BoxRec

bigjack wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:Johnny Tapia, for some reason i never liked him.
Vinny Paz , didn't like him either. Might of had something to do with Lou Duva who used to try and steam in on any Paz opponent as well.

I met Vinny Paz and he's a great fella,Lou Duva is a tit though,he was more aggressive than some of his fighters

Yes We Can wrote:James Degale initially, though i think he is actually a reasonably likeable chap now.
I was in ecstasy when Clev and Stevenson took out Bellew.
I very much enjoyed James Kirkland getting pancaked by Ishida in much the same
way that i enjoyed watching Katsidis take out Kevin Mitchell.

Broner running away like a broken school bully against Maidaina shouldbe the iconic boxing image
for the next 20 years by my reckoning.

It wasn't that he was beaten, because he wasn't! but i really enjoyed a shot, plump Erik Morales taking the piss out of Danny Garcia's punch technique (backfired later on admittedly!) in there first fight, Morales was brought in to look spectacular against and it didn't really work.

Lamont Peterson getting bounced by Matthyse was very enjoyable to.

i'm a very bitter man it seems.

banjo wrote:I agree about DeGale, I remember when he first turned pro and prior to the bout he'd been giving it the "I'm like marmite, you'll either love me or hate me" routine and then seemed genuinely upset when the crowd booed his boring points win and then he dedicated it to Jade Goody (did he actually know her or was it some sort of PR stunt to win over the Hello crowd?). Seemed to mellow after the Groves fight and I actually quite like him now that he's dropped the superstar act.

95gerog wrote:No one else with me on berto? His fight with ortiz was very pleasing.

chiggsy wrote:Anyone remember that ring entrance from degale were he had one of them awful urban london (c)rappers bring him in to the ring whilst another fella wiped imaginery dust off his boots and shoulders?

Like some have already said thank god he's grown up now.

It was very easy for groves to play the good guy in that bout as degale was such a knobhead at the time but when they fight again i would be supporting degale.

Groves' delusional whinging and odd behaviour has really got on my nerves pretty much since after the first froch fight.

95gerog wrote:No one else with me on berto? His fight with ortiz was very pleasing.

danamba7 wrote:
It has to be Broner for me. Wasn't a huge fan of Maidana beforehand (although respected him). But after he destroyed Broner, I felt I had to go to his next fight, follow him on Twitter, Tweet my congratulations & rave about him to my friends (who don't follow boxing). I didn't do any of those things as I eventually calmed down. But what pleasurable viewing that was!

dbf wrote:Vic Darchinyan - always thought he was an arrogant little man and when Donaire blitzed him the first time it made me smile!

veriton wrote:watching ryan rhodes getting whacked by jason matthews was brilliant. rhodes really used to piss me off with the way he boxed, hands down when he didnt know how to do it properly just to copy naz.

mickey1975 wrote:

veriton wrote:watching ryan rhodes getting whacked by jason matthews was brilliant. rhodes really used to piss me off with the way he boxed, hands down when he didnt know how to do it properly just to copy naz.

I think you'll find he wasn't bad at it.

veriton wrote:watching ryan rhodes getting whacked by jason matthews was brilliant. rhodes really used to piss me off with the way he boxed, hands down when he didnt know how to do it properly just to copy naz.

reggaereggae wrote:

veriton wrote:watching ryan rhodes getting whacked by jason matthews was brilliant. rhodes really used to piss me off with the way he boxed, hands down when he didnt know how to do it properly just to copy naz.

He took a hammering from his bird in the dressing room! I used to really like Rhodes, but he did often seem like a Hamed imitator, but lesser. He's a good fighter, just not Naz. He also hot stopped by lee Blundell which was odd.

When I met him he was arrogant, disinterested and stand offish. Kind of put me off him.

mickey1975 wrote:

reggaereggae wrote:

veriton wrote:watching ryan rhodes getting whacked by jason matthews was brilliant. rhodes really used to piss me off with the way he boxed, hands down when he didnt know how to do it properly just to copy naz.

He took a hammering from his bird in the dressing room! I used to really like Rhodes, but he did often seem like a Hamed imitator, but lesser. He's a good fighter, just not Naz. He also hot stopped by lee Blundell which was odd.

When I met him he was arrogant, disinterested and stand offish. Kind of put me off him.

There were mitigating circumstances behind the Blundell loss.