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Spud wrote:David Haye v Mark Hobson - the build up on the websites and then the press conference got very heated - ufnortunately Hobson then pulled out a couple of days before the fight due to shingles or something like that - for as long as it lasted that would have been a good fight!!!

banjo wrote:

Chambers2 wrote:Froch Vs Calzaghe

Hatton Vs Witter

I don't think Witter or Froch hate Hatton or Calzaghe I think the hate is totally one way.

U hate what U fear.

oliverfennell wrote:Bowe and Jorge Luis Gonzalez was pretty heated, although I'm not sure if it was geuine hate on both sides. Gonzalez was a Mayorga type who liked to wind up all his opponents.

Lewis-Bruno did get a bit nasty, with Lewis calling Bruno an Uncle Tom. I remember Bruno trying to refute the allegation by turning up on Normski's "Dance Energy" with his hat on backwards and going "Bo! Bo! Bo!" etc.

I'm serious.

whicker wrote:Someone is going to have to fill in the blanks for me here, but I remember reading that Benny Perret and Emile Griffith apparantly had a strong personal hatred of each other, due in part to one making comments about the others sexuality. they fought three bouts, the last tragically ending in Perret's death- watching the footage, it was a brutal finish, and remarkable (by today's standards) that it wasn't stopped.

Griffith claimed he wasn't the same fighter after that, although he did box professionally for another 15 years- ending his career against Alan Minter.

TerribleTerry wrote:Greg Haugen talked himself into a severe, extended beating against J C Chavez.

Chavez might not have hated Haugen as such, but he certainly fought with spite and was determined to punish the American for his insolence.

Deserter wrote:

TerribleTerry wrote:Greg Haugen talked himself into a severe, extended beating against J C Chavez.

Chavez might not have hated Haugen as such, but he certainly fought with spite and was determined to punish the American for his insolence.

Tyson did a similar thing with Biggs. Can't remember the exact quote but he implied he could have got him out of there in a couple of rounds but kept him up so he could administer a slow, painful, career-ending beating... which to all intents and purposes is what he did.

banjo wrote:

Deserter wrote:

TerribleTerry wrote:Greg Haugen talked himself into a severe, extended beating against J C Chavez.

Chavez might not have hated Haugen as such, but he certainly fought with spite and was determined to punish the American for his insolence.

Tyson did a similar thing with Biggs. Can't remember the exact quote but he implied he could have got him out of there in a couple of rounds but kept him up so he could administer a slow, painful, career-ending beating... which to all intents and purposes is what he did.

Didn't he say in the post-fight interview that Biggs squealed like a girl?

Deserter wrote:Didn't Honeyghan and Starling also have a real problem with each other?

banjo wrote: I may be wrong here as I wasn't even born at the time but wasn't there a hateful rivalry between Duran and Benitez or was it just typical pre-fight trash talk?

rhino222 wrote:hide v bent

banjo wrote:

rhino222 wrote:hide v bent

I remember their pre-fight little scuffle which ended up with them rolling around in a puddle

banjo wrote:

rhino222 wrote:hide v bent

I remember their pre-fight little scuffle which ended up with them rolling around in a puddle