johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 09:41 PM
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Anyone else like to watch ESPN Classics - boxing? |
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I just got DirecTv last week and I am loving this boxing on ESPN Classic. Right now is Patterson Vs Johanson 1960 heavyweight championship. Last night was Ali Vs Folley 1967 from Madison Square Garden...man, what a fight that was. It was Ali's last before he got his title taken away for refusing to be drafted.
Anyone else watch these?
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Sat Sep-17-05 09:43 PM
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1. Oh yeah... I catch those. And when you watch the Quarry brothers get |
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pummeled, it breaks your heart. Sometimes they show the old one hundred rounders --- Jim Corbett type stuff.
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johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 09:47 PM
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Cool, I'll have to watch for those. Thanks.
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Sat Sep-17-05 09:46 PM
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2. you know, I dislike sports and I find boxing in particular to be |
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not my cuppa. But I was over at my brothers and saw The Thrilla in Manila and The Rumble in The Jungle and I was well and truly impressed.
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johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 09:49 PM
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Boxing has really become a joke in the last few years, but watching people like Ali, Ellis, Robinson and those guys is really impressive. They were all class acts.
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Sat Sep-17-05 10:47 PM
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5. Oh yeah.... a couple of weeks ago they had a Tyson & Ali marathon |
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I watched the whole thing.
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johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:06 PM
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6. Oh man... I missed that |
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I just got it. It's cool to get back into boxing, I haven't really watched it in years.
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TroubleMan
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:08 PM
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7. Say what you want about Tyson, but his early years were incredible |
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and of course Ali's whole career was incredible.
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johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:11 PM
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8. Tyson was unbelievable |
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I remember one fight,Ii went to the bar to see it and right when it started I went to take a leak. I heard cheering and when I came out it was over..LOL. I think it was in 1988 or so. He was phenomenal. He just got too freaked out. I wish someone new would come out and bring boxing back to something worth watching.
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Sun Sep-18-05 07:05 AM
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If he hadn't gone bi-polar (or hooked up with Don King) his career would've been one for the record books.
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:12 PM
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9. Not so much into boxing |
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I like to watch Cheap Seats though.
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johnnie
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:17 PM
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10. I'm not familiar with that one |
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I remember watching some old World Series games though and that was cool.
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:19 PM
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11. Cheap Seats is a lot like MST3K |
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It is hosted by Randy and Jason Sklar...they sit around and tear apart D-List sporting events...like arm wrestling tournaments...It is pretty funny. http://www.cheapseats.tv/
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:20 PM
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12. I like it, too, but sometimes it's hit or miss with them |
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However, more often than not it's very funny.
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Sun Sep-18-05 04:24 PM
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21. Yes, I check them out too. But sometimes they suck. |
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Sat Sep-17-05 11:29 PM
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I'll look for it. Thanks :hi:
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Sun Sep-18-05 12:02 AM
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I am watching it to see if it is good. So far so good :thumbsup:
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Sun Sep-18-05 07:07 AM
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20. Yeah, it's pretty funny stuff. |
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"Superstars", Celebrity fishing, log-rolling contests, roller derby. That stuff was made to be ridiculed anyway.
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Sun Sep-18-05 03:51 AM
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15. Recently they were showing some new fights. |
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When I mean new fights, I mean fights from all eras that Classic has not shown before.
I still find it amazing that Matthew Saad-Muhammed's lightheavyweight title defenses are not being shown on ESPN Classic. A lot of then were come from behind KO victories and most of them were aired on ABC. The only fight that they have shown of Saad-Muhammeds' was a loss to Dwight Braxton(later known as Dwight Muhammed-Quawi.).
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Sun Sep-18-05 04:28 AM
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16. Not a sports guy normally, but I watched Ali vs. Chuck Wepner. |
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Ali basically beat the bejeezus out of him, but had to settle for a TKO.
Apparently, Sylvester Stallone based Rocky on Wepner and that fight in particular.
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Sun Sep-18-05 06:45 AM
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17. I used to like ESPNCL boxing. |
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Lately, though, it seems that they show the same fights over and over. Dont' get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Muhammed Ali. Would it hurt to show some Hagler or Robinson, though? Maybe a little Duran from time to time?
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Sun Sep-18-05 07:04 AM
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18. I love those classic fights |
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that and the classic NFL (pre-75) are the best thing on there. My only complaint is they seem to run the same ones alot.
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