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Don't mean to blow my own trumpet but.....

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 05:51
by stujones
.... I got absolutely slated on here for being the only one who said "lets wait to see Haye fight Mac in a unification fight as opposed to a WBO title defence".

I feel a bit justified now with all the posts/hype surrounding the fight. It is now the biggest fight it can possibly be (well, I suppose if a similar scenerio happend with them as Heavyweights).

On a side note though, I kind of feel a bit sad to know that one of these good exciting fighters are going to get the KTFO of them. It might be hard for the loser to comeback from a crushing defeat and in reality both have the talent to become the #1 at Heavyweight (Haye) and at Cruiserweight (Mac). Anyone else feel a bit like that? I must be getting old.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 06:20
by Old bones Ian
I don't think its the end for the loser, may depend on how they lose on how quick they can get back to top level.
If one of them get KO'd inside of a round , then it will be harder.
But if they get stopped after a bruising encounter, then the fans will line up again to see them.
It didn't hurt the career of people like Benn, Sibson, Bruno when losing the big fights.

I feel they have a big enough fan base to come back ok.

Maybe Haye would find it more damaging if he lost , as he is stepping up to face the heavies.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 06:27
by stujones
I think its one of those fights though in which a first round KO is possibly the likely scenerio - it could look like a mismatch.

Especially harder for Enzo Mac cause 1) He aint as pretty as Haye, might sound rediculous - but looks didn't do the career of Ali and DLH much harm and he could still be a poster boy and 2) He cannot use weight as an excuse.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 06:58
by Old bones Ian
I do think that the welsh fans would still turn out to watch Macca, even if he does lose quickly.

There's not much else to do in those valleys :lol:

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 07:03
by Wales
Old bones Ian wrote:I do think that the welsh fans would still turn out to watch Macca, even if he does lose quickly.

There's not much else to do in those valleys :lol:
Could always turn out to see one of our other genuine world champions... 2 champions with nothing to do, not bad eh...

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 07:21
by stujones
Old bones Ian wrote:I do think that the welsh fans would still turn out to watch Macca, even if he does lose quickly.

There's not much else to do in those valleys :lol:
There's always dolly and daisy the genetically modified sheep!!!!

Well, I thought I would get it in before everyone else does!

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 08:46
by Captain Hook
Ho ho fecking ho Jonesy :)

The good thing about our nation is that we can make fun of ourselves as well as you guys.

...and we haven't been rattling off the same sheep jokes for decades! Come on boyos, use your imagination.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 09:09
by twenty six
If Macca loses you can all turn your attentions to Lockett.
He's got a mouth watering warm up fight against Darren Rhodes next.
Perfect build up to Pavlik :roll:

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 09:11
by Poncey
Old bones Ian wrote:I don't think its the end for the loser, may depend on how they lose on how quick they can get back to top level.
If one of them get KO'd inside of a round , then it will be harder.
But if they get stopped after a bruising encounter, then the fans will line up again to see them.
It didn't hurt the career of people like Benn, Sibson, Bruno when losing the big fights.

I feel they have a big enough fan base to come back ok.

Maybe Haye would find it more damaging if he lost , as he is stepping up to face the heavies.
I disagree Ian. I think Enzo has a great deal more to lose than David. David can simply say "I had to lose 105lbs" whereas Enzo has no excuse. David can also trundle up the barron HW talent lane, skipping whilst he goes.

Enzo simply cannot be effective at any other weight.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 09:14
by Captain Hook
twenty six wrote:If Macca loses you can all turn your attentions to Lockett.
He's got a mouth watering warm up fight against Darren Rhodes next.
Perfect build up to Pavlik :roll:
Yeah but he's beaten some reasonable fighters though hasn't he mate :TU:

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 09:16
by Poncey
Captain Hook wrote:
twenty six wrote:If Macca loses you can all turn your attentions to Lockett.
He's got a mouth watering warm up fight against Darren Rhodes next.
Perfect build up to Pavlik :roll:
Yeah but he's beaten some reasonable fighters though hasn't he mate :TU:
Personally I'd prefer Duddy v Lockett for the winner to get Kelly in November.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 09:22
by Captain Hook
That would be the ideal scenario to come out of this because neither of them has justified a shot as yet.

Posted: 07 Mar 2008, 11:49
by twenty six
You were slow there mate (Captain Hook) took you 5 minutes to respond.
All tongue in cheek mate.
He's far too heavy for Rhodes now.
Seriously though, what the fornicate is Gary doing taking on Darren Rhodes ?
What a complete waste of time.