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Classic quote from Leeds' promoter Rick Manners on new signing, former ABA champion Gary Sykes:

"He's the Oscar de la Hoya of Yorkshire"

hehe thats a good one. How about Jeff 'a cross between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield' Lacy? That one's not far off actually if we're talking about the present day version of those guys.

He certainly has the ability to sustain a thorough kicking without flinching like Holyfield.

Mathew Ellis was going to be the "first $100million fighter" wasnt he??

I remember Matt Macklin received a lot of flack/negative criticism after allegedly described him as 'a British Oscar De La Hoya' very early in his career. I suppose on the evidence of his showing against Facey, it was warranted.

Still, it could be setting Young up for a big fall. Gets his name out there though and people will look out for him on the back of it...

knockout wrote:Mathew Ellis was going to be the "first $100million fighter" wasnt he??

I remember the quote as being "the first billion dollar athlete"!!

Whichever, it could hardly have been further from the mark!

Yep, that's the quote alright, isn't an English Billion 100,000,000?

In answer to my own question, the answer is no, it's 1000,000,000.

whatever happened to a billion being one million x one million and a trillion being a billion billion?

jamesmcdonnell wrote:In answer to my own question, the answer is no, it's 1000,000,000.

whatever happened to a billion being one million x one million and a trillion being a billion billion?

you fcuking nerd...

Poor old Ellis must have been lucky to get £200k in purses

I seem to recall that the particular pearlier in question fell from the lips of the normally restrained Mr Maloney?

Wasn't it John hyland who said that live on ITV?

johnty1888 wrote:Wasn't it John hyland who said that live on ITV?

I remember it being Hyland myself mate, though I think I read it in BN.

Oh ok, whoops.