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SteveDow wrote:Of course the German deserves blame but how anyone can absolve Bellew or Warren of any blame also is beyond me. Both have lost a lot of credibility over this.

SteveDow wrote:Partly to blame for sure. He blatantly lied about the weight and about having fulfilled all of the requirements of the BBBC to enable him to fight. That statement alone is essentially saying that the fight is certain to be on.

However, Warren is equally culpable. The guy has put on a high profile press conference which without doubt was aimed at selling any remaining tickets and getting multiple PPV buys without knowing for sure if Bellew could make the weight thus duping the fans (of which I wasn't one fortunately) into buying tickets/PPV which they would not otherwise have bought. In this situation and with the level of publicity and excitement, a compromise should have been reached in the form of a catchweight so that even if the fight was not for a world title it would at least have still been on.

It's another example of everything that is bad with British boxing and boxing in general. Lies, deceit, lack of empathy for fans and most importantly a complete insult to the intelligence of the fans.

Utter disgrace and the guy will still put this joke on PPV.

taffytoon wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:I have to disagree. I'm 100% sure that Bomber thought he would make the weight, and thought the Board would allow him to do it.

Anyone who thinks he's gone through this thinking otherwise, that he's just done it for the publicity or whatever, is way off the mark.

Only my opinion.

Ian if the rumours of 13 stone (182lb) are true then Bellew must have known good and well he could not drop 7lb in a day. Come on

willardx wrote:No denying Bomber's got big balls. Still smells a bit fishy tho, and i feel FW has used the needle angle to flog a bit more PPV. Feel sorry for Clev, he's worked his arse off and will get no respect for the belt he would have taken off Braemer anyway, also in his head he's got another last minute stand in. Fair play to Bomber tho', no doubt at all that he's up for it

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

Coco wrote:Dropping 7lbs in a day is very do able, you can take off 4lbs at least in fluids

Thing is mate, I suspect he'd already done this and more to get to 7lbs off.

FIGHTFANs wrote:JUST GOT THIS OF BELLEW TWITTER
I have to say this, thank you very much 2 @DeanPowell66 for sitting and being genuinely worried for my health! He knows



how devastated I am!



IS IT TIME TO MOVE UP TO CRUISE WEIGHT TONY,

jBacca wrote:Tony mentioned yesterday about Kerry Kayes being able to work wonders and gave a couple of examples - I'm sure he truly believed he could get the weight off, and the posts condemning him are daft.

taffytoon wrote:

jBacca wrote:Tony mentioned yesterday about Kerry Kayes being able to work wonders and gave a couple of examples - I'm sure he truly believed he could get the weight off, and the posts condemning him are daft.

jBacca wrote:Tony mentioned yesterday about Kerry Kayes being able to work wonders and gave a couple of examples - I'm sure he truly believed he could get the weight off, and the posts condemning him are daft.

Andypittcov wrote:

jBacca wrote:Tony mentioned yesterday about Kerry Kayes being able to work wonders and gave a couple of examples - I'm sure he truly believed he could get the weight off, and the posts condemning him are daft.

Audrey harrisson truly believed he would be heavyweight champion of the world and he was labelled delusional.

jizzle wrote:Bellew needs to remember that tweets can be viewed way back

When the fight was pulled he said he was down to 7 lbs from big numbers...

Yet, 24 hours earlier, before the fight was agreed, he had said he was sitting around relaxing at 6.5lbs off the limit...

jizzle wrote:Bellew needs to remember that tweets can be viewed way back

When the fight was pulled he said he was down to 7 lbs from big numbers...

Yet, 24 hours earlier, before the fight was agreed, he had said he was sitting around relaxing at 6.5lbs off the limit...

taffytoon wrote:

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:

taffytoon wrote: Ian if the rumours of 13 stone (182lb) are true then Bellew must have known good and well he could not drop 7lb in a day. Come on

Weight loss is a weird thing mate - King G on here is the man to explain that. Even if he was a stone overweight a couple of days ago - or even yesterday - all I'm saying is I'm sure he believed in his own mind he could do it.

He's fu**ed up, for sure but I'd be amazed if there was any malice in it. I know you're mega pissed off mate, and I totally sympathise.

Ian, FW has openly stated that Tony told him he was only 4lb over the limit, this is clearly not the case, comes into the prees confrence like a mad man and then tries to get a catch weight. Sorry Pal that is not on :shame: