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What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 11:47
by FLINT ISLAND
Prime couple of examples
Prince Naz - was supposed to be World Champion all the way up to Light Middleweight and retire Unbeaten in more than 50 fights
Audley Harrison - claimed he was going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 11:50
by landon
naz a light middle at 5 foot tall
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 11:52
by alexpaterson
Harrison the next undisputed champ didnt quite work out like that
I know how much you like him Flint Enzo next great Cruiser and then gets KO'd by an unknown americian
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 12:03
by sgtcecil
alexpaterson wrote:Harrison the next undisputed champ didnt quite work out like that
I know how much you like him Flint Enzo next great Cruiser and then gets KO'd by an unknown americian
i thought enzo got KO'd by an unknown brit
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 12:15
by banjo
Audley without a shadow of a doubt and he's still at it.
Naz was a world champion and did beat world class fighters but did not live up to his own hype, didn't he once say he'd win world titles in six weight classes and KO Oscar De La Hoya?
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 12:27
by Flump
It was his promoter who said this, but Matthew Ellis, the first Billion Dollar athlete. Last seen lasting less than a minute with a 5 fight novice.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 13:45
by Pill_85
Roman Greenburg
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 13:46
by Adamj1987
FLINT ISLAND wrote:Prime couple of examples
Prince Naz - was supposed to be World Champion all the way up to Light Middleweight and retire Unbeaten in more than 50 fights
Audley Harrison - claimed he was going to be the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion
i thought he said welter?
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 13:49
by Chris W 1982
Flump wrote:It was his promoter who said this, but Matthew Ellis, the first Billion Dollar athlete. Last seen lasting less than a minute with a 5 fight novice.
Please tell me this isnt true.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 13:51
by FLINT ISLAND
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 14:57
by landon
got to be fraudly harrison, may be kahn in the not to distance future.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 18:33
by chinny
Jorge Luis Gonzales the big Cuban was going to beat Bowe, Lewis (in the pros) and take over the world. Didn't quite turn out that way.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 18:42
by whiskey
Pill_85 wrote:Roman Greenburg
Who's he?
Sounds like a type of fancy cabbage !
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 30 Apr 2009, 19:01
by caffrey
alex arthur
claimed to be the next scottish legend after buchanan and watt.Was dubiously handed a alphabet title but still a major letdown. Gomez and cook,class fighters but hardly among the world elite who arthur claimed he would beat with ease
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 05:33
by Old bones Ian
Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 05:58
by deadpan
Tony Collins
Adrian Dodson
Ryan Rhodes is on standby. With Amir Khan.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:04
by Deserter
Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Think it was Daniel Teasdale.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:11
by deadpan
It wasn't Teasdale. Though that's a good shout in itself. Can't remember the dude's name, but he was shocking. His only Nazism was to stick his tongue out when he got caught. Which he did a lot.
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:12
by Old bones Ian
Deserter wrote:Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Think it was Daniel Teasdale.
No that wasn't him, the one i'm thinking of was i lighter weight boxer,
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:21
by TheGoods
Haider Ali
(more to be pitied than blamed).
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:26
by Coco
Old bones Ian wrote:Deserter wrote:Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Think it was Daniel Teasdale.
No that wasn't him, the one i'm thinking of was i lighter weight boxer,
Can't remember his name, but another Asian kid, apparently was more interested in being a gangster and is in jail or murder now
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 06:41
by Tommy Gunn13
Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
A asian kid khalid something
Boxing news done a piece on him i think at the time
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 09:48
by bennie
Zab Judah prior to the DeMarcus Corley fight. Marvin Hagler prior to the Vito draw (He'll eat my jab all night.")...
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 11:39
by TerribleTerry
Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Khalid Shafiq
http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... cat=boxer1
He wanted to be a gangster, not a boxer
Re: What fighters never achieved their big talk
Posted: 02 May 2009, 11:50
by hitman_hatton1
Deserter wrote:Old bones Ian wrote:Who was that lad that Brendan Ingle was going on about 'better than Naz'
If i remember the lad had 1 fight , in South Africa for some reason, looked awful and scrapped a draw.
Last i heard he was inside for being a nasty piece of work
Think it was Daniel Teasdale.
teasdale certainly mouthed off in that paddy and the prince book.
admittedly he was only 14 at the time i think.
so he deserves a bit of slack.