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Which boxer past or present had the worst barnet ever.

I would personally opt for Jorge Paez's strange combination of native American Brave/Goblin/Redneck Mullett combination as probably

Honourable mentions to Nigel Benn's 'windowlicker' haircut in his early career, Kostya Tszyu's 'Billy Ray Cyrus,' and Thomas Hearns' (unknown member of Kool and the gang) A-la defeat by Hagler...

The Cuban heavyweight Jorge Gonzalez deserves a special mention. I remember he had something that closely resembled a cow pat on the top of his head, finished off with a pig tail at the back.

And yes, someone should defintely have a word with Tszyu.

i am particularly fond of Hattons "Aled Jones - choir boy" cut

Audley was sporting an afro at one time, he looked like that bloke called Big Dave in the pot noodle ad.

Christ, how could I ever have forgotten JL Gonzalez, he looked like some weirdo from a star-trek convention, who came as a klingon ambassador....

Nigel Benn's pineapple was the best - he clearly wasn't a fan of Baddiel and Skinner. He decided to have it when the song "he's got a pineapple on his head" song was at the height of his popularity.

David Tua has had so pretty wicked "do's" in his time

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Which boxer past or present had the worst barnet ever.

I would personally opt for Jorge Paez's strange combination of native American Brave/Goblin/Redneck Mullett combination as probably

Honourable mentions to Nigel Benn's 'windowlicker' haircut in his early career, Kostya Tszyu's 'Billy Ray Cyrus,' and Thomas Hearns' (unknown member of Kool and the gang) A-la defeat by Hagler...

Leonard's "Remi Moses" look in the Duran fights was also funny.

Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini vs vs Art Frias (what a fight) was funny. I think you call it the Leo Sayer/David Essex look.

shannon briggs also had a pretty good pineapple on his head....

Nigel Benns "milli Vanilli" against Watson was pretty memorable too

knockout wrote:shannon briggs also had a pretty good pineapple on his head....

Nigel Benns "milli Vanilli" against Watson was pretty memorable too

The Collins vs Benn fights were particularly ammusing - the arena was full of Benn fans who were cheering him on, then he burst through the pyrotechniques and they all turned started singing "he's got a pineapple on his head". Benn was pretty focused, but he must have been questioning "why are they singing that".

David Haye has had some interesting dreads / afro's and plaits already !!!

Looking forward to seeing them on a world stage at some point ..fingers crossed! :)

Wasn't the pineapple song about Trevor Sinclair if I remember rightly? what tune was it to?

thought it was the notts forest centre forward.....Jason Lee?
poor sod theY finished him, he shaveD it off and in true Samson style never was the same player....

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Wasn't the pineapple song about Trevor Sinclair if I remember rightly? what tune was it to?

Nah Jason Lee, the crap ex-Notts Forrest player (who had hair ala Benn vs Collins). Basically it all started with Baddiel and Skinner taking the mick out of him, then they Baddiel would dress up as him and place a pineapple on his head and dreadlocked wig ontop of the pineapple.

They didn't start the song, it was the teams who played against Forrest after the show - but soon enough Baddiel and Skinner were singing it pretty much every week. I actually think that Jason Lee made a public statement threatening some action against the duo, but that didn't stop him.

The song it was sung to his a traditional song, but I have actually forgotton what the original song was about - you'll know the tune, I just am more familiar with the pineapple version than the original.

wasnt it sung to the tune "he's got the whole world in his hands".... church hymn???

knockout wrote:wasnt it sung to the tune "he's got the whole world in his hands".... church hymn???

Yeah - well done, that the one.

"He's got a pineapple, on his head"
"Hes got a pineapple, on his head"
"He's got a pineapple, on his head"
"Hes got a pineapple on his head".

Class.

I am struggling to remember the song, it was of course Jason Lee, a name who I had forgotten..

the more I think about this, the more bad barnets Benn has had....the milli-vanilli, the pineapple, the window licker...the man is a legend...

haha excellent chuckling away.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:I am struggling to remember the song, it was of course Jason Lee, a name who I had forgotten..

the more I think about this, the more bad barnets Benn has had....the milli-vanilli, the pineapple, the window licker...the man is a legend...

james, i am not familiar with the window licker.... whats that one???

Eubank had a bad hair do too. in the early nineties when high tops were the thing, Eubank had his shorter at the front and higher at the back of his head.....

The Belgium Jose Seys, who came over here to coldcock Errol Christe then lose to Herol Graham, had a magnificent blonde mullett, rounded off by a matching handlebar mustache.
This is a look still highly popular in Belgium of course.

Hacine Cherifi sports an unusal hairstyle, sort of Friar Tuck with a pony tail.

A window licker is a very non-pc term for the people you see on those sunshine buses, with strange nervous tics/physical/mental problems.

The term refers to their propensity for having their tongues sticking out the side of their mouths, drooling down the window...hence 'window-licker'

I forgot about Nicky Piper who is sporting what can be known as the 'dicko' or 'Ron dixon,' at some stages, and the 'harry potter', in others..

stujones wrote:Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini vs vs Art Frias (what a fight) was funny. I think you call it the Leo Sayer/David Essex look.

Yes I think Ray must have thought he had his hair dresser in front of him, the way he pounded on poor Frias.

MightyWarrior wrote:The Belgium Jose Seys, who came over here to coldcock Errol Christe then lose to Herol Graham, had a magnificent blonde mullett, rounded off by a matching handlebar mustache.
This is a look still highly popular in Belgium of course.

Hacine Cherifi sports an unusal hairstyle, sort of Friar Tuck with a pony tail.

cannot remember Seys barnet but Cherifi's is terrible... but he has an excuse, he is going bald, he is boxings answer to Zinadine Zidane