To Diego Fuego - on British fighters

[kayjay]

considering you guys had jared lorenzen at QB, i wouldnt say a ****in thing about Louisville, ever.

Lorenzen made my Saturdays every Fall for four years. The guy was the most entertaining football player I've been around other than Randall Cunningham (whom I grew up watching on Sundays in Philly). He was unsackable, could run, make something of nothing, had a rifle of a left arm, but was incapable of reading defenses.

I am lukewarm on Tubby, and was just ****ing with Diego because I thought he might actually care about the UK, UofL rivalry, as I do not.

[DiegoFuego]

Lorenzen made my Saturdays every Fall for four years. The guy was the most entertaining football player I've been around other than Randall Cunningham (whom I grew up watching on Sundays in Philly). He was unsackable, could run, make something of nothing, had a rifle of a left arm, but was incapable of reading defenses.

I am lukewarm on Tubby, and was just ****ing with Diego because I thought he might actually care about the UK, UofL rivalry, as I do not.

certainly not in basketball, which has been degraded into almost complete luck every year. if ****ing George Mason can make Final Four, then college basketball is a ****in joke. I prefer football, where every game counts

[kayjay]

Half of Lexington are Louisville natives anyway. The rivalry doesn't make much sense to me. I follow Louisville football more than I do UK but I draw sneers here for that, which has always confused me.

[Guest]

Hatton vs. Tszyu = few cared

Mayweather vs. Gatti = everyone cared

Tszyu > Gatti

see where this is going? Hatton vs. Tszyu was not a big fight because no one cared. I'm not saying Mayweather vs. Gatti was a big fight because nobody gave Gatti a chance, but look how much more hype it got. Hatton vs. Mayweather could have been a HUGE fight, but it didn't happen, and the fault lies somewhere in Britain.

Surely the fault lies in US audiences not to care about anyone without a US passport?

See, all this time when you were talking about "big fights", I thought you meant in terms of opposition.


Look at it this way - Hatton vs. Zoo was MASSIVE in Manchester. So the perception that it's not a "big" fight is just in terms of US interest.


Mayweather vs. Gatti was probably only seen by a million people out of a potential 70 million here in the UK. Does that mean the fight was a flop? It's WORLD boxing, you need to get your head out of your arse. Just because something doesn't take place in America doesn't mean it's not happening.

[Guest]

get back in your crib. all you do is cry and name-call

And you don't, you ****** prick? That's got to be the most ironic thing I've heard all day. **** your mother.

[kayjay]

Chelsea - Man U Sunday was a big game only because it was shown live on Fox Soccer Channel. Just admit it Annie and you, Diego, and I will one day share a mint julip.

[ROSEWOOD]

So if no British fighters have ever taken part in massive fights, what about Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson? What about Ricky Hatton vs Kostya Tszyu? What about Joe Calzaghe vs Jeff Lacy? What about Lloyd Honneghan vs don Curry? What about Nigel Benn vs Gerald Mclellan? What about Henry Cooper vs Muhammad Ali? What about John H Stracey vs Jose Angel Napoles? What about Ken Buchanan vs Roberto Duran? What about Sugar Ray Robinson vs Randy Turpin? What about Kirkland Lang vs Roberto Duran? What about Lennox Lewis vs Frank Bruno? What about Nigel Benn vs Chris Eubank?

You sir, are a ****. And a ****ing prick, to be honest. Are you that pathetic that you have nothing to do than flame other boxing fans? How many Americans have ducked fighters? Boxers are boxers, wherever they are from.

Boxing wouldn't be what it is today without British fighters. Lennox started it off. Now you got fighters Hatton & Calz that have simply destroyed dudes. Now they have brought that **** to the US. The comp level is great in the sport of boxing now. Take away all the foreign fighters and they sport is dead..

[kayjay]

Boxing wouldn't be what it is today without British fighters. Lennox started it off. Now you got fighters Hatton & Calz that have simply destroyed dudes. Now they have brought that **** to the US. The comp level is great in the sport of boxing now. Take away all the foreign fighters and they sport is dead..

Well said my brother. Too many of us Americans are resistant to the internationalisation (note the 's') of our sporting life. What would the past two NBA seasons have been without Nowitzki and Ginobili? The MLB is dominated by Dominicans and a few Japanese. Even American football is showing signs of becoming less provincal.

[DiegoFuego]

Half of Lexington are Louisville natives anyway. The rivalry doesn't make much sense to me. I follow Louisville football more than I do UK but I draw sneers here for that, which has always confused me.

come on now, you can't go both ways. maybe if your city was good at BOTH sports, you wouldn't have to.

[DiegoFuego]

And you don't, you ****** prick? That's got to be the most ironic thing I've heard all day. **** your mother.

I certainly don't resort to this pathetic crying you're exhibiting