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  • Chris
    Typing Tourettes is a thing
    • Jul 2006
    • 20697

    #4156
    Eddie making a cunt of himself then, again. He's got to be seriously careful he doesnt piss off every UK/Irish guy not associated with matchroom, he's looking like an amateur at the moment.

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    • Doc_Piptorious
      • Jul 2006
      • 40260

      #4157
      Originally posted by marcus50bucks
      Frampton offered £1.5m to fight Quigg in Manchester on July 18th. Make it happen

      Hope that gets signed and sealed soon. That is a pairing I would like to see go at it in the ring. Would have the potential to be a classic small man pairing.
      I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


      Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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      • Doc_Piptorious
        • Jul 2006
        • 40260

        #4158
        Originally posted by Chris
        Eddie making a cunt of himself then, again. He's got to be seriously careful he doesnt piss off every UK/Irish guy not associated with matchroom, he's looking like an amateur at the moment.

        Eddie Hearn making a cunt of himself? How unlike the man......
        I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


        Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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        • Chris
          Typing Tourettes is a thing
          • Jul 2006
          • 20697

          #4159


          Team Frampton unsurprisingly dont appreciate Hearn's latest publicity stunt. He's going to end up pissing Khan off in the same way, his negotiating "skill" seems to be to just try and bait the other team in the ring after fights or on SSN.

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          • marcus50bucks
            Niko Bellic
            • Jan 2007
            • 7141

            #4160
            Originally posted by Jaco_Pastorious
            Hope that gets signed and sealed soon. That is a pairing I would like to see go at it in the ring. Would have the potential to be a classic small man pairing.
            Fully agree. I'll definitely be trying to get a ticket for that if I can.

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            • Doc_Piptorious
              • Jul 2006
              • 40260

              #4161
              Originally posted by Chris
              http://cwmcyclone.com/official-state...carl-frampton/

              Team Frampton unsurprisingly dont appreciate Hearn's latest publicity stunt. He's going to end up pissing Khan off in the same way, his negotiating "skill" seems to be to just try and bait the other team in the ring after fights or on SSN.



              On a completely unrelated noted, isn't it funny how apples never fall far from the tree upon which they grew?
              I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


              Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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              • spud_gun
                Paisley
                • Jul 2006
                • 26519

                #4162
                So Chris Algieri or Frankie Gavin?

                I wonder if those who were quick to criticise Khan will be as quick to criticise Brook.

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                • Chris
                  Typing Tourettes is a thing
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 20697

                  #4163
                  It's a **** fight, not everyone is team Khan or team Brook you know. Then again, Brook will be out again in August too so at least he's active after being in a hospital bed not long ago.

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                  • marcus50bucks
                    Niko Bellic
                    • Jan 2007
                    • 7141

                    #4164
                    Originally posted by spud_gun
                    So Chris Algieri or Frankie Gavin?

                    I wonder if those who were quick to criticise Khan will be as quick to criticise Brook.
                    The fights at the end of May and then he is fighting again in July/August so what kind of opponent were you expecting him to face?

                    Hearn already confirmed that they are looking at Rios for around August so I can live with the opponent he is facing at the end of May

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                    • spud_gun
                      Paisley
                      • Jul 2006
                      • 26519

                      #4165
                      Originally posted by marcus50bucks
                      The fights at the end of May and then he is fighting again in July/August so what kind of opponent were you expecting him to face?

                      Hearn already confirmed that they are looking at Rios for around August so I can live with the opponent he is facing at the end of May
                      Because Rios is a bonafide threat at Welterweight

                      Love Rios style and his first two fights with Alvarado were two of the best brawls of recent years but he's no threat to Brook at 147

                      Laughable how Brook is getting a pass for Dan - soft mando, everyones allowed one - Gavin - short notice fight - and now seemingly Rios.

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                      • marcus50bucks
                        Niko Bellic
                        • Jan 2007
                        • 7141

                        #4166
                        Originally posted by spud_gun
                        Because Rios is a bonafide threat at Welterweight

                        Love Rios style and his first two fights with Alvarado were two of the best brawls of recent years but he's no threat to Brook at 147

                        Laughable how Brook is getting a pass for Dan - soft mando, everyones allowed one - Gavin - short notice fight - and now seemingly Rios.
                        Everyone knows deep down Dan wasn't a live fighter to be in the same ring with Brook. The reason Kell gets a pass from me is because Dan was Kell's mandatory fight. So for Kell to recently have won the IBF belt and then have to give it up straight away had he not faced Dan would have been harsh irrespective of our thoughts on whether we feel the IBF is an established belt.

                        I'm not going to pretend that Rios is a true welterweight either but he sure is a better opponent than Algieri and lets not forget Kell would take the Khan fight tomorrow if Amir wanted it.

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                        • spud_gun
                          Paisley
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 26519

                          #4167
                          Originally posted by marcus50bucks
                          Everyone knows deep down Dan wasn't a live fighter to be in the same ring with Brook. The reason Kell gets a pass from me is because Dan was Kell's mandatory fight. So for Kell to recently have won the IBF belt and then have to give it up straight away had he not faced Dan would have been harsh irrespective of our thoughts on whether we feel the IBF is an established belt.

                          I'm not going to pretend that Rios is a true welterweight either but he sure is a better opponent than Algieri and lets not forget Kell would take the Khan fight tomorrow if Amir wanted it.


                          How can you be so sure? Unless of course you're 'Kelly' Brook

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                          • marcus50bucks
                            Niko Bellic
                            • Jan 2007
                            • 7141

                            #4168
                            Originally posted by spud_gun


                            How can you be so sure? Unless of course you're 'Kelly' Brook
                            Start a poll and ask who is the better opponent of the two

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                            • spud_gun
                              Paisley
                              • Jul 2006
                              • 26519

                              #4169
                              Originally posted by marcus50bucks
                              Start a poll and ask who is the better opponent of the two
                              You're serious, aren't you

                              I'm off to watch Rios vs Avlarado 1 & 2.

                              That'll restore some sanity to proceedings.

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                              • Doc_Piptorious
                                • Jul 2006
                                • 40260

                                #4170
                                Originally posted by Chris
                                It's a **** fight, not everyone is team Khan or team Brook you know. Then again, Brook will be out again in August too so at least he's active after being in a hospital bed not long ago.

                                Yep plus Khan is, in my opinion, a better fighter than Brook so there is a greater gulf in quality when Khan takes yet another fight.


                                Khan is very quick to come out and say that he is world class, that he wants to fight anyone who will get in the ring with him, that guys like Brook might have their career ended if they fought Khan, but after all that talk Khan continues to avoid anyone who can genuinely hit or even guys who would be on the wrong side of a 60/40 or 70/30 split if they faced him.


                                As in pretty much any sport the guys or gals who are world class/top class, or who like to proclaim that they are in that league, will be held to a higher standard by onlookers and by others involved in the sport. Go around saying you are the best whilst avoiding even the tier below top class and folks are going to call you on it.


                                If Brook continues to take on easy bouts and spouts his mouth off about how good he is, then he will come under the same type of scrutiny. But as he is seen as being a lesser talent to Khan, which he is imo, he may take a little longer to attract that scrutiny.


                                It is very simple for me. Does not matter if you are Khan or Brook. If you want to be taken seriously as potentially being a top tier fighter in your division then you need to be getting some Ws on your record against at least some from a pretty short list of fighters.

                                Garcia
                                Peterson
                                Bradley
                                Thurman
                                Matthysse

                                And if we wanted to add a couple of level below fighters to the list that would still be good wins for the record of either Khan or Brook


                                Chaves
                                Broner
                                Porter


                                If Khan and Brook avoid those guys/cannot get wins against them, and keep taking easy fights in the hope that a mega money fight against the likes of Mayweather jr ( which Khan and especially Brook would lose), then they can forget about having any sort of real legacy from their times in the pro ranks as they will have both just been guys who avoided the tough fights and who hung around long enough to be used as canon fodder when the best in the division needed to top up his bank account.
                                I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around.


                                Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness

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