Classic Fights You've Missed

It's my mates 30th over the weekend of the Haye vs Wlad fight and looks like i'm going away so going to miss it as none of my mates are big boxing fans so will no doubt be in a club at the time of the fight :>(

I'll be gutted if this is a classic and what I want to know is what big fights have you missed where you just couldn't get out of something else and missed what was a classic fight?

I was out on the night of a Benn / Eubank fight and had set the video (remember them?) to record it, hoping to avoid the result (a la the likely lads) and watch it the next day.

All was going well, there I was throwing shapes on the dancefloor when the music stopped, and the DJ announced the result.

Do they still do that nowadays?

Union Cane wrote:I was out on the night of a Benn / Eubank fight and had set the video (remember them?) to record it, hoping to avoid the result (a la the likely lads) and watch it the next day.

All was going well, there I was throwing shapes on the dancefloor when the music stopped, and the DJ announced the result.

Do they still do that nowadays?

I was in Gatecrasher and Calvin Harris announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed.

Not sure what relevance that has but...

Never! Boxing comes first!

Christ, I don't envisage that happening again any time soon Union! Boxing isn't quite in the public eye as it used to be! Shame..really.

Union Cane wrote:I was out on the night of a Benn / Eubank fight and had set the video (remember them?) to record it, hoping to avoid the result (a la the likely lads) and watch it the next day.

All was going well, there I was throwing shapes on the dancefloor when the music stopped, and the DJ announced the result.

Do they still do that nowadays?

That would never happen nowadays - considering only 0.01 of the population watch boxing these days.

I was on a bus from Vientianne to Bangkok when the Hatton vs Tsyzu fight was on.

I was hoping to get back to Bangkok in time to watch the fight so of course the bus promptly broke down about 6 times.

What should have been, if I recall correctly an 8hr journey ended up taking about 15hrs.

Also suffering the indignity of having to do a number 2 in a bush by the roadside added to my woe!!

I missed the Hatton vs Tsyzu fight a few years back as I was on a lengthy bus journey from Vientianne to Bangkok.

To add to my woe it transpired that some animal defecated on a rare plant that I was taking back with me whilst stood at the side of the road.....

Mick wrote:I missed the Hatton vs Tsyzu fight a few years back as I was on a lengthy bus journey from Vientianne to Bangkok.

To add to my woe it transpired that some animal defecated on a rare plant that I was taking back with me whilst stood at the side of the road.....

Pure BadgerHands plantfood worth it's weight in gold.

Went back to my mates house for Lewis v Rahman 1 after a heavy session, all of us fell asleep drunk and woke up about 5'ish, put teletxt up and realised he had been sparkled.

I've missed quite a few over the years - thank god for YouTube!

Not once have I stayed awake for a fight live from Vegas.

I was in my local metal club when they announced the death of Kurt Cobain. Don't think there's been a louder cheer in there since!

I missed Skelton Sprott because it was my wedding anniversary and the missus insisted we go out for a meal. Suffice to say the marriage barely survived.

Was that Skelton Sprott 1 or the Prizefighter bout Jeff?

(Obviously it wouldn't have been Skelton Sprott 2)

My Dad, when he was a young lad, was woken by his father at 5am to watch Ali-Liston 2. He had a physics O-level the next day. He sat down whilst my grandfather made a pot of tea. My grandfather woke him up, a few minutes later to ask what the hell had just happened and why the ring was full of people and why Ali was jumping about. Yep - he missed the 1st round 1st minute fight.

For myself - I missed Cotto-Margarito. Watched it on catchup - t'was still good - but not quite the same.

i was in the kitchen ordering food and getting a beer when prescott KO'd amir khan. my mate who i was also fetching a beer for didn't feel the need to shout me and let me know the fight had started. oh dear

ha swear filter

Fell asleep just before FanMan made his famous entrance. Looked at the clock later thinking, "How long has this fight been on?"

I was cursing the FanMan.

Was so tired I had to pace the lounge to avoid falling asleep while they got that silly sod out of the ring.

Chavez v Taylor............Missed the greatest robbery of alltime...

Curry-Mccrory...............Missed that.....

Only two I can think of offhand.

any on primetime as well, seen as i can't get it and not maybe pubs play it.

busy making love to my wife and her sister and missed the Nelson-Deleon classic..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:busy making love to my wife and her sister and missed the Nelson-Deleon classic..

What a coincidence, missed a recent fight a few months ago for the same reason.

Scottrf wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:busy making love to my wife and her sister and missed the Nelson-Deleon classic..

What a coincidence, missed a recent fight a few months ago for the same reason.

You were doing Truss's wife and her sister too? Weird.

Mick wrote:I missed the Hatton vs Tsyzu fight a few years back as I was on a lengthy bus journey from Vientianne to Bangkok.

To add to my woe it transpired that some animal defecated on a rare plant that I was taking back with me whilst stood at the side of the road.....

Coincidentally I also missed hatton tszyu due to being in Thailand - or Vietnam, can't remember exactly where I was now, did a uni footy tour of south America in '05 then me and some mates when off to Thailand, Vietnam, china, australia & new zealand for a couple of months. Missed just about every fight that occurred during that period, although did get to take in some live cage fighting.

Wrestled some pythons in Thailand....Played chicken with a few vietnamese crocs....juggled a with a few black widow spiders..

Come on Sweetie sex your story up a little..

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Wrestled some pythons in Thailand....Played chicken with a few vietnamese crocs....juggled a with a few black widow spiders..

Come on Sweetie sex your story up a little..

Sorry Truss, what i meant to say was I missed hatton v Tyszu as I was in Thailand/Vietnam making love to a long line of questionable prostitutes, crashing my moped into ditches, drinking vomit inducing drinks, taking hallucinogenic drugs, getting regrettable tattoos in downmarket establishments, playing football on the beach at sunrise and generally being the all action, lean mean handsome, Italian blooded, smooth talking, dog whipping, take me as you find me, crazy son of a gun I am.

Is that better?

(There were no snakes though).

Sugar Boy Sweetie wrote:

TRUSSMAN66 wrote:Wrestled some pythons in Thailand....Played chicken with a few vietnamese crocs....juggled a with a few black widow spiders..

Come on Sweetie sex your story up a little..

Sorry Truss, what i meant to say was I missed hatton v Tyszu as I was in Thailand/Vietnam making love to a long line of questionable prostitutes, crashing my moped into ditches, drinking vomit inducing drinks, taking hallucinogenic drugs, getting regrettable tattoos in downmarket establishments, playing football on the beach at sunrise and generally being the all action, lean mean handsome, Italian blooded, smooth talking, dog whipping, take me as you find me, crazy son of a gun I am.

Is that better?

(There were no snakes though).

The prostitutes weren't questionable enough then.

Sounds like just your average American family holiday to me 8)

Do they still do that nowadays?
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i was in the bingo one night with my mam and brother, appologies! haha when the caller shouted unnanounced, 'ladies & gentleman, the winner of stars in your eyes is mr chris deburg' he said stars in your eyes because he was Scouse, and not in their eyes haha