The Gloves Are Off - The Super Middleweights

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  1. tezel8764

    tezel8764 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Just finished watching The Gloves are off - the super-middleweights and IMO Joe seemed to be totally exempt from the conversation due to being undefeated. Eubank seemed to be trying to get underneath Collins skin all night :lol:. It's a pity Toney was not there would have been even more fun.

    Here's the vid for anyone who missed it:

    [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Wq74Ftz5rQM[/url]
    [yt]Wq74Ftz5rQM[/yt]
     
  2. Loudon

    Loudon Loyal Member Full Member

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    Thank you so much mate!

    I did miss it.

    I'll watch it later. :good

    Ha! If Toney had've been there, it would have been a free for all.
     
  3. HattonsMeatPie

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  4. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    very smart group very articulate and they all seemed to show each other a lot of respect
     
  5. dinovelvet

    dinovelvet Antifanboi Full Member

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    Thanks for this. A search in youtube comes up with nothing.
     
  6. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I like Jones...he's not a racist ******* like Hopkins..he's far more likeable and reasonable than most of the assholes around today....and i don't really think Collins would have fared too well with Jones...I meaqn,...he be strong, sturdy and courageous, but to no avail, except probably going the distance.
     
  7. WABCBoxer

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    Imo Roy Jones Jr is the greatest super-middle in history. You might even be able to make a good argument for him ATG at middle & LHW (LHW late 90's) as well. He effectively went 50-0 before losing his first fight, and it took him moving up to LHW and being past his prime for it to happen. He was a phenom of boxing.
     
  8. general zod

    general zod World Champion Full Member

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    thanks for the upload
     
  9. Bummy Davis

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    I like him also, at first I thought he was a racist when he stated Vlad had no heart because he got KO'd but then Jones learned that lesson and guess he was humbled.

    Hopkins may have learned a lesson as well when IMO Joe Calzage taught him that he could lose to a white boy, for me it was revealing when Bernard went into the act of holding his groin and faking a foul several times to bide time and get some rest and hope for a DQ but film showed later that there was no low blow on any of the occasions Bernard went into his act, showing again that talk can be cheap
     
  10. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Jones and Collins fought 15 years ago, then it would have been way 2 l8 .
    Collins was 34 years old 15 years ago, and already retired & brain damaged .
     
  11. red cobra

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    Yes:good...and the only fight between Jones and Hopkins that mattered was their first one..and if they had met at each other's relative peak, Jones would have taken that one also..and it goes without saying that Roy's fight with Toney was a masterpiece as well.
     
  12. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    And rest assured everybody...that white boy DID beat Hopkins..oh yeah, talk sure as hell is cheap.
     
  13. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think Collins came across badly. He snapped a couple of times at Chris for insinuating that he duckef Joe, which he did.

    If Toney and Benn were there the table wouldve been flipped and a ruck started.haha
     
  14. general zod

    general zod World Champion Full Member

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    Collins fought McCallum, Johnson and Kalambay. He had a fight with Liles lined up which fell apart because Liles did not like the money and chased Jones for years. I can't see how any case can be made for him being afraid of Calzaghe who back then was a up and coming prospect.

    It should also be pointed out that he agreed to fight Calzaghe during his attempted comeback but retired after blacking out in training.

    Chris is just bitter that Collins beat him twice and he really is the last person to accuse anyone of ducking.
     
  15. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    dis , except dere were worse duckers than Eubanks , c RJJ , SRL , FMJ