The **BOXING** thread (Vol 4)
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NuckyThompson said:
Macklin v Moore was a good one.
And pronodnikov v. Bradley.
Does anyone remember John duddy too he was always in entertaining fights.
Oh and there was a mongolian fella that fought at British level a bit 15 years ago, can’t remember his name but he was entertaining too.
Was the mongolian boxer called Choi? Won the Featherweight prize fighter competition after just turning 40. One of his fights was nominated for British fight of the year too I think.And pronodnikov v. Bradley.
Does anyone remember John duddy too he was always in entertaining fights.
Oh and there was a mongolian fella that fought at British level a bit 15 years ago, can’t remember his name but he was entertaining too.
Ajax Treesdown said:
Was the mongolian boxer called Choi? Won the Featherweight prize fighter competition after just turning 40. One of his fights was nominated for British fight of the year too I think.
That's the one, golden era of boxing back then i reckon. Around the period of friday night fights on Sky, usually a decent british title fight.
Another one for the list Katsidis v Earl, the one where the referee threw the towel out of the ring if i remember correctly.
biggbn said:
Leonard Duran 1 is strangely overlooked as an epic. I remember McIlvanney writing that both men knew when they left the ring that Duran would never beat Leonard again...
One of my favourites as well. Ray wanted to show the world that despite his pretty boy looks he was just as much a hard man as Duran.Mission accomplished without any doubt.
272BHP said:
biggbn said:
Leonard Duran 1 is strangely overlooked as an epic. I remember McIlvanney writing that both men knew when they left the ring that Duran would never beat Leonard again...
One of my favourites as well. Ray wanted to show the world that despite his pretty boy looks he was just as much a hard man as Duran.Mission accomplished without any doubt.
NuckyThompson said:
Ajax Treesdown said:
Was the mongolian boxer called Choi? Won the Featherweight prize fighter competition after just turning 40. One of his fights was nominated for British fight of the year too I think.
That's the one, golden era of boxing back then i reckon. Around the period of friday night fights on Sky, usually a decent british title fight.
Another one for the list Katsidis v Earl, the one where the referee threw the towel out of the ring if i remember correctly.
d was choi....Remember Michael Brodie and his wars with in jin chi!!??
I'm sure I can remember a programme called Friday night boxing or something similar on ITV, hosted by Gary Newbon, used to get all the small hall cards, fighters like Wally Swift etc, and see fighters like Benn, Stretch etc on their way up...proper before they were famous stuff. Some proper tear ups but the passing of time precludes me from being more specific!!
biggbn said:
I'm sure I can remember a programme called Friday night boxing or something similar on ITV, hosted by Gary Newbon, used to get all the small hall cards, fighters like Wally Swift etc, and see fighters like Benn, Stretch etc on their way up...proper before they were famous stuff. Some proper tear ups but the passing of time precludes me from being more specific!!
I'm pretty sure Nigel Benn was never on it. Can't say about the others though. juliussneezer said:
I'm pretty sure Nigel Benn was never on it. Can't say about the others though.
You're probably right, I'll be getting confused, I had a video of Benn's big knockouts well before he fought Eubank and Watson and Newbon did a lot of those fights/bills. Edit, this wasn't the big bills ITV used to show on a Saturday, it was strictly small hall British level stuff...looking online could it have been 'fight night', that seemed to be on midweek showing prerecorded fights?
Edited by biggbn on Saturday 13th April 13:50
fridaypassion said:
Some good YouTube fodder here for the weekend
I was trying to remember that York Hall flight from a couple of years back where the guy injured his leg and fought the whole fight in his corner and won. It's on YouTube somewhere but can't remember where!
One to search is Azumah Nelson v Salvador Sanchez...I was trying to remember that York Hall flight from a couple of years back where the guy injured his leg and fought the whole fight in his corner and won. It's on YouTube somewhere but can't remember where!
Macklin Vs Moore was an absolute classic of both guys giving their all.
One of the best though for me was coming back from the pub with my mate to watch Froch Vs Taylor live. When Froch got Taylor in the final round I think we woke the whole house up cheering him on to get the finish as he was no doubt on the American scorecards. Seriously underrated performance by a UK fighter.
Great memories.
One of the best though for me was coming back from the pub with my mate to watch Froch Vs Taylor live. When Froch got Taylor in the final round I think we woke the whole house up cheering him on to get the finish as he was no doubt on the American scorecards. Seriously underrated performance by a UK fighter.
Great memories.
272BHP said:
I am seeing that Haney vs Garcia is 19.99 PPV on DAZN
This is a bit cheeky surely as this is on top of the subscription. Understandable for the mega fights but I would not put this fight in that category.
I've just ditched DAZN. I'm not interested in the other sports and they are doing PPV too often for me.This is a bit cheeky surely as this is on top of the subscription. Understandable for the mega fights but I would not put this fight in that category.
It is a pretty big fight but I'm not paying them for it and there are easier ways to watch.
272BHP said:
I am seeing that Haney vs Garcia is 19.99 PPV on DAZN
This is a bit cheeky surely as this is on top of the subscription. Understandable for the mega fights but I would not put this fight in that category.
Particularly as I doubt too many here in the UK would stay up for that, and it will be likely be on Youtube by the following morning. This is a bit cheeky surely as this is on top of the subscription. Understandable for the mega fights but I would not put this fight in that category.
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