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Sometimes there's nothing more frustrating than seeing a fighter with an essentially bone-idle temprament, especially when you know they have the potential to be so much more.
Here's the top five laziest fighters for me... there may be more, but these are the ones that come most readily to mind. Which is the most bone idle?
Suggestion One: Antonio Tarver. Tarver's a fine, fine, boxer, but he's a classic example of someone being their own worst enemy. I don't know whether he just needs regular breaks, but sabotaging his own work in close fights like Jones I and Johnson is frustrating. In the Johnson fight he was literally giving rounds away.
Suggestion Two: Howard Eastman. Man, where do I start? Howard has the chin and the tools, but if anyone does anything other than come to him, Howard goes into a sleep. He's also arrogant in the belief of his own abilities (Though if you could both dish and take nuff tump at a higher than average level for your weight division, wouldn't you be?) and didn't even start in the Joppy fight until about half way through. "Me nah me can knock him out and ting, me'll wait and have lickle blend first."
Suggestion Three: Joe Calzaghe. Lazy and arrogant with it, Joe seems to think that he's got a God-given right to challenge anyone for a legitimate belt without having earned the right to contend for it first. The guy misses bouts so often if he turns up to a fight he calls it a bad day. His ideal match-up would be twelve rounds, fought over a period of a round a year. Oh, and he'd hold it in his own front garden to cut down on the travelling.
Suggestion Four: Audley Harrison. Tawdry Embarrassin' has such a "unique" perspective on challenging for the heavyweight championship that he'd claim he was on course if he won the British title in 2038.
Suggestion Five: David Haye. Haye (described by Run/W Knives as "Boxing's Biggest Fruit Salad") emerged onto the British Boxing Scene as an explosive, thrilling Cruiserweight. In his last bout he fought (an admittedly shot) Glen Kelly - he only connected with three rights (ISTR), but every single one of them put Kelly down. This man can ****, and all 14 of his wins have been KO victories. So rumours of him being more interested in manicures and new age therapy than serious roadwork caused no real concern...
... oh dear. He met someone who managed to stay on their feet against his battering (the brilliant Carl Thompson) and then inexplicably got absolutely knackered after two rounds. David, YOU LAZY FRUIT!!! Forget the perm, put the training in!
Here's the top five laziest fighters for me... there may be more, but these are the ones that come most readily to mind. Which is the most bone idle?
Suggestion One: Antonio Tarver. Tarver's a fine, fine, boxer, but he's a classic example of someone being their own worst enemy. I don't know whether he just needs regular breaks, but sabotaging his own work in close fights like Jones I and Johnson is frustrating. In the Johnson fight he was literally giving rounds away.
Suggestion Two: Howard Eastman. Man, where do I start? Howard has the chin and the tools, but if anyone does anything other than come to him, Howard goes into a sleep. He's also arrogant in the belief of his own abilities (Though if you could both dish and take nuff tump at a higher than average level for your weight division, wouldn't you be?) and didn't even start in the Joppy fight until about half way through. "Me nah me can knock him out and ting, me'll wait and have lickle blend first."
Suggestion Three: Joe Calzaghe. Lazy and arrogant with it, Joe seems to think that he's got a God-given right to challenge anyone for a legitimate belt without having earned the right to contend for it first. The guy misses bouts so often if he turns up to a fight he calls it a bad day. His ideal match-up would be twelve rounds, fought over a period of a round a year. Oh, and he'd hold it in his own front garden to cut down on the travelling.
Suggestion Four: Audley Harrison. Tawdry Embarrassin' has such a "unique" perspective on challenging for the heavyweight championship that he'd claim he was on course if he won the British title in 2038.
Suggestion Five: David Haye. Haye (described by Run/W Knives as "Boxing's Biggest Fruit Salad") emerged onto the British Boxing Scene as an explosive, thrilling Cruiserweight. In his last bout he fought (an admittedly shot) Glen Kelly - he only connected with three rights (ISTR), but every single one of them put Kelly down. This man can ****, and all 14 of his wins have been KO victories. So rumours of him being more interested in manicures and new age therapy than serious roadwork caused no real concern...
... oh dear. He met someone who managed to stay on their feet against his battering (the brilliant Carl Thompson) and then inexplicably got absolutely knackered after two rounds. David, YOU LAZY FRUIT!!! Forget the perm, put the training in!
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