Strangest ring-walks of all time?

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I'm just watching Tito's ringwalk for Oscar, and it's a strange one. Breakbeats and random fattie roaring followed by strange samba music with Tito staring blankly down the lense for about 4 solid minutes before he gets literally gridlocked in the lane ("a ploy" accoring to mad Foreman). That put me in mind of the Kostya ring-walk for Zab, which was utterly, utterly bizarre on the bizarrest night for boxing outside of Holyfield-Tyson earbite that occured in my lifetime.

    What other strange ringwalks are there?
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It took Tito eight-and-a-half minutes to get to the ring.
     
  3. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Uzzy Ahmed. GOAT ringwalk.
     
  4. Guyfawkes

    Guyfawkes Than who was phone?! Full Member

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    I always thought B-hops ringwalks were kinda crazy
     
  5. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    It's one of those odd things that works on both the freakishly awesome and unusually cheesy kind of levels.


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPkU2fhyOkQ[/ame]


    Also, this video is fantastic for the look of pure admiration on that guy's face in the final few seconds.
     
  6. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hawk Makepula against Jorge Arce. Guy spent well over five minutes offering hosannas as he slooooooooooowly made his way to the ring. This didn't endear him to a crowd that was already pro Travieso.

    I always found Cory Spinks' ring entrances to be pretty strange to watch. The attempts at dancing (which looked more as though he was in the midst of a particularly nasty seizure), and the vaguely constipated facial expressions he wore during his performance always amused me to no end.
     
  7. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How about a shout for Vampire Johnson on those old early ESPN cards?

    If you are not aware of it, he entered the ring with a page out of the Screaming Jay Hawkins book and arrived via casket w/ blood dripping from fangs. What a character.
     
  8. HawkFan16

    HawkFan16 Unshot/In My Prime Full Member

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    For me, Vernon Forrest's (RIP) walk to the ring against Mayorga the first time is just hysterically funny. To see Vernon smiling like a kid in a candy store while his entourage tried to belt out a badass-sounding rap just did not gel at all and struck me as hilarious.
     
  9. Conn

    Conn Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    the first time i saw Ricky hatton come out in his fat suit confused me a bit. :lol:
     
  10. salty trunks

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    Demarcus Corley wearing a gas mask and big sunglasses was pretty strange. Cory Spinks horrible dancing was also pretty bad.

    Evander Holyfield singing gospel music at the top of his lungs for the second Tyson fight was pretty weird.
     
  11. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Oliver McCall about to cry and explode when he walked to the ring.
     
  12. salty trunks

    salty trunks Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This would be the winner!
     
  13. Brownies

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    They looks like dead jedis talking to luke... which is funny because Holyfield is there and he's still fighting.
     
  14. Brownies

    Brownies Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Larry Merchant : Now rap to that !
     
  15. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Chris Eubank sometimes looked constipated !!