One fighter who does not get the respect he is due Carl the CAT Thompson

Hard as nails. Quality fights with Eubank, Haye and (especially) Sellers. for what's it worth I think the Haye of a few years later beats prime Thompson.

 

carl thompson = double hard ******* :yep


i liked the rothman fight

 

Great puncher, the division's not deep with greatness in its history so he must rank with the best. The Eubank fights were against a past prime foe, but they were great. The Haye win is a top one, green or no. He was hardly hurt against Nelson either at the time of stoppage. I'd pick Nelson to beat every time though.

 

Ohnny Nelson=double hard *******. Had ways of surviving against Heavys and come back from something stupid like losing his first five fights to hold a trinket. Now a decent analyst (well better than Jim Watt anyway) so I say let's give Nelson some kudos :good often a horrible fighter to watch though

 

Never ever in a dull fight! Carl for me is the most consistenly exciting british fighter of the last 20 years, very underrated.

 

:good

On all counts.

 

And you are all forgetting one of his finest moment, when as a very, very late sub he saved Seconds Out and flattened the unbeaten Nicky Piper, to first make his name to the hardcore sports fan.

 

I never saw this. Was it a really good showing?

 

johnny nelson made me look like a right turd i had told my mates to come round and to watch this really good boxer with great movment and fast hands become a world champ and not go to the pub the fight was the de leon tittle fight a felt like a right idiot

 

Haha, i've got Nelson's book, he was gutted about that for ages it seems. Like it haunted him or something. When he eventually won a title it was as if it was all to rid him of eing in the shadow of that night.

 

Haha, look at this, we posted at the same time!

 

I read somewhere that Carl did not get massive purses for his title fights which is a real shame if true.