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your memory and mine are playing very similar tricks, if so....

That's my memory, topped up by watching it only last week.

I also watched all his ABA performances - Jason Matthews, Glen Catley etc etc. Decimated them.

orbtastic wrote:That's my memory, topped up by watching it only last week.

I also watched all his ABA performances - Jason Matthews, Glen Catley etc etc. Decimated them.

secret Calzaghe fan. interesting..... no room for you on his nuts, though, not with the way I am swining from them on the regular.

Dean Francis etc etc; Mark Delaney was a real hard nut, never been dropped and was very strong. Calzaghe dropped him in the first round and bust him up. I was very impressed. He had shocking power and weren't heavily muscled.

Counter-puncher wrote:

orbtastic wrote:That's my memory, topped up by watching it only last week.

I also watched all his ABA performances - Jason Matthews, Glen Catley etc etc. Decimated them.

secret Calzaghe fan. interesting..... no room for you on his nuts, though, not with the way I am swining from them on the regular.

I found interesing Harry Carpenter's comments about Calzaghe being warned for "slapping" way back in the run-up to his 2nd ABA final.

simon fox wrote:Dean Francis etc etc; Mark Delaney was a real hard nut, never been dropped and was very strong. Calzaghe dropped him in the first round and bust him up. I was very impressed. He had shocking power and weren't heavily muscled.

Thanks, I was trying to think of the other guy. Francis was it. He took a pretty quick thumping.

Both Delaneys were looking like prospects at one point, Garry before making light heavy got too much, in particular. His KO of Agrimonda Chiponda was spectacular.

orbtastic wrote:That's my memory, topped up by watching it only last week.

I also watched all his ABA performances - Jason Matthews, Glen Catley etc etc. Decimated them.

Awesome stuff. i really have to sort out a fight library...

Glen Catley was the only man to take Joe the full 3 x 3 mins in 3 years of ABA title runs.

simon fox wrote:Glen Catley was the only man to take Joe the full 3 x 3 mins in 3 years of ABA title runs.

Im sure he got took the distance in a welsh final..to long ago to remember who..

orbtastic wrote:

simon fox wrote:Dean Francis etc etc; Mark Delaney was a real hard nut, never been dropped and was very strong. Calzaghe dropped him in the first round and bust him up. I was very impressed. He had shocking power and weren't heavily muscled.

Thanks, I was trying to think of the other guy. Francis was it. He took a pretty quick thumping.

Both Delaneys were looking like prospects at one point, Garry before making light heavy got too much, in particular. His KO of Agrimonda Chiponda was spectacular.

I'd forgotten there were two Delaneys, typical

simon fox wrote:Glen Catley was the only man to take Joe the full 3 x 3 mins in 3 years of ABA title runs.

Didn't he stop Catley at some point during the ams though - can't remember what's making me think that, but just got it in my head there was a stoppage win over Glen as well?

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:

simon fox wrote:Glen Catley was the only man to take Joe the full 3 x 3 mins in 3 years of ABA title runs.

Im sure he got took the distance in a welsh final..to long ago to remember who..

Michael Smyth beat him in the Welsh ABAs.

Catley was stopped in his second senior ABA run (light middle).

Somebody earlier in this thread asked about Adrian at the Fitzroy Lodge. He came down a couple of times to spar. However, when he asked to join Mick Carney and Billy Webster decided that he was potentially a bad influence and told him: "Thanks, but no thanks." He was not best impressed!
That same year he missed the start of the ABAs when he was late to the scales.
There was, trust me, never a dull moment with Adrian.
It's too easy to forget that he was in the late 80s and early 90s one of the most exciting fighters in the world - King, Arum, Finkel, Duva all had their eyes on him and their cheque books ready.

Adios.

@ orb

I think it was Darren Dorrington who took him the distance

orbtastic wrote:

Tommy Gunn13 wrote:

simon fox wrote:Glen Catley was the only man to take Joe the full 3 x 3 mins in 3 years of ABA title runs.

Im sure he got took the distance in a welsh final..to long ago to remember who..

Michael Smyth beat him in the Welsh ABAs.

Catley was stopped in his second senior ABA run (light middle).

Joe beat Smyth the year before in 1989 by stoppage he also beat a romanian boxer called Adrian Opreda in the same Four Nation Juniors tournemant, but lost to both of them on points in 1990

Counter-puncher wrote: @ orb

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Deserter wrote:

Autobarn wrote:also saw calzaghe-delaney on this program, around same time, and thought he was gong nowhere!

Haven't watched it in years but distinctly remember being impressed by Calzaghe's performance at the time.

all that slapping, mugging and cranefly impersonating. didn't know you were allowed to do that.

i was only about 14 or 15, though.

Morning,
Adrian will be on my BBC London 94.9 show tonight (10/3) between 8-9pm.
Adios and thanks.

Buncey wrote:Morning,
Adrian will be on my BBC London 94.9 show tonight (10/3) between 8-9pm.
Adios and thanks.

Have you a link to the show? i did listen to the journeymen prizefighter one,but havnt saved the link..Cheers

Buncey wrote:Morning,
Adrian will be on my BBC London 94.9 show tonight (10/3) between 8-9pm.
Adios and thanks.

Nice one Steve
Ask him to come and thank Boxrec personally

chiggsy wrote:Has the full line up been announced for prize fighter yet?
Know there's quigley,dilks,aidrian dodson and reid so far.

tony quigley and joey ainscough have to fight a 4 rounder in manchester tomorrow to prove to the board they can compete in the next prizefighter.

Tobias Webb too

Old bones Ian wrote:Well 41 year old Adrian Dodson is trying to make the supermiddle prizefighter, he makes his return in a 4 rounder this weekend in Liverpool. If he comes through that unscathed and in some sort of form the Board will allow him to enter Prizefighter.

Dodson last fought in 2003, if he makes it to prizefighter he will join the other oldies in Patrick J. Maxwell and Robin Reid.

im offended he was in my year at school and i like to think im still a spring chicken

Jeff Thomas wrote:James Ambler must have done something wrong in life

No doubt he'll get the call.

Ha he got the call Jeff But Dodson didnt show looks like he is out of Prizefighter