British fighters have TRUE GRIT!

Actually, I am a bit partial to Brit fighters. They always come to fight and, except for Danny, always seem to be fit and ready. I have felt this way ever since Alan Minter beat Sugar Ray Seales and I lost a bundle of $$$. From that point on, I was always weary and leery about Brits in the ring. "Ragmuffin" proved this caution to be correct. Billy Schwer and Brian Hughes are personal friends as well. Call me unique but props to British fighters. Even Dave Boy Green demonstrated true grit..and that's the quality I think is evident here. TRUE GRIT! ;) ;) ;D ;D :)

By our very Nature we are a Hard Nation 8)

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By our very Nature we are a Hard Nation 8)

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Yep we have the best hooligans in the world for sure

How Benn and Eubank got through some of their fights I'll never know..


In Benn-Eubank 1, Eubank suffered a split in his tongue almost an inch long and swallowed pints of blood during the fight, had his gut wrenched during the fight, and absorbed knockout punches to the chin and head from the most explosive puncher in the business. He found himself in a hospital bed, doubled up in pain with stitched tongue, punctured gut, dislocated jaw and terribly bruised ribs. There were also traces of blood in his urine for about a week.

Benn didn't have it quite so bad that night (despite the pain of losing), but had to just 3 hours and 15 mins to lose six and a half pounds before the weigh-in, he was doing shadow boxing in a steam room with two jumpers on and two coats and three pairs of jeans and couldn't even eat after weighing in (which was the day of the fight) because he was so fatigued, and his left eye was completely closed after the fight and the actual white of the eye was still bruised and red going into the new year (and he could never see as well out of that eye again).


In Eubank-Watson II, Eubank took a horrific one-sided beatdown from a man he claims had "superhuman strength and abnormal stamina" on the night, Watson had got himself hypnotised and really did look unbeatable that night, putting everything into every punch and keeping up the pace of a lightweight, Eubank had to be wheeled out of the arena in a wheelchair and couldn't speak - it took him over a month to recover.


But those are nothing to compare to the state Nigel Benn was in after the McClellan fight.

People don't realise that Benn himself collapsed on the way back to the locker room through exhaustion, then stayed in hospital with fractures to ribs, hands, nose and jaw, urinated blood for days, and had an x-ray that showed a shadow on the brain. He had to be lifted into baths for a while. He was fucked.

All the above fights were seriously Brutal affairs ;)

DELIGHTFUL, BLOKES!

Barry McGuigan was a hard barsted.

it should be called awesome britain ;D enough of this great buisness

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Mcguigan was a great fighter and a great champ then he had to fight a desert rat in a desert,mid afternoon in 110 degrees temperatures with the worlds palest skin and NO sun block ::**

Respect Ted for reminding us about "Ragamuffin" In my opinion the best performance by a British boxer abroad when beating Don "Cobra" Curry :bowdown:

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Mcguigan was a great fighter and a great champ then he had to fight a desert rat in a desert,mid afternoon in 110 degrees temperatures with the worlds palest skin and NO sun block ::**

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That fight had my mum in tears, Mcguigan seemed indestrucable in those days, and he still made a really good go of it. A paddy fighting in the middle of a desert, thats big bollocks.

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Respect Ted for reminding us about "Ragamuffin" In my opinion the best performance by a British boxer abroad when beating Don "Cobra" Curry :bowdown:

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Thanks, mate!

Fook the hyphens and fook all politically correct rump swabs! As for Africans, you do have to be careful in distinguishing each country. For example, Ghana fighters may refelct a different style than South Africans. Nigerians may be different from those hailing from Guyana. In my opinion, most fighters from the African continent fight like Ike Quartey, Joshua Clottey, Kaseem Ouma, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, Ben Takcie, Brian Mitchell, or Auzumha Nelson in varying degrees. They tend to stick to you like glue and maintain a high punch volume. This has always been my observation. They also tend to avoid the brawls in which other fighters engage. They tend to fight smart. IMO Kid Akeem was my favorite but he did engage in brutal brawls..and arguably it cost him his life.

I posted this on another site.

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Fook the hyphens and fook all politically correct rump swabs! As for Africans, you do have to be careful in distinguishing each country. For example, Ghana fighters may refelct a different style than South Africans. Nigerians may be different from those hailing from Guyana. In my opinion, most fighters from the African continent fight like Ike Quartey, Joshua Clottey, Kaseem Ouma, Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala, Ben Takcie, Brian Mitchell, or Auzumha Nelson in varying degrees. They tend to stick to you like glue and maintain a high punch volume. This has always been my observation. They also tend to avoid the brawls in which other fighters engage. They tend to fight smart. IMO Kid Akeem was my favorite but he did engage in brutal brawls..and arguably it cost him his life.

I posted this on another site.

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I fucking love African fighters ! they are hard nosed tough SOB's all those you mentioned were fantastic fighters. who love to come at you and keep the pressure on . true grit for sure ! :coolclick: enjoyed the reads ! O0

Was Frank Bruno showing True Grit when he made the sign of the cross about 300 times during the introductions of the Tyson fight, praying to some god that he wouldn't get KTFO. :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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Was Frank Bruno showing True Grit when he made the sign of the cross about 300 times during the introductions of the Tyson fight, praying to some god that he wouldn't get KTFO. :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

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He was scared shitless but he still had a bloody good go ;)

second time round he was scared shitless yeah. but only cos he got battared in the first fight so he was probably undrestandably a bit scared. in the first fight he was staring tyson down in the centre of the ring and everything and even wobbled mike.

know its a domestic fight and some of the lads overseas might not have seen it but Moore and Macklin deserve honourable mentions when talking about grit.

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know its a domestic fight and some of the lads overseas might not have seen it but Moore and Macklin deserve honourable mentions when talking about grit.

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motorcitycobra good shout. awesome fight and they both battared each other. any fight fans who havent seen that fight really need to give it a look.

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know its a domestic fight and some of the lads overseas might not have seen it but Moore and Macklin deserve honourable mentions when talking about grit.

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motorcitycobra good shout. awesome fight and they both battared each other. any fight fans who havent seen that fight really need to give it a look.

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i want to see it but cant find any footage of it sadly

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know its a domestic fight and some of the lads overseas might not have seen it but Moore and Macklin deserve honourable mentions when talking about grit.

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Incredible fight 8)
Highlights
[youtube=425,350]9K4MPqRA9ww[/youtube]

Round 9 in full
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Nice one smash, tried posting the footage my self but haven't got the foggyest how to do it.

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know its a domestic fight and some of the lads overseas might not have seen it but Moore and Macklin deserve honourable mentions when talking about grit.

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Incredible fight 8)
Highlights


Round 9 in full

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nice work smash enjoyed that ! CC # 476 O0

You can see me on the telly at Moore v Macklin. I though Matthew was fucking dead, horrible feeling after the fight, Moore was pure class not celebrating afterwards.

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You can see me on the telly at Moore v Macklin. I though Matthew was F****** dead, horrible feeling after the fight, Moore was pure class not celebrating afterwards.

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Yeah I watched this whole fight a week or so after it happened and thought the same thing. It really gives me a bad feeling when a fighter is jumping about cheering after Koing a guy who may not recover fast.. Moore made me a fan.

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You can see me on the telly at Moore v Macklin. I though Matthew was F****** dead, horrible feeling after the fight, Moore was pure class not celebrating afterwards.

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Yeah it was really brutal, I remember seeing Hatton there in tears, it was a brutal brutal fight for sure.

Thanks, Smashup. That's what I'm talking about!

[youtube=425,350]diavC8NzEBs[/youtube]

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[youtube=425,350]diavC8NzEBs[/youtube]

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CC! Brought back a few memories from that fight.

Ya Ricky Hatton said he was going to come to Vegas and really show what a hard core British fighter looks like.
Win over all the American fans he said.
create a huge stir he said.
witness something special he said
Im sure there will be sparks flying he said

I think the fans are in for a treat he said

The US fans love to see a good 'ol scrap he said
I hope to win them over he said
The fight will be a war like Hagler Hearns he said

Like McGuigan, and Bruno before him.....Hatton sucked. Bigtime.
If this is the best that Britain has to offer....stay home....better yet, we'll send you John Ruiz to REALLY get you all excited!

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Ya Ricky Hatton said he was going to come to Vegas and really show what a hard core British fighter looks like.
Win over all the American fans he said.
create a huge stir he said.
witness something special he said
Im sure there will be sparks flying he said

I think the fans are in for a treat he said

The US fans love to see a good 'ol scrap he said
I hope to win them over he said
The fight will be a war like Hagler Hearns he said

Like McGuigan, and Bruno before him.....Hatton sucked. Bigtime.
If this is the best that Britain has to offer....stay home....better yet, we'll send you John Ruiz to REALLY get you all excited!

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landmine stop hating on uk he is facing castillo and if he wins that surely he will get your credit uk has had many great fighters usa has more but usa is like 100000 times bigger i think uk boxing is doing just fine at moment i mean we had lewis who was best hw of last decade

nigel benn
chris eubank just to name few others

I think Polish fighters show true grit.
Long live Andrew Golota!

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Ya Ricky Hatton said he was going to come to Vegas and really show what a hard core British fighter looks like.
Win over all the American fans he said.
create a huge stir he said.
witness something special he said
Im sure there will be sparks flying he said

I think the fans are in for a treat he said

The US fans love to see a good 'ol scrap he said
I hope to win them over he said
The fight will be a war like Hagler Hearns he said

Like McGuigan, and Bruno before him.....Hatton sucked. Bigtime.
If this is the best that Britain has to offer....stay home....better yet, we'll send you John Ruiz to REALLY get you all excited!

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Ricky Hatton is a great watch, a terrific little fighter , and a super cool guy outside the ring. He does the UK proud . Ricky’s opponent was in a crab shell . a tight little brick house fucker... Hell Ricky was dominating and very exciting early on , then Ricky caught one to the body and had some trouble from that, yet he still find a way to keep winning the rounds. ! And returned the favor the very next round punishing Urango ,, Urango went back into his shell after that. A fantastic fighter Ricky Hatton make no mistake !. O0

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Ya Ricky Hatton said he was going to come to Vegas and really show what a hard core British fighter looks like.
Win over all the American fans he said.
create a huge stir he said.
witness something special he said
Im sure there will be sparks flying he said

I think the fans are in for a treat he said

The US fans love to see a good 'ol scrap he said
I hope to win them over he said
The fight will be a war like Hagler Hearns he said

Like McGuigan, and Bruno before him.....Hatton sucked. Bigtime.
If this is the best that Britain has to offer....stay home....better yet, we'll send you John Ruiz to REALLY get you all excited!

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landmine stop hating on uk he is facing castillo and if he wins that surely he will get your credit uk has had many great fighters usa has more but usa is like 100000 times bigger i think uk boxing is doing just fine at moment i mean we had lewis who was best hw of last decade

nigel benn
chris eubank just to name few others

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LOL im not really hating Brit. I was just pissed at a brit who dissed me re Lennox Lewis, who by the way.....learned to fight,trained, appeared in the Olympics twice....for CANADA,

And was born then lived in East London until he was 9 ;)

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And was born then lived in East London until he was 9 ;)

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i believe that was before he learned, trained, and fought for Canda ::**

Its a scientific fact that true grit is instilled in a person in the first nine years of their life. The process is accelerated by living in England. Fact.

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Its a scientific fact that true grit is instilled in a person in the first nine years of their life. The process is accelerated by living in England. Fact.

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Only because one has to build up an immunity to the food ;D

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...c,43162.0.html ;)

Smashup, thanks for the great Youtube which punctuates my point more than I ever could. ;D