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yeah mason was a fairly big name at the time.

he regularly made appearances on programmes like you bet and celebrity gladiators.

shame he never fought bruno.

would have been a feisty one.

I always enjoyed watching him on the box - he should be on ITV, maybe doing some ITV4 stuff to see how he gets on and if he does well then give him the big slots on ITV1. I wonder if Sky would ever have him back?

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember that Tyrell Biggs gave Mason alot of problems, think he may of been in front on the scorecards, there was a few raised eyebrows when Biggs went down from a solid righthand, he looked as if he could of got up , but didn't.

Yeah I always thought that was a strange fight,He always looked half asleep when commenting on the late night fights was a bit embarrasing at times.

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember that Tyrell Biggs gave Mason alot of problems, think he may of been in front on the scorecards, there was a few raised eyebrows when Biggs went down from a solid righthand, he looked as if he could of got up , but didn't.

You can see Biggs getting the nod from his corner (allegedly) and suddenly flopping to the canvas. I once interviewed Biggs at the Russell Square Hotel, when he was more ambitious. He was pleasant and Lou Duva was even nicer, which surprised me.
Good ol' Captain Lou.

bennie wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember that Tyrell Biggs gave Mason alot of problems, think he may of been in front on the scorecards, there was a few raised eyebrows when Biggs went down from a solid righthand, he looked as if he could of got up , but didn't.

You can see Biggs getting the nod from his corner (allegedly) and suddenly flopping to the canvas. I once interviewed Biggs at the Russell Square Hotel, when he was more ambitious. He was pleasant and Lou Duva was even nicer, which surprised me.
Good ol' Captain Lou.

Yeah, always thought that one smelt funny myself.

Biggs got hit square on the nose and went down from that. When he looked up a typically dodgy Larry O'Connell started the count at about 8 & quickly waved it off.

The stinky fight was Mason-Tillis - Duff obviously had an agreement that Tillis could not last longer with Mason than he did with Bruno, so Tillis's crooked cornerman Beau Williford promplty threw in the towel in rd 5 despite there being a lull in the action. Tillis was stunned, and absolutely disgusted.

Anyhow, Gary Mason as a pundit and analyst was ACE - witty, dry, engaging, but unfortunately wouldn't fit ITV because he has this pesky habit of CALLING IT AS IT IS.

Can you imagine Gary Mason talking about Amir Khan & his opponents? ITV would sling him out. They need a shill like Bazza McGuigan who has zero pride to sell bad fights and mismatches.

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember him destroying Jess Harding in 2 rounds, was there bad blood between the 2?

Jess Harding said something like 'Gary Mason hasn't got the stamina for the later rounds'

And Gary quipped 'It won't go into the later rounds'

Jess Harding was a decent boxer - Fwank - a man who has never laced a pair of gloves on in his life slagging
Harding off in BN about his two round defeat to Mason was a bit of a disgrace.

Can you imagine Gary Mason talking about Amir Khan & his opponents? ITV would sling him out. They need a shill like Bazza McGuigan who has zero pride to sell bad fights and mismatches.[/quote]

yeah well said. I think gary was a bit too muscle bound like bruno and was too easy to hit.

Strong as an oxe and very game though would have pasted danny williams

He'd of definitely wasted Danny Williams, I could see him doing a similar number on Danny that Samil Sam did. The Lennox fight showed how strong willed & determined Mason was.

Carlos-Wigan wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember him destroying Jess Harding in 2 rounds, was there bad blood between the 2?

Jess Harding said something like 'Gary Mason hasn't got the stamina for the later rounds'

And Gary quipped 'It won't go into the later rounds'

Jess Harding was a decent boxer - Fwank - a man who has never laced a pair of gloves on in his life slagging
Harding off in BN about his two round defeat to Mason was a bit of a disgrace.

Yes, I thought that was low from Britain's leading promoter. Harding went in there and a had a go. He didn't deserve such a slight.

bennie wrote:

Carlos-Wigan wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:I remember him destroying Jess Harding in 2 rounds, was there bad blood between the 2?

Jess Harding said something like 'Gary Mason hasn't got the stamina for the later rounds'

And Gary quipped 'It won't go into the later rounds'

Jess Harding was a decent boxer - Fwank - a man who has never laced a pair of gloves on in his life slagging
Harding off in BN about his two round defeat to Mason was a bit of a disgrace.

Yes, I thought that was low from Britain's leading promoter. Harding went in there and a had a go. He didn't deserve such a slight.

Old bones Ian wrote:Was it the eye injury that ended his career?

He had the 2 fights in the USA , i thought he just lost interest in it after them.

He said he took the fights in the US to prove he could get licensed there, in a bid to aid his appeal to get relicensed in the UK. Ultimately he was rejected again and did not fight again because he said he ultimately wanted to box in Britain, and if he couldn't, then he wasn't interested.

Wasn't Mason the slight betting favourite against Lewis?

Strange to think that, now.