He met a peak brutal Barrera that night and got a savage 1 round beating.
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Nightmare Roy
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If the money is right, Who can blame them, I'd take a hiding of any pudendum for a million, I've had plenty without any payment 
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John Lowey was a strange one , never beat a fighter with a winning record before he faced Kennedy McKinney , lost in 8 rounds. Then he beat a couple of debutants, and won his only fight against someone with a winning record, from that he got a title shot against Eric Morales losing in 7 rounds.
Bit different as he based himself in America, I seem to remember there might of been a medical reason he went over there
Bit different as he based himself in America, I seem to remember there might of been a medical reason he went over there
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Eddie gets some stick on here but if he has got his domestic level fighter a million for a fight he has done a great job.
I think Welborn got about 25k
I think Welborn got about 25k
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Everyone knows Fielding is European level at his absolute best. Don’t blame him for taking a million plus for this, would take him 4+ fights to earn that dough.
He can still come back and earn ok money.
He can still come back and earn ok money.
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4+ fights? How much do you think domestic level fighters earn?
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Rocky sold his belt basically. Very poor performance. Never really wanted to be in there from the first bell.
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Maybe the deal was, take the fight, take the money, and we'll only hit you in the body.Black Sam Bellamy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 13:50 Rocky sold his belt basically. Very poor performance. Never really wanted to be in there from the first bell.
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You could be right there,stranger things have happened in boxing.oogiebe wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 13:51Maybe the deal was, take the fight, take the money, and we'll only hit you in the body.Black Sam Bellamy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 13:50 Rocky sold his belt basically. Very poor performance. Never really wanted to be in there from the first bell.
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if fielding got 1m youd be mad to act like his team just trashed him
mcdonnells were both matched competitively. jam won 2x vs kameda and gsv fought fairly close vs roman
macklin and barker were not terrible challengers and both had credible efforts
often times these 'slaughters' are career best money by far
mcdonnells were both matched competitively. jam won 2x vs kameda and gsv fought fairly close vs roman
macklin and barker were not terrible challengers and both had credible efforts
often times these 'slaughters' are career best money by far
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right before the fight in the locker room he was interviewd and said basically 'ill try to fight well but dont bet on me',did seem like he wasnt really fired upBlack Sam Bellamy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 13:50 Rocky sold his belt basically. Very poor performance. Never really wanted to be in there from the first bell.
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Lloyd Honeyghan. He made the best of it though.
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Hearn had an unbeaten world champion in the lucrative welterweight division. He's never been the same since he was sacrificed to PPV against a big puncher 2 divisions higher.
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Considering what he did for AJ Froch and, of all people, Tony Bellew, Brook is one of the most mismanaged fighters in British boxing. He was genuinely a good fighter and seemed to balls it up at almost every turn.
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Yes good point.
The standard of cards this year has been poor.
People saying British boxing is booming are talking rubbish.
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Michael Jennings against Cotto and Gary Lockett against Pavlik - I believe both with Warren at the time.
This sort of stuff isn't anything new, only now the fighters are getting more money.
This sort of stuff isn't anything new, only now the fighters are getting more money.
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Kevin Lueshing vs Felix Trinidad was another one, Lueshing did have Trinidad on the floor, but as most found out that just makes him hit harder
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Whenever these type of topics are discussed, it really highlights how delusional some fans are with regard to how much boxers actually earn. Some fans assume every boxer above British level is on Six figures 