Retirement of the Boilermaker

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Boilermaker, Dec 11, 2011.


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  1. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It is with a tinge of sadness that i bid goodbye to the forum today, from full time posting. I will miss the likes of quality posters like McVey, Janitor, Seamus, Powerpuncher, Burt, Slakka, frankenfrank(yes i said it) and too many others to name, but it seems that today marks the day of my last competitive post on the forum. I will probably come back for the occasional exhibition post from time to time.
     
    Boilermaker, Dec 11, 2011
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  2. Flea Man

    Flea Man มวยสากล Full Member

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    Whatever the reason, take care.
     
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  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Not good your going, but fraqnkenfrank. nah
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    You are a fine analyst, and I will be sorry to loose you.
     
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  5. Surf-Bat

    Surf-Bat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Aww! You never gave me the chance to respond to your Tunney-Machen comparison! :smoke

    Well, you've been a great poster and will be missed.
     
    Surf-Bat, Dec 11, 2011
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  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    :yikes

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    :crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying:crying

    Seriously, though, good luck, Boilermaker. You were a great poster, and especially added a lot to our knowledge of old-time boxing.
     
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  7. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah......this is not good.....
    You will be missed Boilermaker.....
     
    Vic-JofreBRASIL, Dec 11, 2011
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  8. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Also, be sure not to balloon up to 300 pounds on your alfalfa farm, and then come back to the forum after a 5 year hiatus to debate an ATG poster in his prime. History will never forgive you.
     
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  9. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mostly I just post for fun, but i do spend an awful lot of time searching for and linking old articles and like to use the forum as a link and way to find things. The banning of 5 or 6 regulars was dissapointing and really got me to start wondering a bit, but the deletion of the Harry Greb vs Les Darcy thread was it for my. IMO, one of if not the most informative threads in history, despite some first class dummy spits throughout it. And one of the intelligent moderators (dont know who they are but i feel certain they are general posters and not regular classic posters (i suppose it could be wrong). I would rather those types of threads stay somewhere for as long as possible for future reference. Sadly that is not going to happen here, so i will have to find somewhere a little better.

    I have no idea where because the thread i asked about where the second best site was got deleted, but i presume boxrec or CBZ will be the place.

    Actually i am fairly certain that this post will self destruct very soon.
     
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  10. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    BEst of luck BM, boxing is a passion for us but sometimes it can distract us from more important aspects of our lives, I hope if you're leaving it's because you have important things and loved ones to focus on, best of luck

    If you're just leaving because of threads and info being deleted though I'd ask you to stay and back up interesting data if you can - maybe as a Classic Club we can work on this. A sad loss for us as boxing fans in my view was the last eastsideboxing crash (and the prior ones), otherwise we'd have 10+ years of data on boxing. But to my knowledge it's the busiest board on the net boxing wise

    Before you go though, out of interest as an old time fan, do you still watch modern boxing and if so who are you fan of? If you haven't seen it yet I recommend the recent Khan Peterson fight

    BTW I thought this was about Jeffries retirement :lol:
     
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  11. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol: Now lets get this straight, with my obliteration of the American crew on the Darcy thread, My blasting of the Fitz critics at just 167lbs and my genera undefeated streak, i have to make this perfectly clear. THere is no credible challengers around. I am not drawing the coloured line against those banned posters (actually, what colour were they all?) but it is just that they are 4th raters. If anyone thinks there is a young Jack Johnson waiting in the wings, i challenge them now to name them (Joe Dempsey?)

    Besides, Alfalfa's are where the real fun is. Anyone know of an Alfafa forum?
     
    Boilermaker, Dec 11, 2011
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  12. Bugger

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    I cant see why that thread could not have simply been locked, some quality info got flushed down the toilet with the deleation of that thread. The treatment of some quality posters also has been abysmal at best. Cant blame ya for packing your bags.

    No more Bobby Sinn, no more Young Griffo, no more Boilermaker, no more posters to discuss the old time Oz fighters with :-(
     
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  13. manbearpig

    manbearpig A Scottish Noob Full Member

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    This could be used as a study into forum politics. If you had posted this the lounge under the same circumstances you'd be getting told to get to ****, most likely be photoshopped with **** in your arse, as a frog next to some children.
     
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  14. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Boiler, whilst I completely understand your anger at the deletion of the darcy thread I think you have to accept the lesser of evils because without doubt this is the busiest forum on the internet and home to some of the best posters around.

    I doubt you'll find anywhere better.

    Pp's idea is spot on about backing data up. I've researched so much stuff on here it would be a tragedy to lose it so I routinely back up to word and excel.

    The amount of primary sources on the darcy thread was amazing though.
     
    lufcrazy, Dec 11, 2011
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  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The mods on here do a generally great job. What people don't understand is that they are not paid, they're volunteers and that they don't often make the rules. If the thread was deleted there may very well be a good reason for it.

    If YOU owned a forum and it was barely scraping by and someone threatened to sue you because of X or Y in a given thread, you'd delete the thread rather than put up with the headache.

    Having said all that, it's pish that BM is leaving. BM, you should reconsider, there's nowhere like this on the internet for knowledge-traffic in combination. Leaving because of that cluster-****, however frustrating, is not smart.
     
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