Boxing At The Weekend...

[gnasher16 31,836]

Think ive told the story before on here of just about my only recollection of John Fury back in the 80's when he came up against Frank Grant outside John Celabanski's gym in Bradford.... at least another 10 blokes just like me were there who saw it as well,it makes me cringe with embarrassment for Fury when he comes out with this sort of stuff as theres people who were around back then who have seen him with his back against the wall and it wasnt a good look......no problem with his ring career he was an average journeyman pro who did his best like the rest of us nothing wrong with that.....but this caveman stuff he thinks he did outside the ring is f****n sickly quite frankly and i dont know why the lad Tyson allows him to be anywhere around him in press conferences and suchlike,father or not.

Edited Wednesday at 12:11 by gnasher16

[Welsh_red 5,145]

17 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

Think ive told the story before on here of just about my only recollection of John Fury back in the 80's when he came up against Frank Grant outside John Celabanski's gym in Bradford.... at least another 10 blokes just like me were there who saw it as well,it makes me cringe with embarrassment for Fury when he comes out with this sort of stuff as theres people who were around back then who have seen him with his back against the wall and it wasnt a good look......no problem with his ring career he was an average journeyman pro who did his best like the rest of us nothing wrong with that.....but this caveman stuff he thinks he did outside the ring is f****n sickly quite frankly and i dont know why the lad Tyson allows him to be anywhere around him in press conferences and suchlike,father or not.

Despite all his bluster I think tyson is quite a nice soft lad. Camt be hard for john fury to just work his way back in . Probably been doing it all of his life so just the dynamic they have 

I dont know much about peter fury but the bits I have seen of him talking in interviews he seems a genuinly serious character . Im suprised he hasnt put a stop to john furys antics 

But the truth probably is that its the price they all pay to keep the money train coming 

[pesky1972 5,858]

Footage of the ultimate male threatening Steve Bunce. What an absolute arsehole.

 

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Were's jukel not so much as a bite lol 

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5 minutes ago, pesky1972 said:

Footage of the ultimate male threatening Steve Bunce. What an absolute arsehole.

 

Did you see that one Egan did thunder lips from.rocky  

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58 minutes ago, gnasher16 said:

Think ive told the story before on here of just about my only recollection of John Fury back in the 80's when he came up against Frank Grant outside John Celabanski's gym in Bradford.... at least another 10 blokes just like me were there who saw it as well,it makes me cringe with embarrassment for Fury when he comes out with this sort of stuff as theres people who were around back then who have seen him with his back against the wall and it wasnt a good look......no problem with his ring career he was an average journeyman pro who did his best like the rest of us nothing wrong with that.....but this caveman stuff he thinks he did outside the ring is f****n sickly quite frankly and i dont know why the lad Tyson allows him to be anywhere around him in press conferences and suchlike,father or not.

How.long was you a pro for gnash ? 

Did you have a winning record ?

Who's the best you fought or sparred 

[NEWKID 30,052]

1 hour ago, pesky1972 said:

Footage of the ultimate male threatening Steve Bunce. What an absolute arsehole.

 

f***ing bully, hes an embarrassment all round... why Tyson let's him turn up and act the c**t all the time I've no idea, he doesn't need that shit, it doesn't sale the fight, the only one benefiting is his dad and keeping his profile up... 

[fireman 11,651]

6 hours ago, NEWKID said:

f***ing bully, hes an embarrassment all round... why Tyson let's him turn up and act the c**t all the time I've no idea, he doesn't need that shit, it doesn't sale the fight, the only one benefiting is his dad and keeping his profile up... 

He is a bully and a shithouse and all the other things said about him,,but,, would you or anyone else have watched anything to do with that face off without dickheads antic's ?...

[Councilestatekid 2,260]

What ingle said he recons someone put it in his ear to do it otherwise the press conference would have been a bore fest 

[Welsh_red 5,145]

12 hours ago, Councilestatekid said:

What ingle said he recons someone put it in his ear to do it otherwise the press conference would have been a bore fest 

Sadly thats probably true. Says something about the appetite for tyson fury these days I suppose. 

[pesky1972 5,858]

I think for some fight fans now all the pantomime and performance is the entertainment, the bout is almost secondary. All the nonsense, and the fact that fight coverage is split over so many platforms now, means I watch much less boxing and have fallen out of love with it a bit. Shame, but as long as someone is happy

[shaaark 11,704]

1 hour ago, pesky1972 said:

I think for some fight fans now all the pantomime and performance is the entertainment, the bout is almost secondary. All the nonsense, and the fact that fight coverage is split over so many platforms now, means I watch much less boxing and have fallen out of love with it a bit. Shame, but as long as someone is happy

Agree with all that, apart from your very last sentence.

I really used to enjoy my boxing, but with the way things are now, as you rightly say, I really can't be bothered by practically any of it.

[jukel123 10,171]

Me too. The first contest I remember was Don Cockell v Rocky Marciano in 1955. The whole family listened to it on the radio in the early hours of the morning broadcast from America.

I've followed it religiously  since the early fifties. It used to be part of our culture, a statement of who we were as a country. Telly used to cover the sport  really well.

Henry Cooper was a much loved super star back in the day. There were other well respected boxers, household names, which we kids used to look up to. Ali was a God to us. He stuck it on his opponents and the American government too. We had never seen anybody so unafraid of authority.

But I'm less interested now than I've ever been.

It's too managed, too staged/ hyped and the heavyweight scene is poorer than I've ever seen it. Strangely enough, the British heavyweight scene is pretty good, but imo, all of them,  with the possible exception of Itauma, would have struggled to find work as sparring partners in the 70s.

I guess when you've been reared on steak and are then served potatoes,  it's hard to find an appetite .

I hope there's a revival but I can't see it. Cage fighting is gaining popularity all the time and genuine 'hungry' fighters no longer exist.

PPV has a lot to do with the sport's demise. If poor kids aren't exposed to the sport, how is it meant to continue? They are literally the lifeblood of the sport. 

Sorry for the doom and gloom.

I'm actually quite excited at the thought of Froch sticking it on the "fighting man" from the " hard road" gobshite bully Fury. Apparently it may happen on the Netflix undercard. 

Edited Thursday at 22:55 by jukel123

[Francie, 3,026]

John fury has offered to fight froch on undercard of tysons fight,froch has accepted lol

What happened with john outside the ring in the fight gnash did he get battered

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14 hours ago, jukel123 said:

Me too. The first contest I remember was Don Cockell v Rocky Marciano in 1955. The whole family listened to it on the radio in the early hours of the morning broadcast from America.

I've followed it religiously  since the early fifties. It used to be part of our culture, a statement of who we were as a country. Telly used to cover the sport  really well.

Henry Cooper was a much loved super star back in the day. There were other well respected boxers, household names, which we kids used to look up to. Ali was a God to us. He stuck it on his opponents and the American government too. We had never seen anybody so unafraid of authority.

But I'm less interested now than I've ever been.

It's too managed, too staged/ hyped and the heavyweight scene is poorer than I've ever seen it. Strangely enough, the British heavyweight scene is pretty good, but imo, all of them,  with the possible exception of Itauma, would have struggled to find work as sparring partners in the 70s.

I guess when you've been reared on steak and are then served potatoes,  it's hard to find an appetite .

I hope there's a revival but I can't see it. Cage fighting is gaining popularity all the time and genuine 'hungry' fighters no longer exist.

PPV has a lot to do with the sport's demise. If poor kids aren't exposed to the sport, how is it meant to continue? They are literally the lifeblood of the sport. 

Sorry for the doom and gloom.

I'm actually quite excited at the thought of Froch sticking it on the "fighting man" from the " hard road" gobshite bully Fury. Apparently it may happen on the Netflix undercard. 

I think your heads mush mate ali was a racist draft dodger I look how the media and co manipulate the media to.brainwash us how.much easier it was back then 

Lewis would a made light work of him 

Its men like you ruined boxing it used to.be prizefighter blood.sweat and tears now it's like tip.tap amateur shit you love so much ? 

 

But i agree with froch itl be funny i think fury will.find out real quick a man at 13 stone that can fight and move is too.much for.him hes pick3d about the worse person he would fight lol  

Should a picked Egan or that other one the old bodybuilder 

It'll be great to watch i.hop3.your not.tuning in to.the the spectacle