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I can't help getting the feeling Fenech saw "Balboa" a few to many times at the movies?? ;D Anyway, that's for the RBR... My friend who was taking me sold the tickets to someone at his work.. I was so pissed, I took a change of clothes to work and was expecting him to pick me up to go straight to the fight :(
Least they actually went at it and didn't make an embarrassment of a fight... Shame Nelson couldn't have won again.. Poor Fenech would have to go at it again in another 5 years
I don't think he let him win because he sure landed some heavy body shots on Fenech, it was a one off fight or at least i hope it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by No Contest
Both fighters threw some haymakers in there but after a decade out of the ring and at their age i thought they did pretty well. Nelson is 50 this year so it was a great effort by him to go the 10 rounds.
Fenech may have fought the last couple of rounds with a broken rib. Would explain all the dancing around....
Don't be sad for the fighters. Fenech was said to donate his share of the takings (Approx $1M) to charity. Not sure what Nelson was doing with his but given the smile on his face at the end of the fight I suspect he's got his own plans for his share.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
I dont mind fights like this, you cannot deny a man earning a living, as long as the fighters are whithin a few years of each other, the action may be slower but a great fighter is great because of his drive.
No matter how old a fighter gets he will still have the drive, against someone his own age at least.
Wasnt Larry Holmes 55 when he beat Butterbean over 10 rounds a few years ago?