Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 17:43
fornicating hell Nigel Benn!
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Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
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Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:00
Eamonn Magee
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:13
Hmmm I've ever seen a bar or streetfight last more than 5 seconds. Mccullough would be picked up and bashed into the floor by anyone 15stone and overhigh tower 1 wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 17:02The average pub tough guy would be gassed and defenceless after 30 seconds. Wayne McCullagh had a block head so would weather the windmilling then take over.JamesPhilips wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 16:32Only if you’re in a pub populated by dwarves. Size means a lot in a fight. A non punching bantamweight like McCullough really wouldn’t be much use. The average tough guy in a pub would throw him around like a rag doll.
Basically you’d want a heavyweight, who’s game, tough with a good chin and can punch. Babic is a good choice. David Haye would actually be a good one - athletic, hits hard fast and has some jiu jitsu I believe. He would just chin people and we’ve seen him in action, taking care of Chisora and Adam Booth in style
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:15
Yes but let's not pretend it's not a huge advantage. Sunny Edwards is not going to help you much in a fight regardless of his skill.Lenny Cravats wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 17:09high tower 1 wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 17:02The average pub tough guy would be gassed and defenceless after 30 seconds. Wayne McCullagh had a block head so would weather the windmilling then take over.JamesPhilips wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 16:32
Only if you’re in a pub populated by dwarves. Size means a lot in a fight. A non punching bantamweight like McCullough really wouldn’t be much use. The average tough guy in a pub would throw him around like a rag doll.
Basically you’d want a heavyweight, who’s game, tough with a good chin and can punch. Babic is a good choice. David Haye would actually be a good one - athletic, hits hard fast and has some jiu jitsu I believe. He would just chin people and we’ve seen him in action, taking care of Chisora and Adam Booth in style
I was a pub manager for years, saw loads of fights. It was always really clear who'd had a lot of practice in a setting outside of the bar, and it certainly wasn't always the big lads.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:20
Herbie Hide
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:22
one thing to keep in mind about size..........whatever weight the boxers are fighting at, remember that's after draining fluids and getting down to hardly any fat.
in the shape of the average guy, or even between fights for some guys, they could be 30 pounds heavier, so not as small as they might seem
though obviously size is still a big factor, especially when the big lad can fight too. nathan gorman would beat up naoya inoue easily.
in the shape of the average guy, or even between fights for some guys, they could be 30 pounds heavier, so not as small as they might seem
though obviously size is still a big factor, especially when the big lad can fight too. nathan gorman would beat up naoya inoue easily.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:25
Kenny Anderson, he wouldn't even have to fight. Just him being there would be enough.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:26
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:28
kenny anderson was the precursor to jamie cox, both in being a nutcase and being overrated by british boxing forums to the point of it being bizarre
both done in by georgey groves too, though kenny sure gave him a scare
both done in by georgey groves too, though kenny sure gave him a scare
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:51
For a lightweight, I bet Edwin Valero would have been a ridiculously good street fighter.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 18:59
Not a boxer per se but certainly handy, tank Abbott.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 20:33
I worked with Mike for a bit. During that time a film was very close to being made. Trailer below.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 20:37
Former light middleweight Mathew Hall was a handful too.
He offered Calzaghe outside to settle their differences once. From memory Hall was fighting Kerry Hope and Joe was shouting from ringside. both Hall and Brian Hughes hit the roof.
He offered Calzaghe outside to settle their differences once. From memory Hall was fighting Kerry Hope and Joe was shouting from ringside. both Hall and Brian Hughes hit the roof.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 20:39
From memory Jamie Moore told Jeff Lacy as it was when Lacy disrespected some young kids in Olivers (i think Lacy and his team removed them from the gym).
Jamie’s no mug.
Jamie’s no mug.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 20:48
did he spark out jeff
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 21:58
Paul Bonson
Andy Till
And the likes of Chisora could beat up two or three 'handy lads' all at once.
Andy Till
And the likes of Chisora could beat up two or three 'handy lads' all at once.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 30 Aug 2021, 23:51
I think anyone who is FIT strong , able to take punches for 10 rnds , and punch there weight is gonna be an handful to the average guy ,, when the average guy comes up against that its a shock ,, especielly bullies who spend there life picking there mark , and get a shock when they finally meet someone who can punch there weight .
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 03:24
John fury. Hard to fight with a thumb in ya eyehole..
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 04:28
Andreas Panayi, a Greek fellow out of Merseyside, broke the jaw of Ross Hale in one of his pro fights and later ventured into unlicensed boxing and cage fighting.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 09:36
Colin Jones in his day- probably even now.
I’d bet Johnny Tapia would have been a handful - Jeff fenech too
I’d bet Johnny Tapia would have been a handful - Jeff fenech too
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 09:37
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 09:53
David Haye
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 10:09
Jamie Cox there's a blast from the pastmargaret thatcher wrote: ↑30 Aug 2021, 18:28 kenny anderson was the precursor to jamie cox, both in being a nutcase and being overrated by british boxing forums to the point of it being bizarre
both done in by georgey groves too, though kenny sure gave him a scare
What about James "The Devil" Stabler...supposedly back training after early release from a 5 year stretch inside
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 10:55
i bet choi could have it.
Re: Boxers who would be the best street / pub fighters.
Posted: 31 Aug 2021, 11:05
First person that came to my mind.