Why is July & June a not a good time for a show in Belfast

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Jonsey, May 10, 2013.


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  1. icemax

    icemax Indian Red Full Member

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    Gerry Adams has had much more of a direct political and physical impact on our lives than Nelson Mandela ever could.
     
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  2. Pecsaetan

    Pecsaetan It's egg in soup! Full Member

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    Gerry Adams is the reason we don't have bins in train stations. What the **** has Nelson Mandela ever done for me?
     
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  3. Jonsey

    Jonsey Boxing Junkie banned

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    I don't think most people my age that grew up in London would know who Gerry Adams. Ive had one brief conversation about Northern Ireland in my entire life. I didn't watch the news in any detail until I was 21/22. So would I know that much?If you had shown me a picture of him I would have said thats the Sin Fein/IRA guy.

    Lets be real I could have acted like a smart ass, googled who he is and then pretended I did know...which is what most people on here would do in this situation.

    Put yourself in my position. My parents are not British/Irish. My Grandparents are not British/Irish. I am only 26. This was not that much of a big deal to when I was a kid picking my nose and watching WWF.
     
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  4. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
     
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  5. Mugsy

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    Thats fair enough mate, but it did affect your life if you lived in London. The IRA bombed London 30 times plus alone, in your lifetime so far.

    And thats just since 1987.
    And thats just London.
    And thats just bombs.
    And thats just bombs that actually exploded, most of them dont.

    So you were probably just lucky if you never encountered anyone and or anything related to that regardless of your parents heritage.
     
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  6. Jonsey

    Jonsey Boxing Junkie banned

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    When was the last IRA bomb in London? My Mum actually worked close to an IRA bomb before I was born when she first moved to England. Still the political side of it never got discussed in detail.

    I knew there was a war in N.I. Who it was between, and idea of what it was happening. But I couldn't off the top of my head tell you the names or Irish political leaders and don't really understand why that was such a big deal!
     
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  7. fra

    fra Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    well hearn booked the odyessy for 29th june.... then all went quiet... some think it was of because mcguigans unreasonable demands ... money wise :good
     
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  8. fra

    fra Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    theres no reason why boxing cant happen in june... july is the start of the school holidays so familys would be going off on their holidays so it could be harder to sell tickets then:good
     
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  9. Jonsey

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    thats when Haye is now.
     
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  10. Pecsaetan

    Pecsaetan It's egg in soup! Full Member

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    Sounds like mystery solved.
     
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  11. fra

    fra Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yeah i may be a republican Sinn fein *******....but scratch the surface i no a bit about boxing as well:good
     
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  12. Scotty321

    Scotty321 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Make the show Eddie.

    If anyone can heal Northern Ireland and the world troubles it's the dreamboat himself!
     
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  13. Boxing Boxerson

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    In Manchester. Your point ?
     
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  14. Boxing Boxerson

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    Above.
    Sorry. My mistake
     
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  15. Big Ears

    Big Ears Well-Known Member Full Member

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    They likely wouldn't, you most likely think he was trying to make a controversial statement there, when in actual fact he was just pointing out that the UK and Britain are two different entities, with Northern Ireland only being part of the former (hence why it's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), as Northern Ireland is not within Britain.
     
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