Idris Elba boxing?

[Gnome]

What's the story here? I read in the Daily Mail website that he is having his boxing debut on Wednesday. Is Luther going to be the new Freddy Flintoff? Has anyone heard anything about this?

[Grilling Machine]

I haven't heard anything, but I'm guessing a white-collar charity event?

[Nightmare Roy]

I reckons he could have a row

[ste1983]

probably white collar / charity thing everyones at it lately aren't they.

I've got shit loads of 'semi pro' boxer mates all of a sudden.

[handsofstone]

Apparantly his fight went down to "The Wire" and the crowd was so wild that they couldn't hear the (Stringer) bell

Sorry mods i accept any ban forthcoming

[Stuarty]

Apparantly his fight went down to "The Wire" and the crowd was so wild that they couldn't hear the (Stringer) bell

Sorry mods i accept any ban forthcoming

You're better than that HoS

[jamesmcdonnell]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

[Stuarty]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

[jamesmcdonnell]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

[Stuarty]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

No wonder! That is an extremely cúnty statement to come away with! His mate probably said to him 'hey Dris you're a little like Mandela because you're both black and male' pffft!

[jamesmcdonnell]

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

No wonder! That is an extremely cúnty statement to come away with! His mate probably said to him 'hey Dris you're a little like Mandela because you're both black and male' pffft!

I wish they were both the same in that they were both dead.

[Stuarty]

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

No wonder! That is an extremely cúnty statement to come away with! His mate probably said to him 'hey Dris you're a little like Mandela because you're both black and male' pffft!

I wish they were both the same in that they were both dead.

[Counter-puncher]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

also, anyone using the 'my friends tell me.... (I'm just too caring/ brilliant/ well hung)' conceit, to smuggle in self-praise, is contemptible in the extreme

[magwitch]

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

No wonder! That is an extremely cúnty statement to come away with! His mate probably said to him 'hey Dris you're a little like Mandela because you're both black and male' pffft!

Well.....two things here: I’d want to know what his actual words were and also what his hardships involved.
I’m not knocking anyone on here but I’d want more than that before I wrote a person off. It could have just been a complete brain fart. Anybody would sound like a bit of a tit comparing their life to that of a man who was jailed on a frickin island for 27years.

Only seen him in Luther a few times but when he did that Sky advert, which are very popular with the celebrities these days.....“I can watch me boxsets and eat me popcorn each night, on demand..” .... I thought that was quite cringey, bet then he will have received an absolute massive wedge of cash for that. I don’t blame him one bit.
He ought to forget fighting at his age....there’s too much confusion in my eyes between what boxing looks like - and the reality of it, imo.

[jamesmcdonnell]

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

No wonder! That is an extremely cúnty statement to come away with! His mate probably said to him 'hey Dris you're a little like Mandela because you're both black and male' pffft!

Well.....two things here: I’d want to know what his actual words were and also what his hardships involved.
I’m not knocking anyone on here but I’d want more than that before I wrote a person off. It could have just been a complete brain fart. Anybody would sound like a bit of a tit comparing their life to that of a man who was jailed on a frickin island for 27years.

Only seen him in Luther a few times but when he did that Sky advert, which are very popular with the celebrities these days.....“I can watch me boxsets and eat me popcorn each night, on demand..” .... I thought that was quite cringey, bet then he will have received an absolute massive wedge of cash for that. I don’t blame him one bit.
He ought to forget fighting at his age....there’s too much confusion in my eyes between what boxing looks like - and the reality of it, imo.

I either read it in an interview, or saw it on TV, forget which, it's out there somewhere if you want to find it I'm sure.

I had a mate who was trying to talk me into going into white collar boxing, I was like "mate, I'm 45, you're off your nut, and you shouldn't think about it either." It's one thing getting a spanking in your 20's or even 30's, but unless your a former athlete in great nick, I think it's ludicrous to think about lacing them up at that age.

I remember meeting some big fat ex rugger type who was doing white collar, he was about 2 stone overweight, 47 and he was standing there pissed as a fart, telling me about it, I asked him when the fight was, he said "3 weeks time" his opponent was about 10 years younger than him, and an ex marine, needless to say, when I saw him a few weeks later in the same pub, he told me how he got the living shit kicked out of him and stopped. People really think they can just take up boxing like it's squash, it mystifies me.

[Sklar]

Not sure I know this chap, was he Duncan's mate on Family Affairs?

[lillywhite14]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

Please tell me that's true! That's fvckng Brent-esque!!! Comedy gold

[Tomasino]

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

Please tell me that's true! That's fvckng Brent-esque!!! Comedy gold

The poor thespian. Must have been tough overcoming stage fright.

[bripez]

It is weird, I really enjoyed Luther but am not keen on Idris in real life - he comes across as a right smarmy pudendum to me.

Also it seems that he actually thinks that he "is" Luther - you know, like them divvies in Lock Stock a few years ago who started walking around and talking as if they were gangsters in real life.

Just waiting for Barry Mcguigan to get involved and come out with his usual "if I met him when he as 25 he would be a world champion" bollocks

[SAPFO]

They had him on Talksport a few months back to talk about football, bang on a primetime slot, I think Arsenal in particular. He knew feck all current about his club. I think he was just whored on there by his agent. Wooden as feck !!


The next Bond you can bet, and only because he's black they say. Is that not racist in itself?

[forcefraser]

I`m no racist, however if I ever set foot in the ring with Elba I`d clout the bejaysus out of him. Thespians make me so angry they make me thoisty.

[bripez]

The next Bond you can bet, and only because he's black they say. Is that not racist in itself?

Just like how that Tess Daley positioned herself to be top presenter on the dancing programme when Brucie retired based on the wimmin sexism BBC vote, Idris is positioning himself for the Bond job based on his colour with the PC brigade

[Supremo]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

I've not really seen many interviews of him away from screen. I liked him in Luther though

He was being interviewed once about the Mandela movie, and he said something along the lines of "one of my friends pointed out, that I was a little like Mandela, as I'd had to overcome lots of hardships."

I've hated him with a vengeance ever since - pompous pudendum.

Wonder if Idris used to plant bombs that killed women and kids and set fire to tyres placed around the necks of his enemies as well...

[Grilling Machine]

Wonder if Idris used to plant bombs

He was no tar-and-feather-duster man.

[stujones]

Hopefully he fights Joshua, can't stand the smug bellend. Irritating as hell.

Yeah, Joshua can be rather annoying.