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Which bout(s) do you reckon you'll miss?

EG: Whenever I get up early to watch the test-match - I am always thinking "I hope I get to see Flintoff bat before:

A: I have to go to work.
B: My wife gets up and begins to issue instructions.
C: The cat wants feeding.

In actuality, I usually wake up about two hours later to see the umpire raise his finger and Flintoff trudging off.

If you had to miss one fight (and you will :x ) which one will it be?

Are you talking about this weekends fights?

Kilburn wrote:Are you talking about this weekends fights?

Yep!

What a nice Moderator!

Answering my lonely looking thread!!!

Soon turn you into a hard-bitten & miserable cynic like bennie

Don't worry Lugh, tune into Ottke at midnight and you'll be fast asleep by 12.10.

If you need a nap later on, John Ruiz is always worth a miss.

MightyWarrior wrote:Don't worry Lugh, tune into Ottke at midnight and you'll be fast asleep by 12.10.

If you need a nap later on, John Ruiz is always worth a miss.

Is there any truth in the rumour that Ottke has changed sponsors from "Condomi" to "Nytol"?

"The Phantom" indeed - he doesn't even wear a purple catsuit (at least not on fight nights)

A fight fan who follows cricket – whatever next…..

I personally am going to get wired on Red Bull and vodka and hope to be awake throughout proceedings, though I cannot guarantee that all fights will get my undivided attention.
I always record these marathon shows for review the next day, with a sore head and a severe case of the ‘never-agains’.

Lugh wrote:

Kilburn wrote:Are you talking about this weekends fights?

Yep!

What a nice Moderator!

Answering my lonely looking thread!!!

Soon turn you into a hard-bitten & miserable cynic like bennie

Never.

If I had to miss one of these fights it would be the heavyweight clash. I think it could be a good fight, a decent blend of styles, but both have let us down in the past. Ruiz might attempt a lot of grabbing if he can't handle the strength of Rahman.

BTW has anyone seen anything regarding Rahmans' weight for this? I keep forgetting he came in at something like 2 tonnes last time. He looked awful but still fought pretty well, for 6 rounds anyway.

TerribleTerry wrote:A fight fan who follows cricket – whatever next…..

I personally am going to get wired on Red Bull and vodka and hope to be awake throughout proceedings, though I cannot guarantee that all fights will get my undivided attention.
I always record these marathon shows for review the next day, with a sore head and a severe case of the ‘never-agains’.

Interestingly (or not as the case may be!) I feel that the reason I am attracted (whoa there) to both boxing and cricket is (I think) the purity of the contest.

Essentially both are 1-1 sports (Pugilitht V Pugilitht ((Damn Eubanks - I can't even type that any more without taking the pith!!)) and Batter V Bowler) that offer a blend of mental and physical challenge and both relying heavily on individual courage.

I too was toying with the Red Bull route - but I'll stick to the Curry, Cobra beer and Copious joints!

MightyWarrior wrote:Don't worry Lugh, tune into Ottke at midnight and you'll be fast asleep by 12.10.

i'm going to go to bed in the early hours of saturday morning get up around saturday lunchtime and therefore be alive and kicking by the time of the don king card in the early hours of sunday morning.

sven ottke and john ruiz will test my patience but i'll beat em

Im doing a round by round on every fight that night for the guys who havent got it either here or in the US so i will probably be knackered......Especially if im having a few beers whilst watching....

HH

Hardhitters11 wrote:Im doing a round by round on every fight that night for the guys who havent got it either here or in the US so i will probably be knackered......Especially if im having a few beers whilst watching....

HH

will that be for boxingaddicts.com

right, so the schedule is...


Saturday afternoon grandstand, audley harrison vs Brian Nix, approx. 40 mins
evening, Hatton card. Approx, 3 hours.
After hatton, reid vs ottke, approx 1 hour.
then a short interval before approx 5 hours of Don King card.

GRAND TOTAL OF... about 10 HOURS OF BOXING!!!!!!!!

Hardhitters11 wrote:Im doing a round by round on every fight that night for the guys who havent got it either here or in the US so i will probably be knackered......Especially if im having a few beers whilst watching....

HH

Oh my God!!

That's a bit heavy isn't it?

I always start every fight (that I think may go distance) scoring the rounds mentally (as in "in my head" - not 10-3 to Hatton) and usually by about the 5 th I've completely given up.

The only fight I have ever actually written down my own scores for was Lennox-Holyfilanderer II - and I was miles out anyway.

Alot of the US guys on the site arent getting it so i said i would do the entire card cos im such a nice guy....