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candyslim wrote: ↑09 Aug 2021, 03:11 I live in the London suburbs where there a plenty of people, plenty of sports fans, and a few who have some opinions about boxing.

I don't personally know anybody who could give me their insight into how Spence v Crawford (or Manny for that matter) is likely to play out. Hell I'd consider it marvellous if they even knew who I was asking about.

So I know exactly what you mean Bobcat and I'm grateful to everybody on this forum for providing me with someone I can talk boxing with. Even the few a-holes

bobcatbox wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 10:30 I’ve been on the boxrec forum for about a year now, and it’s made boxing so much more fun for me personally. I live in a very isolated part of America where there are virtually no boxing fans, and there is little interest in boxing in my home state overall tbh. I’ve watched 99% of the fights in my life completely alone. It’s nice being able to talk boxing with people. Sorry for the sap this morning, but it had to be said.

Your community means a lot to me, and I’m genuinely thankful.

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑09 Aug 2021, 17:46

bobcatbox wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 10:30 I’ve been on the boxrec forum for about a year now, and it’s made boxing so much more fun for me personally. I live in a very isolated part of America where there are virtually no boxing fans, and there is little interest in boxing in my home state overall tbh. I’ve watched 99% of the fights in my life completely alone. It’s nice being able to talk boxing with people. Sorry for the sap this morning, but it had to be said.

Your community means a lot to me, and I’m genuinely thankful.

Cool what part of the States do you live?

bobcatbox wrote: ↑09 Aug 2021, 21:55

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑09 Aug 2021, 17:46

bobcatbox wrote: ↑08 Aug 2021, 10:30 I’ve been on the boxrec forum for about a year now, and it’s made boxing so much more fun for me personally. I live in a very isolated part of America where there are virtually no boxing fans, and there is little interest in boxing in my home state overall tbh. I’ve watched 99% of the fights in my life completely alone. It’s nice being able to talk boxing with people. Sorry for the sap this morning, but it had to be said.

Your community means a lot to me, and I’m genuinely thankful.

Cool what part of the States do you live?

I’m from southeastern Kentucky. Deep in the heart of Appalachia. It gets a bad reputation, but I honestly love living here. It’s breathtakingly beautiful.

A few contributions to boxing have been made here. Most notably Mayfield Pennington, who beat a way past his prime Emile Griffith. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16209

Mayfield had a gym in Pikeville. Like most retired fighters he lived in poverty. He was the first guy who taught me how to box. I drove an hour both ways to work out. Such a sweet dude. He gave anyone who would pay $25.00 a month a key to the gym. He exclusively played Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, etc. in his gym. He was also friends with Buster Douglas. I was sadly on vacation the week that Buster visited the gym. Mayfield died about ten years ago in a car wreck. His gym is an auto parts store now..

A few hours north and you’ll hit Ashland, home of Mike Tyson victim Sammy Scaff. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/3047

It’s also the home of active boxer Travis “The Hillbilly” Hanshaw who is currently making a comeback. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/579040

Sadly other than Catlettsburg and Ashland, which are both roughly two hours away from my hometown, pretty much nobody on this side of Kentucky cares about boxing.

Tony1244 wrote: ↑10 Aug 2021, 13:53 While there certainly is a lot negativity on the Internet, it's great that people can find niche topics to discuss like the Foreman-Lyle fight or the Nixon-Humphrey-Wallace race of 1968.

Bringing things like that up in public will get you strange looks.


Glad to have you onboard, Bobcat.

bobcatbox wrote: ↑09 Aug 2021, 21:55 It’s also the home of active boxer Travis “The Hillbilly” Hanshaw who is currently making a comeback.