Boxing Thread
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@kidcalder said in Boxing Thread:
Signing with Frank Warren is a career crusher for a fighter if they are not from UK...
Uk boxing is dominated in the promoter ranks by Warren and Hearn...then trailing behind Shalom,
Non UK fighters really need better- fairer representation as its stalling/ruining careersAlways been the way if you're not from the UK/US. Many Eastern Europeans fall into oblivion as a result. Promotion is a tough business and extremely tough to make profit if you don't have a TV network backing you. Look at Bob Arum and Top Rank now that they don't have the ESPN deal now. Frank Warren is like the Winston Peters of Boxing promotion. Just as you think he's down and out and won't be back, he always finds a way back in.
It's even tougher now that Turki has seemingly distanced himself from the HWs for now.
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Full story has broken. Joseph Parker tested positive for cocaine and faces a possibly lengthy ban from the sport.
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what an idiot.
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I’m not that shocked he’s used , it’s the party drug of choice for heaps of sports people whether we like it or not.
But shocked he tested positive on fight day , can’t find what sort of test it was , my understanding it only stays in the system for two days in blood tests .. Urine 4 days . Surely not
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@kiwiinmelb said in Boxing Thread:
I’m not that shocked he’s used , it’s the party drug of choice for heaps of sports people whether we like it or not.
But shocked he tested positive on fight day , can’t find what sort of test it was , my understanding it only stays in the system for two days in blood tests .. Urine 4 days . Surely not
Yeah, I'm mildly surprised that he did it but shocked WHEN he did it.
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@MN5 said in Boxing Thread:
Yeah, I'm mildly surprised that he did it but shocked WHEN he did it.
Well said, I imagine this decision, in terms of his future fights, could cost millions.
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@mohikamo said in Boxing Thread:
What are we shocked about?
That he used cocaine?
I'm not shocked in the least, party drug of choice, because it doesn't stay in the system long.That he tested positive for cocaine?
I am extremely shocked about that.Shock that he risked his career and took it so close to the fight.
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The only thing I can come up with , and it’s not an excuse
He had a line to help deal with all the media conferences etc ( it makes you feel relaxed and confident) His close mate fury has been accused of acting like he is coked up in press conferences.
I just don’t see him partying in the week leading up to a fight particularly with his family with him , and that’s the only sense I can make of it .
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Conner Benn wins the return bout in a one sided contest ,very different to fight one
