dalcumly wrote:To Johnny Greaves , Matt Seawright, Kevin Mc Auley , Sid Razak and Billy Smith. Come on lads give us punters a real boost and go for it in your next few fights . I'm not so certain that your work would stop with a few tidy wins. It would just make the new lads coming in to face you a bit more wary, and thats a good thing for everybody. Give it a go !!!!
I refereed Seawright a couple of months ago and gave him the win against the local fighter in Newcastle, becasue he deserved it. To say the journeymen won't take the chance to win if it arrives during the fight is an insult to them as men.
They realised early on that they were limited and probably wouldn't be even be british level. They then made the decision to stay in shape, at their weight & travel at short notice anywhere they're asked and against fighters who are usually much better than them. That takes balls.
This is not corruption in boxing, its happened for over 100yrs. Fighters don't get 50/50 fights until they're fit enough and skilled enough to take that step, otherwise they could get hurt. The "journeymen" are all physically strong men who are not blessed with the full package but enough to test a new fighter's resolve and strength/power.
They are the lifeblood of this sport. Imagine climbing through the ropes at short notice knowing that your more than likely gonna be in against a better fighter..
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only problem occurs with bouts against limited fighters in learning fights like this is when they inexplicably find their way to top billing on a card and are advertised as such, rahter than the undercard where they belong. This smacks of promoter greed and over hype of his fighter.
Would you please give us the date it'll be shown Johnny - when you know, I'll get a hold of that.