harrygreb wrote:when given a decent clump he turns tail and is not so keen on a fight anymore.
Thats not the definition of a bully
you dodo!!! of course its the definition of a bully. it may not be the OED def but we all know that a bully rules by fear and by being mouthy until someone stands up to him at which point said bully turns into the proverbial pussy cat - (see Mr A Harrison)
How was Audley ruling by fear? He's been fighting pro boxers not little kids. Audley came firing back when Danny put him down.
I'm not denyig Audley goes into his shell at times, but I don't think you've got the right reasons.
Sorry mate, but all the stick Audley is taking is spot on!
Harrison was happy to knock the shit out of a guy who might as well have had his hands tied behind his back (Danny Williams) last time out. Fair enough, you beat who's in front of you, but to try and convince us all that we'd just witnessed something out of the ordinary and that he was the man was simply outrageous.
This is more than just the usual knockers out to stick the boot in, it's reeping what you sow (as so many have put it), and it's fully justified IMO.
Terence wrote:I felt sorry for the guy. Ok he can act like a plank but I can name other fighters who do this. Were his big-words as bad as Scott Harrisons behaviour or Witter bad-mouthing fighters on the ring apron and slagging off Tszyu?
I see why Harrison gets bad press, he talks a bigger fight than he produces but there was something pretty poor about the fact that in a sport where a guy can get seriously damaged the impression was that the fans were not waiting to see if Aud' was Ok, they were just waiting for him to get up so they could boo him and did not give a shit, he was Ok but could have been badly hurt.
A fair few people wanted to see him badly KO'd even after he was humiliated against Williams in 2005 and it has happened, I reckon he has given his pound of flesh over and the people who boo him and go beyond the pale with the ridicule (some of it is really funny but some is a bit much) are probably the same people who give a load of guff about how fans respect every fighter in the ring and would not wish harm on anyone.
In that way the reaction to his KO, and more importantly when he got up, was really poor.
As for Aud he has pissed his career away and that is sad. He has few friends in boxing and I hope his support system post-boxing is good. I liked him as a man and a fighter at times and wish him well.
He could come back.
Danny Williams could beat Gammer.
We'd got Big Aud'-Williams III.
Aud' could be British Champion.
HE WILL BEAT MATT SKELTON (WHO HAS BEEN BRITISH LEVEL FOREVER btw FRANK, GET A SHIFT ON)!
HE WILL WIN A WORLD TITLE IN 2008!!
COME ON BIG AUD'!
He'll be back...
Sorry Tel, but you are wrong in this instance. Audley crossed the line. It is one thing to slag off other fighters, though personally i don't buy that horseshit about it selling tickets. Just look at the interest in the Gatti / Ward trilogy, not a bad word between them before, during, or afterwards. But Harrison got into it with the fans. That was his mistake. Everyone has the right to return a flat pint, bad food, walk out of a concert if the band is shit, or whatever. Harrison implied that the public knew fvck all, and that his hand picked night club bouncers and cab drivers were legitimate contests, when even a little old lady that lived in a shack with no electricity could have seen they were not.
Would have to agree, Harrison treated the public with complete disdain, and just couldn't grasp the fact that they had every right to be pissed off after witnessing his piss poor performances in the ring.
People one way or another were paying his exorbitant wage bill for those first 10 fights, and didn't feel they got value for money. Then there was that terrible debacle against Williams. Harrison should have apologised profusely to the public for that dreadfully lethargic and lazy effort, but instead, he comes back, batters a dreadfully out of shape and undermotivated Williams, and starts beating his chest like he just killed King Kong with one hand, and starts deriding the paying public as if it was all their fault all along, then gets nailed and stopped after giving it the big one AGAIN before the Sprott fight.
Audley has nobody but himself to blame, he took the piss royally on several levels, and at the end of the day, the public derision he is facing is a direct reflection on his own actions.
jamesmcdonnell wrote:Would have to agree, Harrison treated the public with complete disdain, and just couldn't grasp the fact that they had every right to be pissed off after witnessing his piss poor performances in the ring.
People one way or another were paying his exorbitant wage bill for those first 10 fights, and didn't feel they got value for money. Then there was that terrible debacle against Williams. Harrison should have apologised profusely to the public for that dreadfully lethargic and lazy effort, but instead, he comes back, batters a dreadfully out of shape and undermotivated Williams, and starts beating his chest like he just killed King Kong with one hand, and starts deriding the paying public as if it was all their fault all along, then gets nailed and stopped after giving it the big one AGAIN before the Sprott fight.
Audley has nobody but himself to blame, he took the piss royally on several levels, and at the end of the day, the public derision he is facing is a direct reflection on his own actions.
with the BBC deal we had no effing choice did we? if you hated boxing you were still lining his pockets. theres anough waste of my licence fee without it going on boxers who cant have a tear up. the geezer above was right when he said that Audley was well suited to the Am's, and so was the geezer who said he is reaping what he sowed
Terence wrote:I felt sorry for the guy. Ok he can act like a plank but I can name other fighters who do this. Were his big-words as bad as Scott Harrisons behaviour or Witter bad-mouthing fighters on the ring apron and slagging off Tszyu?
I see why Harrison gets bad press, he talks a bigger fight than he produces but there was something pretty poor about the fact that in a sport where a guy can get seriously damaged the impression was that the fans were not waiting to see if Aud' was Ok, they were just waiting for him to get up so they could boo him and did not give a shit, he was Ok but could have been badly hurt.
A fair few people wanted to see him badly KO'd even after he was humiliated against Williams in 2005 and it has happened, I reckon he has given his pound of flesh over and the people who boo him and go beyond the pale with the ridicule (some of it is really funny but some is a bit much) are probably the same people who give a load of guff about how fans respect every fighter in the ring and would not wish harm on anyone.
In that way the reaction to his KO, and more importantly when he got up, was really poor.
As for Aud he has pissed his career away and that is sad. He has few friends in boxing and I hope his support system post-boxing is good. I liked him as a man and a fighter at times and wish him well.
He could come back.
Danny Williams could beat Gammer.
We'd got Big Aud'-Williams III.
Aud' could be British Champion.
HE WILL BEAT MATT SKELTON (WHO HAS BEEN BRITISH LEVEL FOREVER btw FRANK, GET A SHIFT ON)!
HE WILL WIN A WORLD TITLE IN 2008!!
COME ON BIG AUD'!
He'll be back...
Sorry Tel, but you are wrong in this instance. Audley crossed the line. It is one thing to slag off other fighters, though personally i don't buy that horseshit about it selling tickets. Just look at the interest in the Gatti / Ward trilogy, not a bad word between them before, during, or afterwards. But Harrison got into it with the fans. That was his mistake. Everyone has the right to return a flat pint, bad food, walk out of a concert if the band is shit, or whatever. Harrison implied that the public knew fvck all, and that his hand picked night club bouncers and cab drivers were legitimate contests, when even a little old lady that lived in a shack with no electricity could have seen they were not.
Like Aud' I do not really have a leg to stand on do I? He mouthed off a fair bit but was never as flagrant as when Naz tried to re-educate us after his last fight. I am clutching at straws though
I always prefer to defend untenable positions but this one would be a bridge too far. I still think the booing left a bad smell though but that is a personal quibble, if you pay you can boo, I just wish people would not.
Sorry my bad, the booing at a man that could be seriously injured is crassness at its worst. The criticism and ridicule since though, is just reaping what was sown.
Warren says Audley should have gone with him from day one.
If he had, then Aud would have very likely faced the exact same crew of cabdrivers and window cleaners, but FW would have got the flack for the matches instead.
If Khan was making his own matches at the moment it'd be the same story.
MightyWarrior wrote:Warren says Audley should have gone with him from day one.
If he had, then Aud would have very likely faced the exact same crew of cabdrivers and window cleaners, but FW would have got the flack for the matches instead.
If Khan was making his own matches at the moment it'd be the same story.
Talking of Khan making his own matches, have you or anyone else heard any talk of the Khan family starting their own promotional company? I have but I dont think I should name names at the moment.
Andy Mac wrote:
Talking of Khan making his own matches, have you or anyone else heard any talk of the Khan family starting their own promotional company? I have but I dont think I should name names at the moment.
I was thinking exactly that when watching his various uncles marching around with their mobile phones in the ring last Sat. A certain promoter must be getting a bit nervous, having flash backs to the Naz clan take over.
Andy Mac wrote:
Talking of Khan making his own matches, have you or anyone else heard any talk of the Khan family starting their own promotional company? I have but I dont think I should name names at the moment.
I was thinking exactly that when watching his various uncles marching around with their mobile phones in the ring last Sat. A certain promoter must be getting a bit nervous, having flash backs to the Naz clan take over.
I also noticed that, but it was not where it was first mentioned to me.
It's only a matter of time before it happens. It will probably happen some time after Khan has reached world class, everybody has well and truly had enough of the sub-standard opposition Warren will keep lining up and the endless promises of a "live" opponent with FW blaming everybody under the sun except himself as to why fights the paying public want to see are not happening. Sound familiar ?
