who are the three best boxers from your country at present?

To Mr Magic...

Nice one! Thanks for that mate! Very interesting. I'll look into those names that I hadn't heard of.

Thanks again!

 

oh right, my mistake, sorry

 

No problem mate :good

I would suggest looking into the Sondergaard vs. Baldomir fight, it was actually quite a fight.:smoke

 

USA
1.Dawson
2.Hopkins
3.Paul Williams

 

Stop being so daft, mate.

 

Listen, if you want to describe yourself as Scottish, Welsh, etc. That is perfectly fine with me, I don't care either way. Buy why you think you can dictate to me on how I describe my national identity, I just don't know. My passport is British, my mother is Northern Irish, I was born and raised in England, I consider myself British above all else, and despite your ridiculous claims, there are plenty of people in Northern Ireland and Scotland who consider themselves British as well. Apparently according to you and your little friend, being British means you are "stupid" and "Ignorant" and "Unpatriotic" - Do you know how juvenille this makes you sound? Personally, I don't stick my nose in other people's buissness, and I prefer to build things up and work together and be friendly and united, rather than tearing things down and constantly going on about the supposed differences that mean we can't actually get along. Its immature, bull**** and you're a fool for buying into it.

 

Will do but I have a feeling I watched that. Did Sondergaard win on points? This was about 12 years ago?

I'll have a look on YT for it though.

Cheers.

 

Would love him to go round certain areas in Glasgow or Ulster and tell them they shouldn't consider themselves British!


EDIT: Just thought about the old Irish folk who still consider themselves British and proud of it! Which is mad as ****, I know but true none the less.

I think these old guys were around before the Easter Rising though, so possibly all dead now. I wonder if any Irish man, living in Ireland would call himself British today? I doubt it very, very much! At least admitting it to anyone's face anyway!

 

There have been you are correct but hence I tread careful and I try to pick Nigerians rather than Anglo-Nigerians.

When I look at the Eastern or old Soviet block current heavyweight domination it makes me really miss Ike Ibeabuchi as he would have known how to deal with the Klitscko's and the like.

 

I think Latif and his friend should go to Afghanistan and tell the British soldiers there that they aren't really British. That they are all "ignorant" and "unpatriotic" and are fighting for a country that, according to him, doesn't exsist. What a fool.

 

I love Herbie Hide but I think his career was mishandled he could have been an ATG at Light heavyweight and Cruiserweight.

 

I don't know why you put those quotes on because they make no point whatsoever. Do you see me going around Wales telling the people there that they should consider themselves British? No. That would be "sticking my nose into someelse's buissness". Saying that a small country like Wales...is small....is not "sticking my nose into someone else's buissness". I think you should quit, you've made a big enough fool of yourself.

And if you don't give a ****, why did you decide to attack me for saying I'm British? Labelling me "ignorant" and "unpatriotic" and as someone who "doesn't understand history". You are a complete ****wit, mate.

 

There is a lot of raw talent in Nigeria with the right grounding and development they would be real movers in world boxing

 

Right, sound, I'm sure we are all extremely grateful to you.

So, can we drop it now, eh?

 

Fancy sharing some names, mate?

Do many still come to the UK and Europe to get big, or is there a good boxing centre in Nigeria nowadays?

If a noticably good talent came through in, say, Lagos for example, would it be hard for him to become pro and have a chance of fighting some big names? Would he have to move out of Nigeria for that?

Please excuse my ignorance. I know little about Nigerian boxing but I do know many countries in Africa do not get the same oppotunities as us which is extremely unfair.

I often wonder if the next Maradonna or Ali is in the gym now in a shanty town of Kingston, Jamaica or the favelas of Brazil but will never get the opportunities a weaker athlete in the UK or America is allowed and that breaks my heart. What amazing talent we might have been denied.


EDIT: Also Olu, if you have any idea or can find out for me please... what is the average hight of a Nigerian male? All the Nigerians I have met (there is a reasonably sized Nigerian community where I am from) seem huge! I'm 6ft 2 and I don't think I have met a Nigerian who is smaller than me, most seem bigger and have much stronger builds. Is that typical?