In reply to Post #795
I think the same with a lot of fighters

You know what, I have read loads on all the top fighters, fascinates me, I bet 80% of them have had troubled times and psychological problems. I think that's the underlying motivation, could be wrong?

I read one book and he said he gave up because “I just wasn't angry anymore”

I know Benn had a few demons

End up f the day, it's a sport with a lot of violence albeit they were gloves in the ring, some nasty people around who would happily beat you to near on death

I participated in fighting sports for a few years, and nothing gives as much pleasure as knocking the **** out of each other and shaking hands afterwards, that's total respect for me, real mans game

Who wants a ****ing fight

In reply to Post #796
Totally the opposite with me , i was a tall gangly kid and was bullied and picked on , my dad was a very tough street brawler which made it worse !

In reply to Post #797
That's interesting. My Dad was a bit of a lad and a man in our area, he used to make me go fighting, scared stiff at the time but hey yo

I was never bullied as such but had a bit of trouble and learned to sort it out

My dad was a Navy boxing champ he was a boiler man and when he came out he became a scaffolder he was a hard man he was a nasty bastd who would Knock the daylights out of me for the slightest thing
until I was 15 and I came home to find him beating my mum up I hit him over the head with the iron then punched the hell out of him he had he never ever hit me again 7 years later when he passed away it didnt bother me in the slightest

My old man was a lorry highjacker 🤫

In reply to Post #795
I was staying in Albuferia Portugal in 87 with some mate's that were flogging time share on the strip that was being developed at the time. We went a club one night and Benn and his mates were in there, off their heads. He was an up and coming contender at the time. I'm not easily intimidated but he was unstable, you could just see it, didn't like him at all, bullying anyone who'd come near him. Loved him as a fighter but not as a man. Suppose that's what makes some fighters.

In reply to Post #800
My daddy was a bank robber

In reply to Post #802
Bet he never hurt nobody

Some free boxing on C5 tonight fight fans

In reply to Post #804
great thanks for posting I would of missed that

In reply to Post #803
No , never , he just loved to steal you're money

In reply to Post #804
Does,nt seem to be on ? However sky sports main ev tonight Errol spence v Shawn porter 2 am

In reply to Post #807
It's on now

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In reply to Post #807
I purposely didn't watch the Spence fight as I expected it to be a virtual no contest, must have been a belter, split decision. I expected him to walk it