gb wrote:Luis Santana.
Beat Terry Norris twice by DQ. Should never have gotten a shot in the first place.
I was just thinking about that!
But he waa a better fighter than Maussa.. Just!
Actually, just had a look at his record and think I'm being a bit unfair. He had a string of seven losses in eight just before the Norris shot, but the quality of opposition was terrific; Paz, Crisato Espana, Simon Brown, Glenwood Brown, Aaron Davis, Vince Pettway.
So I suppose he was in the Freddie Pendelton/ Emmanuel Augustus (maybe even Glen Johnson) situation.
Actually, just had a look at his record and think I'm being a bit unfair. He had a string of seven losses in eight just before the Norris shot, but the quality of opposition was terrific; Paz, Crisato Espana, Simon Brown, Glenwood Brown, Aaron Davis, Vince Pettway.
So I suppose he was in the Freddie Pendelton/ Emmanuel Augustus (maybe even Glen Johnson) situation.
But he shold win MOST COWARDLY way to win a World Tiotle.
He out OSCARED Oscar De La Hoya with his acting skills.
Oscar hitting the canvas had nothing on LS acting!
he was announced as a world champ and sky called it world championship boxing.
i still hold a big grudge against roberts for that whole charade. hopefully a ''where are they now'' feature will have him cleaning toilets out or something.
lowersmiths wrote:he was announced as a world champ and sky called it world championship boxing.
i still hold a big grudge against roberts for that whole charade. hopefully a ''where are they now'' feature will have him cleaning toilets out or something.
Saw Steve Roberts a few years ago.
Doing very well,house paid off. Has his own Cpmpany - he is an electrician.
It's not nice to deceive people with fake titles. However, if Roberts used boxing to be a successful person in life it's hard to begrudge that.
It's the Board, the promoters and Sky who are to blame. If a guy can get away with that and make some money, he bloody well will. Stabdards should be there, but they haven't always been.
Autobarn wrote:It's not nice to deceive people with fake titles. However, if Roberts used boxing to be a successful person in life it's hard to begrudge that.
It's the Board, the promoters and Sky who are to blame. If a guy can get away with that and make some money, he bloody well will. Stabdards should be there, but they haven't always been.
I suppose with the limited career boxers have - you have to maje the ££s as quickly as possible.
British Title defence £15K
IBO/WBU Title Defence £30K
What would you do?
In years to come, the IBO will be regarded wuite highly due to theor reating systemds.
Plus RJJ - Lennox and others all held the belt with pride for a while.
Autobarn wrote:It's not nice to deceive people with fake titles. However, if Roberts used boxing to be a successful person in life it's hard to begrudge that.
It's the Board, the promoters and Sky who are to blame. If a guy can get away with that and make some money, he bloody well will. Stabdards should be there, but they haven't always been.
I suppose with the limited career boxers have - you have to maje the ££s as quickly as possible.
British Title defence £15K
IBO/WBU Title Defence £30K
What would you do?
In years to come, the IBO will be regarded wuite highly due to theor reating systemds.
Plus RJJ - Lennox and others all held the belt with pride for a while.
WBU? Useless!
I agree mate. I like the IBO, they have a decent ratings system, don't strip fighters for fighting non-sensical mandatories (from memory, anyway) and have a very good list of fighters who hold/have held it:
Autobarn wrote:It's not nice to deceive people with fake titles. However, if Roberts used boxing to be a successful person in life it's hard to begrudge that.
It's the Board, the promoters and Sky who are to blame. If a guy can get away with that and make some money, he bloody well will. Stabdards should be there, but they haven't always been.
I suppose with the limited career boxers have - you have to maje the ££s as quickly as possible.
British Title defence £15K
IBO/WBU Title Defence £30K
What would you do?
In years to come, the IBO will be regarded wuite highly due to theor reating systemds.
Plus RJJ - Lennox and others all held the belt with pride for a while.
WBU? Useless!
I agree mate. I like the IBO, they have a decent ratings system, don't strip fighters for fighting non-sensical mandatories (from memory, anyway) and have a very good list of fighters who hold/have held it:
Klit
RJJ
Tarver
Hopkins
Hatton
Darchinyan
I prefer them to the WBO.
Not forgetting South Londons best ever Light Middleweight Richard Williams!