26 Sep 2018 16:53:26
Hi Ed001,

Out of interest, what article are you currently working on? Have to say I really enjoyed the first part of the villains article series.

Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - I am working on the next boxing legends article which is on Thomas Hearns, though I have put it aside to do the comparison between the 08/09 team and this seasons. That would have been done by now but for the dentist butchering me over the last few days, so I haven't been up to doing much. Though I did manage to give the missus the best hour of her life yesterday....I was not allowed to open my mouth or speak for an hour.}

1.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 17:01:40
The "Hit Man" (with spindly legs 😁) .

{Ed001's Note - one hell of a fighter though.}

2.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 17:43:42
Oh yes he was, Ed001. Part of Emmanuel Steward's stable of really good boxers, at the time. The Duran, Leonard and Hagler fights were for the ages. Those were the days.

{Ed001's Note - it was good when boxers didn't spend their careers hiding from anyone likely to give them a good fight.}

3.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 17:47:04
Ah brilliant Ed, I thought the Thomas Hearns one would be coming soon, get in! I really look forward to that one mate.

{Ed001's Note - I thought I would do that one next as I liked him as a fighter but don't really know anything about him. Also a couple of you requested him, and I tend to do the requests first anyway.}

4.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 17:52:08
Did hears ever end up fighting "flip" danger?

{Ed001's Note - I have no idea who that is mate sorry.}

5.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 18:05:06
Ed01, Thomas Hearns was a brilliant fighter. He like his contemporaries (Sugar Ray, Roberto Duran etc) were artists of the sport. Also Ed, remember the memorable fights amongst Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran and Sugar Ray Leonard? For the kids out there, these fights are the stuff of legends. These guys literally fought each other at least twice and in some cases, THREE times. This was during the 80's when boxing was still The Sweet Science. Oh and by the way regarding Ed's comment about boxers of today dodging each other, back then, either you fought the guy who was the then no. 1 contender OR you did NOT get paid, pure and simple. After all, there is a reason the boxing legends of back in the day fought each other more than once and in some cases 3 times. Great times, Ed.

{Ed001's Note - I loved Duran, not sure why, but always loved him as a fighter but never took to Leonard. They all seemed to have real personalities back then, they mostly seem sanitised now and if they do say anything interesting, like Bellew does, they get crucified for it.}

6.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 18:51:54
At his peak, Roberto "Manos de Piedra" (Hands of Stone) Duran, was probably the best of all 4 of them. The way he slipped punches, and counterpunched was really something. By the time he fought Hearns and Leonard he was way past his peak and had probably lost his desire to fight (in the same way we saw with Mike Tyson and others) . Looking forward to your article on Hearns, Ed001.

{Ed001's Note - cheers mate, hopefully I will feel better tomorrow so I can't get back to it as I was enjoying doing the research on him.}

7.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 19:02:09
Ed will you be doing one on Hagler? The fight in which he destroyed Hearns was unbelievable.

{Ed001's Note - yes mate, he is on the list.}

8.) 26 Sep 2018
26 Sep 2018 19:27:42
{Ed001's Note - it was good when boxers didn't spend their careers hiding from anyone likely to give them a good fight. }

Cause they were fighters, and not 'professional boxers' who 'box professionally' with 'tactical acumen' and 'technical expertise', as if the fighters of old weren't professional, tactical or technical.

{Ed001's Note - good point. Far too many Mayweathers just in it for as much money as they can get, rather than people who actually did it for love of the sport.}

9.) 27 Sep 2018
27 Sep 2018 00:24:15
Cheers Ed, i have to say I really like your articles.

10.) 27 Sep 2018
27 Sep 2018 00:24:45
It's from the film "million dollar baby" ed01. Clint Eastwood and hillary what's her name. In clints gym there is a young lad called danger. Can't fight for rubbish. Has been training for months and never hit a bag but he has more heart than anyone. He always shouts that he wants to fight Tommy hearns, the motor city cobra. No one tells him that Tommy retired years ago.

If you haven't seen it and you like boxing you'll love million dollar baby ed01. Also cinderella man with Russel Crowle is brilliant. Much better than the rocky films. These are real Oscar nominated films. I think million dollar baby might have won best picture.

{Ed001's Note - winning an Oscar is normally a sign a film is utter cack.}

11.) 27 Sep 2018
27 Sep 2018 00:44:09
Ed, will you be doing one on Prince Naseem Hamed? Not everyones cup of tea and never fulfilled his huge potential but he was hugely entertaining to watch (both his boxing and his showboating) .

{Ed001's Note - I have added him to the list. He was too busy with other things that was his problem. Shame because he could have been in the argument as greatest all time pound for pound fighter if he has kept his head into boxing.}

12.) 27 Sep 2018
27 Sep 2018 10:01:40
Agree Ed, and it looks like he's kept his head in the cheesecake since retiring.

{Ed001's Note - he certainly has been up to a thing or two, some things I wish I could mention here but can't. So frustrating.}

13.) 27 Sep 2018
27 Sep 2018 20:27:16
"Nas" was awesome.

{Ed025's Note - i agree brover..