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It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

This was a good night and as a boxing fan just to be in a room full of so many greats was......well what can one say to talk with your boxing heros and see these great fighters is something specail..I was honured just to be in the same room as some of these great fighters.

bennie wrote:It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

John H Stracey did alright for himself didn't he:-)

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Boxingnut wrote:

bennie wrote:It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

I'm not sure. It looks like he is walking in with her but maybe all the fighters were escorted in by a bit of stuff, ala Stracey.

bennie wrote:

Boxingnut wrote:

bennie wrote:It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

I'm not sure. It looks like he is walking in with her but maybe all the fighters were escorted in by a bit of stuff, ala Stracey.

That is Stracey's wife, an ex model.

Yes. So I see. Crickey.

Nice. Stracey looks in good shape himself for a man who has to be knocking on a bit. He must be the last British fighter to have a pub in his name, a place down south somewhere.

Boxingnut wrote:

bennie wrote:

Boxingnut wrote: Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

I'm not sure. It looks like he is walking in with her but maybe all the fighters were escorted in by a bit of stuff, ala Stracey.

That is Stracey's wife, an ex model.

She neds to remember the 'ex' part, that's emabarssing ol' girl

Stracey is as Cockney as jeelied eels, raised in a council flat in Bethnal Green, and they love all that.

It seems strange that Vitali and Shannon Briggs are in town and there is no sign of Haye.

bennie wrote:It seems strange that Vitali and Shannon Briggs are in town and there is no sign of Haye.

Wasn't he in Vegas with Groves?

Looks like an amazing occasion. Love the way Minter appears to be confirming all the bad press he's had on this board by looking as though he fancies a tear-up!

Boxingnut wrote:

bennie wrote:It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

The woman is he pictured with is female boxer Cecilia Braekhus who is under the Sauerland promotional banner:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Nice to see Duran got dressed up for the occasion.

Froch & Calzaghe looked to be having a laugh. Is this the first time they have actually met face to face?

I had to look twice at the pic of Earnie Shavers...thought it was Tyson!

black panther wrote:

Boxingnut wrote:

bennie wrote:It's great to see Jeff Harding looking so well. Earnie Shavers, the only heavyweight Don King ever liked, still has a real weakness for the ladies. I was looking at Duran on fightnews and he looks to have shed a load of weight, which is great.

Bennie, is that Shavers wife?? Don't think it is because he came over here to live and married ex-pro Kenny Rainford's aunt.

The woman is he pictured with is female boxer Cecilia Braekhus who is under the Sauerland promotional banner:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_ ... &cat=boxer

Cheers nice one mate

Deserter wrote:Looks like an amazing occasion. Love the way Minter appears to be confirming all the bad press he's had on this board by looking as though he fancies a tear-up!

Minter was at a sports do in the Midlands quite recently, which my brother attended, and he was blatantly pissed. He told one punter to shut up.

Jeez, Minter looks like Fergie after a Beetroot face-pack.

DavidPayne wrote:

bennie wrote:It seems strange that Vitali and Shannon Briggs are in town and there is no sign of Haye.

Wasn't he in Vegas with Groves?

He was at the WBA convention with Khan & DLH etc.

Michael Carbajal, in the first pic, looks good. He picked up a million dollars clear for his first fight with Humberto Gonzalez in 1993 in Las Vegas, where he climbed off the floor twice to flatten Gonzalez in seven rounds in a pay-per-view bonanza. Promoter Bob Arum paid the taxes and the corners and then gave both men a million dollars.

bennie wrote:Michael Carbajal, in the first pic, looks good. He picked up a million dollars clear for his first fight with Humberto Gonzalez in 1993 in Las Vegas, where he climbed off the floor twice to flatten Gonzalez in seven rounds in a pay-per-view bonanza. Promoter Bob Arum paid the taxes and the corners and then gave both men a million dollars.

I take it you mean the guy in the Grey suit?

If so that's not Carbajal that's a local councillar lol

some good photos on that bbc link. If anyone was there and took some perhaps they could upload them too.
by the way,
Carl Froch said today

'Had great time at WBC night at champs. Caught up with Calzaghe, Kessler etc there. Had a non-boxing chat with Joe, it was good.'