macklin retires.

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macklin retires.

Post by Stevieb8006 »

http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12 ... rom-boxing

Def the right decision. Nice bloke. Always felt he was a tad overated, buthey, he gave it his all so good on him.
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Good for him and best of luck to him
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Should have fought Andy Lee before retiring.
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Horse wrote:Should have fought Andy Lee before retiring.
Good pay day but Macklins shot to pieces. Lee would've made easy work of him.
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Correct decision. He's had a good career and was unlucky not to pick up a world title. Can be proud of his achievements. All the best to him :TU:
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More than ready to retire shown by his last couple of outings was overdue, good career seems to have a good life through boxing aswel,l good luck to him, whatever he does next.
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Stuarty30 wrote:Good pay day but Macklins shot to pieces. Lee would've made easy work of him.
Lee's looked pretty awful in a lot of his recent fights before coming back into them.

He'd probably knock Macklin out, but I don't think that Lee would make it look easy.

It's pretty ridiculous that none of Macklin, Barker, Murray & Lee ever fought each other.
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Horse wrote:
Stuarty30 wrote:Good pay day but Macklins shot to pieces. Lee would've made easy work of him.
Lee's looked pretty awful in a lot of his recent fights before coming back into them.

He'd probably knock Macklin out, but I don't think that Lee would make it look easy.

It's pretty ridiculous that none of Macklin, Barker, Murray & Lee ever fought each other.
Yeah that is disappointing.
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I'm surprised after winning his last fight, though pretty narrowly.
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BJS would have beat them all so doesn't really matter that much.
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Rexob wrote:BJS would have beat them all so doesn't really matter that much.
It does matter.
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its a good win to sign off with
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Rexob wrote:BJS would have beat them all so doesn't really matter that much.
I really don't get that logic.
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Horse wrote:
Rexob wrote:BJS would have beat them all so doesn't really matter that much.
It does matter.

Who to? not the boxers obvoiusly.
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Rexob wrote:
Horse wrote:
Rexob wrote:BJS would have beat them all so doesn't really matter that much.
It does matter.

Who to? not the boxers obvoiusly.
id have enjoyed seeing a round robin. Im sure im not the only one. so it does matter mate,

Plus im not totally convinced BJS would have done them all. The Murray and Macklin that fought sturm wouldve been toughies.
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Good luck to Macklin. A solid performer who gave so much when that 1st bell went. A great career to be proud of and the holder of some genuine & prestigious titles.
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nice to see a certain D Kinahan get a mention in his farewell thank you message :roll:
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Counter-puncher wrote:nice to see a certain D Kinahan get a mention in his farewell thank you message :roll:
Don't roll your eyes at Don Kinahan! Horses head in the bed for you CP :OhYes:
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Hope he has a happy retirement, always gave value for money and wasn't afraid to fight the best,he got robbed against Sturm,put in a brave effort against Martinez,even dropping him and got poleaxed by a body shot from Golovkin that would've crumpled anyone

Agree with whoever posted about him,Barker,Lee and Murray not fighting each other is a bit of a disgrace although I like all 4 guys

The Moore fight stands above all though, def in my top 10 of all time
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Stevieb8006 wrote:id have enjoyed seeing a round robin. Im sure im not the only one. so it does matter mate,

Plus im not totally convinced BJS would have done them all. The Murray and Macklin that fought sturm wouldve been toughies.
There's no particular reason to believe that he would have beaten all of them.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the other three all beat him.
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handsofstone wrote:Agree with whoever posted about him,Barker,Lee and Murray not fighting each other is a bit of a disgrace although I like all 4 guys
Macklin vs Barker was scheduled, but Barker pulled out through injury.

So, Macklin probably deserves the least blame for those fights not happening.
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Post by dookus »

The real question is which accent he's going to retire to - paddy or brummie?
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Can't blame him, he has looked past his best for a while. Good luck to him, he had a good career and now can consentrate on the Managment side of things.
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Good luck to him. I feel he's decided at the right time and he's still in the thick of boxing with MGM.
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Be great to see him in a prizefighter against some young guns if he decides to comeback anytime soon.
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