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He was wba inter champ as well as brit and commonwealth light heavy champ.

I think he was 35/36 when he last fought. I remember him having trouble getting fights and bouts with dean francis and tony oakey were spoken about. Was it his lack of being able to get fights that retired him more than anything?

Essentially, yes, but when he finally did get a fight (I think it was vs Oakey but may be mistaken), he walked out on it on the night, pretty much sealing his own fate and no promoters would go near him again.

I remember he was due to fight Tony Oakey at Wembely Arena or somewhere big like that in London. It was a Friday night fight on Sky and he was in the building and just refused to fight. Sky interviewed Oboh, can't remember wthat the problem was, then Frank Maloney came on in the interview and offered him a bigger purse and bigger purse fir his next fight. He then just packed his gear and went home. Pretty sure he was in IT as his day job, so maybe he still does that. Good fighter though and heavy handed.

Newport Daz wrote:I remember he was due to fight Tony Oakey at Wembely Arena or somewhere big like that in London. It was a Friday night fight on Sky and he was in the building and just refused to fight. Sky interviewed Oboh, can't remember wthat the problem was, then Frank Maloney came on in the interview and offered him a bigger purse and bigger purse fir his next fight. He then just packed his gear and went home. Pretty sure he was in IT as his day job, so maybe he still does that. Good fighter though and heavy handed.

Yeah I remember him walking out on the show at the last minute. I think his attitude was I've been repeatedly fucked over by promoters so I'm gonna fcuk one of them over

He was an excellent fighter, but never seemed to have any luck at getting the right fights (he's the founder of the 'Who needs him club') and spent the vast majority of his career inactive. I recall him giving the undefeated Elvis Michaelenko (s) a good sound thrashing

I remember him absolutely levelling Ole Klemetsen.

That SKY stuff where he basically just shrugged, packed his bag and walked out was a little odd but at least he stuck to his principles.

Chambers2 wrote:Yeah I remember him walking out on the show at the last minute. I think his attitude was I've been repeatedly fucked over by promoters so I'm gonna fcuk one of them over.

That's how I viewed it at the time. I don't know if that was the reason but it's definitely what it looked like. A bridge burner if ever there was one but as long as he had a smile on his face as he walked away from the flames, it's all good.

JLP wrote:

Chambers2 wrote:Yeah I remember him walking out on the show at the last minute. I think his attitude was I've been repeatedly fucked over by promoters so I'm gonna fcuk one of them over.

That's how I viewed it at the time. I don't know if that was the reason but it's definitely what it looked like. A bridge burner if ever there was one but as long as he had a smile on his face as he walked away from the flames, it's all good.

I think he was 40 by them anyway, so he'd pretty much done with the game

I always thought he would have caused Clinton problems but that was probably just me.

I remember the Oakey thing vividly.

i read somewhere that he became a preacher after he retired ?
can anyone put up the interview where maloney offered him the bigger purse ?

Darcy Delaney wrote:i read somewhere that he became a preacher after he retired ?
can anyone put up the interview where maloney offered him the bigger purse ?

It wasn't a written interview, just Sky interviewing him live on the programme. I'm sure Maloney said that if he beat Oakey he was going to get 13k for his next fight, which would have been a decent rise on what he would have been apparantly getting. I remember the figure as I thought it was low for a title fight, not having an idea what boxers get for fights.

This was on the same bill as Haye's first heavyweight fight. I never saw the Sky interview though, would love to see it.

According to the Mail, Oboh was supposed to be paid £9K - not a huge amount for someone who was a British Champion, but I don't suppose he shifted many tickets.

I'd be interested to hear his story. Wonder if Maloney refunded any of Oakey's fans' ticket money, seeing as he saved 9K?

Dan Dares wrote:This was on the same bill as Haye's first heavyweight fight. I never saw the Sky interview though, would love to see it.

According to the Mail, Oboh was supposed to be paid £9K - not a huge amount for someone who was a British Champion, but I don't suppose he shifted many tickets.

I'd be interested to hear his story. Wonder if Maloney refunded any of Oakey's fans' ticket money, seeing as he saved 9K?

Nah it will oh
It would of said like it always does, bouts subject to change so no refunds.

I never saw the interview, ive never had sky so this fills in a blank for me

I remember a small peice by glyn leach in BM about oboh vs oakey but thats it

Oboh never got any saxophone calls off anyone, people were scared to death of him. I would have piccolo him over any LH out there, he would be over the bassoon if he got the call though.

the trouble was he needed a manager to orchestrate his next move, because he conducted himself well and you have to have symphony with his plight.

If matched well the re-percussions could have been great and he could become a symbol of all that is wrong with the triangle of sanctioning bodies that shoe horn weaker fighters into mandatory shots. His problems strike a chord and pull a the heart strings of boxing fans who understand that his punching power give him the bass to mount a charge, and if a champion did pluck him as a potential opponent he wouldn't be afraid to blow his own trumpet.

Credit to DavidPayne for most of this.

Don't ask frank maloney

DavidPayne wrote:I always thought he would have caused Clinton problems but that was probably just me.

I remember the Oakey thing vividly.

You're not alone in that one. I remember him nearly getting a world title fight with another champion also.

stujones wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:I always thought he would have caused Clinton problems but that was probably just me.

I remember the Oakey thing vividly.

You're not alone in that one. I remember him nearly getting a world title fight with another champion also.

Do tell

Adamj1987 wrote:

stujones wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:I always thought he would have caused Clinton problems but that was probably just me.

I remember the Oakey thing vividly.

You're not alone in that one. I remember him nearly getting a world title fight with another champion also.

Do tell

If memory serves me correctly I think he almost got a shot at the WBA regular title, and I think it was with Silvio Branco. I think!!!

Riddick Blowe wrote:Oboh never got any saxophone calls off anyone, people were scared to death of him. I would have piccolo him over any LH out there, he would be over the bassoon if he got the call though.

the trouble was he needed a manager to orchestrate his next move, because he conducted himself well and you have to have symphony with his plight.

If matched well the re-percussions could have been great and he could become a symbol of all that is wrong with the triangle of sanctioning bodies that shoe horn weaker fighters into mandatory shots. His problems strike a chord and pull a the heart strings of boxing fans who understand that his punching power give him the bass to mount a charge, and if a champion did pluck him as a potential opponent he wouldn't be afraid to blow his own trumpet.

Credit to DavidPayne for most of this.

i missed his last fight but i had it on recorder!

Dan Dares wrote:This was on the same bill as Haye's first heavyweight fight. I never saw the Sky interview though, would love to see it.

According to the Mail, Oboh was supposed to be paid £9K - not a huge amount for someone who was a British Champion, but I don't suppose he shifted many tickets.

I'd be interested to hear his story. Wonder if Maloney refunded any of Oakey's fans' ticket money, seeing as he saved 9K?

I was there at wembley that night, haye put away some polish lump (?bonin) in a round, i was up in the stands with my son but im sure it was the bill that caused all the trouble with myself and ben carey and his website (sorry ben, not bringing it up to cause trouble mate, just remember that was the show)

Oboh never got any saxophone calls off anyone, people were scared to death of him. I would have piccolo him over any LH out there, he would be over the bassoon if he got the call though.

the trouble was he needed a manager to orchestrate his next move, because he conducted himself well and you have to have symphony with his plight.

If matched well the re-percussions could have been great and he could become a symbol of all that is wrong with the triangle of sanctioning bodies that shoe horn weaker fighters into mandatory shots. His problems strike a chord and pull a the heart strings of boxing fans who understand that his punching power give him the bass to mount a charge, and if a champion did pluck him as a potential opponent he wouldn't be afraid to blow his own trumpet.

Credit to DavidPayne for most of this.


i missed his last fight but i had it on recorder!


the problem with him was he couldnt fight for three minims every round. but many of his opponents would visibly quaver before the first bell. i reckon he quit rather than face the music...but they wouldve band him anyway. i remember there being a bit of a song and dance about it at the time

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Nice one - interesting stuff

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I feel crotchet-y after reading this thread. I'm gonna console myself in a bag of half-sized crisps....... semi-quavers

great - the end of this thread, now i can breve easy and make my way to the end of the bar