Do you know what, lads?

[Counter-puncher]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

[dookus]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

I think they split after the Tarver disaster

[Pugilist-specialist]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

I think they split after the Tarver disaster

I think he only changed trainer after that.

[Muttley]

My boxing days are just like My football days, don’t watch any of it anymore, I’ll always watch that vidiprinter on Saturday and look at the results on boxrec after the events but that’s as far as I go.

100% agree. I love that 'vidiprinter' on a Saturday

[mickey1975]

I always thought it was a bidiprinter.

[Counter-puncher]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

[mickey1975]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

[Pugilist-specialist]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

I think you're right although I'm told that they no longer exchange Christmas cards

[maverick23]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

Was that when they got Calzaghe on the phone afterwards and tried to talk up a fight with Joe and Clinton? Pretty sure Dennis told Joe and Frank to do one and they just ignored him.

[Pugilist-specialist]

I've had enough of boxing.

Still plenty to get excited about:
Fury, Josh Taylor, Canelo, Teofimo Lopez, Inoue, Tank Davis, Jaron Ennis, Kid Galahad....

[Delta Jay]

I’d be interested to see everyone’s age and amount of in-depth experience next to their posts on this thread. I don’t doubt for a second everyone is as hardcore as it gets, but I often feel I must be a bit younger and I still get excited for all kinds of bad cards or pay for a terrible PPV. I can understand why anyone would be frustrated with the product it has become, especially Sly Hype Machine and Mr. Barrera Morales

I had a wobble during the pandemic but I can’t wait to get back to the live shows.

Have to shout out Maggie T and Boxing Prospect, hardcore as anyone I’ve ever spoke to and very current.

thanks mate -- you too

broadening my interest to boxing from all around the world, and at pretty much any level, has been big for me keeping interest.

i reccomend to anyone wanting to try it.......go search up some prospects you've never heard of, from anywhere, and start following them. boom....there is some added interest there.

I’m the same, loads of Japanese, Uzbek, Kazak and Aussie lads, and even one Tajik I’ve been following.

When one wins a title you feel so vindicated. Like “I really know my shit”

[Counter-puncher]

True Hobson did brilliantly with Clinton IMO. Was he with him all the way? That’s how I’m remembering it

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

That was Wazza’s show then?

[Counter-puncher]

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

Was that when they got Calzaghe on the phone afterwards and tried to talk up a fight with Joe and Clinton? Pretty sure Dennis told Joe and Frank to do one and they just ignored him.

A shame. Would have been an excellent fight and probably Joes third best win fourth at the outside

[maverick23]

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

Was that when they got Calzaghe on the phone afterwards and tried to talk up a fight with Joe and Clinton? Pretty sure Dennis told Joe and Frank to do one and they just ignored him.

A shame. Would have been an excellent fight and probably Joes third best win fourth at the outside

From memory this was pre Lacy and clearly they’d struggled to get Joe a big fight. Would have been a good one but if Joe took the fight at light heavy then we may not have seen the Lacy or Kessler fights.

[Counter-puncher]

Was that when they got Calzaghe on the phone afterwards and tried to talk up a fight with Joe and Clinton? Pretty sure Dennis told Joe and Frank to do one and they just ignored him.

A shame. Would have been an excellent fight and probably Joes third best win fourth at the outside

From memory this was pre Lacy and clearly they’d struggled to get Joe a big fight. Would have been a good one but if Joe took the fight at light heavy then we may not have seen the Lacy or Kessler fights.

Yeah good point I think you’re right

[mickey1975]

He billed a show he narrowly outbid another UK promoter for a ‘For a few dollars more’ didn’t he?

No, I think Wazza outbid him, hence the jibe. I was there. Bolton, Khan on the under card, Johnson 3. Clinton won.

That was Wazza’s show then?

It was definitely a Wazza show, live on ITV. Good fight as well.

[Counter-puncher]

Third Johnson fight? Yeah it was excellent. All 3 were good fights, I rewatched them during lockdown 1.

[Delta Jay]

I’d be interested to see everyone’s age and amount of in-depth experience next to their posts on this thread. I don’t doubt for a second everyone is as hardcore as it gets, but I often feel I must be a bit younger and I still get excited for all kinds of bad cards or pay for a terrible PPV. I can understand why anyone would be frustrated with the product it has become, especially Sly Hype Machine and Mr. Barrera Morales

I had a wobble during the pandemic but I can’t wait to get back to the live shows.

Have to shout out Maggie T and Boxing Prospect, hardcore as anyone I’ve ever spoke to and very current.

Just turned 28 myself but the British scene has been annoying me for a few years. Used to think moaning about how it’s changed with Matchroom made me sound a bit pretentious, as if I was trying to be a hardcore, but it’s fully vindicated. The amount of idiots attached with them and Sky put me off - Bellew, Nelson, Coldwell etc. Everyone is just trying to be famous and on camera. I watched a few videos from the ‘bubble’ this morning and in 3 of them Stefy Bull came and gatecrashed and got his face all over the camera. Every time I go on YouTube to see what’s happening on the scene it’s just the likes of ‘Sam Jones honest reaction’. Who gives a toss what a salesman who’s fell into boxing because it got turned mainstream thinks.

Been out to America to watch boxing and will be doing again once restrictions allow. Prefer anything but British boxing at the minute.

Christ I’m a miserable fcker.

Good post, were the same age. I think the UK scene is bad now, too.

I like a good boxing trip more than a footy away. Been many good countries

But now and then you see a belter fight don’t you and you get all excited and fall back in love. I’m really excited for a few fights and the Olympics.

[Delta Jay]

Just turned 28 myself but the British scene has been annoying me for a few years. Used to think moaning about how it’s changed with Matchroom made me sound a bit pretentious, as if I was trying to be a hardcore, but it’s fully vindicated. The amount of idiots attached with them and Sky put me off - Bellew, Nelson, Coldwell etc. Everyone is just trying to be famous and on camera. I watched a few videos from the ‘bubble’ this morning and in 3 of them Stefy Bull came and gatecrashed and got his face all over the camera. Every time I go on YouTube to see what’s happening on the scene it’s just the likes of ‘Sam Jones honest reaction’. Who gives a toss what a salesman who’s fell into boxing because it got turned mainstream thinks.

Been out to America to watch boxing and will be doing again once restrictions allow. Prefer anything but British boxing at the minute.

Christ I’m a miserable fcker.

Good post, were the same age. I think the UK scene is bad now, too.

I like a good boxing trip more than a footy away. Been many good countries

But now and then you see a belter fight don’t you and you get all excited and fall back in love. I’m really excited for a few fights and the Olympics.

Used to do footy every week home and away alongside boxing trips a few years back until I got a missus and house...was always gonna pick boxing if it came to one or the other. Annoys the hell out of me but like you say every so often a fight comes along that reminds me why I love the sport.

I’m pretty much exactly the same in all aspects of what you just said!

[MightyWarrior]

Future is bright, with the death of boxing on sky & rise of DAZN, thank God, they’ve been killing uk boxing for the last five years, with that pinheaded moron at the helm.

Anyway, I’ll see all you casuals back here for the Joshua v DDD super fight next year

[high tower 1]

Giving math room exclusivity on sky was the thickest thing they could do.

[maverick23]

Giving math room exclusivity on sky was the thickest thing they could do.

I don’t think it was. As far as Sky’s concerned their PPVs (if reported numbers are to be believed) performed loads better after giving Matchroom exclusivity.

The issue for me is there haven’t been enough U.K. shows and the quality control hasn’t been there for some of them.

Sky/Adam Smith should have been kicking off when Terri Harper’s fight was cancelled as it was the headline fight. If he’d given them an ultimatum and said you find a good replacement fight or the show doesn’t happen on Sky then I’m sure they’d have found a solution. They had enough time to get something sorted.

12/15 years ago the average show was worse than we get now but there were double the amount of shows on Sky so we got some great fights occasionally and British titles were fought for regularly. Now we’ve got 3 weeks until the next boxing on Sky which is a joke of a PPV and no sign of any shows after that.

[mickey1975]

Eddie said he had nothing to do with Floyd-Paul and openly mocked it. A year ago it was "if anyone wants to go on Sky, they have to go through me"......

[margaret thatcher]

terri harper main events

[emallini]

Don't let the Internet ruin you. Still plenty of good, competitive fights at every level.