Ener Julio ain't fighting Khaliq

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Sep 2003, 17:10

Ener Julio won't be fighting Khaliq on September 20 in Nottingham - and probably never was. Matchroom are doing a lot of this nowadays: announcing a big opponent (two in this case, Khaliq, we were told, was originally going to be fighting Ray Oliveira) and then coming up with some pathetic excuse as to why the fighter ain't coming over. Normally he's suffered a last minute injury or has visa problems. To me it's a good way of drumming up publicity for a show, but it's all a bit tiring. Mickey Duff's mob did this all the time in the 70's and 80's. The amount of big names Frank Bruno was originally fighting was quite hilarious. None of his scheduled fights with Greg Page, Alfredo Evangelista, Trevor Berbick, David Bey or Mike Weaver came off. David Bey, the press were informed, had been injured in a street mugging in the east end. Yeah, right.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 15 Sep 2003, 17:52

No way, sounds bad stuff Bennie, so any word on who he actually is fighting? I was looking forward to Khaliq-Julio

The REAL McCoy · Post by **The REAL McCoy** » 15 Sep 2003, 18:46

Damn, McCoy is pissed off

McCoy was looking forward to seeing a competitive fight, something that is becoming increasingly rare nowadays

McCoy has a feeling that Khaliqs next opponent will be some eastern European non-puncher who probably fights at a smaller weight

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 15 Sep 2003, 19:22

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Damn it sounds a bit like the Calzaghe vs Telesco and Calzaghe vs Joppy syndrome.

If the excuse is geniune (I haven't heard anything direct that its off) then fair enough. If not (and how can we ever prove if its not), then I hope there some kind of refund for the fans paying to see Khaliq in a very difficult contest.

Another trip to the bookies down the drain (was going to place a bet on Julio).

Annoyed.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Sep 2003, 19:53

stujones wrote::x :x :x

Damn it sounds a bit like the Calzaghe vs Telesco and Calzaghe vs Joppy syndrome.

If the excuse is geniune (I haven't heard anything direct that its off) then fair enough. If not (and how can we ever prove if its not), then I hope there some kind of refund for the fans paying to see Khaliq in a very difficult contest.

Another trip to the bookies down the drain (was going to place a bet on Julio).

Annoyed.

I'll find out more tomorrow about Khaliq's new opponent (if he's fighting at all), but it ain't gonna be Julio. He's not even in the country. You'll be glad to know that Nathan Sting is here.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 16 Sep 2003, 05:16

Oh well at least the Booth brothers are in proper fights.

Julio would've probably beaten Khaliq anyway.