JOHN O'DONNELL PENS OPEN LETTER TO SAM EGGINGTON

[oliviagoodwin]

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2015/08/ ... -eggington

[jonp]

with Johns massive wins over Lazlo fazekas and Jay morris in the last three years i guess a letter will be the best way to get a title shot.

3 or 4 good wins over good names the way sam has will set him up perfectly for a title shot.

Till then daft publicity stunts dont really help

[maley1984]

with Johns massive wins over Lazlo fazekas and Jay morris in the last three years i guess a letter will be the best way to get a title shot.

3 or 4 good wins over good names the way sam has will set him up perfectly for a title shot.

Till then daft publicity stunts dont really help

Great response mate.... was thinking the same

[palooka]

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2015/08/ ... -eggington

I'm sorry, Olivia - you are lovely but surely John has to get in and show he deserves a shot. Sam is doing really well and doesn't seem to be afraid of hard bouts. O Donnell v Foot would be a good scrap.

(When is Lee Markham next out? He's a really good lad.)

[oliviagoodwin]

This is Johns letter that he issued today (NOT OURS). We are working on an eliminator for British against Dale Evans which has been ordered by the board. Lee Markham is no longer with us. He is managed now by the Warren organisation.

[palooka]

I'm sorry to hear about Markham.

[magnus]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

[handsofstone]

I thought O'Donnell was on the MBC circuit now

[jonp]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

Lol somebody on facebook asked me earlier if sam had replied to the letter i told them he had run out of toilet paper so yes he had!!

Straight away sam rang me saying make the fight ,I told him if we respond to every begging letter by giving an undeserved title fight you going to have every boxer in the top 50 in the commonwealth bombarding facebook and boxing scene with the same kind of thing.

When John strings together a few wins im sure we can accomadate him and like the last few guys who have pointed out sams weak points and how easy he is to beat he might get a shock as well

[magnus]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

Lol somebody on facebook asked me earlier if sam had replied to the letter i told them he had run out of toilet paper so yes he had!!

Straight away sam rang me saying make the fight ,I told him if we respond to every begging letter by giving an undeserved title fight you going to have every boxer in the top 50 in the commonwealth bombarding facebook and boxing scene with the same kind of thing.

When John strings together a few wins im sure we can accomadate him and like the last few guys who have pointed out sams weak points and how easy he is to beat he might get a shock as well

[Andrew]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

Sam manned up going in prizefighter at 19 with only three fights.

[Webbo911]

Eggington, along with Nick Blackwell are 2 of my favourite domestic fighters. Tough lads who have had it hard early in their pro careers but have persevered and come good.

Looking forward to seeing both go as far as they can.

If O'Donnell beats Evans it would be a good marking time fight for Eggington, otherwise I wouldn't really be interested.

[dapug]

with Johns massive wins over Lazlo fazekas and Jay morris in the last three years i guess a letter will be the best way to get a title shot.

3 or 4 good wins over good names the way sam has will set him up perfectly for a title shot.

Till then daft publicity stunts dont really help

Well said John maybe his promoters will offer you a harsh one sided ticket deal and dont forget to put your bag of sand in the show pot for the financial advisers

[ste1983]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

Lol somebody on facebook asked me earlier if sam had replied to the letter i told them he had run out of toilet paper so yes he had!!

Straight away sam rang me saying make the fight ,I told him if we respond to every begging letter by giving an undeserved title fight you going to have every boxer in the top 50 in the commonwealth bombarding facebook and boxing scene with the same kind of thing.

When John strings together a few wins im sure we can accomadate him and like the last few guys who have pointed out sams weak points and how easy he is to beat he might get a shock as well

Can't really argue with that to be fair.

Although think people being a bit unfair knocking John and the Goodwin's, hes only trying to use a bit of publicity to get a big fight not going to knock him for that! Unlike some fighters he can't walk into undeserving big fights because he has a tv promoter behind him. And you can't knock the Goodwin's for putting this out there they're backing they're man nothing wrong with that in fact its what you'd expect them to do.

[jonp]

I love the way he tells Eggington to "man up" and fight. Sam being a 21 year old who hasn't had an easy, protected-prospect-type route to a title and who has already fought and beaten two unbeaten fighters in 2015.

Lol somebody on facebook asked me earlier if sam had replied to the letter i told them he had run out of toilet paper so yes he had!!

Straight away sam rang me saying make the fight ,I told him if we respond to every begging letter by giving an undeserved title fight you going to have every boxer in the top 50 in the commonwealth bombarding facebook and boxing scene with the same kind of thing.

When John strings together a few wins im sure we can accomadate him and like the last few guys who have pointed out sams weak points and how easy he is to beat he might get a shock as well

Can't really argue with that to be fair.

Although think people being a bit unfair knocking John and the Goodwin's, hes only trying to use a bit of publicity to get a big fight not going to knock him for that! Unlike some fighters he can't walk into undeserving big fights because he has a tv promoter behind him. And you can't knock the Goodwin's for putting this out there they're backing they're man nothing wrong with that in fact its what you'd expect them to do.

I think its the fact of telling someone with sams attitude and record of taking tough fights to man up and fight that people find a bit silly.
Iv always found fighting and beating good kids is a much better way of getting a big fight than an open letter on facebook.

[ste1983]

I think its the fact of telling someone with sams attitude and record of taking tough fights to man up and fight that people find a bit silly.
Iv always found fighting and beating good kids is a much better way of getting a big fight than an open letter on facebook.

Agree re: Sam's attitude, doesn't surprise me Sam's reaction was 'make the fight'. I just think there's a lot of people on here who don't box happy to take the mick when in reality all John is trying to do is talk himself into a big fight. Personally don't think you can knock him for that yes he doesn't deserve it (and I agree the best way would be to get some decent wins) but sadly plenty of people get better opurtunities than they deserve in boxing due to other factors (such as kicking up a fuss like Johns trying to or selling loads of tickets). I just think John's trying to play the game he's not the first and won't be the last.

[mickey1975]

He has the best grammar I've ever seen from a travelling man. In fact, if I was a suspicious sort of man, is say someone else wrote it...

[jonp]

He has the best grammar I've ever seen from a travelling man. In fact, if I was a suspicious sort of man, is say someone else wrote it...

Lol i said this to a couple of people Micky.John signs with new promoters suddenly gets a loud voice on twitter in an obnoxious manner hes not shown before hmm sherlock holmes is not required

[maley1984]

Jon and dale evans are having some banter on twitter. Is their fight a eliminator cause if so even if that fight happens it doesn't guarantee a shot at sam

[stevegoodwin]

He has the best grammar I've ever seen from a travelling man. In fact, if I was a suspicious sort of man, is say someone else wrote it...

Lol i said this to a couple of people Micky.John signs with new promoters suddenly gets a loud voice on twitter in an obnoxious manner hes not shown before hmm sherlock holmes is not required

Jon

1) John runs his own twitter account. We have never asked him to write anything on it and have no influence over it.
2) john sent a letter to us asking us to release it. We did that (our job)
3) Our job is also to arrange for John to do interviews with the press. He has two coming up this week (our job)
4) We have never told John to chase Sam neither have we ever suggested to him that Sam should be his next fight
5) We approached the board of control and asked them to sanction a bout with Dale Evans (we have never asked for the Sam fight)

So the above shows Sherlock Holmes has got his case wrong. So inference to us to totally incorrect. All we are doing is the role John employs us to do.

[palooka]

He has the best grammar I've ever seen from a travelling man. In fact, if I was a suspicious sort of man, is say someone else wrote it...

Lol i said this to a couple of people Micky.John signs with new promoters suddenly gets a loud voice on twitter in an obnoxious manner hes not shown before hmm sherlock holmes is not required

Jon

1) John runs his own twitter account. We have never asked him to write anything on it and have no influence over it.
2) john sent a letter to us asking us to release it. We did that (our job)
3) Our job is also to arrange for John to do interviews with the press. He has two coming up this week (our job)
4) We have never told John to chase Sam neither have we ever suggested to him that Sam should be his next fight
5) We approached the board of control and asked them to sanction a bout with Dale Evans (we have never asked for the Sam fight)

So the above shows Sherlock Holmes has got his case wrong. So inference to us to totally incorrect. All we are doing is the role John employs us to do.

You're certainly getting him noticed on here, Steve.
He needs a couple of good wins as well as media help though. I don't think anyone really can say that Eggington is shy of a challenge or afraid of a scrap.

[stevegoodwin]

You're certainly getting him noticed on here, Steve.
He needs a couple of good wins as well as media help though. I don't think anyone really can say that Eggington is shy of a challenge or afraid of a scrap.[/quote]

Dont disagree. Thats why I asked for the Dale Evans fight to be made. A proper test. John would obviously fight Sam if the fight came up though. Our job is merely to highlight what our boxers want to. We certainly do not encourage our boxers to portray themselves in any certain way good or bad.

[jonp]

He has the best grammar I've ever seen from a travelling man. In fact, if I was a suspicious sort of man, is say someone else wrote it...

Lol i said this to a couple of people Micky.John signs with new promoters suddenly gets a loud voice on twitter in an obnoxious manner hes not shown before hmm sherlock holmes is not required

Jon

1) John runs his own twitter account. We have never asked him to write anything on it and have no influence over it.
2) john sent a letter to us asking us to release it. We did that (our job)
3) Our job is also to arrange for John to do interviews with the press. He has two coming up this week (our job)
4) We have never told John to chase Sam neither have we ever suggested to him that Sam should be his next fight
5) We approached the board of control and asked them to sanction a bout with Dale Evans (we have never asked for the Sam fight)

So the above shows Sherlock Holmes has got his case wrong. So inference to us to totally incorrect. All we are doing is the role John employs us to do.

Methinks the lady doth protest too much

[palooka]

Steve Goodwin is a good looking fella but I don't think he'd get confused for a lady

[jonp]

Steve Goodwin is a good looking fella but I don't think he'd get confused for a lady

One of my favourite shakespeare quotes i use it when ever somebody defends something too much lol