Final round wrote:Soon Wlad will be hanging around the local boxing gyms looking for possible up-an-comers.
A fantastic performance for the British/commonwealth title against Sam Sexton leads to a world title shot against champ in his very next fight.,,,,
ha ha.........
i wonder if he might give michael sprott a chance, i know his been his sparring partner for a few years but his now the prize fighter champion and quite well known in germany, and i think he deserves a shot and a big pay day, sprotts a true pro and a gentleman, i hope he gets a shot.
oliverfennell wrote:
I love how Audley Harrison's opponents - and particularly Rogan - are often referred to by their day jobs, as if that makes them lesser boxers. Probably 90% of boxers have second jobs, as it's only the top level who earn enough from boxing to make a living from that alone.
When Audley was on the way up and all the tabloids were sniping at him (typically in articles written by football reporters), they always trotted out the line about the opponent's second job - "butcher" Mark Krence, "doorman" Mark Krence, etc, as if they were just members of the public he'd hauled into the ring to fight. But then put Rogan and Krence in with Skelton and the day jobs become part of the "human interest" angle to the fight, and part of the opponent's "character".
You can apply the same methodology to the majority of any fighter's record, given that, as I said, most boxers earn a living elsewhere. Hell, even some high-level boxers do. You can bet if Rendall Munroe pulls off the upset this weekend, him being a binman will be used as a positive aspect to the story (and rightly so), rather than as a criticism against Nishioka. Back to Rogan, him being a taxi driver WAS used as a positive angle in his case when he beat Harrison - but, of course, at the same time it has remained a stick to beat Audley with.
I can see it now. Harrison beats "Versace model" David Haye...
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^^ this - as per the norm' with oliver.
Sorry for not toeing the party line. Here: "Audrey (hahaha, get me and how funny I am, calling him "Audrey", I bet you've never heard that before) is the worst boxer in the world, whose best win is against a terminally ill Danny Williams who weighed in at 52st and took the fight at four seconds' notice. Oh yeah, and he was losing against journeyman Michael Sprott (who I will only refer to as a journeyman in the context of him fighting Harrison, otherwise he's a "top pro" and "a credit to the game") until winning with a lucky punch (no, Sprott's own KO of Harrison was NOT a lucky punch, because he actually meant to throw the punch and win the fight, unlike Harrison, who as we all know can't - and doesn't want to - fight. He was just stretching his arm out in fright and by some miracle his clenched fist landed on Sprott's chin. And don't give me that crap about Harrison fighting with one arm as proof that he has heart, we all know he was faking it in order to have a ready-made excuse for losing)."
Can't believe nobody's picked up on Chisora's wonderfully optimistic self-assessment yet:
But Chisora, who came face to face with Klitschko for the first time in Hamburg yesterday, said: "With me, it's take a bit of Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Larry Holmes, bit of Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis, mix it all up, man, and then you get me... Dereck Chisora.
"With Tyson, I take his head movement, with Holmes it's his jab, with Lennox it's his one-two - oh God that was a dangerous combination.
"From Ali, I have foot movement, from Bruno, the physique."
Glyn Leach wrote:An observation: Funny how there's a thread about this press conference both nothing about the David Haye one tomorrow. Do you think anything can be read into that?
is david haye having a fight.
last time i looked he was fighting a trialhorse who can't beat irish cab drivers.
I love how Audley Harrison's opponents - and particularly Rogan - are often referred to by their day jobs, as if that makes them lesser boxers. Probably 90% of boxers have second jobs, as it's only the top level who earn enough from boxing to make a living from that alone.
When Audley was on the way up and all the tabloids were sniping at him (typically in articles written by football reporters), they always trotted out the line about the opponent's second job - "butcher" Mark Krence, "doorman" Dominic Negus, etc, as if they were just members of the public he'd hauled into the ring to fight. But then put Rogan and Krence in with Skelton and the day jobs become part of the "human interest" angle to the fight, and part of the opponent's "character".
You can apply the same methodology to the majority of any fighter's record, given that, as I said, most boxers earn a living elsewhere. Hell, even some high-level boxers do. You can bet if Rendall Munroe pulls off the upset this weekend, him being a binman will be used as a positive aspect to the story (and rightly so), rather than as a criticism against Nishioka. Back to Rogan, him being a taxi driver WAS used as a positive angle in his case when he beat Harrison - but, of course, at the same time it has remained a stick to beat Audley with.
I can see it now. Harrison beats "Versace model" David Haye...
