Ste woods and frankie the old sports network gaffa

[Japp]

Never thought I'd see these two working together , it's like saddam hussein and Osama bin laden doing a charity event for the U S !
On a serious note thought ste woods only worked with Maloney ????

[Wake up call]

Steve did a show with Warren earlier in the year when Jon Kays challenged Liam Walsh.

[phil5555]

Steve Woods is a Gent

[Wales]

Steve is gent, agreed.

[Mooresy]

Steve Woods a Gent

Agreed, one of the nicest blokes you'll come across. My manager from my debut in '99 until my last fight in 2010.

[Japp]

I don't know ste woods but if moorsey is Jamie Moore ? I think if you had of had better manager you would of been world champion mate . I'm sorry and I know you won't agree but the must be a reason he loses all these fighters . Yes I have been a couple of small hall shows and he does a good job and I know the sport needs people like him in it . But as I a manager I just don't know . If you not jAmie Jamie is good example - what a fighter should of been world champ no hands down

[Wales]

It is Jamie, but to be fair Frank Maloney was promoting Jamie and frank has got world title shots for various fighters. I think as far as Moore goes the moons never quite alligned for him, lost some fights at crucial points (Rhodes immedietley springs to mind), and lost out on some fights due to injury Baysangurov (who pulled out) back in 2007 - had he beaten him he wouldve been 12months ahead of where he was - for example, but had a very good career all the same.

[bripez]

I don't know ste woods but if moorsey is Jamie Moore ? I think if you had of had better manager you would of been world champion mate . I'm sorry and I know you won't agree but the must be a reason he loses all these fighters . Yes I have been a couple of small hall shows and he does a good job and I know the sport needs people like him in it . But as I a manager I just don't know . If you not jAmie Jamie is good example - what a fighter should of been world champ no hands down

This reflects my initial thoughts also.

Although I understand where Wales is coming from, how many other boxers have won British, Commonwealth and European titles over a 5+ year period and never even get a World title fight ?

I admire Jamies loyalty (and I am usually quick to be critical of boxers who chop and change trainers and managers etc.) I do think that Jamie should have either forced the issue with Woods/FM and told them to get him a title shot or moved to Allegedly (I can't believe I am saying this !) about 3 or 4 years ago.

[Japp]

Jamie was class . The way he did macklin pure steel .
Yes his loyalty is a true man but I really mean it the guy should of been in the world title mix but it must be management reasons .
He seems be doing a good job on sky

[Londonirish]

Steve Woods a Gent

X2 Only met him a few times seems stright and bang on....

[STEVE WOOD]

Paddy ....Ive got over 50 fighters and If I only worked with Frank Maloney then I would have a lot of unhappy lads who very rarely fight as one promoter can only do so much.As it happens VIP work with all the TV promoters and small hall promoters as well as doing our own ,this helps keep the majority of our boxers happy which believe me is a thankless task !!.Not getting into why I have lost a few good kids after investing both time and money into them but would say ' I sleep easy at night over them all '

Bripez...No one would have liked to have seen Jamie fight for a World title more than me .We all had agreed that we wanted to get a shot from a mandatory position at a genuine belt and we nearly got there.Trust me the only reason it did not happen was that Jamie had more operations than I care to tell you about which prolonged the task , the end result was a not even close to 100 percent Jamie loosing to Ryan Rhodes - The Story ended there , the journey was fun at times but heartbreaking on many occassions

[Boxing Pirate]

Never thought I'd see these two working together , it's like saddam hussein and Osama bin laden doing a charity event for the U S !
On a serious note thought ste woods only worked with Maloney ????

Steve Wood is a very good promoter and in boxing never say never as you have to be prepared to sell your granny to get on.

[Floatlikeabutterfly]

Steve Wood is a top bloke who looks after his lads and put on some good shows

[Mooresy]

Paddy ....Ive got over 50 fighters and If I only worked with Frank Maloney then I would have a lot of unhappy lads who very rarely fight as one promoter can only do so much.As it happens VIP work with all the TV promoters and small hall promoters as well as doing our own ,this helps keep the majority of our boxers happy which believe me is a thankless task !!.Not getting into why I have lost a few good kids after investing both time and money into them but would say ' I sleep easy at night over them all '

Bripez...No one would have liked to have seen Jamie fight for a World title more than me.We all had agreed that we wanted to get a shot from a mandatory position at a genuine belt and we nearly got there.Trust me the only reason it did not happen was that Jamie had more operations than I care to tell you about which prolonged the task , the end result was a not even close to 100 percent Jamie loosing to Ryan Rhodes - The Story ended there , the journey was fun at times but heartbreaking on many occassions

^^this^^

[Japp]

Thanks for the reply ste woods .
I didn't know the Moore operation saga but if correct I understand his loyalty and fair play but all I was saying is he was a great fighter and should of been world champion. but I still can't understand the top kids leaving you all the time . The must be something wrong somewhere, and yes you must invest ivvheard it very hard to break even on a small hall show but I do know some of these kids do actually more than cover their fights so some actually do prop up other fighters but do actually earn you money . but hey non of my business good luck with your promoting and let's hope you don't lose no more fighters cos one day to produce a world champion would be fantastic

[Mooresy]

Thanks for the reply ste woods .
I didn't know the Moore operation saga but if correct I understand his loyalty and fair play but all I was saying is he was a great fighter and should of been world champion. but I still can't understand the top kids leaving you all the time . The must be something wrong somewhere, and yes you must invest ivvheard it very hard to break even on a small hall show but I do know some of these kids do actually more than cover their fights so some actually do prop up other fighters but do actually earn you money . but hey non of my business good luck with your promoting and let's hope you don't lose no more fighters cos one day to produce a world champion would be fantastic

[bripez]

Bripez...No one would have liked to have seen Jamie fight for a World title more than me .We all had agreed that we wanted to get a shot from a mandatory position at a genuine belt and we nearly got there.Trust me the only reason it did not happen was that Jamie had more operations than I care to tell you about which prolonged the task , the end result was a not even close to 100 percent Jamie loosing to Ryan Rhodes - The Story ended there , the journey was fun at times but heartbreaking on many occassions

Steve - many thanks for taking the time to reply to my post.

To be fair, I would like to apologise for the tone of my post. I made the post as a boxing fan, who did not have the full facts and it is sometimes too easy to be critical. It can just get annoying when boxers with less talent and heart than Jamie are referred to as "World Champions".

I agree that to go for the British, Commonwealth, and European titles is the right way to go rather than jumping straight in at a WBU "World" title or whatever. As somebody else said, it looks as though it just wasn't in the stars for Jamie to get the final title shot.

I would like to say best of luck to Steve, his boxers and Jamie for the future

[Wake up call]

If Jamie had not have been so unlucky with injuries he would have been a world champion.

If I remember rightly Jamie boxed quite a few fights where he couldn't throw certain punches because of a bad shoulder problem and then ultimately he had quite a time out while he had surgery.

The bad thing with the Rhodes fight is that it came in 2009. If things had have panned out properly he would have a world title eliminator a couple of years earlier than that.

But he's got a lot to be proud of. Eight British title fights and European and Commonwealth straps to boot! That's the sort of career most boxers would give their proverbial right arm for.

[matko]

Steve is one of the best promoters in the game and knows it inside out!! He is in it for the love and dont use his fighters like a meat market trust me!! He also puts on some great non tv fights too many to list but Tony Moran vs Chris P bacon was a classic back and fourth slug fest and also if you never been to the "Jolly Boys show" in December you are missing out on the Best day of the year!!! Ask any of the boxing officials or any fans who go regular!!

[AliAsghar]

Does right to his fighters what more can you ask for..

[LeedsLad]

Alex Matvienko vs Paul Royston was a classic

[matko]

Steve is one of the best promoters in the game and knows it inside out!! He is in it for the love and dont use his fighters like a meat market trust me!! He also puts on some great non tv fights too many to list but Tony Moran vs Chris P bacon was a classic back and fourth slug fest and also if you never been to the "Jolly Boys show" in December you are missing out on the Best day of the year!!! Ask any of the boxing officials or any fans who go regular!!

I quite enjoyed Alex 'One Man Riot' Mativienko vs Tony Randall at the Tara Centre!

Steve's a great guy. Top boxing man.

I enjoyed that fight, thats were the nickname come from ha ha, seen Mark Thompson destroy Tony and i tried do the same


Leedslad U must of been the only guy who watched the full Royston fight everyone else fell asleep even me i think

[LeedsLad]

It was absolutely horrendous..... imagine him fighting Dirrell, they'd be bumping into each other every two minutes running around the ring.

He's probably the worst fighter I've ever seen, absolutely shite. Every time you even looked like you were going to throw something he was off on his bike. Whatever he got paid for any of his fights it was too much.

Is he still fighting? He was on a show I went to a while back and he got clipped with a half decent shot and hit the deck like a sack of spuds and was counted out.

[matko]

I dont think he is anymore spoke to him after our fight he come across as a sound lad, dont think he ever had any amateur fights just done Karate i remember reading!!

[Jeff Thomas]

Steve Wood has being described as the second best looking man in British boxing after me. I am not sure about this, but he is a cracking bloke.