Calzaghe on bullying

[toffeejack]

Interesting interview here where he talks about being bullied at school. It makes you wonder what kind of positive effect it had on his mentality in his career and if he would have had the same winning mentality had he had an easy time of it in school.

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[Beatboxer]

Class act, good on him for speaking out about this.

Notice he couldn't resist a sly dig at Hopkins!

[Primadonna Kool]

I made a topic about this awhile back..

"A bully Victim's Pay Back"

[BremnerBomber]

Yeh this has been discussed before..... Every celeb seems to have a bullying story

30 lads coming round to beat you up isn't bullying.... he must of been a prick to have that many guys after him

[brown bomber]

Quality guy Calzaghe, no doubt about it.

[brown bomber]

30 lads coming round to beat you up isn't bullying.... he must of been a prick to have that many guys after him What is it then? Bullying makes me sick.... No one bullied me at school because they knew I would always go one step further then they would. Bullies don't like to get a taste of their own medicine.

That must have been terrible. He was from a small town so he must have felt rejected from his community too.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Get Surreal Deal on this thread...............he hates all these celebrity bullying sob storys

[FLINT ISLAND]

Yeh this has been discussed before..... Every celeb seems to have a bullying story

30 lads coming round to beat you up isn't bullying.... he must of been a prick to have that many guys after him


:lol:

there was probaly a bit of macho / ego / jealously about here was this young good looking lad in Joseph Calzaghe

and boys be petty about it saying

"he thinks he is some kind of Champion boxer"

"do you think your hard or something"

"lets all get him after school boys"

Joe was "special" so they picked on him

[Bodysnatcher]

Yeh this has been discussed before..... Every celeb seems to have a bullying story

30 lads coming round to beat you up isn't bullying.... he must of been a prick to have that many guys after him

Couldn't disagree more.

[Gaz S]

I work with a guy who was in the same school as Calzaghe at the same time. I think he was either in the year above or the year below, I can't remember.
However he says he never really saw any evidence of Joe being bullied. He doesn't say that he was or that he wasn't, he just says he doesn't recall seeing or hearing anything about it.

Also, Joe had a bit of a reputation in the amateurs as being arrogant and big headed, and he wasn't particualrly well liked. Everytime I've spoken with him he's been ok, and I can only speak for myself, but there are plenty of people who seem to have plenty of stories of what a tosser Joe can be.
Again, in my own personal experience he's been alright, so I'm not claiming any different, just subjectively pointing out he does appear to have a bit of a reputation.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Yeah I can believe he is at times a bit of a village idiot - I just get that impression.

[Guy]

It obviously would and did have an effect, It's a very worthy cause and all bullies should be made to realise there actions cause misery.

Good on you Joe.

[Guy]

Yeah I can believe he is at times a bit of a village idiot - I just get that impression.


:huh You can just see right through people can't you....amazing powers you have mate.

There's one or two village idiots on here thats for sure...

[FLINT ISLAND]

:huh You can just see right through people can't you....amazing powers you have mate.

There's one or two village idiots on here thats for sure...

In all seriouness..........yes I can......alot of the time

I can "read" human beings "way of being"

[onourway]

You should have read that Enzo likes touching canvas.

[FLINT ISLAND]

If you are a cunt and do cuntish things................you will have the energy of a cunt

[FLINT ISLAND]

when I am out and about alot of people who dont know me at all approach me to ask me things or to ask I take photos of them, etc, etc

it happens all the time

this is no concidence - it that I got a nice energy about me and people feel they can approach me

but theres no way they would approach someone with a more cuntish energy

[Gaz S]

Flint - being a Welshman like myself you've probably heard the same local stories I have a million times over - it seems every man and his dog has a mate who has knocked Joe Calzaghe out in a night club or a pub at some point....
It's amazing Joe has any teeth left the amount of times I've heard somebody has sparked him out. That tale used to get told a lot about Naz too I think.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Flint - being a Welshman like myself you've probably heard the same local stories I have a million times over - it seems every man and his dog has a mate who has knocked Joe Calzaghe out in a night club or a pub at some point....
It's amazing Joe has any teeth left the amount of times I've heard somebody has sparked him out. That tale used to get told a lot about Naz too I think.


Not really - I live 50 or 60 miles away from Cwbrawn so it is not local enough

However the only story I heard about Calzaghe was he goes out to Caridff nightclubs with bouncers surrounding him and he just stares at people really mean like he is going to punch their faces in :lol::lol::lol:

[toffeejack]

I've been in Calzaghe's company once and he seemed like a nice guy although I didn't have the chance to speak to him.

One of my best mates has met him a couple of times and he has nothing but good things to say about Joe, very down to earth and just a normal family guy.

[BremnerBomber]

Flint - being a Welshman like myself you've probably heard the same local stories I have a million times over - it seems every man and his dog has a mate who has knocked Joe Calzaghe out in a night club or a pub at some point....
It's amazing Joe has any teeth left the amount of times I've heard somebody has sparked him out. That tale used to get told a lot about Naz too I think.


Naz used to come to my local snooker club in Wakefield quite often..... Its Joe Johnsons club...... Naz seemed a really nice guy from what I have heard and seen.... I never said more than Hi to him, but Ive heard only good things about him

[Guy]

It's the way that Joe's support for a anti-bullying awareness scheme is being criticised by some bloke who used to know some one who' brother went to school with him.

It's a very bitter take on it...

Joe is recanting his bad experience in the hope someone else can relate to their own situation and take heart in his strength and success in living a happy life.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Joe does seem a bitter sod at times though - depsite his success in life

[onourway]

Who was the Calzaghe nuthugger who said Calzaghe ripped him off for tickets? :rofl

Where's he gone?

[Guy]

He should find an outlet for his bitterness....like on E.S.B there's plenty of bitter people on here.

[Gaz S]

Of all the big name pros I've met, I can honestly say they've all been very pleasant and down to earth nice guys. I've never met anyone who's been a real prick (or at least acted it towards me). I've even randomly bumped into boxers in the street (Michael Gomez in Manchester and Souleymane M'Baye in Cardiff) when they were "off duty", just minding their own business, and they've still had the good grace to stop and chat. I think generally most boxers are pretty decent guys.

Evander Holyfield though did seem a little aloof. He wasn't rude or particularly unpleasant, just kind of got the impression he was preoccupied.

[BremnerBomber]

Joe does seem a bitter sod at times though - depsite his success in life


Because he never knew why he didn't get the respect he thought he deserved for being a 10 year "Champ" in his WBO reign of error

He was calling himself a legend of the sport before he fought Manfredo Jr and claiming he has achived everything and doesn't need to prove anymore

[D_XZ]

Strange how he liked to showboat and humiliate his opponents in the ring when he could. Considering that and certain aspects of his career he seems to have a little bit of the bully in himself. At least it's only in the ring against a willing opponent so it's ok, but it's interesting.

[Gaz S]

Naz used to come to my local snooker club in Wakefield quite often..... Its Joe Johnsons club...... Naz seemed a really nice guy from what I have heard and seen.... I never said more than Hi to him, but Ive heard only good things about him

Yeah, like I say, it's just the regular bullshit that does the rounds. Sad. I've heard about five or six different versions of Joe getting sparked and I recall similar urban myths circulating about Naz back in the day. :roll:

[FLINT ISLAND]

Who was the Calzaghe nuthugger who said Calzaghe ripped him off for tickets? :rofl

Where's he gone?

Pride Of Wales....................Calzaghe "cunted him out" of a few quid so Joe could line his own pockets even more despite being a mulit millioniare

the cuntish streak never dies no matter how much money you got if you a cunt you will still try to cunt people out of more money

[Guy]

Boxing is all about bullying and beating your opponent to the point of submission!!

"It's not a tickling contest" Ricky 'Modern Great' Hatton esquire

[brown bomber]

Yeah, like I say, it's just the regular bullshit that does the rounds. Sad. I've heard about five or six different versions of Joe getting sparked and I recall similar urban myths circulating about Naz back in the day. :roll:
Apparently Naz got sparked at the palcan nightclub in Blackpool.....:patschI've heard that one.....

[Gaz S]

Apparently Naz got sparked at the palcan nightclub in Blackpool.....:patschI've heard that one.....

Don't tell me - whoever said that said it was by a mate of a mate's cousin's brother-in-law's aunty's parrot's twin sister...:rofl

[brown bomber]

Don't tell me - whoever said that said it was by a mate of a mate's cousin's brother-in-law's aunty's parrot's twin sister...:roflIt was a doorman apparently.... Most Doorman speak utter shite.... they do in this town anyway.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Don't tell me - whoever said that said it was by a mate of a mate's cousin's brother-in-law's aunty's parrot's twin sister...:rofl


Did you hear the one of a teenage Enzo Maccarenelli use to KO Swansea bouncers on purpose

the only difference with this rumour is Enzo bragged about it himself

[brown bomber]

Been a doorman was a VERY VERY fun job but you don't half meet some idiots.

[D_XZ]

Did you hear the one of a teenage Enzo Maccarenelli use to KO Swansea bouncers on purpose

the only difference with this rumour is Enzo bragged about it himself

If it's true he's a prat, if it's false he's still a prat for making it up

[Gaz S]

Did you hear the one of a teenage Enzo Maccarenelli use to KO Swansea bouncers on purpose

the only difference with this rumour is Enzo bragged about it himself

Yeah I heard that. Enzo has grown up a lot since then though if it's true, at least in my dealings with him. A very pleasant guy to talk to and very unassuming.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Flint - being a Welshman like myself you've probably heard the same local stories I have a million times over - it seems every man and his dog has a mate who has knocked Joe Calzaghe out in a night club or a pub at some point....
It's amazing Joe has any teeth left the amount of times I've heard somebody has sparked him out. That tale used to get told a lot about Naz too I think.


Gaz

I just bumped my old thread in the General Forum called

"Boxers KO'd outside the ring"

Have a look at that if you want - tales of things of this type of nature.

[Grant1]

Of all the big name pros I've met, I can honestly say they've all been very pleasant and down to earth nice guys. I've never met anyone who's been a real prick (or at least acted it towards me). I've even randomly bumped into boxers in the street (Michael Gomez in Manchester and Souleymane M'Baye in Cardiff) when they were "off duty", just minding their own business, and they've still had the good grace to stop and chat. I think generally most boxers are pretty decent guys.

Evander Holyfield though did seem a little aloof. He wasn't rude or particularly unpleasant, just kind of got the impression he was preoccupied.

EVANDER HOLYFIELD HAS A BAD ENERGY :lol:

[Guy]

Did you hear the one of a teenage Enzo Maccarenelli use to KO Swansea bouncers on purpose

the only difference with this rumour is Enzo bragged about it himself

If thats true the Swansea doorman must have been laughing their asses of the other weekend..

[Gaz S]

Been a doorman was a VERY VERY fun job but you don't half meet some idiots.

I don't think that's exclusive to being a doorman Jeff, those idiots get everywhere. :roll:

[FLINT ISLAND]

EVANDER HOLYFIELD HAS A BAD ENERGY :lol:


Nah Holyfield is a humble guy - a relgious man - and well mannered, etc

But he does have a roving eye for the ladies

[Grant1]

Flint - being a Welshman like myself you've probably heard the same local stories I have a million times over - it seems every man and his dog has a mate who has knocked Joe Calzaghe out in a night club or a pub at some point....
It's amazing Joe has any teeth left the amount of times I've heard somebody has sparked him out. That tale used to get told a lot about Naz too I think.

I've heard the story time and time again mate.

It's usually followed by 'yeah but this boy is nails, he knocks out rugby players and everything'

Ridiculous :lol:

[FLINT ISLAND]

If thats true the Swansea doorman must have been laughing their asses of the other weekend..


No - they would be in a coffin in the ground

Havent you see my old thread in the General Forum

"Enzo Maccarenelli can kill a man with one punch""

Once again that was something he claimed he could do

He probaly could as well as at his prime WBO days he was the hardest pound for pound puncher in the world said Frank ****** and ****** knows fighters

[Grant1]

I've been in Calzaghe's company once and he seemed like a nice guy although I didn't have the chance to speak to him.

One of my best mates has met him a couple of times and he has nothing but good things to say about Joe, very down to earth and just a normal family guy.

I've met him a few times mate and he is a top fella.

Doesn't suffer fools though.

[Guy]

Nah Holyfield is a humble guy - a relgious man - and well mannered, etc

But he does have a roving eye for the ladies


Your just a fucking gossip queen aren't you Flint!!!

Twittering away in the corner shop, "That Evander he'll go after anything in a skirt"

[Primadonna Kool]

ha ha Enzo Mac is the man.

[Gaz S]

Gaz

I just bumped my old thread in the General Forum called

"Boxers KO'd outside the ring"

Have a look at that if you want - tales of things of this type of nature.

Might take a mozey on over there, but I don't really like all that kind of thing. It's just the sad way some people like to big themselves up, pretty much out of envy and jealousy.
And you never meet any witnesses to these incidents do you?:D

[Grant1]

Your just a fucking gossip queen aren't you Flint!!!

Twittering away in the corner shop, "That Evander he'll go after anything in a skirt"

:lol:

[FLINT ISLAND]

Your just a fucking gossip queen aren't you Flint!!!

Twittering away in the corner shop, "That Evander he'll go after anything in a skirt"


Nah not gossip - good for him

Its just a observation that he got about 100 kids by about 40 different women :lol::lol::lol:

[brown bomber]

It is true.... Evander loves ass and fighting.



















..... No comment.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Might take a mozey on over there, but I don't really like all that kind of thing. It's just the sad way some people like to big themselves up, pretty much out of envy and jealousy.
And you never meet any witnesses to these incidents do you?:D

Colin Jones did smash out that big Welsh Rugby Player - Moraitto

there is truth to this stroy - it apparantly made boxing news at the time

Moraitto was taking libertys with Colin and Colin smashed him

[Guy]

It is true.... Evander loves ass and fighting.




More scurrilous rumours..:yep

[Grant1]

Colin Jones did smash out that big Welsh Rugby Player - Moraitto

there is truth to this stroy - it apparantly made boxing news at the time

Moraitto was taking libertys with Colin and Colin smashed him

Moriarty.

[Gaz S]

Colin Jones did smash out that big Welsh Rugby Player - Moraitto

there is truth to this stroy - it apparantly made boxing news at the time

Moraitto was taking libertys with Colin and Colin smashed him

And if you remember Billy Waith, he used to referee football (Sunday league or something) and ended up belting a player or two. I can believe that too if you've ever met Billy. Not a man that's prepared to take any shit.

[brown bomber]

And if you remember Billy Waith, he used to referee football (Sunday league or something) and ended up belting a player or two. I can believe that too if you've ever met Billy. Not a man that's prepared to take any shit.I love that attitude.... Not an arsehole just carrying yourself in a credible way and not taking any shit.

[FLINT ISLAND]

And if you remember Billy Waith, he used to referee football (Sunday league or something) and ended up belting a player or two. I can believe that too if you've ever met Billy. Not a man that's prepared to take any shit.


Yeah

Colin Jones hammered him in the ring

Smashed him with kidney punches until he was "squealing on the floor like a pig"

It was a grudge fight at the time - Cardiff V Swansea

Colin Jones trained for the fight behind my back garden

Waith was really experienced with loads of fights

But Colin was hitting him to the kidenys really fighting nasty and KO'd him in the 6th round I believe

[Gaz S]

Billy also lost to Jim Watt (twice I think) and fought him in Caerphilly (Double Diamond Club). Bit before my time though, I wasn't even born then!

[Grant1]

Billy also lost to Jim Watt (twice I think) and fought him in Caerphilly (Double Diamond Club). Bit before my time though, I wasn't even born then!

Where ya from Gaz?

[FLINT ISLAND]

Billy also lost to Jim Watt (twice I think) and fought him in Caerphilly (Double Diamond Club). Bit before my time though, I wasn't even born then!

I dont think I was born either !!!!!

1980 or something like that

[Gaz S]

Where ya from Gaz?

Cardiff! Born and bred. :D

[Gaz S]

I dont think I was born either !!!!!

1980 or something like that

Think it was earlier than that even (I was born in '80). Think it was in the 70's.

[Grant1]

Cardiff! Born and bred. :D

Where too?

I'm a City season ticket holder.

[FLINT ISLAND]

there was a Swansea fight in the pros as well

Mike Copp - now a Swansea Taxi driver

fought Colin Jones in the early pro days

Built up as a big Swansea showdown

But Colin was obviously prove to be a level above and smashed Copp out in the 1st round

[Gaz S]

oWhere too?

I'm a City season ticket holder.


Ely - breeding ground of Steve Robinson and the original Barry Jones.
Never been down the City, you could write what I know about football on the back of a postage stamp!:lol:

[Grant1]

Ely - breeding ground of Steve Robinson and the original Barry Jones.
Never been down the City, you could write what I know about fottball on the back of a postage stamp!:lol:

Poor show mate.

Don't you be asking me for tickets when we're in the Premier League next year :lol:

[FLINT ISLAND]

Ely I passed that area when coming into Cardiff before

[debaser]

Where too?

I'm a City season ticket holder.

Commiserations mate.

[Gaz S]

poor show mate.

Don't you be asking me for tickets when we're in the premier league next year :lol:

:d Wouldn't have the nerve.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Billy also lost to Jim Watt (twice I think) and fought him in Caerphilly (Double Diamond Club). Bit before my time though, I wasn't even born then!


GazOC will remeber all this he is old enough :D

[Grant1]

Commiserations mate.

Not another jack surely?

[Gaz S]

Ely I passed that area when coming into Cardiff before


Sorry about that Flint. Still, at least you don't have to live here mate eh? :D

[FLINT ISLAND]

Not another jack surely?

Fuck he only lives about 2 miles from me - told me where he from in a PM before :deal

[FLINT ISLAND]

Sorry about that Flint. Still, at least you don't have to live here mate eh? :D

:rofl

[debaser]

Not another jack surely?

:good

To honest I wouldn't mind see Cardiff going up at all but, like us, they seem to be falling apart at the worst possible time.

[Grant1]

Sorry about that Flint. Still, at least you don't have to live here mate eh? :D

I woke up with a girl in Ely one Sunday morning after a night in Cardiff.

Caught the bendy bus back into town.

Never been so glad to get on a service bus in all my life, she had about 8 kids and none of them had a straight pair of eyes.

:nut

[FLINT ISLAND]

I woke up with a girl in Ely one Sunday morning after a night in Cardiff.

Caught the bendy bus back into town.

Never been so glad to get on a service bus in all my life, she had about 8 kids and none of them had a straight pair of eyes.

:nut


:rofl

[Grant1]

:good

To honest I wouldn't mind see Cardiff going up at all but, like us, they seem to be falling apart at the worst possible time.

I went out with a girl from Swanea once, she took me home to meet her brother and her father.

He was a nice bloke :lol:

[debaser]

Wow, Ely. Cardiff's equivalent of Townhill. Wales really does have some classy places, fair play.

[Guy]

I woke up with a girl in Ely one Sunday morning after a night in Cardiff.

Caught the bendy bus back into town.

Never been so glad to get on a service bus in all my life, she had about 8 kids and none of them had a straight pair of eyes.

:nut

:lol: Jeezus it sounds like 'The Hills have Eyes' around those parts.

[FLINT ISLAND]

I went out with a girl from Swanea once, she took me home to meet her brother and her father.

He was a nice bloke :lol:


:lol::lol::lol:

[debaser]

I went out with a girl from Swanea once, she took me home to meet her brother and her father.

He was a nice bloke :lol:

About 18 months ago Radio 1 listeners voted Swansea girls as the best looking in the UK. I must be going to the wrong places.

Not that Cardiff is any better!

[Gaz S]

I woke up with a girl in Ely one Sunday morning after a night in Cardiff.

Caught the bendy bus back into town.

Never been so glad to get on a service bus in all my life, she had about 8 kids and none of them had a straight pair of eyes.

:nut

:rofl:D As someone once told me about Ely - "It's all kids and dogs." :roll::lol:

[Gaz S]

Wow, Ely. Cardiff's equivalent of Townhill. Wales really does have some classy places, fair play.

Q. How do you castrate somebody from Townhill?
A. Kick his sister in the teeth.

[Grant1]

Do any of you know of Joffa from Townhill?

[Gaz S]

Do any of you know of Joffa from Townhill?

No. To be honest I kind of bury my head in the sand a little. Just go about my business and keep myself to myself. Never leave my house if I can help it - I live in Ely FFS!

[FLINT ISLAND]

Do any of you know of Joffa from Townhill?

I dont want to assciate myself with townhill :-(

[Fat Joe]

Rumours are.........When Marciano was over here during his time in the military he got sparked in The Adelphi by a Swansea Jack.

[Primadonna Kool]

When i was chilling out in the gym one time, i used to speak to some fella. He told me..... his dad had a fight with John Conteh and done him in on the streets on kirkby

Also i used to speak to some other fella who hanged around with John Conteh, and he told me about one time.

When John Conteh, had sex with some fella's Missus..! abit of a mistake.

John Conteh had his hands broken or aleast they tried to break them for punishment.

John Conteh was actually alright, but my dad said his brothers where bell ends.

No Marks..

They tried to live off being John Contehs brother, fair play like..

[Bonavena25]

It wouldn't surprise me if one of the Calzaghe stories were true.

He's often alluded to it himself in interviews, talking about being drunk and finding out "things are different than in the ring" when he's had one too many.

[p.Townend]

Im not his biggest fan,but if he has spoken out about something that brings misery to kids up and down the country every day,good on the man.

[MIK1000]

Yeah, like I say, it's just the regular bullshit that does the rounds. Sad. I've heard about five or six different versions of Joe getting sparked and I recall similar urban myths circulating about Naz back in the day. :roll:

Joe has a big rant about Naz in his book. He said he, Naz and Carl Thompson all went to a WBO convention in the states togeather and while he said Naz was alright to him but was picking on Carl the whole weekend about things like "How much did u make for your last fight Carl??" "How much? I wouldn't take a piss for that" and eventually Carl just snapped and told Naz to shut it or he would get a slap. He also said that Naz teased Eubank one time saying "shows yer belt" at the Airport and Eubank gave him a cuff and they had to be seperated.

[Primadonna Kool]

Ha ha ha ha the prince will never die..

[mbrockett]

hard to concentrate on the interview when all i can look at is his eyebrows. if your going to shave your eyebrows joe you need to not let stubble grow back. bit gay isnt it? a boxer shaving his eyebrows?
plus iv also noticed that he has one of the largest head to body ratios in great britain.

[Gaz S]

Joe has a big rant about Naz in his book. He said he, Naz and Carl Thompson all went to a WBO convention in the states togeather and while he said Naz was alright to him but was picking on Carl the whole weekend about things like "How much did u make for your last fight Carl??" "How much? I wouldn't take a piss for that" and eventually Carl just snapped and told Naz to shut it or he would get a slap. He also said that Naz teased Eubank one time saying "shows yer belt" at the Airport and Eubank gave him a cuff and they had to be seperated.

I remember the Naz/Eubank thing at the airport making the news at the time. Great scene in the "Little Prince, Big Fight" documentary where Eubank visits Naz at his hotel and starts reciting poetry. TV gold that one! :rofl

[Gaz S]

Im not his biggest fan,but if he has spoken out about something that brings misery to kids up and down the country every day,good on the man.

I agree. Whether you like Joe or not, if his stories are true or somewhat embellished, it doesn't really matter, at least he's adding his weight to something positive. :good

[Gaz S]

Rumours are.........When Marciano was over here during his time in the military he got sparked in The Adelphi by a Swansea Jack.

I've heard many variations on this. The most popular one - and I have actually seen this in print somewhere - is that he sparked out somebody in a Cardiff pub whilst stationed here on military service. I did hear it was The Westgate but I'm not sure about that.

[debaser]

Joe has a big rant about Naz in his book. He said he, Naz and Carl Thompson all went to a WBO convention in the states togeather and while he said Naz was alright to him but was picking on Carl the whole weekend about things like "How much did u make for your last fight Carl??" "How much? I wouldn't take a piss for that" and eventually Carl just snapped and told Naz to shut it or he would get a slap. He also said that Naz teased Eubank one time saying "shows yer belt" at the Airport and Eubank gave him a cuff and they had to be seperated.

I suppose we can only speak from our own experiences. I met Naz at the Steve Robinson v Freddie Cruz fight in Cardiff in 1994 and he was came across as a super nice guy. I was 11 years old and this was the first fight I had ever attended live. Naz was amazing, he signed autographs for us, posed for pictues and chatted to me and my Uncle throughout the fight.

Admittedly this was before he had won a world title and became a superstar and I never saw or spoke to him after this but it always baffles me when people recount negative tales of meeting Naz coz this certainly wasn't my experience of meeting him.

Maybe it did all got to his head when he started having major success but I think that Naz we saw and tv and the Naz outside of the media spotlight were two different people.

[pathmanc1986]

u want interesting stories check out eamonn magee's history......mental isnt the word


my mate has no interest in boxing but has it in his mind he wants to make some sort of movie about him

1989- looks wrong way at a crowd and they jump him he fights back then they stick a glass bottle in his neck, cutting a artery

1992-accused of anti social behaviour and then shot in the legs by the PIRA

1993- throws up the head after people even questioning whether or not he should go to the olympics and doesnt go as a protest

takes 2 years off.....

1994 arrested after mass brawl destroys belfast city centre pub

2004, Magee was attacked in the Blacks Road area of Belfast. He was pulled from his car and beaten with a baseball bat, he had his leg broken and knee fractured lung collapsed

also admits after flooring hatton he stepped back, as he had been drinking before the fights and doing no road work, didnt trust his fitness enough to risk going for the KO and failing and being gassed out

[MIK1000]

why did the PIRA shoot him? Is he anti republican?

[pathmanc1986]

na he wont talk about it but its usually nothing to do with politics, more to do with drug dealing joy riding , stealing from houses and the like, the beating he took 1989 and the one with the baseball bats nearly killed him


read this

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[pathmanc1986]

magees take on catholic/ protestant issue is hilarious

"doesnt make no difference to me. its not my fault where my da stuck his cock"

[Bonavena25]

It's funny, Calzaghe seems to have aged about five years since he retired.

[Olu G. Rotimi]

Where ya from Gaz?

Boy that is a blast from the past. I remember Jim Watt losing a fight in Lagos, Nigeria against Dele Jonathan for the Commonwealth Lightweight title. I think it was around 1974 OR 1975. Watt would later go on and win the world title until he ran into the great Arguello. Watt also beat Olympian Howard Davies Jnr and one of my personal favorites the exciting Sean O' Grady. The late Dele Jonathan one of the best ever to come out of Nigeria unfortunately would never fight for the world title eventually losing the Commonwealth when he was past his best to an excellent fighter from Guyana Lennox Blackmore.

[Fat Joe]

Colin Hart claims in the Sun today that the fella who sparked Bradley Price the other week had an argument with Calzaghe and offered him out.

[pathmanc1986]

who?????

mathew hall and joe calzaghe?


you'll find most fighters dont care about street reputations, they have no problem walking away from some mouthy cunt they would knock out

[Gaz S]

Colin Hart claims in the Sun today that the fella who sparked Bradley Price the other week had an argument with Calzaghe and offered him out.

Matthew Hall? I've not heard that story! What happened there?

In all honesty, I'm fairly surprised nobody has had a pop at Enzo Calzaghe before now. He has been pretty vicious and offensive with his words in the past, especially to Joe's opponents. I'm sure he must have got somebody's back up at some point.

[Fat Joe]

Matthew Hall? I've not heard that story! What happened there?


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[FLINT ISLAND]

Ugly Pete Judson once threatned to drag Naseem Hamed out of the gym and smash his teeth out against the pavement.

Naz aparantly went quiet and began to "behave" himself.

The irony in the story is Judson himself has probaly got none of his natural teeth left either !!!

[VanillaKilla]

Damn, stories about me seem to spread around fast these days. Yeah, I was the one who fought joe in the pub. You see, he stepped on my new nike's. p4p great or not, no one gets away with that shit. :twisted: So I had a word with him about it, next thing you know, i took a swing at him, he ducked it easily, little did i know enzo big mac was standing right behind him (lifting beer kegs over his head), my punch didnt exactly reach him, it sort of grazed his eyebrow area, but I broke his jaw. And he went crashing into the floor. As i turned back to see what joe was doing, i got slapped, hard. I stumbled backwards toward the wall and got slapped silly. Left and right slaps, my cheeks were damaged man. luckily somone stepped in and waved it off before i started getting dizzy. Joe as usual went around proclaiming that he was now the number 1 atg since he beat a man who KOED the best cruiserweight in the world. While i am a little embarassed, i gotta say im proud that im now number 2 in the cruiser divison :bbb(second to joe ofcourse)

[Cliff Spab]

Damn, stories about me seem to spread around fast these days. Yeah, I was the one who fought joe in the pub. You see, he stepped on my new nike's. p4p great or not, no one gets away with that shit. :twisted: So I had a word with him about it, next thing you know, i took a swing at him, he ducked it easily, little did i know enzo big mac was standing right behind him (lifting beer kegs over his head), my punch didnt exactly reach him, it sort of grazed his eyebrow area, but I broke his jaw. And he went crashing into the floor. As i turned back to see what joe was doing, i got slapped, hard. I stumbled backwards toward the wall and got slapped silly. Left and right slaps, my cheeks were damaged man. luckily somone stepped in and waved it off before i started getting dizzy. Joe as usual went around proclaiming that he was now the number 1 atg since he beat a man who KOED the best cruiserweight in the world. While i am a little embarassed, i gotta say im proud that im now number 2 in the cruiser divison :bbb(second to joe ofcourse)


Quality!

[debaser]

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Thick as shit unfortunately. He also has some glaring flaws in his make up. Like I said before, he will be knocked out several times over before his career is out if he doesn't change his approach. I wish him luck, I have a feeling he's gonna need it.

[Cliff Spab]

Thick as shit unfortunately. He also has some glaring flaws in his make up. Like I said before, he will be knocked out several times over before his career is out if he doesn't change his approach. I wish him luck, I have a feeling he's gonna need it.

Thick as shit?
Really?
And what presupposition do you base that on?

[debaser]

Thick as shit?
Really?
And what presupposition do you base that on?

His interviews and comments in the media.

[Cliff Spab]

His interviews and comments in the media.

To be fair, having read the article by Colin Hart there is no direct quote from Hall in reference to the Calzaghe incident.
As for his interviews, in the ones I've seen he seems to come across quite well and level headed.
More so than Pryce and Small.

[Max Molyneux]

Thick as shit unfortunately. He also has some glaring flaws in his make up. Like I said before, he will be knocked out several times over before his career is out if he doesn't change his approach. I wish him luck, I have a feeling he's gonna need it.

Hall sounds like a mouthy cunt and he got TKO'ed by Conception. Theres people on other forums who mentioned how mouthy he was.

Surely if it was only an arguement then he wouldn't be offering Joe outside.

This is how a Calzaghe/Hall streetfight ends.:smoke

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[debaser]

It's never gonna work for him. The mouthy twat approach is only gonna work if you're hard as nails, for example, a James Toney or Bernard Hopkins. For most it's only gonna succeed in making you look like a total tit the next time you're spread out on the canvas.

[debaser]

:fire

I don't read the sun and I don't attach any weight to that article. I'm talking primarily about his pre and post fight interviews.

[Cliff Spab]

I don't read the sun and I don't attach any weight to that article. I'm talking primarily about his pre and post fight interviews.

And the fact he's just knocked one of your pals out...

[DOM5153]

whats this i heard matthew hall chaloenged jc to a fight

hall is a dick and a very basic come forward puncher

B Price was unlucky that hall landed when he did

[sitiyzal]

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"is well known on the extremely tough and often dangerous Langley estate in Middleton"

Talk about bullshit!

[barrington]

For what its worth Ive known a few folks who were bullied at school and they really havent ever got over it,i think most folks who are bullied for a long time or badly enough carry its effects for all their lives.I see one chap in my local every once in a while who I used to sort of protect at school,a quiet shy lad,very bright he was but just could not stand up for himself,those bullies ruined his life pretty much.I see some of the same effects on Joe,you can see he is naturally quite shy/intoverted.****** has many times in the past even when him and Joe were getting along ok ****** would mention that Joe hated being the centre of attention which led him to doing very little promotion of his own fights.Ive never had much time for bullies meself but you can only do so much for the bullied yourself.Against bullies as one poster pointed out you have to be prepaired to go one step further than them.