**** Kirk's ESB Championships 2011 ****

Kirk,

you forgot my Olusegun UD pick from page 540

Thanks :good

 

That's Ivan Sergiyevic, the son of the great Sergei Sergiyevich, who after the entire Soviet Army failed to invade Finland due to master marksman Simo Häyhä, defeated the Finnish all by himself. According to the legend he was **** drunk during the operation, and they say you can smell his vodka breath to this day at certain parts of Finland.

 

You should have teach history in my school when i was a kid:good

 

my God, you're spending to much time together with BE

 

Would you prefer me kicking your as like in the old days? :think Thought so. Too bad we can't make a bet. Too bad I took all your cash. :yep

How's everything by the way, my man?

 

Yoan Pablo Hernandez UD
Sebastian Sylvester TKO
Gabriel Campillo UD
Sammy Gutierrez KO
Juan Manuel Lopez KO
Roman Martinez KO
Jonathan Oquendo KO
Gavin Rees KO
Sergio Martinez KO
Andy Lee UD
Isaac Chilemba UD
Roman Gonzalez KO
Toshiaki Nishioka UD

 

Changing to Proksa by TKO.

WAR PROXA!!! And yeah, WAR neutral judges!

 

In the old days I was a rookie, and you just a bully who took advantage of that. Now, on the other hand I'm more than a challenge for you as the rankings reflect:deal

 

****, never really thought much of Sylvester, but suddenly him winning is important! Go go go Roger Tilleman!

 

Damn.

Kirk I can't find your old "spotlight format" so I'm just gonna throw the infor on in this post and if you still have the format handy you can re-post it ion your cool jazzed up way :good


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In the Spotlight[/U][/B]

Peter "The Black Prince" Jackson

47-3-4 (33)

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This man was, imo, the first great coloured fighter in heavyweight history. It was because of him the colour line was so famously drawn by John L Sullivan and again by the following champions. Outside the ring he carried himself like a model gentleman but inside the ring he was a force of nature

Jackson was, even by todays standards, a natural heavyweight with one of the most devastating 1-2's in recorded history. He bested George Godfrey for the "Coloured Championship" and then went on a great winning streak that saw him unoffically declared the best HW on the planet for a period of about 4 years.

He fought the best of his time (bar the HW champ who refused to defend against him) and shared the ring with peers such as Lees (x2), Dooley, O’Donnell, Godfrey, McCauliffe, Cardiff, Maher, Smith, Goddard, Corbett and Slavin going unbeaten against them all going 10-0-2 (8 by way of knockout). He suffered his first defeat very early in his career after only a handful of fights and he wouldn't taste defeat again until he fought the late great James Jeffries, by this time, however, Jackson was on death's door and would often be seen using a cane to help him walk.

His best opponents were arguably Godfrey and Corbett, the best fighters on either side of the colour line and he proved his greatness by destroying Godfrey and fighting to a 61 round draw against Corbett.

After breaking his arm against Patsy Cardiff, Sullivan became increasingly more inactive and ineffective and it was during these years that Jackson was on his best run against the above named fighters. after beating Slavin, Jackson himself was aging and went inactive whilst his former foe, James Corbett, went to outlast Sullivan and knock him out over 21 rounds.

We can never be certain how Jackson would have fared had he been granted his much deserved title shot, but one thing is clear, the man proved his greatness despite being shunned and now 123 years later he is being appreciated as he deserved.

Without sounding too political, the IBOH themselves sum it up best with their opening statement about this great warrior

"Racial prejudice was the only thing that kept Peter Jackson from his chance to win the world heavyweight crown"

Peter Jackson: a true champion of the people.

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/jacksonpeter.html

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:10543

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jackson.htm

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/BookReview-PeterJackson-BobPetersen.htm

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Sorry again about not finding the proper format but hopefully you can work your magic on this post Kirk.

I hope it's not too political/racial for this thread, but unfortunately that is simply the way things worked 100 years ago.

Anyways if you don't like it I'll delete the post but hopefully you can repost it as a proper in the spotlight :good

I have a sense not everyone will know about this man off by heart so hopefully they can look into him a bit after reading this.

:good

 

Delete the post? Are you insane? Brilliant work man

 

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Murat just got a gift draw! HD broadcast showed a dude in Danish colors threatening the judges. :twisted:

Goddamn, they stole my ticket to the top by the end of the German card. MY TICKET, YA HEARD????!!!!!

 

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10/01 - Karo Murat vs. Gabriel Campillo >

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(115-113/111-117/114-114)

 

Murat showed great heart in the end.
But the Spaniard won at least 7 rounds so convincingly that it it was a close but clear 115-113 victory.
What a cracking fight it was,would like to see it a third time.

 

Hope Proxa won't let Sylvester see the end of the 12th... same for Hernandez-Cunningham.