Your most dissappointing/saddest boxing moment?

[Saddo]

Naz unable to come back after a defeat - can't help feeling we were all a bit shortchanged with his career

Yeah thats the one for me.

[Memphis]

Watching Ross Hale get battered by Scrap Iron Ryan (I didnt know Hale was a twat then)

Watching a one armed Dean Francis get beaten by Matthew Barney.

Can I take it you're a Bristol man ? Dean Francis is on the comeback now anyway and Paul Ryan went on to get knocked out himself in the 1st round a couple times.

Am indeed mate. I was so gutted when Ross got knocked out, Ryan was so beatable and as you say got starched himself pretty soon after by Andy Holigan I think? I remember one of his fights where he got buzzed by a nobody and he lashed out with his foot

Really feel sorry for Francis. OK he's back now but he missed some good years all due to being ill advised.

[Saddo]

Naz unable to come back after a defeat - can't help feeling we were all a bit shortchanged with his career

Yeah thats the one for me.

Accually scrap that my most has to be when i was a kid i had one of them Ali action figures not sure if you remember then they had a big button sticking out og the back to make him punch.

i loved that toy and i remember watching his fight with it and id click the button like mad

Sad thing was he was fighting Holmes at the time

dont think i ever played with it again after that night

[Scrap]

After beating Hale Ryan left his trainer what goes round comes around, Dean Francis got a lot of time for Dean a very good fighter its a shame what happened,

[Saddo]

just googled it to see if i could find an image and it still brings back sad memories

[GAME]

Watching Ross Hale get battered by Scrap Iron Ryan (I didnt know Hale was a twat then)

Watching a one armed Dean Francis get beaten by Matthew Barney.

Can I take it you're a Bristol man ? Dean Francis is on the comeback now anyway and Paul Ryan went on to get knocked out himself in the 1st round a couple times.

Am indeed mate. I was so gutted when Ross got knocked out, Ryan was so beatable and as you say got starched himself pretty soon after by Andy Holigan I think? I remember one of his fights where he got buzzed by a nobody and he lashed out with his foot

Really feel sorry for Francis. OK he's back now but he missed some good years all due to being ill advised.

Paul got sparked in 1 round by Jon Thaxton and in his comeback fight the same thing happend against Holigan. Then he was blown away in two rounds by Geoff Mcreesh. Ross Hale was also blown away by Geoff Mcreesh the same night Dean Francis' shoulder gave out against Undra White . I remember cuz it was the same night Barrera got his WBO title back off Ritchie Wenton .

Deans done quite well to be ranked 3 in the country at light heavy . Woods obviously is number 1 but I think Dean can take Brian Magee whos at 2 right now. One of my favourite Bristol boys was Glen Catley . Not many go away to Germany and Canada and win by K.O . I liked Kelly Oliver too but he never really got over that shock rematch loss to John Keaton .

[AdamGB]

Watson-Eubank II

Danny Williams... the only thing he is consistent at is disappointing you...

[Tito BHB]

Toney - Holyfield? Are you guys nuts?

Toney looked spectacular that night!! Holyfield werent as shot then as he was now..
And what are you talking about an out of shape toney? Damnn bro.. Toney was in great shape back then..If he was in the same shape now as he was then he would have slapped the accent out of sam peter's mouth and certainly would be at least wbc if not wba heavyweight champion...

I mean.. Its evident that toney could play with rahman..If he didnt come into the fight as such a fatass and had either the stamina or was in shape and strong like he was in the holyfield fight he would have easyily decisioned rahman.. And if he hadnt been having trouble with weight he wouldnt have had to fuck with whatever he did fuck with before the ruiz fight..

I think no matter if holyfield was shot it was a great performance from toney and something special that he managed to stop holyfield..

[El Gamo]

Seeing Tyson lose to Lewis hurt big time! I'm guessing most of us Tyson fans wanted to believe that he had one last bit of magic left,sparks from the old Tyson but alas,it was not meant to be.

Tito losing to B Hop,I like Nard but I REALLY wanted Tito to bust his ass big time. Same with Wright,I thought Tito would blow his arms off!

Arguello losing to Pryor. The second one I could see coming. I'm always sour over the first one though,I will continue to maintain that Proye would not have won that fight in that manner had he not srank that substance. Arguello was beating the SHAT out of him for a few rounds until he drank that substance.

The latest was seeing Morales get KTFO by Pacquioa,I think the second fight hurt more than the third. I think I was upset that whooooooooooooooooole day,I know that sounds sad but seeing someone you thought was practically impervious to pain get KTFO hurt! And in the third fight,that little wink to the corner as in I'm not getting up,its all cool,that was the end of a legend.

[motorcitycobra]

One of the many, most have been listed already, was Paul Ingle been stretchered out of the ring with blood clot on brain after getting knocked down by Mbueleo Botile then seeing him after the surgery nearly had me in tears, that guy has a warriors heart.

[Lords Gym]

One of the many, most have been listed already, was Paul Ingle been stretchered out of the ring with blood clot on brain after getting knocked down by Mbueleo Botile then seeing him after the surgery nearly had me in tears, that guy has a warriors heart.

horrible that

[Scrap]

I was there , VIP ringside sat next to his girlfreind. After the first minute you knew there was something wrong. Talked to Paul at length hes great goes down and helps at the gym Got his old Amatuer trainer and the lads keep an eye open for him, the girlfreinds gone, but he had me pissing myself some of the tales he was telling. anybody up that kneck of the woods look him up. Hes a great guy.

[sanj16]

Any great fighter in the last fights of their career, getting beaten by some no mark as if they were journeymen i.e. Ali, Joe Louis, SRR, Tyson, Sweet Pea, Benn etc
Honourable Mention to Smoking Joe for the Thriller in Manila, there was the classic fight with no loosers. For someone to go through that much, to give what he gave and to loose in the way he did is heartbreaking. Fights like this are what make boxing great, don't begrudge them a penny of what they earn.

[yoitsdan]

Leavander Johnson passing away for me. I've been a dedicated fan over the last 2/3 years and not missed many fights, I was watching that one and you just knew something was up, I hated the match-up and I actually said on the rickyhitmanhatton.com forum, Johnson is way too old for this, and I was sadly correct. the last 3 rounds of that fight made me want to throw up, I don't know what the ref and his corner were thinking. RIP Leavander Johnson.

[althetruthhindley]

for me was after 2.5 rounds of kicking the crap outta Iran Barkley , Tommy Hearns getting koed
was so hard to take as Hearns is my all time favorite fighter