Why are hardly any of Johnny Nelson’s fights on the web?

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  1. Muhammed_Ali_Durmaz

    Muhammed_Ali_Durmaz Devon 2 banned Full Member

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    Whenever I type a Johnny nelson fight in nothing come up, even against sanders, akinwande, even Ezra sellers and Guillermo jones, surely sellers and jones fight was broadcasted on live tv they were world title fights.
     
  2. ryanm8655

    ryanm8655 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The quality assurance guys keep falling asleep before they can upload them.
     
  3. Eggman

    Eggman "The cream of the crop! Nobody does it better! Full Member

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    You’ve never seen him fight! You need a prescription for that, it’s stronger than xanax
     
  4. Esox

    Esox New Member Full Member

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    Most used to be available I think as I tried to watch them once or twice, it was a real chore to watch though to be honest I don't think I saw the 12th of any of them.

    On a side note is Nelson the only world champ to have done it all backwards? I.e start his career with a string of embarrassing defeats then retire on a long unbeaten run
     
  5. Smudge_

    Smudge_ Teak tough Full Member

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    Cos nobody wants to watch them would be my guess.
     
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    Patter983 Active Member Full Member

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    It was decided since zopiclones were introduced to the market as a sleeping tablet , Nelsons fights were no longer any use so were taken down.
     
  7. Heisenberg

    Heisenberg Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But his name was ‘the entertainer’ :)
     
  8. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Johnny Nelson and Brendan Ingle were properly the best Fighter/Trainer team i have seen in my time watching boxing. Not because Nelson was the best boxer in the world, though he ended up world class, but because of were he came from as a boxer to were he finished off. For that reason its the best achievement i can think of from a British trainer. Their bond must have played a major part in their success, Brendan Ingle was like a dad to Nelson. I think that was summed up perfectly by the fact when Brendan was terminally ill in hospital, that it was Johnny who would stay overnight with him.
     
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  9. Bent-nose

    Bent-nose Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Carl Thompson beat Eubank twice and David Haye and rightly gets a lot of love on here. Here he is losing his world title to Johnny Nelson:

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  10. Bent-nose

    Bent-nose Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Johnny's jab was so fast that the technology at the time was unable to capture it.
     
  11. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Someone's doing us a favour.
     
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    Skyver Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Was he that bad? I'm familiar with the pundit nelson but Ive never watched any of his fights tbh.
     
  13. Bent-nose

    Bent-nose Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was according to some on here. Watch the video above of him battering Carl Thompson who they all rave about.
     
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  14. DON1

    DON1 ICEMAN Full Member

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    He was boring AF, but you know what fair play to the man he has achieved a lot in his life. Had a good career, bounced back from adversity and became World champ. If that's boring so be it.
     
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  15. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He fought in the pre Youtube era. As with many fighters from the pre 2005 era, his fights were not automatically uploaded as part of TV coverage. So it would require a fan of his or his opponent, to intentionally upload his fights to youtube under their personal channel.