Adversity

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Mandanda, Jul 23, 2010.


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  1. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Yes I'd go along with that, I was impressed with his determination at the time when his leg was clearly ****ed.
     
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  2. avidlemon

    avidlemon Boxing Addict banned

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    I am fair and balanced in every single way :blurp
     
    avidlemon, Jul 26, 2010
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  3. avidlemon

    avidlemon Boxing Addict banned

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    yeah, enough is enough, i am going back to posting about dead arm wanking in the lounge
     
    avidlemon, Jul 26, 2010
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  4. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    One tough lad Foreman. He earned even more respect. I already respected him as you do with any boxer but to fight on with a torn acl showed such courage.

    Curtis great shout on Gatti. His face when that bodyshot landed he could of stayed down but go right back up..Ward was all over him bodyshot after bodyshot and Arturo wouldn't go down and then somehow..started to launched vicious onslaught on Ward. Emotional stuff :yep

    keep em coming lads :good
     
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  5. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    Top Class Post Mate. Amazing

    Howard Winstone fighting virtually with one hand after losing 3 tips of his fingers in a factory accident. Basically a left handed fighter because he had lost power in right.
    Went on to be one of greatest Champions Britain has ever produced.
     
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  6. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good

    The link to the 1967 SI article alluded to in the last one I posted, gives real good insight into him :good - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1079965/1/index.htm
     
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  7. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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  8. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm absolutely desperate to see him in action...the way you read him described he sounds like a fascinating fighter to watch, must be something like Augustus I would imagine.

    I don't even know which fights of his were filmed.
     
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  9. antcull

    antcull Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe not the right thread to suggest this one, and it certainly isn't a triumphant display of adversity. But Johnny Owen fighting on rounds 10-12 in his tragic fight with Pintor. Shows what bravery in the ring can cost a fighter, and Johnny was one of the bravest of them all.

    Its really hard viewing, he just wouldn't quit.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN3vv3Ufnxg&feature=related[/ame]
     
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  10. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    :-( so so sad, just goes to show that boxing has come on leaps and bounds in terms of emergency treatment to fighters. What a fighter Johnny was.
     
    Mandanda, Jul 26, 2010
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  11. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Same night as Hagler-Minter.
     
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  12. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    yea but ur jewish tho:hey
     
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  13. Neverchair

    Neverchair Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Aren't they a teenage dance troupe?
     
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  14. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    that was a bad knockout after all the punishment he took.

    very sad
     
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  15. avidlemon

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    foreskin still in tact:good
     
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