Your views on Barry Boy Michael?

Funny CHB talking about Mundine again

 

Barry Michael is firmly up Anthony Mundine's arsehole and is allowed out to disgrace himself with the most unsatisfactory and unbelievably awful commentary you would ever be likely to here.

 

I just like bringing you out of your little hidey hole in the NRL section mate.

You don't think Barry's just a tad Mundinecentric like the rest of the world do Ash?

 

Hes a nuthugger for sure....I love his work :yep

 

Well funny I should mention it above then mate...

....but it did draw the predictable bite from you though - LOL.

 

Correct with the title mate, and yes it's a good watch.

Was at Festival Hall that night, and though I've been lucky to have seen some great sporting history first hand, it certainly rates right up there amongst the highlights.

 

Barry has done everything in the game. State, national, commonwealth and world titles. His Oz lightweight title reign is just a couple of months short of Vic Patricks record, yet Barry faught in a quieter period of Oz boxing. The arse end of TV Ringside left the game slipping, and many quality fighters never recieved the dues.

Had Barry Michael been fighting in the stadiums between 1910 and 1960, the place would have packed out at every showing. Tough, relentless, courageous, cunning and holding more than enough boxing smarts to play chicken with every imported lightweight this country has seen.

IMO, he's one of the top 5 most under rated fighters produced here.

As for Fenech, Barry would have torn him a new arsehole at Jnr Lightweight. Fenechs hands would have given in well before Barry's head felt any effects. FACT.

 

Didnt Fenech knock the fight back? i think he knew Barry was to tough for him so he just avoided it all together. Would have been an intresting fight to watch. I havent watched many of Barrys fights so i really cant comment on how i think he would go against other guys, i do enjoy his style of fighting and i think he missed his time. Not sure of the history surrounding it but i think he found it hard getting a title shot until lester finally caved in and accepted the challange. Bobby Sin would know more

 

To get a perspective on how good Micheal was you'd have to look at the numbers of fighters in Aussie boxing back in his day....there was probably couple of hundred in the lightweight divsion alone....I'll have to dig out my old fighter magazines to confirm this....but I don't think i'm far off.

 

I actually had the Carter fight a draw...Great effort from Barry and a great display of chin but 2 of the judges had the fight unbelievably wide.

Fenech would have broke both his hands on Barry's head but has beaten better fighters than Barry with damaged hands...Jeff is just a different class of fighter but it would have been a memorable fight.

 

barry should of been included in the underbelly yarn on tv. he was bashed mercilessly by a couple of the 'main actors' (who were later killed) because he beat lester.

i dont believe barry recovered from that beating, and was stopped by lockeridge in his next fight, i believe.

edit.

also, for all the **** i hang on barry about mundines nuts, i recon hes a great bloke, and one of our greatest ever fighters.