down so don't get me started about Somalians. They attack helicopters full of snipers like Keegan used to play away from home.

I think only the British actors are left, oh and that Harnet fella.

[ERIC GUY]

wow 10 years ago!!, I remember it well, Ricky was standing with me during the undercard for about 20 mins whilst I was filming, yeah great atmosphere, 12 fights on the programme, wayne elcock, david barnes, jamie moore, michael gomez, michael jennings all on undercard.

[knock off]

remember the rivalry between takaloo and wayne alexandra The fight was great caught up with Wayne recently http://t.co/7C78Kq9 Hope he does the Prizefighter draw

[fatcity69]

Omg how can anyone compare the wbu belt with the wbc belt???!!... now I know the wbc is an absolute disgrace with their super champions and diamond champions, recesss champions and retarded champions etc but some of the all time greats have held the wbc belt... next we'll be comparing Takaloo with Carlos Monzon!... hell why not they were both 'world champions' werent they!!!.....
Actually I think this prize fighter number is becoming more than a bit tired and sullied... am I the only fan who feels a little taken for a ride when we have fighters coming out of retirement for this competition who really shouldnt be anywhere near a ring???. Tak was a half decent domestic level fighter at best, and hes not liable to be any better now.
Nothing gainst Tak personally but hearing people say he was a world champion sullies the memory of the many greats of the past that werent able to win world titles or in some cases even fight for a world title, back when world titles were 'world titles'. We need to remember that the world titles of today bare little comparison to the past and that in many cases the whole value of the name 'world champion' has been lost....
rant over for now...
ps Tak will probably lose his first fight....

[Arnie]

[quote="Gazmac81"]Sorry to Bring up bad memorys Arnie but i mustve been late teens /early twenties and i seem to remeber some Ballet Dancing / BAllroom Dancing incorporated into your training before the takaloo fight

was that for real or just a stunt?



Brian Hughes thought it would help in my boxing m8, don't think he understood that u get hit in boxing while danceing round ;-?

[hurlock]

did you keep the ballet up??

[Darcy Delaney]

I was at the Farnell fight at the Velodrome.
I cant believe it was 10 years ago.
Arnie was so hyped up you had to drag him off the ceiling, and that was on the way to the ring. Ultimately that led to his downfall.
Tak caught him with a beaut and that was it - all over.
The atmosphere that night was electric.
Arnie might let us have his take on it, when he's next nosying around here.

Yes m8 the atmosphere was electric I didn't think nothing could stop me that night, I remember walking to the ring and the noise was deafening I looked to my side there was a huge guy with a big gold chain round his neck shouting Arnie Arnie he had tears coming down his face that got me started, we r the champions music blasting, Roy Keans football top on I started singing myself I lost complete control of my emotions, when I got in the ring I was to stiff and that's that really, I was devastated at the time but now I can tell my guys about my experiences and how to react when the pressure is on and so on learn from ur own experience as they say.

could someone upload the fight with the ring walks please