I remember reading that Ricky Groves (Bulla) was a tidy boxer. Ray Winstone as well
I've read that about Winstone as well, every professional cockney claimed to be a junior champ!
I remember once before a fight in Basildon, I had some idiot telling me about his amateur career. Apparently he had boxed Kirkland Laing twice, he never laid a glove on him untill he knocked him cold each time with one shot in the last round!
Saying that Georgie Smith was fighting on the same show, he was hugely hyped by Hearns, but then that was Hearns way, same for the Delaney brothers.
Sounds live he was living vicariously through Colin Jones`s deeds
Yep, all the of these already mentioned below fit the bill :
Matthew Ellis
Roman Greenberg
Shafiq Khalid
Steve Barnes
Ellis and Greenberg could at least look special at times but should have stayed career amateurs.
Barnes and Khalid were absolutely awful (measured against the hype). Brendan Ingle was often guilty of wild hyperbole and also getting it completely wrong sometimes.
Remember Brendan used to absolutely rave about Daniel Teasdale from when he was a youngster, saying he was going to be the best to ever come out of the gym and would eclipse Naz‘s achievements? Poor kid only had 5 pro fights in the end, losing 1 along the way.
I didn't know Ricky Grover used to box. I saw him years ago doing stand up comedy at Up The Creek in Greenwich and he was by far the funniest comedian on the line up.
Yes, Daniel Teasdale was another one of Brendan Ingle's big errors in judgement.
Christ some of you are harsh. Some poor fellas just chasing their dreams, putting food on the table and all that.
Some of these fighters getting mentioned were bad, most of them had a combination of bad luck and bad decisions.
I watched a bit of Fury vs Cunningham the other day and he looks nothing like the fighter he’d become, and I remember the early David Price fights. I actually think you sound less clued up saying you picked Fury at the time
Delta Jay wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 08:34
Christ some of you are harsh. Some poor fellas just chasing their dreams, putting food on the table and all that.
Some of these fighters getting mentioned were bad, most of them had a combination of bad luck and bad decisions.
I watched a bit of Fury vs Cunningham the other day and he looks nothing like the fighter he’d become, and I remember the early David Price fights. I actually think you sound less clued up saying you picked Fury at the time
None of the fighters were bad, in fact they were all at least relatively decent, but overhyped.
There was a lot of talk about Teasdale, apparently he genuinely was a real talent but went down the wrong path.
Bennie May and Charlie Rumbol too, I think both turned over too young despite being excellent amateurs, I think they both went down the wrong path after too
Delta Jay wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 08:34
Christ some of you are harsh. Some poor fellas just chasing their dreams, putting food on the table and all that.
Some of these fighters getting mentioned were bad, most of them had a combination of bad luck and bad decisions.
I watched a bit of Fury vs Cunningham the other day and he looks nothing like the fighter he’d become, and I remember the early David Price fights. I actually think you sound less clued up saying you picked Fury at the time
None of the fighters were bad, in fact they were all at least relatively decent, but overhyped.
There was a lot of talk about Teasdale, apparently he genuinely was a real talent but went down the wrong path.
None of the fighters were bad, in fact they were all at least relatively decent, but overhyped.
There was a lot of talk about Teasdale, apparently he genuinely was a real talent but went down the wrong path.
That’s why I don’t like seeing them slagged
It's a tough one because boxing is a business and hyping fighters up is part and parcel of the game, but you're right - it isn't fair to the fighters because they have to carry these ridiculous hype tags - sometimes for the rest of their lives.
How many fighters anyway become a Muhammad Ali or even a Naseem Hamed - hardly any if you think of how many people take up boxing and become boxers - obviously the hyping of many of these fighters are ridiculous - like Coco said, they're still good fighters but it is one of those things where we blame the game, not the players or the people paying the money to keep this sport afloat.
Yes, he was part of Mick Hennesey's class of 2002. He got a fair bit of coverage on the BBC but didn't live up to expectations. A defeat by Jimmy Vincent and that see-saw fight with Spencer Fearon before being completely demolished by Roman Karmizan put paid to any hopes of super stardom.
Of the class of 2002, David Walker did well!
Remember Matt Thirwell!
Thirwell won the ABA's knocking everyone out on the way
milpool wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 09:20
I want to say Errol Christie but feel that might be a bit unfair as he had justifiable hype based on hia amateur career. However, it didn't quite work out for him in the way many people expected it to.
David Price is an obvious one, Sky were hailing him as the next big thing and we all know what happened there...
I was going to say Errol. Only because he was on telly a lot and was sparking out his opponents, so that's
automatic hype straightaway.
George Collins for me. Didn't Fwank sign him up for £50,000 (i thought it was £100K a mate disagreed) before he'd any serious competition? Got his fingers burnt when he stepped him up. Another one with plenty of tv coverage.
I did mate I knew i'd got that wrong when i typed it lol...
I saw a documentary about fat people, forget what it was called. He was on there doing the pads and bagwork. It wad obv he knew what he was doing and I remember thinking christ hes got fast hands for a big man. I think his dad was a pro fighter before he ran out on the family.
Another actor with genuinely decent hands was that guy with the squeaky voice on corrie. Ashley?
I did mate I knew i'd got that wrong when i typed it lol...
I saw a documentary about fat people, forget what it was called. He was on there doing the pads and bagwork. It wad obv he knew what he was doing and I remember thinking christ hes got fast hands for a big man. I think his dad was a pro fighter before he ran out on the family.
Another actor with genuinely decent hands was that guy with the squeaky voice on corrie. Ashley?
Aye he's quick for a large fella aint he! I'm sure i heard that about that squeeky guy before lol. You wouldn't have thought that of him
Stuarty wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 16:14
Apologies if anyone has already mentioned this but NoxBation always had their tongue right up Paul Butlers hole and i never really got it!
'He's a bit special' x 10 times a round whenever he'd fight
He did okay at the Stuey Hall/really EBU level but make believe world class level, but didn't win a round vs Tete or Roddy, got dropped like 4 times, and literally shat himself. I suppose he still showed a good level, but well off being what I'd consider special
polecateddy wrote: ↑01 May 2020, 14:08
Lots of British middles, such as Scott Dann and Willie Quinn.
Scott Dann never got hyped! If anything he suffered the fate of most boxers who aren't from a hotbed like London, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, and flew under the radar for the vast majority of his career.
I knew i'd got that wrong when i typed it lol...
