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Re: Adam Fogerty: what if?
Posted: 18 Apr 2007, 11:40
by bennie
mercman wrote:Does anybody remember Adam Fogerty, the British heavyweight prospect of the late 1980s and early 1990s? What do people think he could have achieved had he continued boxing rather than quitting in his early 20s?
Briefly, Fogarty turned pro at 18 and finished boxing at 22. He was big and impressive looking (6'4 and 230lbs as a youngster) and beat everyone he faced (1 defeat - subsequently avenged - in 19 fights). I remember an 18 year-old Fogarty beating Gypsy John Fury (father of the current amateur prospect Tyson Fury) on Fight Night and thinking 'this lad could go far'. However, Fogarty quit boxing to take up Rugby League and had a good career in that sport before going on to do TV and film work.
But, what could Fogarty have done had he stuck to boxing? British Title? Better? Or just a journeyman?
ps I know that strictly speaking this should be on 'Boxers of the Past' Forum but thought it would get a better response on here.
I watched his fight with Tim Morrison in 1989 at the Elephant and it was sleep-inducing stuff. Rode the tube back with Morrison and his manager and they were enquiring about good nightclubs near their hotel.
Oh, the old Cartel days.
Posted: 18 Apr 2007, 12:53
by Mimmy
wasnt he into Rugby too?? im sure he played rugger pro as well
Posted: 18 Apr 2007, 13:09
by KOJOE90
mimmy123 wrote:wasnt he into Rugby too?? im sure he played rugger pro as well
Yes Thats why he quit the fight game I believe.
He did a bit of acting as well.
I honestly can't remember seeing him fight on TV, I watched Fight Night all the time so I may have seen him in action at some point, just lost in the mists of time I guess.
Posted: 19 Apr 2007, 10:10
by THEBUTCH
Big, Strong, reasonable basics but slow.
Might have been able to win a British title at some point but would have been very surprised if he'd gone any further than that.
They showed Fogarty-Morrison on Grandstand and it wasn't very exciting. Adam just plodded through it.
Posted: 19 Apr 2007, 12:27
by boxingchat
Even Brad Pitt knocked him out in Snatch.
Posted: 19 Apr 2007, 12:38
by E
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283912/
HE used to be a good looking guy as I remember. KInd of lost it now.
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 07:47
by THEBUTCH
I thought it was Scott Welch that Brad Pitt knocked out in Snatch ?! If only Welch had shown as much enthusiasm when challenging Akinwande
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 07:55
by Wales
Welch was in it further on. Gorgeous george (Foggerty) gets his jaw broken right at the start doesnt he, the catalyst for the whole plot really. Proper dumb fu**** in the film, great film too.
his next film sounds a peach doesnt it....
"When a 'bog body' a 2000 year old murder victim preserved in a peat bog is disturbed by developers in rural Ireland, an archaeologist, a hunter and their helpers face the task of sending him back where he came from"
On the plus side he does have the honour of playing "the bog body"
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 08:15
by DavidPayne
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 08:26
by THEBUTCH
Oh yes, that's right.
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 08:29
by DavidPayne
I think his most famous line, well for me at least is,
"I cant believe youv brort mi 'ere, I fuckin 'ate pykies"
Posted: 20 Apr 2007, 08:41
by KOJOE90
Good luck to him I say. He seems to have carved himself a nice little acting career and doing a lot better than many former fighters.
