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Jon Saxon wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:thought adam smith bottled it a bit with warren.

the injury wasn't as big an issue as cook getting the title shot in the first place.

cook has 1 fight against a journeyman in 2 and a bit yrs.

before that he'd lost to martinez in 4 rds.

a guy that ricky burns beat.

how the hell did cook deserve that shot.

insult from all concerned.

world titles mean nothing with awful matchmaking like that.

THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

Sorry for the uppercase but this needs to be heard.

I rememeber watching that crazy old fuker Larry Merchant sticking his thumbs down to Lou Dibella at one of his cuban fighters) before the desicion was even announced at a recent fight.
HBO take no shit (commentry wise, matchup wise they leave a lot to be disired) and neither should sky

ed robinson wrote:Hey BigMark, I spoke to Robert afterwards and then also phoned him on Monday, when I explained that by farce I mean't, as I understand it, a ludicrous and rather absurd sequence of events. He felt that me using the word farce implied something more sinister and that it was very disrespectful to a boxer who was obviously still in very serious pain. It's a fair point and a large part of the reason why I regret saying what I said. Perhaps it genuinely was a freak injury and unconnected to Nicky's previous back problems or the heavy betting on a Burns early stoppage. I can't be certain either way and so shouldn't judge or appear to judge and that's why I regret using the word. There is no doubting Nicky's distress once that shot landed, or his bravery in previous fights. I put forward my own thoughts to Robert and he also took them on board. Ultimately only Nicky knows the full truth and, as I tried to say before, boxers are never 100% going into a fight. A pertinent question might be, if he felt there was a fair chance that his back would go, should he have pulled out the fight? To me that is actually a more difficult question to answer than it first appears. There are boxers with chronically bad hands who know that it might seriously damage their chances. If David Haye's cut from sparring reopened in the first exchange of his fight with John Ruiz and the fight was stopped would there be the same reaction? And if the answer is yes then why did it get rather ignored just because he won, even though he admitted it also hampered his preparations. There is always a chance that a man might get knocked out when he steps between the ropes but from day one in an amateur gym a boxer is trained and conditioned to ignore the negative. All that said, even though I regret making my initial statement to Robert I also think that I should have asked tougher questions in the rest of the interview. But that's live TV. I spent Sunday and Monday going over it in my head but now I have to learn the lessons and move on to the next show.

TheGoods wrote:Stinks that Buncey has let this float down river. No mention in his column or his fabled 'Boxing Hour'. What a tool.