A dedicated boxing pub in Manchester

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by slapbangwhallop, Oct 15, 2009.


  1. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nice one mate, but probably a bit of drive for a night out.

    I'll bear it in mind though.
     
  2. Dirty Bastard

    Dirty Bastard Dirty As Hell Full Member

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    Prob of no helop BUT...

    If your in London......The whippet pub on Manchester Road in the docklands is a boxing only pub!!!!....loads of famous people have been there to sign autographs with the landlord...When i was there...I ran into Nigel Benn...

    All ppv fights are shown....but not always advertised for licencing reasons!!!
     
  3. PaddyD1983

    PaddyD1983 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That is useful, I'm more likely to be in London than Toronto. And you never know when you'll get stuck somewhere. Noted.
     
  4. bennie

    bennie Active Member Full Member

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    The irony in there is off the charts.
     
  5. monzon

    monzon New Member Full Member

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    Any update on this? We have lots of good fighters now who are regularly on Sky/BoxNation/Five, and i'd rather watch cards in pubs than at home.

    Until very recently there was a pub called the Crown and Cushion, a short walk from Manchester Victoria train station, memorabilia on all the walls, lots of old school regulars, etc. The building was sold so the Co-Op bank could expand, and i believe the landlord took over a nearby pub (The Dderby Arms, Cheetham Hill Road), though i'm not sure if they show late fights or not.
     
  6. chatty

    chatty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I used to put all the boxing on when I had a pub in Sunderland, was starting to build well, had a good crowd, a boxing quiz beforehand and that but the **** owners stopped getting the late licenses out of pure laziness so I could only let certain people I knew in. I ****ed off a couple of months after.
     
  7. SkillspayBills

    SkillspayBills Mandanda Running E-Pen Full Member

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    The Boxers Bar in Shoreditch
     
  8. misticmonk

    misticmonk Active Member Full Member

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    The Green Un in Benalmadena Spain, great little boxing bar, well worth a visit.
     
  9. Little Tyson

    Little Tyson Guest

    Would definitely be up for it. Been living in the city centre of Manchester for the last 4 months and so far loved it, although a boxing bar would be superb.
     
  10. Trickster

    Trickster Member Full Member

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    I'm probably moving to Holland in the new year, if somebody could open one in Venlo that would great :D
     
  11. Longcount

    Longcount boxing Full Member

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  12. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Its one of my pipe dreams to own a fight bar. Fight posters, old school photos, signed gloves, massive cinema screen in the back, other screens showing old school fights, it would be epic.