Barry Mcguigan v Azumah Nelson .. why didnt it happen ?

Because Nelson would have flattened Barry?? Barry was good earner, he wasn't going to fight Nelson in a hurry.

(60/40 for Nelson is WILDLY overrating Barrys chances IMHO)

 

x2...I would have made it a statement rather than a question

 

as above

there was talk of this fight finally happening at super-feather but mcguigan lost to jim mcdonnell

 

Hit the nail on the head and F*in drove it through the 2x4.

The proffessor was a beast and would've destroyed Barry, not a fight the wee man needed. Nelson was one of Pernell's best wins btw even though he was stepping up, the way Pea shut him out was awesome to watch.

 

Barry was chicken was the official Nelson stance.

 

Or sensible...

As **** as it seems now, Nelson needed the fight but McGuigan didn't.

 

They could have got Nelson for half the money they had to wait and get Pedroza for...:yep

Nelson would have KO'd Barry McGuigan very comfortably...:yep

It really goes against what I feel as McGuigan was my school days idol, but Nelson was streets ahead of him...:deal

 

Nelson didn't improve his chances after what he did to wee Pat!

 

very true mate. The old skillfull champ losing to the young pressure fighter happens quite often (Hatton-Zoo). They also had a nice formline with how Pedroza and McGuigan can dealt with Caba and LaPorte, Barry did a better job on both guys.

 

:good

Pat had been 15 with the great Salvador Sanchez in Mexico and then got banjoed in 1 round by Nelson!!! In Cowdells defence he was getting on in age and had been fighting at super Feather for a couple of years when the shot at Azumahs featherweight title came along.

 

The way McGuigan fought in the LaPorte fight was fantastic and showed he could operate amongst them...:yep That right hand he swallowed straight down the pipe in the 9th was testament to his condition and resiliance...:yep

McGuigan would have whooped Steve Cruz if they fought in Belfast and maybe would have been boxed into a corner to defend against Nelson in the end...who knows how it would have panned out...:think

I love my McGuigan DVD collection, it was a great time to have been around watching it as a kid...:thumbsup

 

and just a couple of fights later he got ko'd again in the first against daho

 

I read a few years ago that Barry's hardest fight was avoiding Nelson. Whether he said it or someone else did, I don't know, but it's still true. Cracking and deservedly popular fighter that Barry was, his best performances seemed to be before he won the world title.

 

I remember watching that live, it was a big upset at the time.