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bigjack wrote:

Rexob wrote:

Stuarty30 wrote:Billy Hardy

Billy Hardly, is what Hamed called him, before hamed ehniliated Billy in less than one round.

'I'm gonna spank him like a ginger step child' is the way Hamed described his tactics for the fight.

and spank him he did. Poor Hardy looked in agony.

I always enjoyed watching Hoko.

Ditto, great little fighter and just a shame about those vulnerable eyes! Great work-rate, fast and heavy hands, loved a scrap and the other great 'Eastwood' featherweight. Pity Paul was the shy type and not inclined to do any PR.

I think a fight with Sweet C was touted for a while and I'd loved to have seen that; nice clash of styles.

Scott Harrison - yup, that bad boy - was also very decent for a while and what he actually did in the ring gets forgotten because of his troubles.
Scott was a big featherweight with punch variety, technique, power, a top engine and a nasty streak as well.

I could actually seen a prime Harrison giving Hamed a hell of a night....Naz would not have taken liberties with Scott.

Bodyshot3 wrote:

I always enjoyed watching Hoko.

Ditto, great little fighter and just a shame about those vulnerable eyes! Great work-rate, fast and heavy hands, loved a scrap and the other great 'Eastwood' featherweight. Pity Paul was the shy type and not inclined to do any PR.

I think a fight with Sweet C was touted for a while and I'd loved to have seen that; nice clash of styles.

I saw Colin at a club in London around that time. I had high hopes for him.

But having the Cinderella Man beat them all did bring a warm glow to my heart.

Bodyshot3 wrote:

I always enjoyed watching Hoko.

Ditto, great little fighter and just a shame about those vulnerable eyes! Great work-rate, fast and heavy hands, loved a scrap and the other great 'Eastwood' featherweight. Pity Paul was the shy type and not inclined to do any PR.
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Sorry to be contrary mate but I think you're overcooking him as a 'great featherweight' of any kind, and I don't think his hands were that heavy, either, at world level his only stoppages were of hasbeens or never wases and he never seemed to trouble the genuine world level guys he faced, not with power anyway but more with workrate and physicality a la hatton, no great single-shot power that I could see. having said that I think the comparison with Hatton is a close one and his abilities were closer to those of hattons than their relative fame/stature would suggest. Their flaws, too

Full respect to Winstone but relatively easy work for Hamed.