Did any of you boys know that Barry Hall has former boxing experience. I read it somewhere, he grew up in a boxing family and I think he was an amatuer fighter. He also has a pair of boxing gloves tatooed on him somewhere. He wouldn't be a fish out of water if thrown in the ring.
I think there are a lot of world heavyweight champions in Australia already, the trouble is they haven't taken up the sport yet
Sure mate, you could make the point we have 10000 good strong athletes, thats doesnt mean they can box or are willing to risk brain damage. Boxing is a tough sport. But look at the heavies from USA atm, they are lacking....big time....and the reasons the experts say its like that because they are nfl type guys who think that they can change over to boxing at say around 25 or later. And mate it just doesnt work, soon they get outboxed or worse badly KOed. And to say Prince has/had more potential than Mundine is pretty silly, now im not saying you said it, but mate its a dumb wishfull thinking statement.
I think a big factor in the reason the Americans have always seemed to have a pretty solid boxing crew is coz of the American population.... Lets just say for example that 1% of people in both Australia and Amercia take up boxing... then Americas 1% would have alot more people in it then Australia's 1%.... So basically i think its just that theres so many more people in the sport over there that theres a bigger chance of finding that champ
Hall grew up boxing and knows how to handle himself. If he can get past thirty seconds of windmilling he will brutalise Hoppa.
AFL players are better boxers than League players??? lol based on what? If i remember correctly they had that 5 fight card for charity years back, when Mal Meninga nearly killed Jacko.... i beleive out of the 5 fights only one AFL player won... But carry on with your fantasies....
bull****.. the fact is if you look at our history boxing and rugby league have gone hand in hand in this country for decades.. if hoppa and hall get it on guess what, theyre going to need undercards which means more fighters gaining exposure and opportunities. boxing and rugby league/afl are good for eachother. and for the most part its participants are cut from the same cloth.
exactly... he wouldnt be going to settle for less than he was getting in AFL lets say in AFL he was getting 300k per season and fights 3 times a year, i dare say he is going to look for 100k per fight. It could be achieved if he is matched correctly