This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 12:15
by Frostieballs
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
God I love Herbie, but I don't think he gets near him.
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 12:22
by jamesmcdonnell
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
"Awooooooga."
That is my take.
I think this is the only valid real take possible.
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
God I love Herbie, but I don't think he gets near him.
Same as RJJ v Ruiz
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 17:46
by SeanBrennan
I think Ruiz was underrated, he beat Holyfield in 2000 imo, I'm sad enough to have watched it a few times. Levels above Hide for me. Hide won the WBO when it was a comedic bauble.
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 18:18
by stujones
Marc DI Mori vs Damon Reed would have been a pick ‘em. That says it all about Herbies WBO reign
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
"Awooooooga."
That is my take.
Wasn't that Chris Akabusi?
nope, was Fashanu, it was the vaguely racist association of Fash with Kris that is worrying. But not surprising.
And I'm not judging, I thought it was Akabusi too.
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 20:55
by TheLeprechaun
Herbie would have been done so badly he would be thinking he was on Gladiators while looking at Fashanu as he was on the canvas.
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu.
How the hell did that come about !!
it said they were both raised in Norfolk. I know they both have Nigerian heritage too, Hide born there, Fashanu's father was Nigerian (a barrister which is ironic in light of Fash's later legal issues).
Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu.
How the hell did that come about !!
it said they were both raised in Norfolk. I know they both have Nigerian heritage too, Hide born there, Fashanu's father was Nigerian (a barrister which is ironic in light of Fash's later legal issues).
this covers it a bit more
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 06:00
by SeanBrennan
i've definitely segway'ed this thread in a random direction....
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 07:52
by Controversial
Awooga, thats a word I haven't said in years lol, it was definitely Fash on Gladiators
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 08:59
by stujones
It was Craig Charles that did Awooga first - On a show called Cyber Zone - it was on BBC 2 around the 6pm mark in the early (pre Gladiators) nineties. John Fashanu was actually a contestant on a celebrity edition of it - again pre Gladitators.
Chris Akabusi used to say "awwwight" on Record Breakers..... but yes Michael Barrymore was the originator of that phrase.
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 10:29
This week's Boxing News just landed. Buncey's column talks about how Hide and Jones Jr nearly fought in 98 for Hide's WBO title. Funniest bit was reading Hide was managed at the time by John Fashanu. How do we think that fought would have gone down if Jones had stepped up then instead of 5 years later?
"Awooooooga."
That is my take.
Beat me to it
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 10:23
by Steveh583
SeanBrennan wrote: ↑25 Jan 2024, 17:46
I think Ruiz was underrated, he beat Holyfield in 2000 imo, I'm sad enough to have watched it a few times. Levels above Hide for me. Hide won the WBO when it was a comedic bauble.
Def underrated cos of his awful style. He fought and beat some good fighters.
Re: Hide v Jones Jr
Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 10:23
by Steveh583
stujones wrote: ↑26 Jan 2024, 08:59
It was Craig Charles that did Awooga first - On a show called Cyber Zone - it was on BBC 2 around the 6pm mark in the early (pre Gladiators) nineties. John Fashanu was actually a contestant on a celebrity edition of it - again pre Gladitators.
Chris Akabusi used to say "awwwight" on Record Breakers..... but yes Michael Barrymore was the originator of that phrase.
correct. I saw craving Charles last year in a chippy. Don’t know what he ordered tho
stujones wrote: ↑26 Jan 2024, 08:59
It was Craig Charles that did Awooga first - On a show called Cyber Zone - it was on BBC 2 around the 6pm mark in the early (pre Gladiators) nineties. John Fashanu was actually a contestant on a celebrity edition of it - again pre Gladitators.
Chris Akabusi used to say "awwwight" on Record Breakers..... but yes Michael Barrymore was the originator of that phrase.
correct. I saw craving Charles last year in a chippy. Don’t know what he ordered tho
That is epic memory brought back, loved him on Red Dwarf. Also used to have a great radio show, really good music and he's funny too.
Beat me to it