Who watched PRIZEFIGHTER and what did you think?

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I just posted this somewhere else, then realised that I should have put it on this thread!!


I must admit that I had mixed feelings about this. Having all the fights on the same night made it sound like a bit of a circus and I thought that there is more chance of getting seriously hurt by a hevyweight if a) you are not very good and b) if you are already tired.

I also thought some of the fighters were very poor indeed, especially some of the first round losers. It really is true to say that the depth of talent in British heavyweights rarely extends below the top three at any given time.

Having said that, it gave the guys the chance of a decent payday.

Barry Hearn is a robbing cunt though, as only the winner got paid anything ..... so he put the show on, paid the winner £25k, charged for tickets and beer and also sold the TV rights ........ no wonder he was grinning all night.

Most of the fights were pretty entertaining, even if half the guys couldn't actually box. The three round format suited most of them actually. I thought Rogan came out a worthy winner as he was a real 3 round scrapper with a good heart and he interviewed well. Good luck to him, shame he is 36 already and probably would tire out after the 6th in a normal fight. He leads with his face, but he'd sell tickets anywhere .... good luck to him.

Dolan has been touted as a prospect for some time, and I remember seeing him a lot as am amateur. He's not a David Haye. He has good well-schooled boxing skills, but to me he lacks power, he is not that exciting to watch and he is way too small to ever make it as a heavyweight. He also came over as either brain-dead or an arrogant arsehole in his interviews.

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I just posted this somewhere else, then realised that I should have put it on this thread!!


I must admit that I had mixed feelings about this. Having all the fights on the same night made it sound like a bit of a circus and I thought that there is more chance of getting seriously hurt by a hevyweight if a) you are not very good and b) if you are already tired.

I also thought some of the fighters were very poor indeed, especially some of the first round losers. It really is true to say that the depth of talent in British heavyweights rarely extends below the top three at any given time.

Having said that, it gave the guys the chance of a decent payday.

Barry Hearn is a robbing cunt though, as only the winner got paid anything ..... so he put the show on, paid the winner �25k, charged for tickets and beer and also sold the TV rights ........ no wonder he was grinning all night.

Most of the fights were pretty entertaining, even if half the guys couldn't actually box. The three round format suited most of them actually. I thought Rogan came out a worthy winner as he was a real 3 round scrapper with a good heart and he interviewed well. Good luck to him, shame he is 36 already and probably would tire out after the 6th in a normal fight. He leads with his face, but he'd sell tickets anywhere .... good luck to him.

Dolan has been touted as a prospect for some time, and I remember seeing him a lot as am amateur. He's not a David Haye. He has good well-schooled boxing skills, but to me he lacks power, he is not that exciting to watch and he is way too small to ever make it as a heavyweight. He also came over as either brain-dead or an arrogant arsehole in his interviews.

This isn't true about the pay dude. The Winner got £25,000, runner up got £10,000, semi finalists 7,000 and the losing quarter finalists got £3,000. Even the wild cards got £2,000 and they didn't even fight!!

Hearn is a good guy. Really seems to give a shit. He plans to hold more tournaments at Light-Heavy, Middle, Welter, Light and possibly Feather.

[Kirkland Laing]

The MC Barry Hearn uses is the worst guy ever. He's like a competent MC who's had a few drinks.