Boxers and cars

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 10 Jul 2007, 04:38

What is it with boxers and cars?

I see Harry Simon lost his appeal against a two-year sentence yesterday and is now in jail.

Overtaking, wrong side of the road, etc. Killed three including a baby.

Terrible.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Jul 2007, 04:49

Most fighters are going to be high testosterone individuals, and testosterone is known to make people take risks. You also see a lot of footballers in car bother too.

Though, cannot remember the last time I heard of a rugger bugger being in trouble over an incident with a car...

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 05:11

They get lots of money, money = fast cars...

And half of these guys are brain dead arseholes

or cocky, like Naz, another exponent of speed....

Then again does anyone remember early days when he had that shit jeep and was strolling around Sheffield in his shorts..was it Natural Born Thriller?

If they're not in fast cars they're in hulking great HGV lorries like Eubank..

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 10 Jul 2007, 06:45

That was not a shit jeep.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 10 Jul 2007, 06:48

Think we've found who bought it off him

sweetscience · Post by **sweetscience** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:00

i think its cause in general you have to be a bit 'daft' to fight for a living

and daft people do daft things, i think its that simple

hitman_hatton1 · Post by **hitman_hatton1** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:07

what's happening with that amir khan dangerous driving case?

anyone know when he's up on trial for it?

Carbo · Post by **Carbo** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:09

I don't think it's any different for boxers than anyone else.

The difference is that by the time most males have got enough money to own expensive sports cars, they're older, more mature and wiser.

Sportsmen are both young and rich and therefore can afford cars like this when all that speed and excitement still appeals.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:29

Cars kill and are a weapon. The more powerful the car the more dangerous a weapon it is. Cars that are 10times more powerful than a regular Nissan Micra and are used to their fullest need to be taken great care with.

More people are killed on our roads than by practically any other cause. They are seen as 'accidents' and unavoidable but every accident is someones fault.

Sportsmen are no different to other people who take risks with high powered killing machines. If your going to speed though, there are safer places to speed and less safe places to speed.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:41

why is it not shit, did Daddy Fwank by it?

Can you not think for yourself?

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 10 Jul 2007, 07:56

Captain Hook wrote:why is it not shit, did Daddy Fwank by it?

Can you not think for yourself?

that was a good jeep. 4 litre wrangler? shit how?

what do you drive flash harry?

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 10 Jul 2007, 08:55

Is everyone clear that 101boxing and Boxingchat are the same person now? Yes? Good

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Jul 2007, 09:15

Terry D wrote:Maybe, bear with me here chaps, it is because they take part in such a dangerous and thrilling sport. Imagine beating, for example, Felix Trinidad in Puerto Rico then having to come home to Wolverhampton. Of course you will want to recreate the thrill.

So you might do a bit of sniff (not that I'm saying any boxer would do this), you might bang lap-dancers three at a time, you could buy a cross-bow or you could buy a bloody fast car and go around at pant-wetting speeds looking for the buzz you no longer get when you are fighting.

Day-to-day banality must be hard for a professional fighter, especially at a decent level, so no wonder they get into fast-cars. Chico was the ultimate blood and glory warrior (more so than Gatti because Chico won his big war) so is it any wonder he thought "I need a fast-car, lots of booze and some tight corners to give me a thrill".

Most decent-level fighters won't be happy with the school-run approach to owning a car.

I am surprised it does not happen more with retired fighters. An athlete dies twice. The first time is when they retire from their sport so I would not be surprised to see a fighter going around at crazily high speeds.

The answer? Drive at medium speed, with a bag of sniff whilst banging three lap-dancers and shooting at cows with a loaded crossbow.

Yeah, there's a correlation between adrenalin production and thrill seeking, most people who participate in dangerous sports, have an unusually high tolerance for adrenalin, and consequently require extra thrills to chase boredom away. I should imagine that an analysis of boxers would reveal that they too have in general the same traits.

After the buzz of boxing has gone, like you say Terrence, that fix needs to be provided elsewhere. It's probably no coincidence that a lot of them end up hammering loads of drugs when they retire.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 09:25

They'd have to be Mr Warrior, what a plank...

Can't believe he knows the make!! Frank must have bought it....

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 10 Jul 2007, 09:51

Ah, probably bought it from him... he's a bit of a boycie isnt he ?

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 10:08

Just needs a moustache, Boxing Chat is obviously Marlene

Just kidding mate, you can be Trigger instead....

I appear to have lost my way, this was about boxers and cars wasn't it!?

PS My name isn't Harry and I drive the same station wagon as Clark W Grizwald in National Lampoons Vacation...

Ta...

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 10 Jul 2007, 10:27

101boxing wrote:
Captain Hook wrote:why is it not shit, did Daddy Fwank by it?

Can you not think for yourself?
that was a good jeep. 4 litre wrangler? shit how?

what do you drive flash harry?

Can you not have an opinion on something unless you own something better?

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 10 Jul 2007, 10:28

I would have thought overtaking and driving on the wrong side of the road was the norm in Africa....

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 10:31

Fair comment!

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 10 Jul 2007, 11:17

Wales wrote:
101boxing wrote:
Captain Hook wrote:why is it not shit, did Daddy Fwank by it?

Can you not think for yourself?
that was a good jeep. 4 litre wrangler? shit how?

what do you drive flash harry?
Can you not have an opinion on something unless you own something better?

of course you can......it just means you're wrong. you ordinary folk make me laugh

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Jul 2007, 11:30

Ordinary folk? As opposed to what?

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » 10 Jul 2007, 11:41

He's a fornicating moron mate, ignore him.....

'Ordinary folk' who don't come on here and boast.....

PS That jeep would be 15 years old now so I guess it may have been ok then, as jeeps go!

Thanks for enlightening us Master 101....

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 10 Jul 2007, 12:48

Simon loved a drink, drove a car far too fast for the roads he drove on and had very little common sense.....
Add the above together and you come up with a tragedy.

On the other hand lots of boxers have nice cars and dont get in and major trouble....

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 10 Jul 2007, 13:02

101boxing wrote:
Wales wrote:
101boxing wrote: that was a good jeep. 4 litre wrangler? shit how?

what do you drive flash harry?
Can you not have an opinion on something unless you own something better?
of course you can......it just means you're wrong. you ordinary folk make me laugh

Best tell Mr Warren to stop giving his insightful opinion on Hatton then, because he doesnt have anything better in his stable.

dondada · Post by **dondada** » 10 Jul 2007, 13:20

Goz wrote:I would have thought overtaking and driving on the wrong side of the road was the norm in Africa....

I will resist abuse as I assume you are being tongue in cheek...