Boxing news losing the plot

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  1. carrotcruncher

    carrotcruncher Member Full Member

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    There was a time when Boxing News picks were well thought out and worth watching. Things semm to have changed. The "younger, fresher" Scott Lawton to win the Euro title on points, and the "classical" boxing style of Tony Oakey to account for Nathan McIntosh.

    This is the Lawton walloped by Thaxton, Khan and Murray .....fresh
    and the Oakey who has always been more Ruiz than Leonard. Against a lad who can really bang and only came up short against the excellent Cleverly.

    My own considered opinion on these picks

    COMPLETE AND UTTER BOLLOCKS!!!!
     
  2. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    TBF most people picked Oakey to win.
     
  3. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I ain't bought BN for ages. I think you can get a more balanced and free approach trawling through the boxing sites and forums...:good

    The amateur coverage in BN is not very fair and they could do a lot more to make the paper interactive with the punters with more links to the website...:think
     
  4. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Oakey is a reasonable pick. Lawton is a shocker.
     
  5. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Same here. I stopped buying all the papers/ magazines are soon as I got the hang of this Internet thingie.
     
  6. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    i got banned for 3 days this week for posting a link to there website. not going to buy there magazine again
     
  7. supremo

    supremo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This post would have carroed more weight if you'd posted it before last nights fight.
     
  8. cityofgod

    cityofgod Worcester warrior Full Member

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    boxing news will be gone before long.
     
  9. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed...:good
     
  10. cityofgod

    cityofgod Worcester warrior Full Member

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    Their demographic is getting smaller with every month.

    they are shifting their input into their website, but they are a minnow.

    I hope they carry on as we have little or no publications anymore.
     
  11. TommyV

    TommyV Loyal Member banned

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    It's Danny McIntosh, not Nathan.
     
  12. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I've never actually bought or read an issue of Boxing News.

    I used to have a subscription of Boxing Monthly but it expired and I never bothered to renew it.... even though I felt it was a decent mag.

    The articles within BN can't be any worse than boxingnews24.com though..... utter shite that website!
     
  13. Nel has heart

    Nel has heart Member Full Member

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    Picking Lawton to beat that guy is silly.

    The bookies do the same thing. They know nothing about boxing except Haye Hatton and Khan. They look at his name, Kristyanson and think ''oh, ive never heard of him he must be ****.
     
  14. Nel has heart

    Nel has heart Member Full Member

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    I put 20£ on Lawton to get sparked early and WILLIAM HILL have took my money and wont pay up. ****ing rougues.
     
  15. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Weren't you asking who Kirakosyan was? ;)