Skelton didn't show up at press conference...but he did for public workout...
Today's press conference in Dusseldorf, was a "one-man show" by WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev after his opponent Matt Skelton was a no-show. Skelton decided to remain a few extra days in his hometown of Bedford, England, and will arrive Wednesday. The unbeaten Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs) will make the first defense of his world title on Saturday at the popular Burg-Wächter Castello fight venue.
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Didn't he also do this for his last fight?? ???
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Didn't he also do this for his last fight?? ???
I don't know...maybe some of the Brit members can answer this...
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no,his last fight woz against Michael Sprott in England so there woznt any issue of acclimatising etc,this is a bit different but then Germany is only an hour or so behind England so i dnt think it matters much
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No press conference required for Skelton. He just needs to concentrate on landing that one punch....because he aint getting a decision in germany....not with his style.
I'd love it if he won. He's a great guy and a credit to the sport seen as though he didn't turn pro until he was 34.
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Ive found going to Germany early not a good thing they mess you about
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Ive found going to Germany early not a good thing they mess you about
What are you talking about... ???
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There are certain promoters who make life difficult for their fighters opponents while they are in town, like where they stay, their travel food, whatever they can to unsettle the opponent
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Originally Posted by ross
There are certain promoters who make life difficult for their fighters opponents while they are in town, like where they stay, their travel food, whatever they can to unsettle the opponent
Thats not true...in Germany we deal the following with foreign boxers... :
At the fight a sniper sits in the audience and if the foreign boxer gets too far ahead on the score cards,
the sniper shoots a tranquilizer dart in the neck of the target boxer during the in between rnd,when
nobody looks... ::**
Get the f@#k over your ridicules prejudices people...This ain't Columbia,but Germany... ;)
If its actually true what you say then the same goes for th US or UK...I don't even deny
that there have been bad decisions in Germany,but I still say not more than anywhere else...
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Johnny, Ive taken Fighters over there and found thats the case sorry. In fact theres a few funny stories.
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Originally Posted by ross
There are certain promoters who make life difficult for their fighters opponents while they are in town, like where they stay, their travel food, whatever they can to unsettle the opponent
Thats not true...in Germany we deal the following with foreign boxers... :
At the fight a sniper sits in the audience and if the foreign boxer gets too far ahead on the score cards,
the sniper shoots a tranquilizer dart in the neck of the target boxer during the in between rnd,when
nobody looks... ::**
Get the f@#k over your ridicules prejudices people...This ain't Columbia,but Germany... ;)
If its actually true what you say then the same goes for th US or UK...I don't even deny
that there have been bad decisions in Germany,but I still say not more than anywhere else...
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Didn't Sven Ottke fight in Germany?
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..the fight is the only thing he needs to make sure he shows up for.
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Hes leaving tommorow for germany, thats why he missed it ...
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Johnny, Ive taken Fighters over there and found thats the case sorry. In fact theres a few funny stories.
Well...like I said even if...are you telling me that wherever you are from that would never happen,
cause you make it sound like that is a german problem and the normal procedure there,which
I don't believe...
But I'm all open for your stories especially if they are funny... :)
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Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss
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Originally Posted by ross
There are certain promoters who make life difficult for their fighters opponents while they are in town, like where they stay, their travel food, whatever they can to unsettle the opponent
Thats not true...in Germany we deal the following with foreign boxers... :
At the fight a sniper sits in the audience and if the foreign boxer gets too far ahead on the score cards,
the sniper shoots a tranquilizer dart in the neck of the target boxer during the in between rnd,when
nobody looks... ::**
Get the f@#k over your ridicules prejudices people...This ain't Columbia,but Germany... ;)
If its actually true what you say then the same goes for th US or UK...I don't even deny
that there have been bad decisions in Germany,but I still say not more than anywhere else...
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Didn't Sven Ottke fight in Germany?
Yeah...but in Ottkes case it worked differently: His opponents weren't drugged,but I fell asleep
before his fights ended... ;)
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listen pal there has been countless robberies in Germany.. Ottke was a complete joke
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listen pal there has been countless robberies in Germany.. Ottke was a complete joke
Like I said before and before that and before that and so and on and on...
OF COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN BAD DECISIONS IN GERMANY,BUT NOT MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE...
And if there were countless robberies maybe you elaborate some...I even take some out of your
hands and state them myself... Ottke vs Reid, Valuev vs Donald and the rest I leave to you... ;)
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Just posted a story it didnt connect tell you tommorrow, F****ng site
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Just posted a story it didnt connect tell you tommorrow, F****ng site
No problem I wait... have a :coolclick: ...
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Originally Posted by JohnnyKickAss
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Originally Posted by ross
There are certain promoters who make life difficult for their fighters opponents while they are in town, like where they stay, their travel food, whatever they can to unsettle the opponent
Thats not true...in Germany we deal the following with foreign boxers... :
At the fight a sniper sits in the audience and if the foreign boxer gets too far ahead on the score cards,
the sniper shoots a tranquilizer dart in the neck of the target boxer during the in between rnd,when
nobody looks... ::**
Get the f@#k over your ridicules prejudices people...This ain't Columbia,but Germany... ;)
If its actually true what you say then the same goes for th US or UK...
I don't even deny
that there have been bad decisions in Germany,but I still say not more than anywhere else...
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I'd say Germany is worse than Vegas....and thats saying something.
I'm not being prejudice and i'm not taking a swipe at our German friends....i'm just saying the judging is very partisan imo. Just an opinion as well.
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Just a case in point its never happened anywhere else in my traels. Took one off my boys to Hamburg to Spar with Gomez 92 or 93 nobody met us as arranged so we took a cab to the gym, where we were met slept in the rooms attached to the gym ok. Next morning we were woke up at 8am and told we were sparring in 10 minutes and to get amove on. My kid said I havent woke up yet, dont care was the reply your here to Spar. Got in the ring and Gomez tried to spark the Kid, it wasnt happening, 2nd round Gomez in on his arse hurt, all of a sudden everybody could speak English. My kid said not to worry he would carry him and they did 4 more rds nicely. After they were all apologies.12 o/clock was the sparring after that with the kid in 2nd gear and he got an extra 1000 d/ marks. But if it had worked out how they planned it would have been a hard week, luckily we had done are homework and the kid was better than they thought.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Just a case in point its never happened anywhere else in my traels. Took one off my boys to Hamburg to Spar with Gomez 92 or 93 nobody met us as arranged so we took a cab to the gym, where we were met slept in the rooms attached to the gym ok. Next morning we were woke up at 8am and told we were sparring in 10 minutes and to get amove on. My kid said I havent woke up yet, dont care was the reply your here to Spar. Got in the ring and Gomez tried to spark the Kid, it wasnt happening, 2nd round Gomez in on his a*** hurt, all of a sudden everybody could speak English. My kid said not to worry he would carry him and they did 4 more rds nicely. After they were all apologies.12 o/clock was the sparring after that with the kid in 2nd gear and he got an extra 1000 d/ marks. But if it had worked out how they planned it would have been a hard week, luckily we had done are homework and the kid was better than they thought.
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Originally Posted by Scrap
Johnny, Ive taken Fighters over there and found thats the case sorry. In fact theres a few funny stories.
Nice story...though you have to work on the funny stuff...
And this doesn't really sound like a bad experience...First of all it was only sparring I mean what do
you gain if you beat your sparring partner ? Secondly they did apologize and thirdly your man got an
extra 1000 bucks...
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Originally Posted by gudnite vienna
listen pal there has been countless robberies in Germany.. Ottke was a complete joke
Like I said before and before that and before that and so and on and on...
OF COURSE THERE HAVE BEEN BAD DECISIONS IN GERMANY,BUT NOT MORE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE...
And if there were countless robberies maybe you elaborate some...I even take some out of your
hands and state them myself... Ottke vs Reid, Valuev vs Donald and the rest I leave to you... ;)
No answer yet...Come on man you said countless... ::**
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A big crowd of fight fans at the Kaufhof Galeria in Düsseldorf had an opportunity to see a public workout by WBA world heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (23-0-1, 17 KOs). After missing Monday's press conference, challenger Matt Skelton (21-1, 18 KOs) finally made it into town and also demonstrated some of his well-known punching power to onlookers. Chagaev makes his first world title defense against Skelton on Saturday night's big "Universum Champions Night" card at the Burg-Wächter Castello. Also showing their skills were WBA Intercontinental champion Taras Bidenko (24-2, 12 KOs) and his opponent Cisse Salif (22-8-2, 20 KOs), plus unbeaten heavyweight Egon Roth (18-0, 13 KOs) and trainers Michael Timm and Kevin Sanders.
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