If Hanshaw wins, don't get too excited

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Axe, Jul 14, 2007.


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  1. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This guy was taken to a draw by an injured JP Mendy just last year. Mendy was a fringe top 20 SMW, not a bad fighter but hardly close to being elite.

    As was reported on the Euro forum, Mendy was injured and pretty much unable to train/run until about 3 weeks before the fight, and most people still thought he beat Hanshaw, in his own backyard.

    If Roy loses, Hanshaw will be more marketable after beating a name, but that doesn't mean he will become a good fighter all of a sudden.
     
    Axe, Jul 14, 2007
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  2. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Hanshaw beat Pavlik in the olympic trials =o

    Although I still hope Roy wins.
     
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  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    a) Mendy looked plenty healthy to me.
    b) I had Hanshaw winning that fight.
    c) Don't try to discredit Tony just because you don't like Roy. I don't care about Roy at all, but this is a big name win for a talented hardworking kid, especially a not-very-big SMW moving up in weight to take on the former p4p #1. Don't try to diminish it.
     
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  4. Nico

    Nico hi. Full Member

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    :good
     
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  5. hipnusol

    hipnusol New Member Full Member

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    I got Roy by a surprisingly impressive KO!
     
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  6. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It'd be a real pity to see RJJ win this one. Especially by KO. It would convince him to fight on when he should really retire. He's destroying his body with this crap.

    Not a fan of Hanshaw's, but i'd like to see him win this one convincingly.
     
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  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Why not a fan? He's a slick mover, punches with authority, possesses great ring intelligence. What's to dislike?
     
    IntentionalButt, Jul 14, 2007
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  8. Smazz20

    Smazz20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sorry, I didn't mean to come across as if I actually dislike him. Just haven't seen enough of him, only glimpses here and there. I'td be a good name to have on his resume and all the best to him. It's just sad for RJJ, win or lose. Man should be retired.
     
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  9. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Why would I be discrediting him even if I didn't like Roy? :huh

    I'm saying if he wins, it changes noithing. He was still held to a draw by an older injured French fighter in his own backyard. He's not close to being world class, period.

    If Roy wins I'll give him props for beating a much younger fighter.

    And Mendy's injury is common knowledge, you can ask Fitir from the Euro forum on the matter, it was reported 3-4 weeks before his fight with Hanshaw. I believe Mendy even had surgery less than 2 months before the fight.
     
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  10. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was a good amatuer, however he's taken way too many breaks from his career as a pro.
     
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  11. the mean machine

    the mean machine Professional rat catcher Full Member

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    3 out of 3:smoke
     
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  12. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    No actually Hanshaw was robbed get your facts straight.

    And Mendy is a prospect(although an old one) on the rise.
     
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  13. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Robbed in his own backyard, by his own promoter, in his own promoter's tournament? :lol:

    Get off the American fighter's nuts for once. :rofl
     
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  14. Axe

    Axe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy lays on the ropes for half the fight and Hanshaw does nothing but smack his elbows. Told you guys he didn't have it. :deal

    PS props to Roy for beating a younger-up-and-comer. :yep
     
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  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Pretty big disparity on the judges' cards, was it close or wide? And was the fight entertaining enough to hunt down a download of? That one guy's round by round sounded as though it might have been.
     
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