Boxing Life Stories - I'm calling it now

[mickey1975]

Lennox boxed for Canada, though. He was never popular here. He fought one of his early fights at Hull City Hall...

[THEBUTCH]

I wouldn't say he was 'never popular' here, but I get your point....he was no Bruno or Hatton.

Frank Maloney deliberately took Lewis on tour in the UK (mostly London venues, but also Hull, Newcastle and Sheffield), the USA and Canada to raise his profile in the pros. And it worked to a fair degree, given that Lewis wasn't an easy sell to start with.

[Cask]

Every time Richard Towers waxes lyrical about what a hard man he is and all of the people he's bashed up just go back and watch him shifting his trunks with the wind of Lucas Brownes punches

One of the funniest stoppage ever, including Towers walking to the wrong corner and and being almost bent backwards over the ropes while Browne hammered him like.he caught him stealing his roid supply, all Tom Dallas Matt Skelton

I'd have thought that experience might have humbled him a tiny bit

[veriton]

I haven't listened to it but Reid had some great breaks, a few bad ones and also he made some poor decisions himself - just like life really.

He is over 50 has is own house etc and has never had a "proper job" and hasn't done too bad - sure he could have done better financially but he must take some responsibility for that as well

Do yourself a favour and listen to the Reid podcast, it's about as revealing an interview you'll ever hear.

[Controversial]

I'm on the latest one with boxing writer Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

[Deserter]

I'm on the latest one with Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

He was definitely with her (and still may be for all I know).

[mickey1975]

I'm on the latest one with boxing writer Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

He also backtracks a bit on his Haye book work. Wonder if it all went sour.

[Controversial]

I'm on the latest one with boxing writer Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

He also backtracks a bit on his Haye book work. Wonder if it all went sour.

Yeah I guess so, you would imagine he would mention it if they were still married

[Redback Rasta]

Huge fan of Tris' work.

[Glass Joe]

Poochie was good. He avoided answering about referees not scoring it for the journeymen. Said something about the politics. Im guessing a referee will always score a close round to the home fighter or a lot of fighters would quit boxing sooner and that means less $$$$

[Controversial]

Finished the latest one with Bob Sheridan, Tris mentioned that Larry Holmes has been diagnosed with dementia

[margaret thatcher]

bob sheridan made adamek-grant into the greatest fight ever, the man certainly never lacked enthusiasm as a commentator. i didnt know he was still alive tbh, he's been around forever

[Controversial]

bob sheridan made adamek-grant into the greatest fight ever, the man certainly never lacked enthusiasm as a commentator. i didnt know he was still alive tbh, he's been around forever

It’s ok, Bob is 79 and went off on a tangent a few times or got a bit mixed up with answers so it doesn’t flow that well. I kind of found him a bit annoying tbh as he seemed to like to brag and boast or give opinions on things that weren’t boxing related which got a bit annoying after a while.

[veriton]

Has Sheridan got dementia or was he a few whiskeys in?

He claimed he was in the Green Berets, does 1000 sit ups a day and has just qualified as an animal vet! His speech was worryingly slow and slurred. Sounded like Tris cottoned on quite quickly that some of the stories didn't add up.

There was some good stuff in there, but the Colonel didn't seem quite with it

[margaret thatcher]

have you seen bob sheridan? there's no f@cking way he's doing 20 situps a day, let alone 1000

check out this from last year - i love his energy and his positivity about the fights he's calling, but the man is a wack job

A boxing broadcast Friday went off the rails.

Bob Sheridan insulted ring girls, talked about the n-word, and claimed to have killed eight men.


A boxing broadcast over the weekend went off the rails when 78-year-old commentator 'Colonel' Bob Sheridan called ring girls "bimbos," and then asked if that was politically incorrect.

It wasn't even the most inappropriate thing Sheridan said that night, as he also discussed the way he uses the n-word in private since he says he can't say it in public, and also claimed — while laughing — that he once killed eight men.

It is unclear if he was joking at the time, though a report from last year indicated that Sheridan was involved in a car accident and that there was "a death involved."

Sheridan did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Mexico promotion Bxstrs, which organized the Friday event in the city of Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though it is unclear if it was affiliated with the broadcast.

Sheridan and the former boxer Paulie Malignaggi commented on the show from a studio at a remote location.

The event was headlined by a bout between Eduardo Nunez and Adrian Pacheco. However, Sheridan's comments overshadowed the results.

While waiting for the announcement of a decision on one of the fights, Sheridan started talking about the ring girls. "Alright," he said. "We like the bimbos, right? Is that politically correct to say, 'Bimbos'?

"Okay. Sorry, ladies. You're two fine, young ladies. God bless you …. Sorry for the insult. But I come from the old days where you could actually say things that were funny. Nobody got their red neck up when you said stuff like that."

Video footage of the incident was seemingly on YouTube but the broadcast has since moved to private.

Mark Ortega, a former Fox Sports boxing researcher and writer, clipped the footage and posted it himself on social media.


On the subject of racial slurs, Sheridan said: "When we're off the air, we're talking about that all the time. We're not supposed to use the n-word — I know we can't use it on the air — and I'm not supposed to say it outside my room. So I don't."


Sheridan also relayed a story, in which he claimed to have killed eight men. It is unclear if he is joking, but the incident may relate to a 2021 article that said Sheridan was injured in a robbery attempt.

In that story, Sheridan claimed eight men — "true criminals" — tried to box him in his Corvette vehicle while in Victorville, California. "There was a death involved," he said at the time, according to Fight Sports TV.

"The cops never told me how many of those guys were down."

Speaking during Friday's broadcast, he claimed:


"I killed eight of them that night in my 'Vette. Here's what I did," he said, while individuals off-camera seemingly attempt to encourage him to change the subject.

"We can [talk about it], it's the truth. I killed eight of them that night and I wanted to get that in. I got to stop talking about that."

Laughing, he continued: "There's eight dead men," before awkward silence ensued. Malignaggi then changed the subject by bringing up Muhammad Ali's former trainer Angelo Dundee.

Sheridan was born in 1944, has provided commentary on more than 10,000 fight events, and received the 1998 award from the Boxing Writers Association of America for "Excellence in broadcasting journalism."

https://www.insider.com/boxing-broadcas ... irl-2022-4

[veriton]

That's interesting reading and fits with the Boxing Life Stories episode.

He's always been one of my favourite commentators. I did laugh when Tris asked him to respond to accusations he was a shill for Don King and he replied: "Of course I was a shill, he paid the most money!"

You'd be unlikely to hear the same honesty from others, even the pure company men at places like Sky

[Controversial]

I’m mid way through latest Tim Bradley Jr one, he’s a good talker, he mentions how bad his health was affected by the Ruslan Provodnikov war and he was told by a neurologist to retire. How these guys carry on fighting I don’t know

[margaret thatcher]

there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

[Controversial]

there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

[wrighty]

there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

Concussions and things like that are genuinely scary. Not boxing related but i watched Mystify which was the Michael Hutchence from Inxs documentary. He got whacked by a taxi driver and cracked his head open. Lost his taste and smell and was in all sorts afterwards. Apparently he was really short tempered, impulsive and it changed his personality. His autopsy after he committed suicide showed he had brain damage which is really sad

I think Bradley made the right decision. He was lucky that he had the money behind him to do that.

[wrighty]

I’m mid way through latest Tim Bradley Jr one, he’s a good talker, he mentions how bad his health was affected by the Ruslan Provodnikov war and he was told by a neurologist to retire. How these guys carry on fighting I don’t know

Going to give this a listen. Tris has put together a quality podcast.

[Controversial]

there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

I think Bradley made the right decision. He was lucky that he had the money behind him to do that.

He had another 6 fights after being told to retire including the 2 rematches with Pacquiao

[margaret thatcher]

there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

Concussions and things like that are genuinely scary. Not boxing related but i watched Mystify which was the Michael Hutchence from Inxs documentary. He got whacked by a taxi driver and cracked his head open. Lost his taste and smell and was in all sorts afterwards. Apparently he was really short tempered, impulsive and it changed his personality. His autopsy after he committed suicide showed he had brain damage which is really sad

I think Bradley made the right decision. He was lucky that he had the money behind him to do that.

jermaine taylor after getting a brain bleed vs abraham went nuts too

[Deserter]

I’m mid way through latest Tim Bradley Jr one, he’s a good talker, he mentions how bad his health was affected by the Ruslan Provodnikov war and he was told by a neurologist to retire. How these guys carry on fighting I don’t know

Going to give this a listen. Tris has put together a quality podcast.

it's a good listen. only frustrating thing I found is that he was obviously talking to Bradley on Zoom, so Bradley was at a couple of points referring to visual gestures that had been made to him, but as a listener I couldn't tell what the hell it was. There was one in particular that clearly had a huge impact on him (from another driver to him), but I was none the wiser - really surprised that Tris didn't provide that clarity.
Also felt it skipped over his career post-Provodnikov, esp the other Pacman fights.

[Boxerbeetle]

Did Bradley give his thoughts on the, erm, ‘inspiring’ Teddy Atlas firemen corner speech?