Freddie flintoff boxing (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Nick
- Start date
Darth Robins
Well-Known Member
Sky are doing a reality show about him training up, I'd guess they have the rights to the fight too.
sky blue zam
Member
i think hed be a cracking boxer, looks as though hes got the physique. but its on box nation same night as david price
LastGarrison
Well-Known Member
Curtis Woodhouse made the transition from football so why not Freddie?
ccfctommy
Well-Known Member
No, for some reason Price is fighting 45 year old Matt Skelton.Is price fighting the gypsy fella?
I might try and get a stream for that then
Covstu
Well-Known Member
totally agree, i suppose the sport has moved on since then. I dont think freddie will make a career on this but who knows!!
Blue Maniac
Member
Because Curtis Woodhouse trained as a boxer from a much younger age than Flintoff, and was reasonably good at it. Even so, his record is just about satisfactory, no more. Flintoff is just a fat bloke in his mid-30s, and if you watch him train you realise his technique is appalling. This will be a miserable, embarrassing failure for all involved. Quite why Barry McGuigan is encouraging this I don't know.
LastGarrison
Well-Known Member
Just about satisfactory? Hmm I would disagree and say that by winning an English title and only losing something like 4 of his fights after beginning in his boxing career relatively late on is a pretty good achievement and far better than satisfactory.
With regards to Flintoff he will be fighting at a much heavier weight which usually means more longevity anyway and has been a professional sports man all his adult life, hardly some fat guy off the telly who is just giving it ago.
He might be shit but the fact that people are slagging him off before he has even tried is ridiculous. Give the guy a chance for fucks sake. He has kept his head down since it has been announced and seems to be putting in the effort in training so best of luck to him I say.
Blue Maniac
Member
What CW has done is a good achievement considering where he's come from, but if we take a step back and look at the bigger picture it's a pretty ordinary career. Still, better than mine.
Yes, Flintoff has been in professional sports all his adult life, but with respect to cricket it's nowhere near as physically intensive as boxing. There's little overlap in the key skill sets. The point, I guess, is if it goes horrendously wrong, as I suspect it will, nobody will be surprised. Conversely, of course, if he becomes a sensation, I'll be happy to dine on my words.
SkyBlue_Bear83
Well-Known Member
I had no idea about this until I saw this thread, people I was talking to today about it thought I was on the wind up. I read the sports pages regularly in the paper and online and hadn't seen or heard anything about it.
LastGarrison
Well-Known Member
We'll have to agree to disagree about the "ordinary career" I am sure that there are many professional boxers out there that would love to be as ordinary as Curtis.
Blue Maniac
Member
Absolutely, I'm not trying to devalue his achievements at all. There are plenty of bad careers out there. He's not a journeyman, but equally he's not beaten anyone of any real significance. I guess my point is he's not overcome any major challenge within the context of the boxing ring. But you're quite right, there are many many boxers who would love to be half as good as Curtis Woodhouse.