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Post by Cothi on May 12, 2006 18:20:55 GMT -5
For some reason that I can't quite figure out, I am saddened by this: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4765035.stmThe waste of talent perhaps, the inevitability of it, the "straight from central casting" working class boxer story? It will make a good film. |
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Post by stevet on May 12, 2006 20:26:52 GMT -5
give up and put your support behind a real boxer like ricky!!!
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Post by 3lbgrayling on May 12, 2006 20:34:18 GMT -5
never thought it would end this way, but i new he was a loose cannon.sad.
jim
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Post by BrianYates on May 12, 2006 23:27:39 GMT -5
He was one hell of a figher, the fight in Madison Square Garden against Kevin Kelley was the best fight i have ever seen, that night he was simply the Best. Like cothi i am saddened to read this.
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Post by rrw35 on May 13, 2006 3:18:55 GMT -5
Why saddened?? Irrespective of his boxing talents.. He could have killed that poor guy in the other car, or left him crippled. He knew the risks driving like that. He deserves what he got. No sympathy for him.  Although, i don't think he will have any trouble in the showers in prison.  |
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Post by Sewinbasher on May 13, 2006 4:08:52 GMT -5
The way I look at this is that you should discount any "celebrity" issues and say to yourself - how would you react if Joe Bloggs had been overtaking in an inappropriate place at a speed way over the speed limit in a £320k supercar basically for the purposes of showing off and hit an innocent driver head on and broke almost evry major bone in his body?
I think the punishment was just about right.
Naz was a superb boxer, possibly weight for weight one of the best ever, but he's not the sharpest tool in the box and was always likely to do something silly. NAS 1 in this and previous incarnations was often to be seen parked in high profile locations around Sheffield so he was obviously keen to show his motors off.
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Post by Cothi on May 13, 2006 7:13:52 GMT -5
Why saddened?? Irrespective of his boxing talents.. He could have killed that poor guy in the other car, or left him crippled. He knew the risks driving like that. He deserves what he got. No sympathy for him. .Although, i don't think he will have any trouble in the showers in prison. RRW, try and get beyond yourself please. Try to see further than the end of your beak. I did not say his punishment was not justified. It surely was. I was saddened at yet another classic story of raw talent gone waste - think Best, think Higgins, etc The classic sporting tale. Boy, some of you blokes are thick. |
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Post by rrw35 on May 13, 2006 7:34:32 GMT -5
Why saddened?? Irrespective of his boxing talents.. He could have killed that poor guy in the other car, or left him crippled. He knew the risks driving like that. He deserves what he got. No sympathy for him. .Although, i don't think he will have any trouble in the showers in prison. RRW, try and get beyond yourself please. Try to see further than the end of your beak. I did not say his punishment was not justified. It surely was. I was saddened at yet another classic story of raw talent gone waste - think Best, think Higgins, etc The classic sporting tale. Boy, some of you blokes are thick. Best, Higgins, Hameed all made the choice to hit the self-destruct button. No one forced them to fritter away their talent. There are plenty of talented "celebrities" who's lifestyle choices don't involve trying to kill others. |
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Post by Cothi on May 13, 2006 7:36:44 GMT -5
First post - Dumb
Now - Dumber.
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Post by rrw35 on May 13, 2006 8:17:38 GMT -5
First post - Dumb Now - Dumber. Whatever you say Cothi  |
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Post by Cothi on May 13, 2006 8:51:59 GMT -5
Quite right too. Pay attention in future.
Heh Heh.
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Post by Gander on May 13, 2006 9:03:35 GMT -5
Classic case of pride coming before a fall. Talented? Undoubtedly, but not as much as the media made out. His style had more to do with showing off than it did with beating opponents. For years I said that as soon as he came up against some rock hard Latin American, he would come a cropper, then Barrera came along and proved me right.
Hamed should have come back from that fight a better fighter, but because of his weak mentality, he wasn't able too. His hype fed ego never accepted he was not the best around, and he could not accept that.
I do agree that it is sad that his ego has taken him to where he is now.
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Post by Chris on May 13, 2006 9:14:19 GMT -5
If the guy thinks he is above the law then he gets what he deserves. I have no sympathy.
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Post by Braveheart on May 13, 2006 9:26:07 GMT -5
What talent  Like most of todays boxers, 20 years ago he wouldn't have got near a title shot. Yes he was fast, yes he could put together good combinations, but he had two fatal flaws. He couldn't take a punch and his defence was at best poor. So all you guys, try to look beyond the hype created by the media and promoters and see the guy for what he was, at best good, but in no way was he great. |
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Post by Cothi on May 13, 2006 9:28:48 GMT -5
If the guy thinks he is above the law then he gets what he deserves. I have no sympathy. Imbecility reaches a new low and it is clear, for the sake of the morons, that further explanation is required. I do not see the word sympathy mentioned anywhere above. The odd feeling of sadness that I referred to in my initial post was in relation to the oft repeated cases of raw young talent being encased within a mind and character that could not contain it, often related to upbringing and manifesting itself in the immaturity and egoism of the reaction to fame and fortune. It's the syndrome, not the individual. Jackanory. Jackanory. By the way Braveheart and Gander, I thought he was one of the most exciting boxers I had seen in years. |
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