Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thought.
Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thought.
Anybody care to share who they got wrong
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Ricky burns
Watched him lose to Alex Arthur and thought he would be a domestic gatekeeper. So so wrong, and happy to be wrong.
Watched him lose to Alex Arthur and thought he would be a domestic gatekeeper. So so wrong, and happy to be wrong.
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Boxerbeetle
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Probably plenty over the years, but Froch stands out the most. If I'm honest, I didn't think he'd go much beyond British level.
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handsofstone
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Jamie McDonnell and Stuart Hall
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ThereByTheGrace
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Tyson Fury. After those two fights against McDermott I thought he had nothing to offer. Best of luck to him he is improving with each fight that goes by.
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Bruise Brubaker
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Clinton Woods. Not only won a world belt but had a decent spell as champ.
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Definitely Froch and Burns (both mentioned above).
I know Froch had good amateur pedigree but until he fought Pascal we simply didnt know how tough and unrelenting he really was.
I know Froch had good amateur pedigree but until he fought Pascal we simply didnt know how tough and unrelenting he really was.
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handsofstone
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
I got a shout out from Buncey back in the Setanta days after texting in saying Froch was the closest thing we had to an unbeatable fighter
I can see greatness
I can see greatness
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Parson Cross
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Johnny Nelson.
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reggaereggae
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
I remember wahing live Scott Harrison losing to Miguel Mathews
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Without a doubt Ricky Burns. After the Johanneson defeat I was at a small hall show in Linwood watching my mates pro debut and there was Ricky on the card! Just over three years later I'm watching him beat Martinez in the Kelvin hall for the world title. Great story. Went back to the drawing board with Billy Nelson and done it the hard way!
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Monte Fisto
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Calzaghe
More recent, danny Garcia is exceeding wat I thought he was capable of.
More recent, danny Garcia is exceeding wat I thought he was capable of.
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Duke McKenzie.
Underrated to this day, in my humble opinion.
Underrated to this day, in my humble opinion.
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Anthony Crolla for me. Never thought he'd get past British level
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black panther
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
littlepug wrote:froch
Same; on the way up when Tony Dodson was British Champion, I actually thought Dodson had a good shout at beating him!
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jonoevansla
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Same here. He first seemed poorly disciplined, but now is improving and has much better direction in his career.ThereByTheGrace wrote:Tyson Fury. After those two fights against McDermott I thought he had nothing to offer. Best of luck to him he is improving with each fight that goes by.
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Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Definitely Johnny Nelson.
After the two most pathetic world title challenges I'd ever seen against DeLeon & Warring, I thought Nelson would wither & die & not amount to much.
Although he's not an ATG, he went on to become a good & dominant 'champion'.
Fair play to Nelson for turning his career around like that.
After the two most pathetic world title challenges I'd ever seen against DeLeon & Warring, I thought Nelson would wither & die & not amount to much.
Although he's not an ATG, he went on to become a good & dominant 'champion'.
Fair play to Nelson for turning his career around like that.
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Do you think he has yet?Josh1111 wrote:Anthony Crolla for me. Never thought he'd get past British level
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Paul Butler
If he wins his fight next week he will have become a 2 weight World Champion, I never thought he'd get that far.
If he wins his fight next week he will have become a 2 weight World Champion, I never thought he'd get that far.
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
froch without a doubt totally turned my way of thinking about him the upmost respect for him now! total professsional. also khan hasnt quite got there for me yet but theres not many fighters willing to do what he has by training abroad and improving so much some other british fighters should take note of what can be achieved.
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Dennis Andries. He was awful to watch and awful to fight.
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Froch for me too, totally underestimated what a beast he is.
Also
Robin Reid
Jacob Matlala
Terry Norris
Glenn McCrory
Also
Robin Reid
Jacob Matlala
Terry Norris
Glenn McCrory
Re: Fighters that turnt out a lot better then what you thoug
Derry Matthews
Chris Saunders
Jon Jo Irwin
Paul Ingle
Richard Evatt (he'd been knocked cold a few times as an amateur)
Colin Dunne
Terry Flanagan (he's surprised me already)
Chris Saunders
Jon Jo Irwin
Paul Ingle
Richard Evatt (he'd been knocked cold a few times as an amateur)
Colin Dunne
Terry Flanagan (he's surprised me already)