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bripez wrote: ↑09 Apr 2023, 09:53 I haven't listened to it but Reid had some great breaks, a few bad ones and also he made some poor decisions himself - just like life really.

He is over 50 has is own house etc and has never had a "proper job" and hasn't done too bad - sure he could have done better financially but he must take some responsibility for that as well

Controversial wrote: ↑04 May 2023, 12:26 I'm on the latest one with Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

Controversial wrote: ↑04 May 2023, 12:26 I'm on the latest one with boxing writer Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

mickey1975 wrote: ↑04 May 2023, 13:07

Controversial wrote: ↑04 May 2023, 12:26 I'm on the latest one with boxing writer Elliot Worsell, wasn't he married to David Haye's sister at one point? He speaks a fair bit about Haye, how close they were and that he wrote his biography but didn't mention being married to his sister so maybe I got that bit wrong?

He also backtracks a bit on his Haye book work. Wonder if it all went sour.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 15:53 bob sheridan made adamek-grant into the greatest fight ever, the man certainly never lacked enthusiasm as a commentator. i didnt know he was still alive tbh, he's been around forever

A boxing broadcast Friday went off the rails.

Bob Sheridan insulted ring girls, talked about the n-word, and claimed to have killed eight men.


A boxing broadcast over the weekend went off the rails when 78-year-old commentator 'Colonel' Bob Sheridan called ring girls "bimbos," and then asked if that was politically incorrect.

It wasn't even the most inappropriate thing Sheridan said that night, as he also discussed the way he uses the n-word in private since he says he can't say it in public, and also claimed — while laughing — that he once killed eight men.

It is unclear if he was joking at the time, though a report from last year indicated that Sheridan was involved in a car accident and that there was "a death involved."

Sheridan did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Mexico promotion Bxstrs, which organized the Friday event in the city of Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, though it is unclear if it was affiliated with the broadcast.

Sheridan and the former boxer Paulie Malignaggi commented on the show from a studio at a remote location.

The event was headlined by a bout between Eduardo Nunez and Adrian Pacheco. However, Sheridan's comments overshadowed the results.

While waiting for the announcement of a decision on one of the fights, Sheridan started talking about the ring girls. "Alright," he said. "We like the bimbos, right? Is that politically correct to say, 'Bimbos'?

"Okay. Sorry, ladies. You're two fine, young ladies. God bless you …. Sorry for the insult. But I come from the old days where you could actually say things that were funny. Nobody got their red neck up when you said stuff like that."

Video footage of the incident was seemingly on YouTube but the broadcast has since moved to private.

Mark Ortega, a former Fox Sports boxing researcher and writer, clipped the footage and posted it himself on social media.


On the subject of racial slurs, Sheridan said: "When we're off the air, we're talking about that all the time. We're not supposed to use the n-word — I know we can't use it on the air — and I'm not supposed to say it outside my room. So I don't."


Sheridan also relayed a story, in which he claimed to have killed eight men. It is unclear if he is joking, but the incident may relate to a 2021 article that said Sheridan was injured in a robbery attempt.

In that story, Sheridan claimed eight men — "true criminals" — tried to box him in his Corvette vehicle while in Victorville, California. "There was a death involved," he said at the time, according to Fight Sports TV.

"The cops never told me how many of those guys were down."

Speaking during Friday's broadcast, he claimed:


"I killed eight of them that night in my 'Vette. Here's what I did," he said, while individuals off-camera seemingly attempt to encourage him to change the subject.

"We can [talk about it], it's the truth. I killed eight of them that night and I wanted to get that in. I got to stop talking about that."

Laughing, he continued: "There's eight dead men," before awkward silence ensued. Malignaggi then changed the subject by bringing up Muhammad Ali's former trainer Angelo Dundee.

Sheridan was born in 1944, has provided commentary on more than 10,000 fight events, and received the 1998 award from the Boxing Writers Association of America for "Excellence in broadcasting journalism."

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:48 there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

Controversial wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 17:08

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:48 there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

Controversial wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:01 I’m mid way through latest Tim Bradley Jr one, he’s a good talker, he mentions how bad his health was affected by the Ruslan Provodnikov war and he was told by a neurologist to retire. How these guys carry on fighting I don’t know

wrighty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 20:34

Controversial wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 17:08

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:48 there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

I think Bradley made the right decision. He was lucky that he had the money behind him to do that.

wrighty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 20:34

Controversial wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 17:08

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:48 there's footage of him backstage after the fight and he could barely put words together and didnt know what was happening

I’ll see if I can find it, yeah he said his speech and memory were affected for months after and he was concussed in the fight and was fighting on pure instinct, crazy what these guys put themselves through sometimes

Concussions and things like that are genuinely scary. Not boxing related but i watched Mystify which was the Michael Hutchence from Inxs documentary. He got whacked by a taxi driver and cracked his head open. Lost his taste and smell and was in all sorts afterwards. Apparently he was really short tempered, impulsive and it changed his personality. His autopsy after he committed suicide showed he had brain damage which is really sad

I think Bradley made the right decision. He was lucky that he had the money behind him to do that.

wrighty wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 20:35

Controversial wrote: ↑25 Jun 2023, 16:01 I’m mid way through latest Tim Bradley Jr one, he’s a good talker, he mentions how bad his health was affected by the Ruslan Provodnikov war and he was told by a neurologist to retire. How these guys carry on fighting I don’t know

Going to give this a listen. Tris has put together a quality podcast.