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Talk about a fighter getting the most out of himself. Did great for what he had and pretty much never in a boring fight. Warrior!

The Harding fights are epic.

 

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never seen pat barret fighter before wot a fighter he was how was he not a world champion > the 90s was a great time for me as i was just realy getting into the sport dos any one rember ojay abrahams lol espy his fight with geoff mccreesh

 

The beef between Ashley and Piper was hilarious.

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Nunn even on the coke proved to be too good. But Crawford had bizzare weight problems before this, also at short notice. Did well though. Memories, Memories.

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Ashley was a really hard puncher.underrated in that respect as far as the recent decades 175lbers go.

Barrett was one of the biggest wastes of talent of the same period, especially by Brit fighter standards.

 

And Sibbo fought him too, you gotta admit Tony tried for a World title.

 

You're right, Mand. Crawford was the favourite, but only on account of the Starie fight. He would've been beaten by someone less then Clinton Woods at that point and he was pretty done and ripe for the picking. He was also having problems outside the ring being a rasta.

Btw, Woods was massively weight drained against Starie, he was never a super middle and had no business there. They were ganna pull out but Woods being the warrior he is wouldn't have any of it.

Starie was a decent fighter as well. Had him edging Ottke.

Crawford wasn't managed right imo. He would rule the roost today and if the the likes of Nathan Clevery are picking up straps then Crawford would be a lock. He'd beat someone like Clevery quite comfortably imo.

 

What a bloke and true warrior Clinton was. Got the best out of his himself. Not the most talented but REAL honest pro.

I remember he broke or damaged his nose in about the second round against Crawford and he just grinded it out. You're right, Mand. I think it may have been on a Lennox undercard.

 

Any of the Welsh lads remember Floyd Havard? He had a colourful career. If anyone has his fight with John John Molina please post.

 

Slightly before my time, but my ole man saw him a lot. Any of the older lads remember Horace Notice?

I have a programme of one of his fights in the late 80s. It's very tidy. It's also got a young Michael Watson and a few other familiar names in there.

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Add Neville Brown to the pot. My most abiding memory of Neville is him knocking Shaun Cummings out with a jab in their grudge match. He was a good puncher who could maul like hell.

Interestingly the first time i noticed the "Bow and Arrow" flaw and it was on Neville Brown. A lot of our fighters seem to have that flaw nowadays.