One fighter who does not get the respect he is due Carl the CAT Thompson

[cotto20]

The guy is a legend was in some of the best british fights of the last 20 years, was a former british, commenwealth, european and world cruserweight champion, holds 2 wins over chris eubank and was the first man to beat david haye. Boxing needs give the fucking CAT more respect

[Flea Man]

Hard as nails. Quality fights with Eubank, Haye and (especially) Sellers. for what's it worth I think the Haye of a few years later beats prime Thompson.

[Mr Butt]

carl thompson = double hard bastard :yep


i liked the rothman fight

[teeto]

Great puncher, the division's not deep with greatness in its history so he must rank with the best. The Eubank fights were against a past prime foe, but they were great. The Haye win is a top one, green or no. He was hardly hurt against Nelson either at the time of stoppage. I'd pick Nelson to beat every time though.

[Flea Man]

Ohnny Nelson=double hard bastard. Had ways of surviving against Heavys and come back from something stupid like losing his first five fights to hold a trinket. Now a decent analyst (well better than Jim Watt anyway) so I say let's give Nelson some kudos :good often a horrible fighter to watch though :lol:

[jc]

Never ever in a dull fight! Carl for me is the most consistenly exciting british fighter of the last 20 years, very underrated.

[teeto]

Ohnny Nelson=double hard bastard. Had ways of surviving against Heavys and come back from something stupid like losing his first five fights to hold a trinket. Now a decent analyst (well better than Jim Watt anyway) so I say let's give Nelson some kudos :good often a horrible fighter to watch though :lol:

:good

On all counts.

[TBooze]

And you are all forgetting one of his finest moment, when as a very, very late sub he saved Seconds Out and flattened the unbeaten Nicky Piper, to first make his name to the hardcore sports fan.

[teeto]

And you are all forgetting one of his finest moment, when as a very, very late sub he saved Seconds Out and flattened the unbeaten Nicky Piper, to first make his name to the hardcore sports fan.
I never saw this. Was it a really good showing?

[Mr Butt]

johnny nelson made me look like a right turd i had told my mates to come round and to watch this really good boxer with great movment and fast hands become a world champ and not go to the pub the fight was the de leon tittle fight a felt like a right idiot

[cotto20]

One thing i always remember about the thompson/sellers fight was how small the crowd was, there must of been about 200 people in some small hall, what a fight it was, one of the best i have seen live i remember watching on friday fight nights, could not believe how good of a scrap it was, shame carl had to lose, cos he was chaseing a nelson rematch at the time

[cotto20]

johnny nelson made me look like a right turd i had told my mates to come round and to watch this really good boxer with great movment and fast hands become a world champ and not go to the pub the fight was the de leon tittle fight a felt like a right idiot
you should read johnny nelsons book you say that you felt like a turd after that fight he felt alot worse. Nelsons book is a great read, he is very honest person even admiting he use to piss the bed right up intil he won his first title:D

[teeto]

johnny nelson made me look like a right turd i had told my mates to come round and to watch this really good boxer with great movment and fast hands become a world champ and not go to the pub the fight was the de leon tittle fight a felt like a right idiot
Haha, i've got Nelson's book, he was gutted about that for ages it seems. Like it haunted him or something. When he eventually won a title it was as if it was all to rid him of eing in the shadow of that night.

[teeto]

you should read johnny nelsons book you say that you felt like a turd after that fight he felt alot worse. Nelsons book is a great read, he is very honest person even admiting he use to piss the bed right up intil he won his first title:D
Haha, look at this, we posted at the same time!

[Boxingnut5]

I read somewhere that Carl did not get massive purses for his title fights which is a real shame if true.

[TBooze]

I never saw this. Was it a really good showing?

It was partly a case of Piper being well overhyped, and having an ego the size of Wales to step into the ring with Thompson, despite giving away perhaps a stone.

But Carl (in fact I think he was still Adrian) was impressive and controlled and dominated the fight. And when you think The Cat was coming off a bad two round stoppage to another big puncher (Davis), it was more than a good showing, it was an excellent showing, almost world class.

[Mr Butt]

i will try and one of my kids to get me nelson's book for christmas though i will not get to it until late jan. thanks for the book recomendation

[teeto]

i will try and one of my kids to get me nelson's book for christmas though i will not get to it until late jan. thanks for the book recomendation
To be honest i think it's a bit of a shit book. Interesting story, just not told very well.

Sorry!

[cotto20]

I read somewhere that Carl did not get massive purses for his title fights which is a real shame if true.
yeah i have a documentry on carl, its tells you about his background in kickboxing, also billy graham says carl was the hardest trainer he ever trained hatton included, also carl says he didnt make much from boxing it shows you his house, and for a former world champion you would of expected a bigger house, shame really americans would of loved carls style he was like a poormans mathew saad muhamed

[Mr Butt]

yeah i have a documentry on carl, its tells you about his background in kickboxing, also billy graham says carl was the hardest trainer he ever trained hatton included, also carl says he didnt make much from boxing it shows you his house, and for a former world champion you would of expected a bigger house, shame really americans would of loved carls style he was like a poormans mathew saad muhamed

what is he doing now

[cotto20]

what is he doing now
at the time of the documentry he was looking for last big fight it was a few years ago 2 or 3

[duranimal]

carl thompson = double hard bastard :yep


i liked the rothman fight

Beat me 2 it:D loved the fucker, double hard bastard INDEED:yep