Did anyone else look at tonight's fights on ESPN Classic and go...

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by unclepaulie, Apr 2, 2009.


  1. unclepaulie

    unclepaulie Run like an antelope! Full Member

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    Did anyone else look at tonight's fights on ESPN Classic and go: "What the ****?"

    Seriously now ESPN Classic, Charles Brewer Vs. Scott Pemberton followed by Vinny Maddalone Vs. Shannon Miller? You can't do better than that????

    Seriously, I know I'm not the only one who thought this...
     
    unclepaulie, Apr 2, 2009
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  2. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    dont watch gay porn
     
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  3. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl

    Wasn't watching, but those would have been my thoughts.

    I'd rather watch Ali - Foreman for the thousandth time.
     
    BlueApollo, Apr 2, 2009
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  4. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sometimes ESPN Classic has amazing fights (Haugen-Paz, McGirt-Whitaker, JCC) and then they have wtf choices like the ones you see in this thread.

    I truly think they pick the fights out of a hat.
     
    Arriba, Apr 2, 2009
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  5. doomeddisciple

    doomeddisciple Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Brewer Pemberton wasn't a bad scrap - But both fighters had more entertaining ones.

    Brewer V Echols and the Sheika V Pemberton fights were both entertaining.
     
    doomeddisciple, Apr 2, 2009
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  6. Soloman

    Soloman Well-Known Member Full Member

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    dont knock Maddalone vs Miller before youve seen..great slugfest..really..seriously:bbb

    not a classic fight but a very entertaining one
     
    Soloman, Apr 3, 2009
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  7. FlatNose

    FlatNose Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't forget, ESPN's "classics" are the best from the fights broadcast on their network. Theres a lot of club fights and top fighters taking on second raters to keep busy. Occasionaly there is a fight like last weeks Chambers-Peter, which actually meant something , and once in a blue moon a title fight like Klitchko-Gomez. But for the most part it's stuff like Brewer-Pemberton and Vinny Maddalone type amatuerish skirmishes.
     
    FlatNose, Apr 3, 2009
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  8. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, that was weak...... I am taping some LaMotta stuff in the next few days....

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    MRBILL, Apr 3, 2009
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  9. MRBILL

    MRBILL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I have noticed ESPN Classics is starting to air lotsa' modern **** that is questionable.... I am harsh with the modern / current crop of fighters these days..... Some of the new kids on the block who are making headline boxing news really don't do jack spit for me..... I'm not gonna name any names.....

    MR.BILL
     
    MRBILL, Apr 3, 2009
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  10. UFgators

    UFgators Active Member Full Member

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    Why doesnt ESPN Classic and/or HBO show classic fights like Hagler-Hearns, Hearns-Leonard, Pryor-Arguello, or Leonard-Duran? They happened years and years ago are they worried about people recording them then making copies?
     
    UFgators, May 4, 2009
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