What happened to Eamon Magee?

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Feb 2006, 18:06

Heard he was injured badly. Anyone have any details?

jeej · Post by **jeej** » 18 Feb 2006, 18:08

Was viciously attacked. They busted his legs pretty bad.

Concluding reports suggest it was a feuding neighbour that did it (or at least arranged it). Bizarre part of the story is it was cos Eamon's kids destroyed the neighbours' kids snowman! Probably all allegedly, mind you.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Feb 2006, 18:14

Thanks for the info. Unreal.

Zhuge · Post by **Zhuge** » 18 Feb 2006, 19:33

When did this occur? After his comeback from the last attack?

jeej · Post by **jeej** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:25

Zhuge wrote:When did this occur? After his comeback from the last attack?

No I'm sure expug is talking bout the only attack. I'm not aware that he has been attacked again!

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:31

I only heard about his leg gettin busted. Is there another attack?

Post by **The Law** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:36

This thread is confusing, to put it mildy

Magee was badly attacked in 2004 which left him with a broken leg and punctured lung and it was in all the newspapers. However, since then he had a comeback fight in March 2005 and won by TKO.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:39

Any news on when he is fighting next??

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:44

Thanks for the info guys. You would be surprised at the lack of coverage outside of Boxing magazines, that takes place in the U.S. pertaining to fighters other than certain champions. I would like to hear more about whats going on with fighters such as Magee, but it just doesnt happen.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:56

expug wrote:Thanks for the info guys. You would be surprised at the lack of coverage outside of Boxing magazines, that takes place in the U.S. pertaining to fighters other than certain champions. I would like to hear more about whats going on with fighters such as Magee, but it just doesnt happen.

just keep looking on this forum, we usually call it right here

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 18 Feb 2006, 22:57

cheers

My T Sharp · Post by **My T Sharp** » 19 Feb 2006, 08:54

expug wrote:Thanks for the info guys. You would be surprised at the lack of coverage outside of Boxing magazines, that takes place in the U.S. pertaining to fighters other than certain champions. I would like to hear more about whats going on with fighters such as Magee, but it just doesnt happen.

Here's a good Magee article from around the time of the attack

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/stor ... 34,00.html

...also his WBU belt was stolen recently

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?pt=n&id=62658

it sounds like he may be investigated for exaggerating an insurance claim

Detectives said the World Boxing Union welterweight belt, which is worth tens of thousands of pounds , went missing yesterday following a burglary at Magee`s Holmdene Gardens property in the north of the city.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 19 Feb 2006, 09:26

Was scheduled to fight Takaloo but didnt happen. What was the reason for this not taking place ?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 19 Feb 2006, 09:27

tens of thousands of pounds....my arse.

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 19 Feb 2006, 19:15

Neri1983 wrote:Was scheduled to fight Takaloo but didnt happen. What was the reason for this not taking place ?

money I think...........Magee wanted more .

I actually didn't know(or else forgot) he was going to fight Mitchell before that attack , who knows what could have happened .

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 21 Feb 2006, 05:45

jamesmcdonnell wrote:tens of thousands of pounds....my arse.

I can't afford that much, try Sol Campbell he earns enough

jeej · Post by **jeej** » 21 Feb 2006, 06:14

boxingchat wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:tens of thousands of pounds....my arse.

I can't afford that much, try Sol Campbell he earns enough

On a serious note, I heard recently there is now a major crackdown on insurance fraud, no matter how minor or major.

Zhuge · Post by **Zhuge** » 21 Feb 2006, 21:04

So when will the guy be back in the ring?

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 22 Feb 2006, 20:26

jamesmcdonnell wrote:tens of thousands of pounds....my arse.

Yeh, more like 10 pounds I'd say, ...my 5 year old nephew could make a good likeness of one with some cardboard and paints!... 8)

states · Post by **states** » 22 Feb 2006, 20:36

I posted this a while back, so I'm paraphrasing here, but Matt Skelton said he leant his WBU heavyweight belt to someone for a fancy dress do. He never got it back. His words were somewhere along the lines of "I don't care".

Those WBU belts must cost somewhere in the region of 300 quid to make.