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« on: December 10, 2005, 21:29:19 PM »
I understand Danny Williams is about to fight Audley Harrison.

I hope he sings "Moonriver" first...

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2005, 21:36:57 PM »
Enjoying a glass or six of Shiraz, Cleo?  ;)

What I don't get about boxing is how on earth it makes any money. They pay out millions in prizes but no-one watches it because you have to pay about 30 quid on pay per view at 4am for about 90 seconds of action.
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Re: Boxing
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2005, 21:45:49 PM »
Just recently the boxing authorities have recognized that their early adoption of pay-per-view has been disastrous for the sport and over here we've started to see more fights on free-to-air, notably recent Ricky Hatton and Amir Khan title fights.

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2005, 21:47:39 PM »
Not a drop of Shiraz has passed my rosebud lips this evening LCB  :)

It was on ITV1 after The X Factor  ;D

Amir Khan is a surprisingly pretty lad for a boxer. I think he should have stayed amateur long enough to win the gold at the next Olympics though. He was only 19 on Thursday. ::)

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2005, 22:22:36 PM »
You just answered your own point Cleo - the reason he doesn't look like Ricky Hatton is that he's not old enough to have been battered about yet (you could say he's 'Amir' lad  ;D). Give the lad time!

I can't stand boxing anyway so I couldn't care less whether Audrey wins.
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Re: Boxing
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2005, 00:28:11 AM »
Er, he didn't - but I wouldn't call him Audrey to his face!   ;D
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Re: Boxing
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2005, 16:29:56 PM »
I think an interviewer accidentally did that once. Wonder if he's still eating through a straw?
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Re: Boxing
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2005, 15:37:12 PM »
It's a shame that boxing has lost much of its appeal. No more 'Rumbles in the Jungle'..and poor old Frank Bruno never stood a chance against a proper world class fighter... let's hope this new boy Kahn kicks some serious American proverbial!!

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2006, 09:37:16 AM »
A boxing thread! And started by a woman? Even better! Are you a fan, Cleo?

I'm a huge boxing fan and have written articles and fight reviews for a few boxing websites so any boxing talk is more than welcome on this thread.

Here's a little gif file of Mike Tyson fighting a guy called Reggie Gross in the mid 1980s. He was well named because he made a gross error of judgement in trying to go toe to toe with Iron Mike...


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Re: Boxing
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2006, 10:30:58 AM »
urrgh Tyson    ..thinks Mark 'Chopper 'Read has met him twice !!    :2funny:

agree with 'Swift' on the ...lack of appeal these days - true  (think ol' Mike did'nt help this cause much either ) ::)

and big mouth tosser.. Anthony Mundine is dragging it down in oz too

boxing needs more nice Kostya's in the game  !





 

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2006, 10:35:27 AM »
A boxing thread! And started by a woman? Even better! Are you a fan, Cleo?

I'm a huge boxing fan and have written articles and fight reviews for a few boxing websites so any boxing talk is more than welcome on this thread.

Here's a little gif file of Mike Tyson fighting a guy called Reggie Gross in the mid 1980s. He was well named because he made a gross error of judgement in trying to go toe to toe with Iron Mike...



And he's off ..... ::)
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Re: Boxing
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2006, 10:44:40 AM »
urrgh Tyson    ..thinks Mark 'Chopper 'Read has met him twice !!    :2funny:

agree with 'Swift' on the ...lack of appeal these days - true  (think ol' Mike did'nt help this cause much either ) ::)

and big mouth tosser.. Anthony Mundine is dragging it down in oz too

boxing needs more nice Kostya's in the game  !
 

Tyson was boxing's biggest draw for nearly 20 years, sometimes for the wrong reasons, and perhaps the most exciting fighter I've ever seen. It's a shame to see him a shell of his former self. Even your fellow Aussie Jeff Fenech couldn't motivate him sufficiently to beat journeyman Kevin McBride. :-[

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2006, 16:03:12 PM »
.Iron Mike was a legend..he could have beaten Frank Bruno to a pulp in their first match only his wife had basically ruined his life and he was never the same again!!!.. I never saw the attraction with Bruno..all those people who supported him????.. What a waste of space!!!

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2006, 16:09:24 PM »
"Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up." - Muhammed Ali O0

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Re: Boxing
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2006, 16:50:22 PM »
. only his wife had basically ruined his life and he was never the same again!!!..

Ruined his life by getting in the way of all those punches he threw at her, presumably.  ::)

The guy's a total c*nt.
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