The days of the british champs are over.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Irish Steel, Apr 14, 2008.


  1. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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    Hatton,Big Mac, Rees, Woods, Have all tried, and have all failed.

    The last man standing is Calzaghe, and he will prevail. But is the Era of british rich boxing over?
     
  2. 196osh

    196osh Mendes Bros. Full Member

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    :huh

    David Haye
     
  3. Fat Joe

    Fat Joe Let's have it right Full Member

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    There's not much coming through at the moment.
     
  4. TFFP

    TFFP Guest

    Doubt it

    Hatton is likely to regain a belt at some stage, he lost a fight he was supposed to lose. He'd be a big favourite against the likes of Torres and Maligfaggi

    Mac lost to a Brit :nut

    Rees was never anything more than a beltholder that got extremely lucky. He should never have won a belt

    Woods just lost

    Not sure why people are getting hysterical...
     
  5. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Habit?
     
  6. MetroMan

    MetroMan With the good people Full Member

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    That's the way of boxing. Calzaghe, Haye, Witter are champs, not too bad yet.

    Hatton was always going to lose to Mayweather.
    Rees was a short term champ and always likely to lose the title to Kotelnik. Tarver is a better boxer than Woods.
    Haye proved too good for Maccarinelli.

    Witter and Hatton would be a good match.

    :yep
     
  7. tragicliston

    tragicliston Active Member Full Member

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    Isn't Hatton still the champ at 140 and isn't Witter biting at his heels? Enzo Mac, Woods, Rees-these were all second tier fighters anyway. Haye is a terrific cruiser. Whether he'll have any real impact at heavy is another question.
     
  8. Hawks28

    Hawks28 Active Member Full Member

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    you are aware that Mac lost to Haye, an englishman right? and that Hatton is still #1 at 140? Nothing against Rees, but he was very lucky to win a belt in the 1st place, and I seriously doubt there were to many broken hearted brits when he lost. Wood is decent, but he looked pretty bad on Saturday, IMO, and he just lost to a better fighter.
     
  9. David_TheMan

    David_TheMan ESB Sage Full Member

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    What the hell is Haye the champ of? He is a Heavyweight now, the champ of crusierweight is USS Cunningham.

    The only champs left are Witter and Calzaghe, and Joe C. will be done this weekend.
     
  10. rusticraver

    rusticraver Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm glad we only have our proper champs left.
     
  11. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mayweather-Hatton made the UK public as excited as ever and one loss to the P4P king is just a loss... or a loss to make the British boxing proud as Hatton did everything he could. British boxing over? Hatton, the guy who was knocked out just a few months ago, sold out a soccer stadium in just a few hours, Welsh Joe Calzaghe broke the live attandance record putting in 50.000 in another soccer stadium, Khan is coming strong and Calzaghe has the chance to become an international boxing icon.

    British boxing is more popular than ever and Haye is just starting his HW career. That doesn't sound bad at all, does it?
     
  12. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    Haye has fought at Cruiserweight more recently than Cunningham has.

    He also currently holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and Ring belts.

    How did Cunningham get to be 'champion of cruiserweight', sitting around on his sofa crying about how Haye didn't accept his non-existant offer to fight?
     
  13. columbo man

    columbo man Active Member Full Member

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    dont forget carl froch!!!!!
     
  14. rooq

    rooq Rooq's Boxing Promoter Full Member

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    :lol: true...hayes still the undisputed cw champion until he vacates those titles.
     
  15. Irish Steel

    Irish Steel Active Member Full Member

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    I know I dont count Haye as english. He wears the turkish flag on his trunks, lives in cyprus.