BoxRec

Rexob wrote:

Pugilist-specialist wrote:

Rexob wrote:

To be expected to be fair, looking after your own nothing wrong with that, sitting pretty now.

With his skills and the money he earnt he was always going to be sitting pretty. Things wrong with it may have been him under-achieving and becoming unpopular in his hometown. Still, at least his brothers got a few quid.

How can having 30odd million quid in the bank underachieving? Doesn't realy matter what people think of him better off out of there anyway it's a dump?

Since when has the fabric of a gym ever had anything to do with the creation of a fighter ? People make gyms - fighters trainers etc - at all levels. His own gym was a palace - but did him f@@k all good did it ?

Oh and you Pugilist take that back about the Cross .........

Switch hitter wrote:

rhino222 wrote:

bripez wrote:
Yes, things really worked out for Naz when he made those changes (just like it did for Mcguigan when he dropped Eastwood, Hatton when he dropped Graham etc.).

Boxers often don't mind paying their trainers etc a percentage when they don't earn much, but as soon as they hit the big money they think eff that I can do this myself or pay our kid to do it.

nail hit right on the head!!

You would have thought he would have gone to someone who knew what they were doing......it became a circus

There seems to be some bitter people about, by the looks of it, just enjoy what he actually did achieve and not what he should have done there's plenty to see.

Rexob

Naz was second to none. However as big a fan as I was and still am, even the biggest pair of rose tinted glasses cannot hide the fact that

1/ His best years were with the Ingles

2/ He thrived in that environment

3/ The lads were all supportive of each other to the ultimate

4/ He left for poor reasons - an argument over a % fee

5/ He never looked the same after he left

6/ He became a single entity in a bubble with only his family within

I find it very sad that he comes across a little lonely these days and very few people from his home city hold him in any regard at all. I'm not saying that his indiscretions leading to a time at her majesty's pleasure etc wouldn't have occurred had he stayed but you never know.
The one thing however that must absolutely cut to the core for any elite sportsman is any thought of "if only".

I'm sure if Naz was honest he has those feelings when reflecting.

"Dump"? - You obviously didn't see his house in the Sheffield Hallam ward which has been claimed to be the richest in the country outside of Knightsbridge. Admittedly Parson Cross is a sh1thole!! [/quote]

I'm deeply offended Pugilist.

Parson Cross wrote:"Dump"? - You obviously didn't see his house in the Sheffield Hallam ward which has been claimed to be the richest in the country outside of Knightsbridge. Admittedly Parson Cross is a sh1thole!!

I'm deeply offended Pugilist.[/quote]

If the richest house outside Knightsbridge is in Sheffield, then I'm a banana.

Loynesy wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:"Dump"? - You obviously didn't see his house in the Sheffield Hallam ward which has been claimed to be the richest in the country outside of Knightsbridge. Admittedly Parson Cross is a sh1thole!!

I'm deeply offended Pugilist.

If the richest house outside Knightsbridge is in Sheffield, then I'm a banana.[/quote]


Ohh i its a proper glamorous place sheffield got the snooker and all sorts.

Parson Cross wrote:Rexob

Naz was second to none. However as big a fan as I was and still am, even the biggest pair of rose tinted glasses cannot hide the fact that

1/ His best years were with the Ingles

2/ He thrived in that environment

3/ The lads were all supportive of each other to the ultimate

4/ He left for poor reasons - an argument over a % fee

5/ He never looked the same after he left

6/ He became a single entity in a bubble with only his family within

I find it very sad that he comes across a little lonely these days and very few people from his home city hold him in any regard at all. I'm not saying that his indiscretions leading to a time at her majesty's pleasure etc wouldn't have occurred had he stayed but you never know.
The one thing however that must absolutely cut to the core for any elite sportsman is any thought of "if only".

I'm sure if Naz was honest he has those feelings when reflecting.

I thought there was something sad about seeming him and Hatton hovering around FW in that IFL vid. "Please put our fighters on fwank....." Sort of going back cap in hand.

Stevieb8006 wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:Rexob

Naz was second to none. However as big a fan as I was and still am, even the biggest pair of rose tinted glasses cannot hide the fact that

1/ His best years were with the Ingles

2/ He thrived in that environment

3/ The lads were all supportive of each other to the ultimate

4/ He left for poor reasons - an argument over a % fee

5/ He never looked the same after he left

6/ He became a single entity in a bubble with only his family within

I find it very sad that he comes across a little lonely these days and very few people from his home city hold him in any regard at all. I'm not saying that his indiscretions leading to a time at her majesty's pleasure etc wouldn't have occurred had he stayed but you never know.
The one thing however that must absolutely cut to the core for any elite sportsman is any thought of "if only".

I'm sure if Naz was honest he has those feelings when reflecting.

I thought there was something sad about seeming him and Hatton hovering around FW in that IFL vid. "Please put our fighters on fwank....." Sort of going back cap in hand.

2 of the most successful and richest prize fighters in history, nothing sad about that?

Rexob wrote:

Stevieb8006 wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:Rexob

Naz was second to none. However as big a fan as I was and still am, even the biggest pair of rose tinted glasses cannot hide the fact that

1/ His best years were with the Ingles

2/ He thrived in that environment

3/ The lads were all supportive of each other to the ultimate

4/ He left for poor reasons - an argument over a % fee

5/ He never looked the same after he left

6/ He became a single entity in a bubble with only his family within

I find it very sad that he comes across a little lonely these days and very few people from his home city hold him in any regard at all. I'm not saying that his indiscretions leading to a time at her majesty's pleasure etc wouldn't have occurred had he stayed but you never know.
The one thing however that must absolutely cut to the core for any elite sportsman is any thought of "if only".

I'm sure if Naz was honest he has those feelings when reflecting.

I thought there was something sad about seeming him and Hatton hovering around FW in that IFL vid. "Please put our fighters on fwank....." Sort of going back cap in hand.

2 of the most successful and richest prize fighters in history, nothing sad about that?

Seemed a tad demeaning given their history with the man. But yes they were successful prize fighters, u can't knock their careers at all. Despite what people say about games unfulfilled potential.

Muhammed Ali never reached his potential, neither do most, so nothing to be sorry about.

Loynesy wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:"Dump"? - You obviously didn't see his house in the Sheffield Hallam ward which has been claimed to be the richest in the country outside of Knightsbridge. Admittedly Parson Cross is a sh1thole!!

I'm deeply offended Pugilist.

If the richest house outside Knightsbridge is in Sheffield, then I'm a banana.[/quote]

Yeah, that's got to be utter tosh. Hampstead has got loads of 20 million pound plus houses, then there's that place Sandbanks or something it's called in Devonshire.

The actual stat (for what it is worth) as I remember it from the previous election is that Hallam is the richest constituency outside of London and the South East. The metric used was household income per annum.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Loynesy wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:"Dump"? - You obviously didn't see his house in the Sheffield Hallam ward which has been claimed to be the richest in the country outside of Knightsbridge. Admittedly Parson Cross is a sh1thole!!

I'm deeply offended Pugilist.

If the richest house outside Knightsbridge is in Sheffield, then I'm a banana.

Yeah, that's got to be utter tosh. Hampstead has got loads of 20 million pound plus houses, then there's that place Sandbanks or something it's called in Devonshire.[/quote]

James - Sandbanks is in Dorset. It's where Harry Redknapp could afford to buy a house, but famously, couldn't remember he had a Monaco bank account, where the password was his dog's name.

Stevieb8006 wrote:

Pugilist-specialist wrote:

Stevieb8006 wrote: do the lines not encourage fighters crossing their feet?

There's lots of different footwork routines besides the one shown.
Brendan actually got the lines patented. To get more information on them get down to the gym and pay your bloody subs.

I genuinely would do if I didn't live down south

Well worth a trip up. It's always been an "open" gym

Parson Cross wrote:
I'm deeply offended Pugilist.

Can't believe I've only got one in the keepnet - where's manno?

Rexob wrote:

Ohh i its a proper glamorous place sheffield got the snooker and all sorts.

Have to admit I got that wrong - it's actually richer than Knightsbridge

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3025321.stm

Rexob wrote:

Switch hitter wrote:

rhino222 wrote:
nail hit right on the head!!

You would have thought he would have gone to someone who knew what they were doing......it became a circus

There seems to be some bitter people about, by the looks of it, just enjoy what he actually did achieve and not what he should have done there's plenty to see.

Not bitter at all ....had some fab times with him , it's just a shame he could have achieved a lot more if he listened to the right people instead of others

Switch hitter wrote:

Rexob wrote:

Switch hitter wrote:
You would have thought he would have gone to someone who knew what they were doing......it became a circus

There seems to be some bitter people about, by the looks of it, just enjoy what he actually did achieve and not what he should have done there's plenty to see.

Not bitter at all ....had some fab times with him , it's just a shame he could have achieved a lot more if he listened to the right people instead of others

Naz boxed for 20 odd years won countless amateur titles was world champion 15 or so defences, lost to an all time great, gave it one more go knew the fire had gone out and sailed into the sunset. In Hamed's eyes he had done enough
He doesn't look like a man not satisfied with what he achieved fantastic career an all time British great what more do you want.?

It wasn't that bad