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Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 20 Jul 2014, 17:53
by thepocketrocket
Well, it seems they have a new site...ukboxing.com!
Been a good few years, but i remember Sooty being a quality writer, and Spud having a number of contacts, and always being good for a ruck.
It won't overtake Boxrec, but I will add it on to my list of things to read!!
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 20 Jul 2014, 18:21
by ttornado
That URL didn't work for me, is this the site:
http://ukboxing.wordpress.com/ ?
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 20 Jul 2014, 23:48
by Bricks
thepocketrocket wrote:Well, it seems they have a new site...ukboxingpress.com!
Been a good few years, but i remember Sooty being a quality writer, and Spud having a number of contacts, and always being good for a ruck.
It won't overtake Boxrec, but I will add it on to my list of things to read!!
I remember lightsoot having a feud with an eighty year old pensioner on boxing insider a decade ago.very funny it was too
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 05:42
by thepocketrocket
That is right...i will correct!
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 05:52
by Sklar
This is like the 'Take That' comeback without the tax avoidance and soggy knickers.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 10:09
by Parson Cross
So, they say "don't go back" ... I am with 2 of the most passionate boxing writers I know ... Ben Carey & Martin Dobbing - we are going to start ukboxingpress.wordpress.com again.
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This is from Spud's facebook page.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 21 Jul 2014, 18:28
by jonp
thepocketrocket wrote:Well, it seems they have a new site...ukboxing.com!
Been a good few years, but i remember Sooty being a quality writer, and Spud having a number of contacts, and always being good for a ruck.
It won't overtake Boxrec, but I will add it on to my list of things to read!!
Lol if your going to be writing on there i should think you add it to yr list of things to read
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 04:12
by GlobalBox
Ben is a really talented writer and has a rare passion for the game, best of luck to him and Spud in this new venture
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 05:09
by thepocketrocket
jonp wrote:thepocketrocket wrote:Well, it seems they have a new site...ukboxing.com!
Been a good few years, but i remember Sooty being a quality writer, and Spud having a number of contacts, and always being good for a ruck.
It won't overtake Boxrec, but I will add it on to my list of things to read!!
Lol if your going to be writing on there i should think you add it to yr list of things to read
Ha! Mentioned the site before I was asked to write on it! Looks like I'm hawking my own work now LOL
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 13:47
by reggaereggae
Most of the articles date back frm 2007?
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 14:17
by Sklar
reggaereggae wrote:Most of the articles date back frm 2007?
Don't mention 2007 and that website, mate. It's a bit like the boat trip on Gavin & Stacey.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 14:27
by Glass Joe
Speaking off old websites anyone used read Britishboxing.net back in the day?
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 17:30
by Lou Brouillard
Any other boxing sites worth reading out there?
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 17:33
by thepocketrocket
Glass Joe wrote:Speaking off old websites anyone used read Britishboxing.net back in the day?
I worked on it, and then it just shut and I lost all my work. God knows what happened
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 16:53
by Lightsoot
Nearly a decade on and I’ve never known British boxing to be so boring. It used to be fun, or at least we used to make it fun.
One last job anyone? Spud? Rhino? KG? Etc :-)
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 18:11
by jamesmcdonnell
I used to write about boxing, then I got bored. Boxing has never been more boring than it is now. 90% waffle, 10% fights.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 04:32
by Spud
This thread has been on here for a few hours …
Where are “Spud Bashers” … bleating & b*tching?
Anyhow I have waited long enough I have toilets to
clean.
Have a great day forum, I will continue thinking of provoking debate and stirring the pot to create interest in this excellent forum.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 04:46
by cormack
that explains a lot .
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 07:51
by stujones
Spud wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 04:32
This thread has been on here for a few hours …
Where are “Spud Bashers” … bleating & b*tching?
Anyhow I have waited long enough I have toilets to
clean.
Have a great day forum, I will continue thinking of provoking debate and stirring the pot to create interest in this excellent forum.
It is good to hear from you.
To be fair, and perhaps I’m only speaking about me, I’m probably a bit long in the tooth to engage with the stirring I think it’s a combination of several things 1) Cost of living, I think lots (well me anyway) need to be head down working ridiculously long hours to justify my real life me, cannot dedicate the time to either writing articles or spending time to respond to bites/ruck 2) Boxing is such a marginalised and expensive sport to follow it is hard to fully engage…I’ve still got a massive fight collection of dvds but I cannot remember the last time I saw a fight live….radio yes, but not a tv/stream fight as live. 3) as we read about your health issues and strong fight, it puts getting worked up about a topic into perspective.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 08:01
by Fray Bentos
Spud wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 04:32
This thread has been on here for a few hours …
Where are “Spud Bashers” … bleating & b*tching?
Anyhow I have waited long enough I have toilets to
clean.
Have a great day forum, I will continue thinking of provoking debate and stirring the pot to create interest in this excellent forum.
I am Carlos-Wigan from the dogghouse days
The reality is Spud, you have had a very successful life and have done a lot of things, you went everywhere with both the army and boxing and made a huge success with both and though you have took a lot of flak on here but you have always been been 'up for a ruck' and you can defend your corner with the best of them.
Of course, the folks on here who have known you for these past twenty years and were there for the days of dogghouse and now here wish you nothing but the best for your present scrap with Parkinsons, you have done a lot to be proud of and
if anyone says otherwise, well, fornicate 'em
they obviously weren't there when your efforts made the David Haye vs Mark Hobson fight only for it to fall through - thanks to you, we got that David Haye press conference pearler 'I am going to beat up Hobson for all the grannies whose tellies he has stole' only for us to find out he was a fishing bailiff
I am glad you are here back and posting and hope you continue to do so for the long term future. It's interesting to hear your son has now took your place in the boxing world and I wish him nothing but long lasting success in his venture.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 08:09
by Lightsoot
If Spud’s son doesn’t come on here soon and start rucking ill be disappointed.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 08:20
by Alba
Spud wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 04:32
This thread has been on here for a few hours …
Where are “Spud Bashers” … bleating & b*tching?
Anyhow I have waited long enough I have toilets to
clean.
Have a great day forum, I will continue thinking of provoking debate and stirring the pot to create interest in this excellent forum.
Christ, talking about yourself in the third person.
Tragic
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 09:22
by Spud
Lightsoot wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 08:09
If Spud’s son doesn’t come on here soon and start rucking ill be disappointed.
I have a proposal for you and a few others on here
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 09:24
by Spud
Fray Bentos wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 08:01
Spud wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 04:32
This thread has been on here for a few hours …
Where are “Spud Bashers” … bleating & b*tching?
Anyhow I have waited long enough I have toilets to
clean.
Have a great day forum, I will continue thinking of provoking debate and stirring the pot to create interest in this excellent forum.
I am Carlos-Wigan from the dogghouse days
The reality is Spud, you have had a very successful life and have done a lot of things, you went everywhere with both the army and boxing and made a huge success with both and though you have took a lot of flak on here but you have always been been 'up for a ruck' and you can defend your corner with the best of them.
Of course, the folks on here who have known you for these past twenty years and were there for the days of dogghouse and now here wish you nothing but the best for your present scrap with Parkinsons, you have done a lot to be proud of and
if anyone says otherwise, well, fornicate 'em
they obviously weren't there when your efforts made the David Haye vs Mark Hobson fight only for it to fall through - thanks to you, we got that David Haye press conference pearler 'I am going to beat up Hobson for all the grannies whose tellies he has stole' only for us to find out he was a fishing bailiff
I am glad you are here back and posting and hope you continue to do so for the long term future. It's interesting to hear your son has now took your place in the boxing world and I wish him nothing but long lasting success in his venture.
Thank you for the kind words.
Re: Lightsoot and Spud have a new site!
Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 09:31
by Lightsoot
Spud wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 09:22
Lightsoot wrote: ↑27 Oct 2023, 08:09
If Spud’s son doesn’t come on here soon and start rucking ill be disappointed.
I have a proposal for you and a few others on here
I’m all ears.
