Fighters who fooled the public

jameswilson
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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I’ve posted this a few times as it was a really good teaser for the fight.

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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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samwbr wrote: 23 Nov 2024, 10:55
ordsalloriginator wrote: 22 Nov 2024, 05:38 It's also super bizarre how Scott Quigg never let his hands go against Carl Frampton until it was far too late,
Frampton also hardly did fornicate all too.

All that hype before the fight.. for it to be like that. Big anti-climax.
Did he have the energy to given how he looked like a corpse at the weigh in?
They both did, Frampton looked like his skin was just a layer of cling film
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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I was rooting for Quigg cus he’s from Manchester and I never liked Frampton. Joe was chatting a lot of crap though. And the fight was a let down.

Like I said, Frampton grew on me in the later years.

Build up was good though.
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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Ruthless-RKO wrote: 04 Dec 2024, 03:14 I was rooting for Quigg cus he’s from Manchester and I never liked Frampton. Joe was chatting a lot of crap though. And the fight was a let down.

Like I said, Frampton grew on me in the later years.

Build up was good though.
The two fighters I think were and are very likeable for the most part but there were unlikeable elements to both sides. Obviously Gallagher and Hearn aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but Frampton and team banging on about A-side and how arrogant the other side were but there was a real arrogance to Frampton and McGuigan at the time because Frampton had the bigger fanbase.
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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The ultimate example is Arthur Cravan, who fought Jack Johnson a year after the Willard loss. Cravan was listed as the European Champion, despite never having boxed before.
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

Post by margaret thatcher »

johnson's career was filled with circus matchups, seems fitting
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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keithmoonhangover wrote: 06 Dec 2024, 11:51 The ultimate example is Arthur Cravan, who fought Jack Johnson a year after the Willard loss. Cravan was listed as the European Champion, despite never having boxed before.
He went 6 rounds, what does that say about Johnson?
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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JamesPhilips wrote: 07 Dec 2024, 12:55
keithmoonhangover wrote: 06 Dec 2024, 11:51 The ultimate example is Arthur Cravan, who fought Jack Johnson a year after the Willard loss. Cravan was listed as the European Champion, despite never having boxed before.
He went 6 rounds, what does that say about Johnson?
That Jack the promoter and fans wouldn't want a twenty second massacre?
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

Post by ordsalloriginator »

I think Hamzah Sheeraz will be a future entrant to this thread. Some people are talking like he's some unbeatable beast lol, the hype is a bit overboard. In reality he's like a poundshop Callum Smith.. He's beaten absolutely nobody so far.

He may pick up a title at middleweight before the exposing because the middleweight division is so weak, but I expect a severe exposing at some point, like Arslanbek Makhmudovs recent fights.
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Re: Fighters who fooled the public

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jameswilson wrote: 05 Dec 2024, 15:06
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 04 Dec 2024, 03:14 I was rooting for Quigg cus he’s from Manchester and I never liked Frampton. Joe was chatting a lot of crap though. And the fight was a let down.

Like I said, Frampton grew on me in the later years.

Build up was good though.
The two fighters I think were and are very likeable for the most part but there were unlikeable elements to both sides. Obviously Gallagher and Hearn aren’t everyone’s cup of tea but Frampton and team banging on about A-side and how arrogant the other side were but there was a real arrogance to Frampton and McGuigan at the time because Frampton had the bigger fanbase.
Frampton being just a lad from Tigers Bay who's mum works at Asda, "working class people of Belfahhhst don't like arrogance and flash Eddie" :OhYes: not like Frampton himself isn't a flashy vain money grubbing twat :TU: McGuigan made a dick of himself at the weigh in too which Gallagher was actually quite funny about
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