A truly sad day for british boxing.
He’ll surely be considered one of the greatest british fighters to never win a world title along side herol bomber graham.
Was unlucky in 2 well derseved world title shots and andre ward admitted himself that paul would have beaten him easily if he got the weight right that night.
Paul smith jnr has retired
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Outstanding talent, one of the best, absolute fitness fanatic and machine inside the ring, best of the boxing brothers by far,
will be missed.
We should thank our lucky stars that we can still hear him commentate on boxing.
All the best
will be missed.
We should thank our lucky stars that we can still hear him commentate on boxing.
All the best
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bigjack
- Heavyweight
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absolute legend,so unlucky in those world title challenges,i thought he won both clearly and the Groves defeat could have gone either way for me,one of the games most likable fellas and i'll miss him for sure,please reconsider Smigga.Re: Paul smith jnr has retired
A modern Sam Langford.
In seriousness, he had a decent career, better than most could dream of, not everyone can get to the top.
In seriousness, he had a decent career, better than most could dream of, not everyone can get to the top.
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mickey1975
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A sad day indeed. I heard Eddie was working on getting him a shot at the winner of the cruiser super series. I’ve missed his light hearted banter in here! Never before has a P4P’er been so accessible to his fans.
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Paul Smith
Arthur Abraham I - (Lost)
Arthur Abraham II - (Lost)
Tony Quigley
Tony Dodson I
Tony Dodson II
Paul Samuels
David Banks
Cello Renda
Steven Bendall - (Lost)
Andre Ward - (Lost)
Strange time to retire with Fielding getting a world title shot. If Fielding wins then Paul Smith would be one of the most obvious first opponents for him.
As for his career; the highlights were getting beat by Abraham twice. His best wins were basically high English title level/low British title level.
Arthur Abraham I - (Lost)
Arthur Abraham II - (Lost)
Tony Quigley
Tony Dodson I
Tony Dodson II
Paul Samuels
David Banks
Cello Renda
Steven Bendall - (Lost)
Andre Ward - (Lost)
Strange time to retire with Fielding getting a world title shot. If Fielding wins then Paul Smith would be one of the most obvious first opponents for him.
As for his career; the highlights were getting beat by Abraham twice. His best wins were basically high English title level/low British title level.
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He was shíte......
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I share the despair of my fellow posters - the ultimate professional, as evidenced by his preparation for the showdown with Ward. Discipline, dedication and if that wasn't enough a willingness to engage with fans and listen to their opinions
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Paul on his loss to zeuge...
In that fight I was seeing things in my head that my body just couldn't do and I felt my age in there. That fight wouldn't have been a problem for me a year earlier.”
Errrr no paul he’d of boxed your head off a year earlier too.
In that fight I was seeing things in my head that my body just couldn't do and I felt my age in there. That fight wouldn't have been a problem for me a year earlier.”
Errrr no paul he’d of boxed your head off a year earlier too.
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leejonesjnr
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The guy did the best he could with the tools he had and the vast majority of boxers would be very pleased to have had a similar career.
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leejonesjnr wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:33 The guy did the best he could with the tools he had and the vast majority of boxers would be very pleased to have had a similar career.
Got your words muddled up fella, he was a tool
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mickey1975
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I'm hiding behind the couch tonight incase he turns up at my door 
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mickey1975
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Classic forum moment when he told us all we knew nothing and that kid said “I beat you twice!”! Then they had a reunion on here.
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tobyh5 wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:35leejonesjnr wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:33 The guy did the best he could with the tools he had and the vast majority of boxers would be very pleased to have had a similar career.
Got your words muddled up fella, he was a tool
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Coming in 4.4lbs over in a catchweight contest and looking more like a sumo than a boxer is not making the best of the tools you have.leejonesjnr wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:33 The guy did the best he could with the tools he had and the vast majority of boxers would be very pleased to have had a similar career.
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Wasn't a great lover of him tbh, but nevertheless a good fighter who done well tbh didn't he
Good luck to him
Good luck to him
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True enough bout I think it's the fact that he thought he was a lot better than he was that rubbed folk up the wrong way. He had an arrogance about him that people didn't warm to. Plus he came in well overweight in a contest so that's not making the best of his situation IMO.leejonesjnr wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:33 The guy did the best he could with the tools he had and the vast majority of boxers would be very pleased to have had a similar career.
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Someone dig this up for me pleasemickey1975 wrote: ↑17 Jun 2018, 13:48 Classic forum moment when he told us all we knew nothing and that kid said “I beat you twice!”! Then they had a reunion on here.
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Londonirish
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You want to hope your ip adress is safe coz I heard he’s mates Curtis Woodhouse...
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Really
Disgusting.