Boycott Bunces Book

[Tuan_Jim]

The first tweet was embarrassing, but come on Steve, I think it might be time to grow up.


https://twitter.com/bigdaddybunce/statu ... 3364290560


I'm sure whatever was said, was said in jest. It's just a boxing forum at the end of the day....

Hahaha, if Bricks does live in Brisbane it will be a costly trip! Big Dave from Sheffield can now be called Dave the Grass!
I wonder if Buncey will bring Danny Dyer with him to front them up!

Who is this 'Big Dave' bloke? And how could he possibly put anyone face to face with men who are posting anonymously on an internet forum? It all sounds a bit far fetched.

[jamamb]

ya i wonder if thats just bunce just trying to scare folks? how would big dave know where these 3 different posters live? and isnt one in australia now? bunce gonna just walk to his front door?

[Coco]

Big Dave seems a made up gangster name too! He is prob pals with Stretch, Knuckles, Shovels and Cut Throat Charlie!

[chinarich]

I don't think Buncey really understands how the Internet works...

[mickey1975]

Anyone who has read The Fixer knows Buncey isn't short on imagination. I swear he sees himself as the inspiration for the main character in it!

[coneye]

If you were a big guy ex pro boxer or even current pro boxer , strong as an ox, gracie trained ju jitsu expert, in prime of life , fit as fook ,and very agresive , your taking a chance asking to meet up with strangers on th intrenet , guy your talking to might be a 5 foot nearly midget , 16 years old weighing 4 stone soaking wet , with a magnum bigger than him , or he may just have a biig network of junkies who buy of him , who would be happy to set about someone with a machete for a free bag of the brown stuff ,!,,,,,,,, So what the fook is a unfit
overweight baldheaded fella on the wrong side of 50, doing asking for a meet with people on the net ,, if its true he really needs to grow up ,

[sammy95]

The first tweet was embarrassing, but come on Steve, I think it might be time to grow up.


https://twitter.com/bigdaddybunce/statu ... 3364290560


I'm sure whatever was said, was said in jest. It's just a boxing forum at the end of the day....

maybe the book hasn't done very well and he's thinking that someone posting vindictive tripe on the main uk boxing forum had something to do with it. if you've taken away a man's dinner than you'd better be prepared for him coming after you. saying "it's just a forum" is no excuse for acting like an utter pudendum.

Would a thread on boxrec stop you buying a book?

[Nightmare Roy]

Big Dave seems a made up gangster name too! He is prob pals with Stretch, Knuckles, Shovels and Cut Throat Charlie!

[SAPFO]

Maybe all his is just PR. Controversy creates cash and all that...

[MightyWarrior]

I have known steve for many years, he loves his boxing, we all have different personalities,. I talk sometime in private with Steve, love him or hate him, he just enjoys Boxing, cannot fault him on that, he can be dismissive of people, even me, but thats him, I always talk with people when I am at boxing shows, which is more than most people on here...
I am yet to appear on his show, maybe I might get there before I retire....

What, even a big serious player like you Eric ?!! No it can't be

[MightyWarrior]

Oh my god, Steve "Angel Eyes" Bunce has been disrespected ..no wonder certain posters have suddenly been "disappeared" ...I can only hope bricks has gone into witness protection and it's not more serious.

[Stuarty]

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[Coco]

I want to hear from Bricks, Supremo and boxing knockout! Are they living in fear!!!

[veriton]

The first tweet was embarrassing, but come on Steve, I think it might be time to grow up.


https://twitter.com/bigdaddybunce/statu ... 3364290560


I'm sure whatever was said, was said in jest. It's just a boxing forum at the end of the day....

maybe the book hasn't done very well and he's thinking that someone posting vindictive tripe on the main uk boxing forum had something to do with it. if you've taken away a man's dinner than you'd better be prepared for him coming after you. saying "it's just a forum" is no excuse for acting like an utter pudendum.

Would a thread on boxrec stop you buying a book?

look at the title of the thread, its bang out of order when the man has written a book about boxing. im sure he has got family and bills to pay like the rest of us.

[Deserter]

maybe the book hasn't done very well and he's thinking that someone posting vindictive tripe on the main uk boxing forum had something to do with it. if you've taken away a man's dinner than you'd better be prepared for him coming after you. saying "it's just a forum" is no excuse for acting like an utter pudendum.

Would a thread on boxrec stop you buying a book?

look at the title of the thread, its bang out of order when the man has written a book about boxing. im sure he has got family and bills to pay like the rest of us.

Mate, honestly, get a grip of yourself.
Firstly, look at the number of regular posters on here and work out how many of them are actually going to be influenced enough to go from potentially buying Bunce's book to deciding not to - it might creep into double figures at most, so the idea that will actually impact his livelihood signfiicantly is laughable.
Secondly, I think you should re-read the first post, not just the headline. I've run businesses before and if I'd regularly insulted potential customers or clients, I sure as hell wouldn't be surprised if they decided not to support me. In the same way, Buncey is perfectly entitled to slag off forum posters, but he can then hardly be surprised if they don't want to support his endeavours. Is that really difficult for you to grasp?

[Counter-puncher]

I've run businesses before and if I'd regularly insulted potential customers or clients, I sure as hell wouldn't be surprised if they decided not to support me. In the same way, Buncey is perfectly entitled to slag off forum posters, but he can then hardly be surprised if they don't want to support his endeavours. Is that really difficult for you to grasp?

I believe this is what the kids nowadays would call a 'truth bomb'

[veriton]

Would a thread on boxrec stop you buying a book?

look at the title of the thread, its bang out of order when the man has written a book about boxing. im sure he has got family and bills to pay like the rest of us.

Mate, honestly, get a grip of yourself.
Firstly, look at the number of regular posters on here and work out how many of them are actually going to be influenced enough to go from potentially buying Bunce's book to deciding not to - it might creep into double figures at most, so the idea that will actually impact his livelihood signfiicantly is laughable.
Secondly, I think you should re-read the first post, not just the headline. I've run businesses before and if I'd regularly insulted potential customers or clients, I sure as hell wouldn't be surprised if they decided not to support me. In the same way, Buncey is perfectly entitled to slag off forum posters, but he can then hardly be surprised if they don't want to support his endeavours. Is that really difficult for you to grasp?

laughable. there is a big difference between not supporting something/someone and actively going out to undermine them publicly. it's a troll mindset. sniping anonymously from the cheap seats and then crying if there are comebacks. like him or not, bunce has made a living out of being a boxing journalist. it's bizarre that some so-called boxing fans don't want his book to do well. surely if it did it would be good for boxing? but I guess that's not taking into account the delicate feelings of posters on a boxing forum.
I cant imagine many football fans calling for a ban on a henry winter book. to me, it just shows what divs some boxing fans are. luckily they are in a minority, but they are a noisy minority with happy enablers like you pal.

[tobyh5]

it's bizarre that some so-called boxing fans don't want his book to do well. surely if it did it would be good for boxing?

In what way? Do well would be what? A couple thousand copies, probably all to boxing fans? How would that benefit the sport?

[veriton]

it's bizarre that some so-called boxing fans don't want his book to do well. surely if it did it would be good for boxing?

In what way? Do well would be what? A couple thousand copies, probably all to boxing fans? How would that benefit the sport?

because it's modern history of british boxing. the more people know about the rich history, the better. that's what gives us the edge over UFC etc. and who else could have written this apart from bunce? I just don't get the negativity over what should be a positive for british boxing.

[Deserter]

look at the title of the thread, its bang out of order when the man has written a book about boxing. im sure he has got family and bills to pay like the rest of us.

Mate, honestly, get a grip of yourself.
Firstly, look at the number of regular posters on here and work out how many of them are actually going to be influenced enough to go from potentially buying Bunce's book to deciding not to - it might creep into double figures at most, so the idea that will actually impact his livelihood signfiicantly is laughable.
Secondly, I think you should re-read the first post, not just the headline. I've run businesses before and if I'd regularly insulted potential customers or clients, I sure as hell wouldn't be surprised if they decided not to support me. In the same way, Buncey is perfectly entitled to slag off forum posters, but he can then hardly be surprised if they don't want to support his endeavours. Is that really difficult for you to grasp?

laughable. there is a big difference between not supporting something/someone and actively going out to undermine them publicly. it's a troll mindset. sniping anonymously from the cheap seats and then crying if there are comebacks. like him or not, bunce has made a living out of being a boxing journalist. it's bizarre that some so-called boxing fans don't want his book to do well. surely if it did it would be good for boxing? but I guess that's not taking into account the delicate feelings of posters on a boxing forum.
I cant imagine many football fans calling for a ban on a henry winter book. to me, it just shows what divs some boxing fans are. luckily they are in a minority, but they are a noisy minority with happy enablers like you pal.

Absolute nonsense. You're just embarrassing yourself again. Look at the business world and you'll see it runs along similar principles, particularly in the socially-enabled world we all live in - are you saying that a restaurateur or hotelier who is abusive to his customers doesn't deserve a bad review on tripadvisor and that instead people should just remain mute or even continue to be paying customers? Utterly bizarre rationale and of course bears no relation to reality.
You talk about the delicate feelings of posters, but if anyone has displayed delicate and quite frankly immature feelings its undoubtedly Bunce himself.
Your football analogy if fundamentally flawed as well, as to paraphase Lloyd Bentsen, Bunce is most definitely no Henry Winter. If a football writer had taken the Bunce approach and denigrated fans, then you're in fantasy land if you believe there wouldn't be subsequent calls to boycott his work.
Anyway, you return to your fantasy world where a few dozen people not purchasing his book somehow threatens the future of his family

[tobyh5]

you return to your fantasy world where a few dozen people not purchasing his book somehow threatens the future of his family

And where apparently a few hundred or a thousand people buying it suddenly helps the whole sport!

[veriton]

deserter - if you take pleasure - or support others who do - running down someone who has written a modern history of british boxing then i'll leave you to it. by the way, it is a really good book - which seems to have been forgotten in all this.

[mickey1975]

it's bizarre that some so-called boxing fans don't want his book to do well. surely if it did it would be good for boxing?

In what way? Do well would be what? A couple thousand copies, probably all to boxing fans? How would that benefit the sport?

because it's modern history of british boxing. the more people know about the rich history, the better. that's what gives us the edge over UFC etc. and who else could have written this apart from bunce? I just don't get the negativity over what should be a positive for british boxing.

"and who else could have written this apart from bunce?"! Quite a few, actually.

[Deserter]

deserter - if you take pleasure - or support others who do - running down someone who has written a modern history of british boxing then i'll leave you to it. by the way, it is a really good book - which seems to have been forgotten in all this.

I support those who choose to buy it and I support those who choose not to buy it. It's called freedom of choice my friend. But I completely understand and sympathise with those who feel that given the way Bunce has frequently disparaged posters on this forum, he does not deserve our cold, hard cash. Surely that's not difficult to comprehend?