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rob h wrote:I idolized Hatton when I was younger and used to train in Hyde. I would see him in the gym from time to time and was star struck. I must admit when I think back to them days he wasn't "Ricky the boy next door" He was moody, arrogant and would barge past people on the stairs.

Now though I think he was still in his early 20's himself and probably didn't realise how respected he was and highly thought of he was by some of the kids.

mickey1975 wrote:

rob h wrote:I idolized Hatton when I was younger and used to train in Hyde. I would see him in the gym from time to time and was star struck. I must admit when I think back to them days he wasn't "Ricky the boy next door" He was moody, arrogant and would barge past people on the stairs.

Now though I think he was still in his early 20's himself and probably didn't realise how respected he was and highly thought of he was by some of the kids.

It wasnt a tickling contest on them stairs, though...

mickey1975 wrote:

rob h wrote:I idolized Hatton when I was younger and used to train in Hyde. I would see him in the gym from time to time and was star struck. I must admit when I think back to them days he wasn't "Ricky the boy next door" He was moody, arrogant and would barge past people on the stairs.

Now though I think he was still in his early 20's himself and probably didn't realise how respected he was and highly thought of he was by some of the kids.

It wasnt a tickling contest on them stairs, though...

Wales wrote:So nobody that wasnt great then....

Wales wrote:the green sailor (?) pub

Talkischeap wrote:

Wake up call wrote:

Jeff Thomas wrote:You can't really judge if someone is a twat just by your first encounter with them. Cuntish qualities tend to surface over time.

Very true. Some people are standoffish because they have insecurities rather than being arseholes. They need to get to know a person before they can act all pally with them.

That said, I've probably met over 150 boxers and less than five of them would fall into the arse category. Out of all the people in boxing there's only two people I actually dislike.

Enzo is lovely man & a right bundle of fun.

Dirk Kelly wrote:

Wales wrote:the green sailor (?) pub

Sounds like somewhere Poncey and Eddie meet up.....

johnnygreaves wrote:I know I'm not exactly a name but anyone interested in me I've always put myself out for them. We as boxers owe the paying public that.those who don't should hang their heads in shame

squared circle wrote:Although not a big fan, to give him his due Amir Khan was pretty good value at the Excel yesterday. Was signing a lot of tickets and programmes for the fan by leaning over from the gantry where BBC were broadcasting from.

Lennox on the other hand was always "busy". We caught up with him twice as he was about to climb the gantry or was coming down from it and politely asked for a quick photo. He just muttered something both times and kept walking. They say you should never meet your heroes......

Wlad was good value, he was happy to pose for a quick shot. Audley got booed out of town when the announced him on the in-house mic at the start, which was quite funny if a bit unfair given his amateur achievements.

All the GB and Irish squad were as good as gold. Stalker stopped for a quick chat and photo, Katie Taylor was lovely if very quiet. We even got up close to Rob McCracken at the end, and although he is a man of very few words he did at least let us have a photo.

A cracking day, even if Fred got his head boxed off. The noise when Joshua got the nod was simply unbelievable.

Vaudeville Villain wrote:

thepocketrocket wrote:I think Lennox thinks he is better than he actually was. He is most famous for beating Holyfield and Tyson when they were pretty much past it (Tyson was a walking corpse), plus losing to Oliver Mcall and Haseem Rachman. Yes, there are always excuses like 'oh, he wasn't properly fit'. Hard shit, you wouldn't have seen the greats of the sport getting knocked out by guys like these.

We always had to put up with people saying that Lennox wasn't popular because he was Canadian, or because he was black. No, Lennox always came across as arrogant, and not in a funny, tongue in cheek way.

Lewis cleared out his division. He isn’t to blame for the fact he came on later than others and should be given credit for not going to prison, losing his form in his early-20s and for not having countless wars with lesser men, as Holyfield did. If a guy was leagues below Lewis he tended to brutally chin him. Lewis is punished for things we generally praise a fighter for and why is this, because he’s aloof and confident, call the cops. So what if his passport said Canada, his heart was Jamaican and his media savvy side was British.

Plus Lewis legitimately beat a guy who went on to become one of the world’s number one and the people who cream over Vitali should bear in mind that Lewis ripped his face up and TKO’d him.

Merchant may have purposefully and erroneously labelled the TKO win as “controversial”, but it was a clean win. Lederman summed it up best when explaining why he couldn’t take to Lewis, he said: “Lewis often ignores you, but Wlad and Vitali will happily stop and talk to you on the corridors.” That tells us more about Harold, and the men who take to the mic, than it does about Lewis. Lennox brought in good figures for HBO in his latter career and some decent fights, Wlad and Vitali don’t, but at least they’ll do a stop and chat next time they get on the network, eh?