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Boxing self-suicide. The sport is half-dead as it is.

It would be nothing more than a freak show, it won't happen.

BIGMARK wrote:personally i would love to see this fight and it would be huge. I dont think there has ever been a case of two brothers fighting each other for a world title and the hype this would be off the clock.

BIGMARK, I like you and I like your posts but on this one you seriously need to go back to bed and sleep off that hangover.

two brothers beating the crap out of each other would indeed be a sad spectacle

Will never happen. And should never happen either.

caffrey wrote:two brothers beating the crap out of each other would indeed be a sad spectacle

agreed. amatuers is one thing, but not the pros

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Will never happen. And should never happen either.

x2

Every year or so they drag this story up.

Glorified sparring session, at very best.

A lot of brothers have battered each other in sparring (I think the term is known as sibling rivalry), particularly the Finnegans and the Quarrys, but we all remember the sad father & son spectacle quite recently which, thankfully, was not picked up by the anti-boxing tabloids (the Daily Mail, for one), but normal people the world over would get to hear about this one and regard 'the noble art' as just the opposite.

BIGMARK wrote:

bennie wrote:A lot of brothers have battered each other in sparring (I think the term is known as sibling rivalry), particularly the Finnegans and the Quarrys, but we all remember the sad father & son spectacle quite recently which, thankfully, was not picked up by the anti-boxing tabloids (the Daily Mail, for one), but normal people the world over would get to hear about this one and regard 'the noble art' as just the opposite.

i am a bit slow today, so what was the sad father & son spectacle quite recently?

A father and son fought in Germany and were really trying to knock each other out. The father was grossly overweight and soon blew up but just about managed to survive to the end to lose on points.

Dioufy wrote:Glorified sparring session, at very best.

absolutely. they would pull their punches and it wouldn't be a proper fight. it sounds like complete bullshit. i'd rather see klitschko brothers vs walsh brothers tag team fight

bennie wrote:

BIGMARK wrote:

bennie wrote:A lot of brothers have battered each other in sparring (I think the term is known as sibling rivalry), particularly the Finnegans and the Quarrys, but we all remember the sad father & son spectacle quite recently which, thankfully, was not picked up by the anti-boxing tabloids (the Daily Mail, for one), but normal people the world over would get to hear about this one and regard 'the noble art' as just the opposite.

i am a bit slow today, so what was the sad father & son spectacle quite recently?

A father and son fought in Germany and were really trying to knock each other out. The father was grossly overweight and soon blew up but just about managed to survive to the end to lose on points.

christmas before last, wasn't it? Harry Duiven Jr v Harry Duiven Sr.

I think Sr was the promoter and was trying to save the show after the son's opponent withdrew.

Autobarn wrote:

Dioufy wrote:Glorified sparring session, at very best.

absolutely. they would pull their punches and it wouldn't be a proper fight. it sounds like complete bullshit. i'd rather see klitschko brothers vs walsh brothers tag team fight

Now id definetly pay to see that

It would give us the undisputed heavyweight champion that boxing needs.

I don't see a problem with two brothers fighting.

Horse wrote:It would give us the undisputed heavyweight champion that boxing needs.

I don't see a problem with two brothers fighting.

the thing is, it's not about what boxing needs. it's about what the klitschko brothers need

anybody who falls for this is an idiot. it wouldn't be a fight.

Harry Duiven Jnr, who recently fought Mike Perez, once slugged it out with his grossly overweight old man, as someone here already pointed out. I think the sick spectacle ended with the father being KO'd :surprised:

Autobarn wrote:the thing is, it's not about what boxing needs. it's about what the klitschko brothers need

In what way?

Horse wrote:

Autobarn wrote:the thing is, it's not about what boxing needs. it's about what the klitschko brothers need

In what way?

Financially.

Does anyone actually think if this fight came off that they would go all out?

It would be a boring pitty pat sparring session.

banjo wrote:Does anyone actually think if this fight came off that they would go all out?

It would be a boring pitty pat sparring session.

At least there would be a new champion (unless it was a draw).

Horse wrote:

banjo wrote:Does anyone actually think if this fight came off that they would go all out?

It would be a boring pitty pat sparring session.

At least there would be a new champion (unless it was a draw).

That is the one bonus if the fight does come off.

Horse wrote:

Autobarn wrote:the thing is, it's not about what boxing needs. it's about what the klitschko brothers need

In what way?

they've got all the aces, they do what they want.


if one of them picks up the WBA title, then the klitschkos are "undisputed" anyway.

why fight each other - it means there's one less klitschko to make easy money?

Now this guy knows about brothers who have boxed!!

http://leopod.tripod.com/index.html

Autobarn wrote:they've got all the aces, they do what they want.


if one of them picks up the WBA title, then the klitschkos are "undisputed" anyway.

why fight each other - it means there's one less klitschko to make easy money?

It is not a fight to the death. The losing Klitschko can pick up the belts the winning Klitschko vacates and they would still be the top two fighters in the division.