My disgust at tonights Aussie H/W title fight

Tonights fight features big Bob Mirovic, 50 fights 29 wins 20 by KO. He's fought Valuev, Botha, Danny Williams, Nathan Briggs, Kali Meehan and some good Aussie h/w's. He's the current Aus champ. He faces John Hopoate a former rugby league player who has 11 fights 9 wins by KO and 2 losses 1 by KO. He's fought nobody. The things that bother me about this fight:

1. Hopoate was banned from league for among other things sticking his fingers up the ass of tackled players on a regular basis and banned for a career ending amount........
2. He's fought no-one and is getting a title shot.
3. Bob is 42 or so and even tho he's the champ..... see next
4. It's on PPV here. FFS you couldn't pay me to watch hopoate and WTF?? Why must we pay extra on top of what we pay for fox already to watch this farce?

It should be on some community access TV or something, thats all it's worth. I hope Hopoate gets smashed and I hope this is not the future of boxing in Aus.................

Welcome to our world ;D

He's been at it since he was a nipper ;D

This is the second day on he trot that ive wandered

"Where the fuck did they get that picture/quote from and what did they search"

:-X:(:confused:

The former rugby star knocked him out;D
Hopoate new Australian heavyweight champion - Sport - smh.com.au

Hope he never tried his old tricks because with a glove on thats really gonna do some damage:-X

Apparently it was a body shot...... But not low. Well that's it i'm now singing up to the synchronized swimming forum. Bloody hell Hopoate won. Shit - well at least his reign as champ wont last long. :mad:

I see he got docked a point for an attempted head butt, but no warnings for fistings so maybe his behaviour has improved.

I'm curious to see this guy, any man brave enough to stick his finger up another rugby players ass has got to have some kahoonas.

haha I wasn't sure whether to believe you that he really stuck his finger up other players asses so I googled him.

On Wikipedia it says

'During a 2001 clash with the North Queensland Cowboys, Hopoate, in an attempt to unsettle several of his opponents, inserted his fingers in three players' anuses, the first occurring during the seventh minute of play. At the conclusion of the match the matter was immediately referred to the rugby league judiciary where a case was put forward from both sides on March 28.

At a board meeting he tried to claim he was simply giving them a wedgie but this is what one of the victims said

The three victims in the case, Cowboys players Glenn Morrison, Peter JonesPaul Bowman all disagreed with the reasoning put forward by Hopoate and his team with Jones stating "It wasn't a wedgie. That's when your pants are pulled up your arse. I think I know the difference between a wedgie and someone sticking their finger up my bum"[5] and Bowman saying that he was "disgusted" and "couldn't believe it"[6].

hahaha that is hilarious ;D

I even found a picture

http://www.mattcleary.com/hoppa.jpg



Apparently he was even doing this as a child :-X

http://www.orsm.net/thumbs/hopoate.jpg

He sure is the "Bad boy" character - AND apparently the fight was a good one. Shows my sense of Judgement. Still don't think we should hav to pay for domestic fights though. It's ruining boxing.

Apparently Mirovic sustained a fractured forearm and Hopoate a broken right hand. From all accounts it was actually a great fight. O well, should have spent the dough. Did not expect it but there you go the best surprises are the ones you don't expect i guess. Did any other Aussies see it, or record it?