Colin Wilson Vs Francesco Pianeta

Sapphire · Post by **Sapphire** » 22 Aug 2007, 06:35

Big Col Wilson our Australian Heavyweight Champ is fighting undefeated Italian Francesco Pianeta in Germany on the Nikolay Valuev Vs Jean-Francois Bergeron on the 29th September. He will also be helping the Gaint Valuev out with sparring again. I really hope he does well and can come home with a Win next to his name

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 22 Aug 2007, 07:04

Scott Edwards wrote:Big Col Wilson our Australian Heavyweight Champ is fighting undefeated Italian Francesco Pianeta in Germany on the Nikolay Valuev Vs Jean-Francois Bergeron on the 29th September. He will also be helping the Gaint Valuev out with sparring again. I really hope he does well and can come home with a Win next to his name

I have never heard of the undefeated Italian but I still don't like the odds...

Sapphire · Post by **Sapphire** » 22 Aug 2007, 07:52

Francesco Pianeta is 11,W 0,L 7 KOs but most of the blokes he has fought have losing records.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 26 Aug 2007, 03:09

Pianetta's record hardly looks likely to strike terror into the hearts of the firm of mind.

The Coalminer Kid's age looks a bit of a problem, though. Doesn't Col have a brother who won a few hundred fights in the tents?

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 26 Aug 2007, 07:45

yeh brute, blair "the cowboy" wilson.. think he had around 10 professional fights with patchy success now he trains boxers at emerald and does a bit of tent boxing.. saw it on global village on sbs once, makes a bunch of $2 toughguys look like fools without breaking a sweat lol good on him

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 26 Aug 2007, 18:36

WTF is tent fighting!?!

AntonS · Post by **AntonS** » 26 Aug 2007, 19:16

They travel around central Queensland, knock-up a tent & get the locals to chellenge their team for prize money.
Some of the team are pro boxers. Sean Connell had done it a few months ago and will be participating again in September. Darren Obah use to do it.
They usually hit a town during festivities, such as Birdsville Cup.
Been around Qld for yonks. Fred Brophy's Tent Fighting was/is famous - I think they still use the name.
However, it'll come to an end if & when Qld Government legislates combat sport.

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 26 Aug 2007, 19:50

AntonS wrote:They travel around central Queensland, knock-up a tent & get the locals to chellenge their team for prize money.
Some of the team are pro boxers. Sean Connell had done it a few months ago and will be participating again in September. Darren Obah use to do it.
They usually hit a town during festivities, such as Birdsville Cup.
Been around Qld for yonks. Fred Brophy's Tent Fighting was/is famous - I think they still use the name.
However, it'll come to an end if & when Qld Government legislates combat sport.

So you mean at the moment it is legal!?!

Sounds crazy if you ask me.

AntonS · Post by **AntonS** » 26 Aug 2007, 20:01

So you mean at the moment it is legal!?!

Yep! As are toughmen comps, which are frequently seen on Gold Coast.

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 26 Aug 2007, 21:19

yeh but theres no way u can compare tent boxing, which is usually a well honed professional who pulls his punches and a drunk unco pub fighter, to toughman comps which is usually 2 pub fighters with bad intent and a very questionable referee there is a much greater chance of someone getting hurt.. i think the rare occasion that it is not 2 street fighters is when a amateur kickboxer etc hops in for a bit of money when there isnt many fights on the horizon like when paul briggs won a brisbane one when he was 15 by snapping sum blokes arm

funso banjo baby · Post by **funso banjo baby** » 27 Aug 2007, 10:54

pianetta has looked like an iti version of Roman Greenberg...well built but lazy..this is a huge step up and i pick Wilson to take him out...no problem

funso banjo baby · Post by **funso banjo baby** » 27 Aug 2007, 10:55

pianetta has looked like an iti version of Roman Greenberg...well built but lazy..this is a huge step up and i pick Wilson to take him out...no problem

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 27 Aug 2007, 20:05

Marlin wrote:
AntonS wrote:They travel around central Queensland, knock-up a tent & get the locals to chellenge their team for prize money.
Some of the team are pro boxers. Sean Connell had done it a few months ago and will be participating again in September. Darren Obah use to do it.
They usually hit a town during festivities, such as Birdsville Cup.
Been around Qld for yonks. Fred Brophy's Tent Fighting was/is famous - I think they still use the name.
However, it'll come to an end if & when Qld Government legislates combat sport.
So you mean at the moment it is legal!?!

Sounds crazy if you ask me.

Its great fun Marlin, You get pissed and then have a go against some decent boxers. They had them in WA im not sure anymore but i had a go about 15 years ago and it was great. Most of the guys that have a go are useless and the fighters take it easy on them.
I was training at the time so i lasted the few minutes and the fighter was less than impressed as i was fairly pissed at the time.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:21

Some blokes I trained with at Bernie Hall's in the early 70s used to fight in Jimmy Sharman's tent which travelled the country and was at the easter show every year. Bernie Hourigan told me they usually fought each other (i.e., one fighter would go outside the tent and declare one of the others who would be near the drummer). Occasionally an outsider would challenge one of the pugs and get smashed. The pugs did not go hard against each other, the routines were something like WWE.

It was banned in NSW in the middle seventies for safety reasons.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 31 Aug 2007, 19:28

Getting back to Wilson, after fighting Pianetta he fights poor old Bob Mirovic again.

WHY?

Col has flogged Bob at least four times already! This is getting close to being a case for the RSPCA for cruelty to a dumb animal. They are against torturing dancing bears and Bob can't even dance anymore.

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 31 Aug 2007, 21:34

brute, bob has beaten col 4 times and stopped him twice (i think).. i feel this may have been because bob was quite experienced at the time and much larger than col as he started his career at like 100 compared to 83.. however i think its cols turn now because as u say, bob is well over the hill and col has had a total renewal because he actually trains now.. makes me wonder if mirovic even makes good sparring now..he should just get his own stable of fighters and start training

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 31 Aug 2007, 23:39

Bushboy wrote:brute, bob has beaten col 4 times and stopped him twice (i think).. i feel this may have been because bob was quite experienced at the time and much larger than col as he started his career at like 100 compared to 83.. however i think its cols turn now because as u say, bob is well over the hill and col has had a total renewal because he actually trains now.. makes me wonder if mirovic even makes good sparring now..he should just get his own stable of fighters and start training

OK, so I exaggerated. Most of Wilson's losses were at light heavy or not much heavier. But, hell's bells! Mirovic is 41. He will never be a World champion, his best is well behind him. Maybe it is time Angelo sat down with him and they worked out an alternate future for him. He would make a great commentator.

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 31 Aug 2007, 23:47

yeh thats a good idea actually... he could do whatever he so chose because he is connected with the most influential person in australian boxing, hyder.
yeh he would make a good commentator for sure, he is quite popular and a vibrant sort of person

Sapphire · Post by **Sapphire** » 04 Sep 2007, 00:54

Its funny you guys talking about Tent Boxing I just got back from beating up the locals in Birdsville today.... The Cowboy called it quits after 507 Undefeated fights. but he probably beat up over 1000 blokes!! its not odd to see him smashing 3 or 4 blokes at a time. he's beat up boxers like Jamie Guy & Justin Clemments, Sonni Michael Angelo wouldn't fight him in brissy last year

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 04 Sep 2007, 04:38

Scott Edwards wrote:Its funny you guys talking about Tent Boxing I just got back from beating up the locals in Birdsville today.... The Cowboy called it quits after 507 Undefeated fights. but he probably beat up over 1000 blokes!! its not odd to see him smashing 3 or 4 blokes at a time. he's beat up boxers like Jamie Guy & Justin Clemments, Sonni Michael Angelo wouldn't fight him in brissy last year

Sonni Michael Angelo? what do you want from a bloke with a bleach job and fights in a skirt with that Howard shit's face on it!

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 29 Sep 2007, 17:55

Getting back to the original post, Pianetta beat Wilson on points.

Back to the drawing board. :(

Sapphire · Post by **Sapphire** » 30 Sep 2007, 03:17

at least he's going to be fit for Bob

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 30 Sep 2007, 20:40

Scott Edwards wrote:at least he's going to be fit for Bob

I can't think of much worse than watching Wilson Mirovic in what, there 5th fight...

Sapphire · Post by **Sapphire** » 01 Oct 2007, 04:05

Marlin wrote:
Scott Edwards wrote:at least he's going to be fit for Bob
I can't think of much worse than watching Wilson Mirovic in what, there 5th fight...

well thats abit sad. they may be getting on in age but they are still the top heavyweights in Aus, and there records may not be that flash but I rather watch Col fight Bob then watch Solomon Haumono fight nobodies. these men have done alot for the sport of boxing in Australia. show some respect.

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 01 Oct 2007, 04:34

Scott Edwards wrote:
Marlin wrote:
Scott Edwards wrote:at least he's going to be fit for Bob
I can't think of much worse than watching Wilson Mirovic in what, there 5th fight...
well thats abit sad. they may be getting on in age but they are still the top heavyweights in Aus, and there records may not be that flash but I rather watch Col fight Bob then watch Solomon Haumono fight nobodies. these men have done alot for the sport of boxing in Australia. show some respect.

Show some respect!?!

How about they show the fans some respect... here we have two heavyweights who are 28-19 and 33-21 who have fought each other four times with the same man winning each time!!! This is not a good fight any way you dice it...

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