Most Underrated Brit?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by George Crowcroft, May 29, 2020.


  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Cooper fought Patterson who was far more skilled than Lyle, Shavers and Bugner.
     
  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Andries had no defense and was completely out-classed by Hearns.
     
  3. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    **** off.
     
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  4. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Sorry Mark, but how is this relevant to the quoted post?
     
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  5. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Im glad people are mentioning Bugner
    Never the most skilled boxer but tough as nails and wasnt afraid to mix it with anyone
     
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  6. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Howard Eastman.

    Solid wins against McCracken and Soliman and just fell short against Juppy and Hopkins at world level. Absolute dynamite at Brit and Euro and could bang hard, used to love watching him back in the day and hardly ever gets a mention here. Got his break late and had he been a bit more focused out of the ring could have done better.
     
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  7. mark ant

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    :risas3:
     
  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    **** off.
     
  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  10. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I never said that
     
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  11. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Why the attitude?
    I quite enjoyed Bugner

    If you didn't thats ok
     
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  12. TonyHayers

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    I'm happy to look at it from a business POV.

    Hatton v Witter made sense as the fight to happen after Ricky lost to Mayweather. This was around seven years after Witter lost to Judah so that really was ancient history. Witter by now had a 36-1-2 record with the two draws and the loss from way back. He'd compiled a perfectly solid resume at 140 having beaten Kotelnik, Ndou, Corley and coming directly off a stoppage win against Vivian Harris in addition to being WBC champion.

    That's not the king of the who needs him club. Lazcano had been out of the ring for over a year and offered nothing. He turned up for a few quid with nobody knowing who he was and promptly went back into retirement never to fight again. The fact business was good for his fight with Hatton proves one thing; Hatton was the guy selling the tickets. So why not fight Witter?

    I don't understand fans wanting uncompetitive fights and defending said matchmaking on the basis of 'he didn't need to fight him.' Well no, he didn't. But Ricky's legacy would have looked a lot better with that WBC title and Witter's name on it than faffing about with Lazcano.

    I don't think Hatton's explanation made sense at all. Witter was a bit of a nightmare for him and he took an easier route to fights he ultimately lost by miles.
     
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  13. Patter983

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    Use to love Eastman but was very disappointing against Joppy, Joppy was there for the taking and he just didn’t perform that night.
     
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  14. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Because you defended that psycho Bulldog when he told me to **** off.
     
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  15. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Joe Calzaghe by the Americans
     
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