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[1Eriugenus]

Benn can’t make 147, and, truth be told, he will be owned at 154 or 160

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Right, I’m gonna be ****** & disagree with at least one boxer about boxing, which is dumb, but... to me, Teo is the only welterweight that can challenge Boots & I would pay one shedload of money to watch Teofimo Lopez v Jaron Ennis. I wouldn’t pay scratch to see Boots spark Barrios...

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Wow, AI has eviscerated that post! PM me if you want to know what I said!

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El***, 32 is no age for a SMW these days. You gotta understand, 32 was old when boxers fought a minimum 8 or 10 times a year. Back in the day, a 32 year old woulda had 70 or 80 fights &, yeah, he would be old. Also, I’m not going to get angry like I would if you used that ’N’ word,...

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You could make a strong case for Ken Buchanan being, at worst, Britain’s second best ever boxer. I kinda would argue that Lennox Lewis achieved more & that Prince Naseem had the most exceptional ability but, taken all in all, considering both ability & achievement, Ken Buchanan was, at...

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'He's a big mouthed punk. He disparaged every one of his opponents. Arrogant jerk’.

I find that surprising, if you think Taylor was a motormouth I don’t know what you’d think of Conor Benn or CEJ! I have a lot of respect for Taylor but some guys just are here for a good...

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Then there was Battling Siki, some day I’ll write a post on that Mofo.

[1Eriugenus]

I don’t think there is any need to rush Itauma.

I don’t think they rushed Mike Tyson because, necessarily, they wanted him to be the youngest ever HW champion. They made Tyson fight twice a month because Cus D’Amato knew that if Tyson wasn’t training or fighting...

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I think Boro’s comment is worrying & he isn’t the only person on here to say there is something wrong with Dubois. Brutally, using 1970s language, he isn’t the full shilling. Why does that matter? I love watching boxing but people get dead, get blind, get paraplegic for our amusement....

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'He doesn't have the durability, firepower, or stamina to compete among the top guys at 14 stone 7.’
In fairness, that would be 203ib which is above Cruiserweight &, an oddly specific weight around Cruiserweight, so, no he wouldn’t be remotely competitive v like, Chris Billam-Smith or...

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I’m really pleased Ekow is getting the big fight he deserves. He has been a great warrior for many years & the big fight has always eluded him. Conor Benn, unsurprisingly, ran from Ekow like a rabbit from a fox & while I wouldn’t exactly say Josh Kelly swerved the man, he wasn’t...

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OTOH, I agree with the comments, they don’t exactly sound like he is a hungry fighter. OTOH, Taylor is or has been v talented & he has been tight at the weight for about 4 years. He really should’ve moved up years ago. Either way, Ekow Essumann is the perfect opponent to see if Taylor...

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I’d love to make a film about Randolph Turpin but it would be slow, B&W & melancholic, for that was a sad life. The soundtrack would be swing jazz at the exciting beginning as he made his way up, but most of the film would be about his slow slide back down & the soundtrack would mostly...

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There is a book called Black Ajax about Tom Molyneaux, so you wouldn’t even have to write a screenplay, just adapt the book. The life of Molyneaux is so extraordinary, so almost deliberately EPIC, that it demands to be filmed. We’re talking about a man who fought to the death for manumission,...

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Sharp said he wanted Shakur & Tank. Well, if Sharp fights Shakur I want mandatory Herb, Hennesy & champagne for the crowd. I mean Moet, no Prosecco ****. As for Sharp v Tank, that will set some record for fewest punches thrown or landed til Tank gets even more fed up than the crowd & ends...