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london wrote:It was Ian Lewison on a recent Ifilm interview calling Richard Towers a coward hiding behind his mums blouse etc

dondada wrote:

london wrote:It was Ian Lewison on a recent Ifilm interview calling Richard Towers a coward hiding behind his mums blouse etc

Ah, right, cheers.

Regardless, not good, IMO...

JLP wrote:I'm glad Lewison's name is being aired but I think his immediate focus should be preparing for Prizefighter. Like I said on a different topic last week, it's all about getting lighter and getting fitter for Lewison whilst maintaining his well drilled skills. Few people have seen his loss to Kenna, it came as a result of Ian looking and moving like an overstuffed, asthmatic Cornwall Black. If he can get fit and have his weight at 15 stone something, he'll be handful for most and certainly too good for Towers. At 17 stone odd he's just another fat pig wasting his skill-set.

JLP wrote:Yes. It was crap. I don't fully understand why I get so antsy about guys like Lewison. It's not like he actually means anything to me, I don't know him and I don't care about him as a person. I saw him a few times as an amateur and thought "hmm, he could be a pretty decent pro", I'll look forward to seeing him progress. I suppose when the only thing that progresses is the number of holes on the inside of his belt loop, it's a bit disappointing.

billy bessey wrote:

Dirk Kelly wrote:

JLP wrote:Yes. It was crap. I don't fully understand why I get so antsy about guys like Lewison. It's not like he actually means anything to me, I don't know him and I don't care about him as a person. I saw him a few times as an amateur and thought "hmm, he could be a pretty decent pro", I'll look forward to seeing him progress. I suppose when the only thing that progresses is the number of holes on the inside of his belt loop, it's a bit disappointing.

I'm the same when looking at people like Colin Kenna. Bags more talent than me but prefer Guinnness to their careers whilst I wished I had the talent to have the chances they have had.

Life is for living Dirk and boxing is all about levels imo Colin would have always fell short at championship level People/ boxers so often live the life and give up their beat years to chase the rainbow that's never there maybe I'm wrong and he could have made something as could loads of others but on the flip side loads/nearly all don't make it I know it's a negative and defeatist attitude but you only have one life so live it you get half/most in fact nearly all boxers who have lived the dreams and even the ones that have made it potless with no decent jobs careers,talents outside the ring whereas I they would have tried an apprenticeship an started a business they would be far better off then someone that has lived the dreams and even of they have made it to British level half would get as much being say an electrician. Fair play to those who do it and do try. I don't know you well but you seem a switched on bloke with a decent job do you think you would have been able to achieve/sustain that if you were training 2-3 times a day?

JLP wrote:The "coward" line is just a bit of hype-noise that's good for both men.

joelouis1234 wrote:Towers is the current EBU heavyweight Champion?

joelouis1234 wrote:

Parson Cross wrote:Quality post no 4 Bandit.
Care to come up with something tangible ?
Anyone who regards Richard as a coward best form a queue and say it to his face.
Takers ?
Thought so.

all sensible people including Ian Lewison know and don't think for a minute that Richard Towers is a 'coward' particularly after all the adversity that he's endured and overcome in his life in such a dignified and noble manner,but such a line as 'TJ77' points out is just a way for Lewison to whip up some hype by getting people's backs up and engaging in verbal exchanges and judging on what I've read on here I'm amazed at how easy it is to dupe people into going along with the hype.Tyson Fury does it all the time but the master is David Haye although I have to say that IMO he often crosses the line,particularly with the Klitchko's heads on the T shirt affair