That Bum. I think his name is Duddy

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I'll fill in that blank______for you.....Manfredo is a bum

Just kidding Pride{well, not really, but you know}

You're not kidding at all ya bastard

[Kirkland Laing]

To Kirkland Laing and the Boxer, you say would he be as famous if he was Mexican? I say yes his name would be JCC jr. theres a overhyped kid that has a huge fanbase has fought more fights than Duddy and lesser oppositon. He fights on freaking PPV every fight for Christ's sake, so your telling me that his fans are justified and Duddy's are not? Your the one that brought up his race dont try to turn it around on me because I called you out my brother you brought it up.

No, what I'm saying is that both are limited boxers taking advantage of non-boxing-related attributes they have (Irish in NY, famous dad etc.) to do infinitely better with their boxing careers than they would have done had they been , let's say, Canadian-Tunisian. The Canadian-Tunisian guy Duddy was fighting was far more exciting to watch than Duddy was, landed far more pwer punches and battered the man, but Bob Arum wouldn't ever invest a dollar promoting him because he's got no potential fanbase. Duddy is a good-looking charismatic Irishman who can box well enough to beat opponent-type fighters so he's a potential gold mine in Irish-friendly NY. That's why Duddy is where he is now and the guy that actually won the fight on Saturday is one of dozens of guys who have to go their whole career and maybe not get a chance like a Duddy fight. (And even if they win they get robbed.)

[leftylee]

How come that Canadian-Tunisian can't sell thousands of tickets in NY then? He was far more exciting than Duddy in that fight and we'll probably never hear of him again.

LOL Kirkland your sig is brilliant, I remember that pic in the local paper in Liverpool, bunch of fat bastards the rooneys

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

LOL Kirkland your sig is brilliant, I remember that pic in the local paper in Liverpool, bunch of fat bastards the rooneys

I don't get it... What does the sig mean? Is it some English joke I don't get?

[leftylee]

I don't get it... What does the sig mean? Is it some English joke I don't get?

It's Wayne Rooney and his fat mom and Dad, even in Boston you must have heard of Wayne Rooney anyways the world's most expensive teenager in football who played for Everton before Man Utd and that was a pic taken in the local paper of just how the fat runs in the family

[Kirkland Laing]

I like the way they're all doing the same troglodyte motion with their arms when they're walking. Plus with them coming out of the sea it's like an evolutionary flashback photograph.

[leftylee]

I like the way they're all doing the same troglodyte motion with their arms when they're walking. Plus with them coming out of the sea it's like an evolutionary flashback photograph.

Haha u like football then mate, I've got Rooney's autograph twice although I hate him now.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

It's Wayne Rooney and his fat mom and Dad, even in Boston you must have heard of Wayne Rooney anyways the world's most expensive teenager in football who played for Everton before Man Utd and that was a pic taken in the local paper of just how the fat runs in the family

Nah, not much Soccer over here... Course my close friend is a huge Man United fan... Anyway... Now I see... I was confused about what it was showing before the explaination

[leftylee]

Nah, not much Soccer over here... Course my close friend is a huge Man United fan... Anyway... Now I see... I was confused about what it was showing before the explaination

No probs, it was just to laugh at him really

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

No probs, it was just to laugh at him really

WHAT THE HELL?............

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3226/roonbig8mt.jpg

[El Kabong]

How come that Canadian-Tunisian can't sell thousands of tickets in NY then? He was far more exciting than Duddy in that fight and we'll probably never hear of him again.

Arturo Gatti sold a ton of fights out in Atlantic City...he was Canadian.

We probably won't hear from him again because he won't capitalize on how well he did vs Duddy

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Arturo Gatti sold a ton of fights out in Atlantic City...he was Canadian.

We probably won't hear from him again because he won't capitalize on how well he did vs Duddy

True... It won't raise any questions about if the kid's any good... It'll just raise questions about Duddy. Sad, really

[Cortez The Killer]

Round 1:


http://youtube.com/watch?v=2DzuFM_DDes



Duddy's face (and heart):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Pc-HZYLn0&NR=1

[Kirkland Laing]

Arturo Gatti sold a ton of fights out in Atlantic City...he was Canadian.

We probably won't hear from him again because he won't capitalize on how well he did vs Duddy

Gatti was born in Italy and was heavily marketed to the large italian-American community in the tri-state area because he was, like Duddy, a potential gold mine. There are endless fighters who are capable of doing what Duddy can do and better who'll never get a chance because they're just not marketable. You've already agreed with me on this point at least twice in this thread.

[El Kabong]

Well sorry Tunisia isn't represented very well in the US.

Sure Gatti is Italian but he's also Canadian.


Fighting and drawing fans is all about style and marketing....Duddy has some really good managers they have built him into a big money fighter.

If the Tunisian guy is really any good he'll make something of himself. Look at Tua, Ibeabuchi, Ouma, Miranda, Golota....those guys came from various countries not extremely well represented in America and people got behind them