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Audley harrison is a prime example recently who has talked himself into a massive fight
is there any other boxers who's mouth has got them further than their tallent
pauli mallinagi?
are there any boxers whos carear suffered because they had the tallent but not the charisma in front of the cameras?
Carl Thompson?
[QUOTE=erics44;914525]Audley harrison is a prime example recently who has talked himself into a massive fight
is there any other boxers who's mouth has got them further than their tallent
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Haye got himself offers from both Klitschkos but he was too shiit scared to take them and now hes being made to look a fool by Harrison. Oh and his sparring partners.;D
Ai against Liston
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Originally Posted by Master
David Haye's mouth basically got him his heavyweight world title shot or shots including Wlad fight that fell through with a few week to go.
Ricardo Mayorga in pretty much every fight he ever had
Mallinagi has skills, he just has the lowest punch power possible, so just gets beat up eventually.
Haye talked his way into the shot with the beast Valuev too.
Chisora hasn't done bad. ;)
Hatton managed it, definatley to get the Pac.
Naz did it a lot.
.............All got found out in the end.
Pacquiao againts Barrera I
Tarver againts RJJ
Telling your father to shut up is a great way to talk yourself into a fight.
But aside from the best known Ali vs Liston
I say there is a greater example
Jack Johnson against Tommy Burns. Johnson had talked it all up even back when Jim Jeffries was champion was challenging him the same way.
Jack Johnson basically talked his way to a world heavyweight title match and became the first black person to win it.
you could say that about every fighter in the world thats ever beenQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
with a few exceptions mind, rocky, joe, floyd, probly 1 or 2 others
You can say it more about the ones that talked better than they boxed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44you could say that about every fighter in the world thats ever beenQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
with a few exceptions mind, rocky, joe, floyd, probly 1 or 2 others
yeah but you cant exactly say hammed and hatton didnt back up their wordsQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0You can say it more about the ones that talked better than they boxed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44you could say that about every fighter in the world thats ever beenQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
with a few exceptions mind, rocky, joe, floyd, probly 1 or 2 others
ok hatton lost to mayweather and pac, is that really getting found out? how many boxers go into fights saying ill probly loose this one?
This is surely the best example, Johnson chased Burns around the world until he agreed to fight him. Without putting such pressure on Burns to fight him he would never have been given the opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majesty
I'd agree with that, Hatton talked up his fights with Mayweather and Pac, but I wouldn't say he was found out, there's no shame losing to the best 2 fighters on the planet.Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44yeah but you cant exactly say hammed and hatton didnt back up their wordsQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0You can say it more about the ones that talked better than they boxed ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by erics44you could say that about every fighter in the world thats ever beenQuote:
Originally Posted by 0james0
with a few exceptions mind, rocky, joe, floyd, probly 1 or 2 others
ok hatton lost to mayweather and pac, is that really getting found out? how many boxers go into fights saying ill probly loose this one?
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Originally Posted by Cressa121
Yeah, the end result on papaer against Mayweather wasnt good but he did put Mayweather under more pressure that anyone else has managed to do.
Agreed he chased him all the way to Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cressa121This is surely the best example, Johnson chased Burns around the world until he agreed to fight him. Without putting such pressure on Burns to fight him he would never have been given the opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majesty
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Originally Posted by rossQuote:
Originally Posted by Cressa121
Yeah, the end result on papaer against Mayweather wasnt good but he did put Mayweather under more pressure that anyone else has managed to do.
Haha on paper the end result wasnt good? It wasnt good on paper, plastic, or any other way you bag it.
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Originally Posted by Cressa121
Yeah, the end result on papaer against Mayweather wasnt good but he did put Mayweather under more pressure that anyone else has managed to do.
the ref didnt help either did he?
i aint saying he would have won, i would have liked to see a more lenient ref tho