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The night Eddie Doyle fought Mcarthur I was in the row behind an extremely drunk Doyle fan. So drunk that there was empty spaces all around him (which hadnt been empty previous to him parking his cheeks). He was shouting 'Hit him with your left eddie' then when a left was thrown he shouted 'no, your other left eddie' and to top it off..... It wasnt even the Doyle fight that was on yet!

danconnollyeire wrote:I used to get 'you don't look big enough to be a boxer... you don't look muscley enough'...

Sorry... when was Arnie ever a world champion?

Arnie was a 6 time world champ I think! That was in his chosen sport though

jessi wrote:My mates say that Nicky piper couldn't of been a boxer and that there av him easy !

My wife says the same when I tell her he could really have a fight she looks at me like I'm daft.

Last year one of my mates labelled David Price sh*t because he only won a bronze medal in the olympics.

I referred to him how a certain Floyd Mayweather Jr acheived the same feat in 1996 .

I had a conversation a couple of times with somebody who doesn't watch boxing, who swears blind that Frank Bruno was an awful heavyweight.

The first time it went something like this.

Them: "Bruno, he was a rubbish heavyweight. People just exaggerated how good he was because he was popular."
Me: "I think it's too strong to say he was awful, he was world champion."
Them: "He was only world champion because he was popular."
Me: "Pardon?"
Them: "The fans awarded him the title."
Me: "You realise he won it in the ring."
Them: "Errr... Oh. I dunno."

*pause*

Them: "He wasn't as good as Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson."
Me: "I didn't say he was. I was refuting your point that he was awful."
Them: "If they're not as good as Mike Tyson, they're awful."
Me: "What an absurd statement."
Them: "Well, he couldn't have beaten a prime Mike Tyson."
Me: "No, but if you watched their first fight, you'd have seen the Bruno gave a good account of himself."
Them: "You think?"
Me: "He went five rounds at a time most people didn't last two with Tyson, also had Tyson in danger in the first round."
Them: "I remember."
Me: "Then how can you claim he's awful?"
Them: "He didn't beat Tyson, or Lewis. That's why."
Me: "Even the Lewis fight it was his stamina that let him down, he was doing well until he was stopped."
Them: "Naaah. He's rubbish."



I mean, I'm not claiming Frank Bruno was the best boxer in history. But if I went round claiming that every football team that wasn't as good as Barcelona was awful, he'd tell me I was talking shit. But because he can name three retired heavyweights, he automatically assumes that Bruno is the worst boxer ever.

not really a casual fan saying but more a commentator saying that does my head in.
boxer makes a mistake in a fight - "he's shown a lack of experience there" - NO its just a bloody mistake!
sure everyone knows who's bad for always saying this

"This should be a tough fight the guy is unbeaten in X amount of fights"

danconnollyeire wrote:I used to get 'you don't look big enough to be a boxer... you don't look muscley enough'...

Sorry... when was Arnie ever a world champion?

Made me smile that one. Had that a few times myself my

In my old job got chatting to a guy on my break and when he found out I was a boxing fan he mentioned he went to Haye v Harrison at the MEN.

I said " Hahahaha the main event was crap and I knew it was going to be. Did you see Groves v Anderson before it ? That was a quality fight. "

His reply " No we we were drinking before it and we got in just for the main event... and it was over dead fast hahahahaha"

Good guy but that fight would have cost a lot of money for 1 jab

digzee wrote:The very best one.. "I could beat him"

had a mate that used to watch fights and regularly declare that he could take the guys on screen, whether it was because they weren't great or they were from lower wieght classes
he couldn't accept that a small man would beat him
his favourite was scott harrison. everytime we watched him he would confidently declare that he'd kill him, look at the size of him.....he wouldn't have a chance against me

best of it was, we called the guy second prize on account of the number of scraps he got in and lost at the weekend.

ILikeBeer wrote:I had a conversation a couple of times with somebody who doesn't watch boxing, who swears blind that Frank Bruno was an awful heavyweight.

The first time it went something like this.

Them: "Bruno, he was a rubbish heavyweight. People just exaggerated how good he was because he was popular."
Me: "I think it's too strong to say he was awful, he was world champion."
Them: "He was only world champion because he was popular."
Me: "Pardon?"
Them: "The fans awarded him the title."
Me: "You realise he won it in the ring."
Them: "Errr... Oh. I dunno."

*pause*

Them: "He wasn't as good as Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson."
Me: "I didn't say he was. I was refuting your point that he was awful."
Them: "If they're not as good as Mike Tyson, they're awful."
Me: "What an absurd statement."
Them: "Well, he couldn't have beaten a prime Mike Tyson."
Me: "No, but if you watched their first fight, you'd have seen the Bruno gave a good account of himself."
Them: "You think?"
Me: "He went five rounds at a time most people didn't last two with Tyson, also had Tyson in danger in the first round."
Them: "I remember."
Me: "Then how can you claim he's awful?"
Them: "He didn't beat Tyson, or Lewis. That's why."
Me: "Even the Lewis fight it was his stamina that let him down, he was doing well until he was stopped."
Them: "Naaah. He's rubbish."




I mean, I'm not claiming Frank Bruno was the best boxer in history. But if I went round claiming that every football team that wasn't as good as Barcelona was awful, he'd tell me I was talking poo. But because he can name three retired heavyweights, he automatically assumes that Bruno is the worst boxer ever.

I watched his fight with McCall today on BN. A good win and a worthy champion. went in with the vest of his generation and only lost to good fighters. and even at that, gave a good account of himself against true greats.

i have also heard people say he didn't have the heart or was a coward.
people clearly mistake being a nice person with being soft. anyone who shared the ring with some of the guy he did deserves great credit.
as you say his stamina let him down at times, perhaps because of his build. but he never lacked courage

Groove Armada wrote:The way people go overboard as if their 'mate' is Superman and made of granite....Evening, GonadMez

You're trying to bait him; I couldn't see it when the others were saying you were trolling him but I can you are; Gomez is alright and he doesn't give it the big n; I think Groves will win and I think Froch is rattled but there are some right tools on CS you could dig at if you really needed to - there are some horrible hateful posts and posters on there - Gomez doesn't deserve it.

palooka wrote:

jessi wrote:My mates say that Nicky piper couldn't of been a boxer and that there av him easy !

My wife says the same when I tell her he could really have a fight she looks at me like I'm daft.

to be fair, piper never looks like a fighter.

davie wrote:

palooka wrote:

jessi wrote:My mates say that Nicky piper couldn't of been a boxer and that there av him easy !

My wife says the same when I tell her he could really have a fight she looks at me like I'm daft.

to be fair, piper never looks like a fighter.

I keep telling her about when Piper knocked that fellow out with the first punch of the fight; in about 12 seconds including the count but I can't find it anywhere - she reckons she'd knock him out

"Scott Quigg is a world champion" That one really cracks me up.

palooka wrote:

Groove Armada wrote:The way people go overboard as if their 'mate' is Superman and made of granite....Evening, GonadMez

You're trying to bait him; I couldn't see it when the others were saying you were trolling him but I can you are; Gomez is alright and he doesn't give it the big n; I think Groves will win and I think Froch is rattled but there are some right tools on CS you could dig at if you really needed to - there are some horrible hateful posts and posters on there - Gomez doesn't deserve it.

Bore off !!

That was lazy trolling!!

I'm beginning to think groves Is upping his talk to up his purse on ppv.
I still don't believe booth has parted & I don't think he'd do it to a fighter at this stage!! That paddy trainer is his pal & why would he train George if booths his pal?? It's bs. Fitzy is the pad man & booth just likes to manage & corner

palooka wrote:

Groove Armada wrote:The way people go overboard as if their 'mate' is Superman and made of granite....Evening, GonadMez

You're trying to bait him; I couldn't see it when the others were saying you were trolling him but I can you are; Gomez is alright and he doesn't give it the big n; I think Groves will win and I think Froch is rattled but there are some right tools on CS you could dig at if you really needed to - there are some horrible hateful posts and posters on there - Gomez doesn't deserve it.

you're a good bloke palooka

ILikeBeer wrote:I had a conversation a couple of times with somebody who doesn't watch boxing, who swears blind that Frank Bruno was an awful heavyweight.

The first time it went something like this.

Them: "Bruno, he was a rubbish heavyweight. People just exaggerated how good he was because he was popular."
Me: "I think it's too strong to say he was awful, he was world champion."
Them: "He was only world champion because he was popular."
Me: "Pardon?"
Them: "The fans awarded him the title."
Me: "You realise he won it in the ring."
Them: "Errr... Oh. I dunno."

*pause*

Them: "He wasn't as good as Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson."
Me: "I didn't say he was. I was refuting your point that he was awful."
Them: "If they're not as good as Mike Tyson, they're awful."
Me: "What an absurd statement."
Them: "Well, he couldn't have beaten a prime Mike Tyson."
Me: "No, but if you watched their first fight, you'd have seen the Bruno gave a good account of himself."
Them: "You think?"
Me: "He went five rounds at a time most people didn't last two with Tyson, also had Tyson in danger in the first round."
Them: "I remember."
Me: "Then how can you claim he's awful?"
Them: "He didn't beat Tyson, or Lewis. That's why."
Me: "Even the Lewis fight it was his stamina that let him down, he was doing well until he was stopped."
Them: "Naaah. He's rubbish."



I mean, I'm not claiming Frank Bruno was the best boxer in history. But if I went round claiming that every football team that wasn't as good as Barcelona was awful, he'd tell me I was talking poo. But because he can name three retired heavyweights, he automatically assumes that Bruno is the worst boxer ever.

Bruno learnt to box in CROYDON......

People saying Frock instead of Froch is annoying, you clearly do not know who you're talking about.

In general though, anyone believing and reciting to me anything from FW newspaper column. They take it as gospel.

Ali is the greatest fighter ever ,never beaten . never decked ,unbeatable .

when people say who did tyson beat other than an old holmes , holmes was considered a weak opponent for tyson at the time but now he's made out to be the best tyson fought .

oscar de la hoya ...he lost his big fights .well he only lost a few because he fought the best fighters out there not cherry picked like many of todays fighters .

haha one that used to get me is the casual fan saying "there is no way naz would beat tyson or benn" or "when will eubank be fighting naz" used to piss me off haha

I'd fight him a million...just go down in the first...

To be honest...most people annoy me when I'm watching live sport...I never watch sports in pubs...just can't take it...

[quote="Ezzard"]I'd fight him a million...just go down in the first...

To be honest...most people annoy me when I'm watching live sport...I never watch sports in pubs...just can't take it...[/quote]

I've heard that 10.000 times; 'I'd fight him for a million quid, I'd just give it a go. wunt be bothered me'.

"When's Hatton gonaa fight Mayflower" is my fave

"Whose playing tonight then?"