How did the BBC ship sink?

[daggum]

al haymon was british at the time...do the math

[soul_survivor]

al haymon was british at the time...do the math

lol damn that guy is a chameleon

[BOXEO _]

How did the BBC ship sink?

Larry X whipped his cock out.

[soul_survivor]

Larry X whipped his cock out.

the only thing his **** is sinking is his self esteem

[Uncle Rodge]

One word - Fraudley.

[BOXEO _]

the only thing his **** is sinking is his self esteem

***in lol..

[kafkod]

I think they paid Audley £2m upfront for a multi fight contract.

They thought he was going to be a cash cow and put all their eggs in that basket.

Back then I remember they put on a few Jones Jr fights on the next morning after they happened as well.

They paid Audley £1m to screen his first 10 pro fights. The problem there was that Audley was self managed and self promoted and the opponents he picked for those 10 fights were awful.

We are talking about guys on the same level as Wilder's first 10 opponents. But these were top of the bill fights, screened at peak time on national TV and heavily publicised due to Audley's celebrity status after winning Olympic gold.

Over 6m people tuned in to his debut, but by the time he had finished demolishing his 10th "bum squad" opponent, hardly anybody was watching and the BBC not only turned down an option to renew Audley's contract, but decided to pull the plug on boxing completely.

It wasn't entirely Audley's fault. The Beeb has always been a very middle class organisation, and boxing is the ultimate "blue collar" working class sport.

Another working class sport, football (soccer) was costing more to televise every season, as players wages went through the roof.

Also, the British Medical Association were making a lot of noise at that time calling for boxing to be banned completely, so that was maybe a factor too.

The image they were trying to portray of boxing as a barbarous activity for the uneducated underclass was reinforced when Audley literally sparked off a riot after one of his bum fights by getting into an argument with former world title holder Herbie Hide, who was ringside.

[Tom Cruise]

the only thing his **** is sinking is his self esteem

[BodiesInFlight]

They paid Audley £1m to screen his first 10 pro fights. The problem there was that Audley was self managed and self promoted and the opponents he picked for those 10 fights were awful.

We are talking about guys on the same level as Wilder's first 10 opponents. But these were top of the bill fights, screened at peak time on national TV and heavily publicised due to Audley's celebrity status after winning Olympic gold.

Over 6m people tuned in to his debut, but by the time he had finished demolishing his 10th "bum squad" opponent, hardly anybody was watching and the BBC not only turned down an option to renew Audley's contract, but decided to pull the plug on boxing completely.

It wasn't entirely Audley's fault. The Beeb has always been a very middle class organisation, and boxing is the ultimate "blue collar" working class sport.

Another working class sport, football (soccer) was costing more to televise every season, as players wages went through the roof.

Also, the British Medical Association were making a lot of noise at that time calling for boxing to be banned completely, so that was maybe a factor too.

The image they were trying to portray of boxing as a barbarous activity for the uneducated underclass was reinforced when Audley literally sparked off a riot after one of his bum fights by getting into an argument with former world title holder Herbie Hide, who was ringside.

I forgot about the calls to ban boxing back then. I'm glad they went away.
I do wonder how much those calls had an effect on the refereeing here in the UK though.

I remember Audleys opponents being mainly doorman. Dare i say it they were worse than bum squads opponents.

The BBC Sport's has been terrible for many years now so i don't think it was all Audley's fault.

[daggum]

They paid Audley £1m to screen his first 10 pro fights. The problem there was that Audley was self managed and self promoted and the opponents he picked for those 10 fights were awful.

We are talking about guys on the same level as Wilder's first 10 opponents. But these were top of the bill fights, screened at peak time on national TV and heavily publicised due to Audley's celebrity status after winning Olympic gold.

Over 6m people tuned in to his debut, but by the time he had finished demolishing his 10th "bum squad" opponent, hardly anybody was watching and the BBC not only turned down an option to renew Audley's contract, but decided to pull the plug on boxing completely.

It wasn't entirely Audley's fault. The Beeb has always been a very middle class organisation, and boxing is the ultimate "blue collar" working class sport.

Another working class sport, football (soccer) was costing more to televise every season, as players wages went through the roof.

Also, the British Medical Association were making a lot of noise at that time calling for boxing to be banned completely, so that was maybe a factor too.

The image they were trying to portray of boxing as a barbarous activity for the uneducated underclass was reinforced when Audley literally sparked off a riot after one of his bum fights by getting into an argument with former world title holder Herbie Hide, who was ringside.

are you telling me that at some point in time audley won 10 fights in a row? i simply can't believe this. i want proof! and not the doctored boxrec records but real proof!