What did Larry Donald say to Bowe to get punched at the press conference?

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The thread title says it all, does anyone know?
     
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  2. AngryBirds

    AngryBirds Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Couldn't hear what they were saying in the press conference, so I happened to see the video below where Bowe and Holyfield were talking about it. Got lost trying to understand what either of them were saying for one thing and then two, when Bowe said whatever the reason was he said it so quietly that its next to impossible to hear. So I thought, well why not try to turn on the captions? That usually works. Well I did and the captions were blank. Pretty much I have no idea and was left even more confused after watching these two talk about it.

    Boy we got a mystery on our hands.

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  3. Charles White

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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    He told him about the cross trainer thread about him on here.. Didn't go down well.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    At a press conference in Los Angeles only five days before the fight was to take place, Bowe and Donald exchanged words when Bowe suddenly hit Donald with a left-right combination before the two were separated. Donald did not retaliate, but was critical of Bowe for the act, calling him "unprofessional", "afraid" and stated "When you try so hard to intimidate someone, it means that you're the one who's intimidated." Bowe offered no apology to Donald and simply explained that he "had heard that he was talking trash, and I told him, 'if you say one more thing, I'm going to hit you'. He opened his mouth again, so I popped him."
     
  6. cross_trainer

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

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    Seems reasonable.

    I mean, he told Donald he wasn't allowed to speak, and Donald was maybe going to.

    I'm frankly shocked at Donald's possibly-attempted disobedience. Where does he come off?
     
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