PredatorHayds wrote:I bought a DVD of the wrong Corrie Sanders once.
Corey 'T-Rex' Sanders - that must have been a disappointment.
He got me a few times.
I remember reading the Sanders-Golota fight getting made in the late 90s. Got really excited bout it for some strange reason. Even told people that it could be a couple of really good brawlers going at it.
Nearly cried at 3am when T-Rex walked in. Pretty sure it was a 10 round snoozefest aswell.
Still very similar tho must of been an Awkward one in the same house....
My brother pat Doherty fought John Doherty for the British super feather weight title and johns first name was pat as well but he used john so there wasn't 2 pat Doherty's.
Your brother was Pat Doherty? Wow... I remember him... Exciting fighter. Was part of that weird super feather British title jinx in the 80s where everyone seemed to lose the title in an upset in their first defence...
Yeah he'd struggle to make cruiserweight now little fat git He was always in good fights even if I say so myself
Rexob wrote:I think professionals in the UK have to have an original name or not the same name as any active fighter?
Yeah true an example was Michael Ayres (I think?) had to change so picked Gomez.
I loved shaka a good no nonsense fighter,I met him at a gym in Streatham when he was on the way up and I was about 18/19 a nice guy as well
Met him a few times through mutual friends. Nice fella. Do you know what he's doing now? I think I see him driving a white van about the other day. Did you meet him at the gym at the back of the pub? Park Tavern, was it? Think the gym might have been called 'Charlies' or something.
bripez wrote:
Yeah true an example was Michael Ayres (I think?) had to change so picked Gomez.
I loved shaka a good no nonsense fighter,I met him at a gym in Streatham when he was on the way up and I was about 18/19 a nice guy as well
Met him a few times through mutual friends. Nice fella. Do you know what he's doing now? I think I see him driving a white van about the other day. Did you meet him at the gym at the back of the pub? Park Tavern, was it? Think the gym might have been called 'Charlies' or something.
That's it the park tavern I couldn't think of the name of it,
stevedoc wrote:
My brother pat Doherty fought John Doherty for the British super feather weight title and johns first name was pat as well but he used john so there wasn't 2 pat Doherty's.
Your brother was Pat Doherty? Wow... I remember him... Exciting fighter. Was part of that weird super feather British title jinx in the 80s where everyone seemed to lose the title in an upset in their first defence...
Yeah he'd struggle to make cruiserweight now little fat git He was always in good fights even if I say so myself
Has there ever been a case of 2 guys with the same name (or used to have the same name but one changed, or someone who had another name but mimicked a famous boxer) sharing a ring?
davie wrote:Has there ever been a case of 2 guys with the same name (or used to have the same name but one changed, or someone who had another name but mimicked a famous boxer) sharing a ring?
davie wrote:Has there ever been a case of 2 guys with the same name (or used to have the same name but one changed, or someone who had another name but mimicked a famous boxer) sharing a ring?
Jonathan Gonzalez vs Jonathan Gonzalez, both were debutants too
So if you're not allowed to be the same name as an active current boxer, what happens when they retire? Can you actually revert back to your birth name?
Jimmy Kelly added Kilrain to his name because the board said his real name was to similar too Castleford/Leeds light heavy Jamie Kelly.
Luke Blackledge is really called Luke Robinson, but uses his mum's maiden name because there was already a boxer called Luke Robinson when he turned over.
Corey 'T-Rex' Sanders - that must have been a disappointment.
I didn't even notice that!
didn't see that