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Price when people thought he'd batter fury

Coco wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 10:48

Controversial wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 10:18 Pele Reid springs to mind. There was a young lad who had to quit 2-3 years ago with an eye problem, can’t think of his name, he was being touted as something special until a journeyman beat him. His nickname was something like gorgeous or handsome, something like that

The Olympian Ogogo?

No he was white lad from a lighter division, think he’s was from north London, only had a handful of fights before having to quit. He wasn’t being touted as a world beater but they always seemed to make a fuss when he fought like he was gonna go places.

EDIT: I remember now it was Georgie Kean, only a novice pro fighter but lost to a 11-60-3 fighter, won a few more then got stopped early and quit soon after. I think he was a bit of an amateur star.

watsupdoc87 wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 11:06 Price when people thought he'd batter fury

I would have bet heavy on Price

At the time fury wasnt anywhere near the fighter he is now.

There's a show on Netflix called losers and it's about losing in sports and the first one was about Micheal bent interesting watch ,he was a 4 time golden gloves champion but lost his pro debut in the first rd

Anthony Farnell was hyped a bit beyond his actual ability level.

Not sure if hyping up yourself counts, but surely there's a place here for Prince Patel?!

Paul 'Smigga' Smith. Won Commonwealth gold and was on Contender. Absolute dogsh1t...

milpool wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 11:41 Not sure if hyping up yourself counts, but surely there's a place here for Prince Patel?!

You do realise he won the vacant Tanzania Pugalistic syndicate title don’t you?

Ted Bami was highly touted when on his winning streak

Matthew Ellis surely? Touted as the world’s “first billion dollar sportsman.” Got iced in two rounds by Audley.



Awoooooga

How about Paul 'Scrap Iron' Ryan? Went 22-0 (20KO's) before being flattened in the 1st round in two consecutive fights.

paddy chavez wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 09:24

Coco wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 09:12 Toks Owoh
James Branch
Adrian Dodson
Haider Ali

Dodson ficked himself with being self managed it sounds good but why Will a promotor bother building you up know you'll leave .

Yeah he was to clever for his own good (in his own mind)

I think he saw himself as some kind of Eubank-type maverick

paddy chavez wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 11:40 There's a show on Netflix called losers and it's about losing in sports and the first one was about Micheal bent interesting watch ,he was a 4 time golden gloves champion but lost his pro debut in the first rd

I watched that episode & I thought it was great.

I felt really sorry for Bentt; his father was an absolute bar steward.

Syntax Error wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 13:28

paddy chavez wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 11:40 There's a show on Netflix called losers and it's about losing in sports and the first one was about Micheal bent interesting watch ,he was a 4 time golden gloves champion but lost his pro debut in the first rd

I watched that episode & I thought it was great.

I felt really sorry for Bentt; his father was an absolute bar steward.

It’s a good series of programmes - although the losers title is a bit misleading and disrespectful

There was a fair bit of hype around anyone from the Ingle gym in the Naz era, and Pele Reid got more than his share. Looking back, his win over Wayne Llewellyn was decent (Llewellyn had a pretty unbeaten record) but he wasn't ready for someone as experienced as Francis. In the fight before that, Reid had been hurt and floored by an obscure African fighter, but that got glossed over with clips of him doing kickboxing poses in his Brazilian style ribbon shorts.

The ultimate 90s Ingle hype job was that 17 year old who was going to be "bigger than Naz" etc. He fought over in South Africa (couldn't turn pro here as not 18), live on Sky Sports (undercard of something that escapes me). He drew his only fight against a 1-0 opponent, resplendent in a leopard skin nappy. Never seen nor heard again.

magnus wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 13:30
The ultimate 90s Ingle hype job was that 17 year old who was going to be "bigger than Naz" etc. He fought over in South Africa (couldn't turn pro here as not 18), live on Sky Sports (undercard of something that escapes me). He drew his only fight against a 1-0 opponent, resplendent in a leopard skin nappy. Never seen nor heard again.

Yep Khalid Shafiq. He was on the undercard of the Harry Simon vs Winky Wright title fight. I think he got into bother outside the ring and went down a different path.

bynino wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 11:29 At the time fury wasnt anywhere near the fighter he is now.

I agree, in fact I think I once said on here around 2011 that Fury would get splattered the moment he stepped in with any boxer who was remotely world class.

The Ingles usually hyped their fighters, Reid was a good example also Towers too

How about Frank Buglioni, seemed to be the golden boy for a while until found out.

I heard a story that Andre Agassi father was a reasonable amateur, boxed for Iran, and lost his bottle on his pro debut, claimed out of a window and never boxed again.

I remember Chris Okoh was getting the big build up from Sky, even giving him some reporting gigs, then he started not doing so well and it seemed that the sky team turned on him in tone.

I remember Barry Hearn saying Herbie Hide was going to be the greatest heavyweight who ever lived in an post fight interview, maybe he'd been on the Chablis, but it didn't quite work out.

Coco wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 14:47 The Ingles usually hyped their fighters, Reid was a good example also Towers too

You ever seen that Reid level Viali Klitschko at Kick Boxing? Cleans him right out! Cracker!

Coco wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 14:51 I heard a story that Andre Agassi father was a reasonable amateur, boxed for Iran, and lost his bottle on his pro debut, claimed out of a window and never boxed again.

I remember reading that Ricky Groves (Bulla) was a tidy boxer. Ray Winstone as well

Shhhh wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 13:59

Coco wrote: ↑30 Apr 2020, 09:43 Lee Meager
Billy Corcocan
Big Joe Young

Joe young got flattened by Billy Bessey I thought? Didn’t get much hype.

George collins

Lost on points yeah, really looked the part, pals with Audley, dunno why he walked away, perhaps was founded out in the gym, I think he was well over 30 too