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Ade L wrote:

davie wrote:

Ade L wrote:"Tyson is very limited. His type of boxing is okay for the back of a pub. But he's got no style, no class. He's crude and unsophisticated."

(Clue : he never fought Tyson)

Sounds very Eubankesque

It's not Eubank - but good attempt.

Another clue - he was a heavyweight

Obviously a British one if he said "pub"

davie wrote:

Ade L wrote:

davie wrote:
Sounds very Eubankesque

It's not Eubank - but good attempt.

Another clue - he was a heavyweight

Obviously a British one if he said "pub"

It was Bugner - well done mate!

Ade L wrote:

davie wrote:

Ade L wrote:
It's not Eubank - but good attempt.

Another clue - he was a heavyweight

Obviously a British one if he said "pub"

It was Bugner - well done mate!

I didn't guess which British heavyweight.
Could have been Michael Sprott or Henry Cooper for all I knew

Ade L wrote:

davie wrote:

Ade L wrote:
It's not Eubank - but good attempt.

Another clue - he was a heavyweight

Obviously a British one if he said "pub"

It was Bugner - well done mate!

I thought it was Bugner. HW, who said "Pub," who never fought Tyson but was articulate.

Tony1244 wrote:

Ade L wrote:

davie wrote:
Obviously a British one if he said "pub"

It was Bugner - well done mate!

I thought it was Bugner. HW, who said "Pub," who never fought Tyson but was articulate.

See I wouldn't have guessed it. He did Bugner for his last one

Who said, "Boxing is a lot like ballet, the better it is, the less it's appreciated."

Tony1244 wrote:Who said, "Boxing is a lot like ballet, the better it is, the less it's appreciated."

I think that was George Foreman?

Ade L wrote:

Tony1244 wrote:Who said, "Boxing is a lot like ballet, the better it is, the less it's appreciated."

I think that was George Foreman?

You are correct, sir, which is interesting as GF was obviously no Wille Pep or SR Robinson.

"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Ade L wrote:"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Another guess but Joe Louis ended up skint.

Failing that, Joe Bugner???

davie wrote:

Ade L wrote:"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Another guess but Joe Louis ended up skint.

Failing that, Joe Bugner???

Good tries but no sorry - I'd never heard of this guy has having money problems so finding this quote came as a bit of a surprise (clue - he's no longer with us)

Ade L wrote:"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Sounds like Jack Sharkey?

Tuan_Jim wrote:

Ade L wrote:"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Sounds like Jack Sharkey?

Good answer - but no sorry - clue Sharkey fought him!

Ade L wrote:

Tuan_Jim wrote:

Ade L wrote:"If I was champion again, I'd want to know where my money went".

(clue - heavyweight)

Sounds like Jack Sharkey?

Good answer - but no sorry - clue Sharkey fought him!

Jack Dempsey?

Did he say it in English?

Max Schmelling? Primo Carnera?

Sure I read somewhere Primo never saw much earnings from his fights

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:

Ade L wrote:

Tuan_Jim wrote:
Sounds like Jack Sharkey?

Good answer - but no sorry - clue Sharkey fought him!

Jack Dempsey?

Well done Sir!

Yuss! Probably wouldn't have got it without the extra clues to be honest.

Bit of a longer one:

"Hagler talks about coming from bad times and says things like "That's all I know" and "I fought my way up and I'm not going to lose it" but that's rubbish. He's now earned $45m in the ring, and he's still saying "I'm not going to lose it".

Do you really think they say - in the 14th round, when they're out on their feet with one round to go - "Oh Jesus, I have to go back to Panama where the rats are running around eating the arse off me?" No! If the other guy's in front of you and he's better than you are, then that's all bullshit."

First clue: never fought Hagler nor anywhere near middleweight at all.

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:Yuss! Probably wouldn't have got it without the extra clues to be honest.

Bit of a longer one:

"Hagler talks about coming from bad times and says things like "That's all I know" and "I fought my way up and I'm not going to lose it" but that's rubbish. He's now earned $45m in the ring, and he's still saying "I'm not going to lose it".

Do you really think they say - in the 14th round, when they're out on their feet with one round to go - "Oh Jesus, I have to go back to Panama where the rats are running around eating the arse off me?" No! If the other guy's in front of you and he's better than you are, then that's all bullshit."

First clue: never fought Hagler nor anywhere near middleweight at all.

Barry McGuigan?

Ade L wrote:

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:Yuss! Probably wouldn't have got it without the extra clues to be honest.

Bit of a longer one:

"Hagler talks about coming from bad times and says things like "That's all I know" and "I fought my way up and I'm not going to lose it" but that's rubbish. He's now earned $45m in the ring, and he's still saying "I'm not going to lose it".

Do you really think they say - in the 14th round, when they're out on their feet with one round to go - "Oh Jesus, I have to go back to Panama where the rats are running around eating the arse off me?" No! If the other guy's in front of you and he's better than you are, then that's all bullshit."

First clue: never fought Hagler nor anywhere near middleweight at all.

Barry McGuigan?

Got him! Talking to the NME as well as it happens.

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:

Ade L wrote:

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:Yuss! Probably wouldn't have got it without the extra clues to be honest.

Bit of a longer one:

"Hagler talks about coming from bad times and says things like "That's all I know" and "I fought my way up and I'm not going to lose it" but that's rubbish. He's now earned $45m in the ring, and he's still saying "I'm not going to lose it".

Do you really think they say - in the 14th round, when they're out on their feet with one round to go - "Oh Jesus, I have to go back to Panama where the rats are running around eating the arse off me?" No! If the other guy's in front of you and he's better than you are, then that's all bullshit."

First clue: never fought Hagler nor anywhere near middleweight at all.

Barry McGuigan?

Got him! Talking to the NME as well as it happens.

It was a guess - something about the quote suggested a British or Irish fighter (maybe saying a*se instead of a*s LOL - and the reference to the 14th round meant it could be much later than the mid 80's :-)

"I become a different person when I enter the ring. That's where I conduct my business. And my business is beating up people".

Clue #1 - he was involved in the Ring Magazine "Fight of the Year" on more than one occasion....

Ade L wrote:

HyacinthusTurnipseed wrote:

Ade L wrote:
Barry McGuigan?

Got him! Talking to the NME as well as it happens.

It was a guess - something about the quote suggested a British or Irish fighter (maybe saying a*se instead of a*s LOL - and the reference to the 14th round meant it could be much later than the mid 80's :-)

Sorry that should read "couldn't be much later"

"I become a different person when I enter the ring. That's where I conduct my business. And my business is beating up people".

Clue #1 - he was involved in the Ring Magazine "Fight of the Year" on more than one occasion....

Carmen Basilio?

Mickey Ward?