"When You Beat a Legend, You Become A Legend"

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  1. pecks

    pecks ***** Full Member

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    We just got a bit excited.

    Thank heavens that they didn't ask us to name our new p4p list.
     
  2. "When You Beat a Legend, You Become A Legend"

    Absolutely correct. I see nothing wrong with what he said IN THIS CONTEXT.

    Yes, he will become an Australian legend, a famous sports personality, after beating a boxing legend.

    No, he will not become P4P #1 ATG. If you read between the lines to assume this, you're a moron.
     
  3. Above Deck

    Above Deck Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well said mate..

    I can assure you, he is a legend in Australia.

    Green represents the battlers, he isnt overly classy, he is
    just a knockabout bloke who gets where he does through sheer
    hard work. He never ducks anyone, doesnt claim to be the best,
    he knows his strengths and works to improve them.

    And he loves a beer.
     
  4. dmille

    dmille We knew, about Tszyu, before you. Full Member

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    Danny Green, a legend in his own mind...
     
  5. mgal7414

    mgal7414 Member Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins made the quote on the Australian 24/7 style lead up show.
     
  6. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hopkin the idiot said it, the commentator watched the pre show.
    Hopkin's said "when you beat a legend you become one, you become one because you have the credibility".It was a stab at Hopkin.Who is next in line for Green.
     
  7. Scar

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    So you, the ambassador or junkyard trailerpark fighting, want to tell us that RJJ is not a legend?
     
  8. gso_bejar

    gso_bejar Member Full Member

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    Not true....
    Chico and castillo fought a great fight to became both legends!!!
    Green was lucky to fight an old washed and hit jones jr!
     
  9. IrnBruMan

    IrnBruMan Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    :deal

    It was a direct quote of Hopkins, from the pre-fight build up doco, in which he also threw down his favourite line of 'Who's <insert boxer's name here>?' in an attempt to denigrate Danny Green.
     
  10. djm

    djm Boxing Addict Full Member

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    When you beat a legend you become the answer to a trivia question.

    Why am I not surprised that something dopey that Hopkins said is behind this nonsense?
     
  11. mgal7414

    mgal7414 Member Full Member

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    Yeah definitely a reference to BHOP. Would have been lost on the, and taken at face value by, most of the watch-one-fight-every-couple-of-years in the crowd and pubs though.
     
  12. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Are you seriously contended that beating a washed up Roy Jones counts for much of anything now???:patsch
     
  13. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You know who it really sucks to be today? Jeff Lacy.
     
  14. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    Usually a mediocre fighter who beats a legend never becomes a legend. Only a guy who was seen as a possible legend already becomes more of a legend.
     
  15. GalangK

    GalangK Well-Known Member Full Member

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    With this sentence in mind, I'm glad the likes of Berbick and Spinks are assured a place among the greats of our glorious sport.