Barry Mcguigan:Anyone see much of him or know much about him.

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

I have a little rumour here about Barry that fly abouty in the Irish gyms:

When Barry fought Cruise, the majority of Irish peopl (and particularily Northern Irish People,) invested in what they saw as a sure-thing for our Barry.
Now Barney Eastwood, Barrys manager just to happened to own something in the region of 70% of the bookmakers shops in NI. This created a conflict of interest. Barry wins=Barney still has a world champ.
Barry loses=Mr.Eastwood obtains a substantial amount ofmoney.
The story that is commonplace here (and is not denied!) is that during the fight (which took place in a climate we as Irish people would melt in!) Barry was given no water after round 1 on the orders of Mr.Eastwood.

The reason that Barry was inducted into the boxing hall of fame is not only because of his own boxing career it is the infleunce he had on hundreds of thousands of Irish people. Anybody who's bin about the past twenty years or so should be aware of the violent turbulence that occured in our little country. McGuigan helped ease that, he was the Catholics, the protestants, the republicans and the loyalist poster boy. He was non comittal to either side, having his dad sing Danny Boy, rather Amhran na bhFhiann or God save the Queen Nobody was a touch of class.No1 had ever transcended religions the way Barry McGuigan had. He endorsed the sport, he was is and always will be adored by the Irish and indeed the British.

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I was hoping to get there first with that one lol.. he also married a protestant woman if im right or catholic...well the opposite of his religion to ease tentions between the two..

But boxers dont get inducted into the HOF just because of there skills Barry 100% deserves his place there..

Barry killed a fighter in the ring as well didint he...cant remember who the hell it was though.

See thats a clever little detail there. It was never announced or published what religion Barry is ;)
For the record i believe he's a Roman Catholic and yes he did marry a lady of a differnt religion to the best of my Knowledge.

Boxers name was young ali.

Well Hitmandonny im not sure if i believe that story or not but i just think McGuigan didn't climatize himself and payed the price in the end because he thought Cruz would be a tune up fight for his big showdown with Azumah Nelson.

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

I have a little rumour here about Barry that fly abouty in the Irish gyms:

When Barry fought Cruise, the majority of Irish peopl (and particularily Northern Irish People,) invested in what they saw as a sure-thing for our Barry.
Now Barney Eastwood, Barrys manager just to happened to own something in the region of 70% of the bookmakers shops in NI. This created a conflict of interest. Barry wins=Barney still has a world champ.
Barry loses=Mr.Eastwood obtains a substantial amount ofmoney.
The story that is commonplace here (and is not denied!) is that during the fight (which took place in a climate we as Irish people would melt in!) Barry was given no water after round 1 on the orders of Mr.Eastwood.

The reason that Barry was inducted into the boxing hall of fame is not only because of his own boxing career it is the infleunce he had on hundreds of thousands of Irish people. Anybody who's bin about the past twenty years or so should be aware of the violent turbulence that occured in our little country. McGuigan helped ease that, he was the Catholics, the protestants, the republicans and the loyalist poster boy. He was non comittal to either side, having his dad sing Danny Boy, rather Amhran na bhFhiann or God save the Queen Nobody was a touch of class.No1 had ever transcended religions the way Barry McGuigan had. He endorsed the sport, he was is and always will be adored by the Irish and indeed the British.

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Great post

Read a book and from the Cruz fight he had a swollen ankle and could not train in the last week of the fight. He said the climate was so hot that a walk outside made him sweat anyway.

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Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Well Hitmandonny im not sure if i believe that story or not but i just think McGuigan didn't climatize himself and payed the price in the end because he thought Cruz would be a tune up fight for his big showdown with Azumah Nelson.

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Cruise was only a substitute that night, McGuigan had trained all wrong if u ask me, my Dad was at the trainin camp saw him take ice baths to recover, training for that heat and using Ice ???
My Dad sees that story as gospel, im a bit sceptical but to be honest im starting to believe it the more trainers i hear it from.
Barry is a hero, really is.

Barry at his best, was a terrific fighter make no mistake people forget.

Thanks for the comments people,he seems to be as good as I thought he was.