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Is there any boxing memories that stick out for you for particularly odd reasons.

I remember a Heavyweight fight shown on the BBC about 15-20 years ago between a Welsh fighter and and English fighter (who was coloured). Now, the Welsh fighter was clearly the Journeyman and looked like he hadn't trained in years, I think the English guy was some prospect - but he didn't go much futher.

It was a long contest, but what I remember was this poor old Welshmen facially he was in a right state with a combination of snot and blood pooring out of his nose.

After about the 5th round this gungy stuff coming out was uncontrollable, so what did the Welsh man do - try and grap on to the Englishman as often as he could and rub his nose on the shoulder of the propect. In the end, the poor Englishman's shoulder was covered in snot and blood.

It was a piss poor fight involving two fighter who didn't get anywhere, but it is still one of my most vivid memories of watching boxing as a kid. It was funny as feck.

I can remember my mother saying "Why is the fat man using that guys shoulder as a hankichief". In the end I lost interest in the fight cause I was doubling up in luaghter.

Anybody remember this? Any other weird memories?

The fanman at the Holyfield vs Bowe fight was the weirdest for me I couldnt believe it....that was crazy stuff.

Tyson biting Holyfields ear was pretty mad too.

HH

I seem to remember there was a fight when a parachutist at the start of the introductions smashed into the ring or got stuck, it evades me now which fight it was but I do remember something along those lines, help someone??

p.s. stu i was just having my lunch dude hahaha

there was the wee leprechaun guy who came into the ring before the first eubank collins fight throwing glitter everywhere!

neil r wrote:there was the wee leprechaun guy who came into the ring before the first eubank collins fight throwing glitter everywhere!

And before McGuigan-Pedroza. Started running sround the ring like Frank Maloney on speed. Pedroza had boxed all over the world in his 19 WBA title defences, but I bet he'd never seen anything like that.

Having Nigel Kennedy performing the National anthem at Old Trafford just after the season in which the premiership title went to the wire between Villa and United wasn't such a good idea.

Anyone else remember God save the queen getting booed in England? Well, this is what happend prior to Benn vs Eubank 2.

Collins Vs Carr. I remember Carr coming into the ring, i'd never seen anyone bring headphones in with them before.
I always found Steve Fosters fans with their viking helmets a tad weird. And scary!!

neil r wrote:there was the wee leprechaun guy who came into the ring before the first eubank collins fight throwing glitter everywhere!

Frank Maloney perhaps?! I remember Bowe-Golota for some reason, i think it was the second one when it kicked off. I wasn't a real Boxing fan back then but i loved it watching the highlights on Grandstand or something like that.

Clifford Ettiene's......oh wait...you said memories

mrbassie wrote:Clifford Ettiene's......oh wait...you said memories

he he he - quality mate

stujones wrote:Is there any boxing memories that stick out for you for particularly odd reasons.

I remember a Heavyweight fight shown on the BBC about 15-20 years ago between a Welsh fighter and and English fighter (who was coloured). Now, the Welsh fighter was clearly the Journeyman and looked like he hadn't trained in years, I think the English guy was some prospect - but he didn't go much futher.

It was a long contest, but what I remember was this poor old Welshmen facially he was in a right state with a combination of snot and blood pooring out of his nose.

After about the 5th round this gungy stuff coming out was uncontrollable, so what did the Welsh man do - try and grap on to the Englishman as often as he could and rub his nose on the shoulder of the propect. In the end, the poor Englishman's shoulder was covered in snot and blood.

It was a piss poor fight involving two fighter who didn't get anywhere, but it is still one of my most vivid memories of watching boxing as a kid. It was funny as feck.

I can remember my mother saying "Why is the fat man using that guys shoulder as a hankichief". In the end I lost interest in the fight cause I was doubling up in luaghter.

Anybody remember this? Any other weird memories?

That Welsh fighter sounds very much like Andrew Gerrard. His opponent was almost certainly Johnny Nelson.

The only Man to KO Hopkins Mills Lane, great push from mills in the Hopkins - Allen 1 fight. Hopkins goes out of the ring and stays down

classic

bennie wrote:

stujones wrote:Is there any boxing memories that stick out for you for particularly odd reasons.

I remember a Heavyweight fight shown on the BBC about 15-20 years ago between a Welsh fighter and and English fighter (who was coloured). Now, the Welsh fighter was clearly the Journeyman and looked like he hadn't trained in years, I think the English guy was some prospect - but he didn't go much futher.

It was a long contest, but what I remember was this poor old Welshmen facially he was in a right state with a combination of snot and blood pooring out of his nose.

After about the 5th round this gungy stuff coming out was uncontrollable, so what did the Welsh man do - try and grap on to the Englishman as often as he could and rub his nose on the shoulder of the propect. In the end, the poor Englishman's shoulder was covered in snot and blood.

It was a piss poor fight involving two fighter who didn't get anywhere, but it is still one of my most vivid memories of watching boxing as a kid. It was funny as feck.

I can remember my mother saying "Why is the fat man using that guys shoulder as a hankichief". In the end I lost interest in the fight cause I was doubling up in luaghter.

Anybody remember this? Any other weird memories?

That Welsh fighter sounds very much like Andrew Gerrard. His opponent was almost certainly Johnny Nelson.

Quite possibly, sorry of course Johnny did well! Didn't think it was him.

I always thought it was an undercard fight, maybe for a Honeyghun show - it was definately on the BBC though and the date sounds feesable.

Of course the fight was a typical Nelson fight, but the rubbing his nose against the shoulder bit had me in histerics.

It was definitely Gerrard. I remember people commenting about his antics at the time. Are you sure it wasn't a 'Fight Night' promotion? Gerrard fought Nelson on a Robert Dickie show in Stoke.

You could be correct - just it sticks out.

I don't think Ojay Abrahams kick at Brendan Ingle will ever leave my long term memory bank either!

stujones wrote:You could be correct - just it sticks out.

I don't think Ojay Abrahams kick at Brendan Ingle will ever leave my long term memory bank either!

One of the funnier older incidents came in the 10-rounder between Boston's Tom McNeeley (father of Peter) and Blackpool's Brian London at Olympia in 1963. For three rounds, the heavyweight hard men committed every foul in the book. They butted, gouged, hit below the belt and turned it into a street brawl. A young Harry Gibbs was refereeing and said in his autobiography, he didn't want to disqualify them because the crowd was enjoying it. Then midway through the fourth, he barked: "Okay, you've had your fun, now let's see some real boxing.
"Do you know," Gibbs continued, "for the remainder of the fight, they behaved like proper gentlemen."
McNeeley won on points.

lennox lewis vs melvin epps epps was disqualified in the 2nd rd and to this day that decision will always baffle me.

who can forget that guys mum getting in the ring and hitting the opponent over the head with her shoe.... the black guy was Tony something I think.... classic

knockout wrote:who can forget that guys mum getting in the ring and hitting the opponent over the head with her shoe.... the black guy was Tony something I think.... classic

Yeah, Steve McCarthy against Tony Wilson. Wilson's mum did the high heel bit.
Steve Holdsworth made a small fortune on the clip.

bennie wrote:

knockout wrote:who can forget that guys mum getting in the ring and hitting the opponent over the head with her shoe.... the black guy was Tony something I think.... classic

Yeah, Steve McCarthy against Tony Wilson. Wilson's mum did the high heel bit.
Steve Holdsworth made a small fortune on the clip.

Poor Wilson, how embarrased he musta been.

You can see him thinking: "Mum, I am a grown man, I can do my own fighting..."

I have got one of those boxing's craziest moments videos its funny as hell....one fella trys to be cocky getting through the ropes and stacvks face first....

poor old McCarthy got DQ'd for leaving the ring whilst getting assaulted

March 1990 Wembley (though I watched it on telly) Honeyghan-Breland.

I was mad for hip-hop and Breland came out to Big Daddy Kane's 'I Get The Job Done'. (A classic, trust me.) I used to love Lloyd - when his name was announced he went centre ring and thrust him arm towards Breland and looked intense and menacing (I think Aaron Pryor used to do this too, no doubt I will be corrected if not). I could hardly contain my excitement as I waited for the Raggamuffin to do the business!

Then it started. Six knockdowns and three rounds later, it was over and not in Lloyd's favour. He looked a shell of his former self. In despair, seeing one of my heroes blitzed I taped over it. Damn!

Another favourite memory was seeing Lloyd beat Don Curry...I think it was lunchtime on ITV. Awesome.

Molinares knocking Marlon Starling out after the bell...the same bill Honeyghan beat a Korean (Jung Kil-Chung?) after hitting him low...the Korean couldn't carry on.


Holyfield singing Gospel loudly with his eyes closed before going in against Tyson...same fight he got his ear bitten.

Being absolutely out of my skull watching the first Lewis-Holyfield fight. I had been on the piss since midday having been priviliged enough to see Spurs play Villa in a private box with customers, this drink carried onto to midnight at which stage I got a cab to my local snooker club for the fight and carried on drinking until the wee hours. Savage.

Watched the rematch in a bar in Mexico with about 150 yanks, 50 Mexican cab drivers and 4 of us English which was also quite memorable.

Maybe not strange but memorable...