WHEN JOHN CONTEH WAS STRIPPED OF HIS TITLE...

overhand_right · Post by **overhand_right** » 04 Oct 2006, 11:27

Conteh was stripped of his WBC belt for not taking on Cuello. Never seen Cuello fight, wasn't alive at the time of the shenanigans, were there any reasons why Conteh did not fight him?

Was it by personal choice? Or something more shady..?

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 04 Oct 2006, 11:34

Twas something to do with British Boxing Board of Control.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 04 Oct 2006, 11:45

I think it was just a general result of Conteh f***ing up his career at that point. He was taking all manner of advice from his friends & family, his brother mainly I think, and decided the money was't good enough or something like that. Then got stripped. That's how I remember it anyway.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 04 Oct 2006, 12:25

Getting on the wrong side of the then powerfull Mr Duff didn't help matters either I imagine.

Andy Mac · Post by **Andy Mac** » 04 Oct 2006, 13:04

KOJOE90 wrote:Getting on the wrong side of the then powerfull Mr Duff didn't help matters either I imagine.

Wasn't JC the first British fighter to declare himself self managed? I seem to remember reading about the stir it caused.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 04 Oct 2006, 15:50

MightyWarrior wrote:I think it was just a general result of Conteh f***ing up his career at that point. He was taking all manner of advice from his friends & family, his brother mainly I think, and decided the money was't good enough or something like that. Then got stripped. That's how I remember it anyway.

Yeah it was his brothers.

harrygreb · Post by **harrygreb** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:01

he arranged a fight for himself in uganda against their best light heavy but pulled out when he saw that the referee was going
to be a Mr I Amin :(