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The most embarrassing moments in boxing history
Cathal McGuigan Tuesday 16 December 2014 06.28 EST
Momma’s Boy
There’s no shame in losing to the better man, as light heavyweight Tony Wilson learned in the third round of his fight with Steve McCarthy in 1989. What is shameful though is that Wilson’s mother, 62-year-old Minna Wilson, couldn’t bear to witness her son taking a beating any longer so climbed into the ring and began beating McCarthy around the head with her shoe, triggering a riot.
Bleeding from the head, McCarthy left the ring and refused to return. As a result the referee declared that he had retired and named Wilson the winner. Instead of thanking his mother for her help, Wilson banned her from going to any more of his fights.
Quit hitting yourself
Everyone remembers this moment from Tyson Fury’s early days. During his fourth professional fight against Lee Swaby, the heavyweight contender became a bit overexcited. Not satisfied with his opponent’s performance, he started hitting himself to make the fight more of a challenge.
Some advice for Fury’s future opponents: make him angry. The more angry he is, the more likely he is to become careless. And the angrier he gets the harder the punches he’ll throw. Stay the hell out of the way and watch a giant man knock himself out. He might forget you’re even there.
The swing-and-hoper
Light heavyweight Brian Sutherland claimed he had never set foot in a ring before his first bout, so no one is really sure how the fight ended up on TV. Perhaps word of mouth landed him a spot on the show Tuesday Night Fights. Perhaps they couldn’t resist when he showed up with a reputation as a street fighter who had never lost, with an iron will and a haircut that says “don’t mess with me”.
And he nearly lasted a full minute, before Liverpool’s Kenny Rainford bored of watching him hop around and hit him with his first, and only, real punch of the fight. He only needed one.
Ricky Hatton predicts his own downfall
This clip from Manny Pacquiao’s utter destruction of Ricky Hatton is marred only by the effect the loss had on the defeated man. It also features the incomprehensible Floyd Mayweather, Sr.: “Same move thaswasgufduganfre what I was trying to tell you.”
Speaking of Floyd, Sr…
Charlie Zelenoff’s entire ‘career’ (i just did a thread on this idiot earlier today haha)
Welterweight Charlie Zelenoff is boxing’s greatest internet celebrity. Despite losing his one and only fight, having been disqualified for repeatedly spitting out his gumshield, Zelenoff claims to be the pound-for-pound No1 and the greatest boxer of all time.
He also regularly boasts about knocking out heavyweights with his “4500 psi” punches that he says pack as much power as a meteorite. He hit the headlines earlier this year when Deontay Wilder knocked him around in response to alleged threats from Zelenoff.
He’s most famous for a sparring session with 59-year-old Mayweather, Sr. After crawling out of the ring, Zelenoff, 23, runs back in to sucker-punch a man more than twice his age.
The debut of ‘Illusive Fighting’
The Shadow (?-?-?) is so mysterious that there is almost no information about him on the internet apart from his fight with “Insane Zane” on Canadian Fight Network show So You Wanna Fight.
The creator of “illusive fighting” may look a simple office worker but we are assured that he has undergone a rigorous training regime including intensive hiking, meditation and “dodging cars at busy intersections”.
In practise, this is less impressive. The Shadow shows that he has little understanding of fighting or even of getting out of the way of big, hairy men. Maybe he would have done better if Zane had been a car.
The scaredy cat
Jerry “Harm’s Way” Hackney was never going to be a world champion. He lost every single one of his eight fights and had one of the most terrible nicknames in boxing history. As if losing all of his fights isn’t embarrassing enough, he performed amazingly badly against George “Da Butcher” Klinesmith.
In the fourth round, Hackney decides he has had enough of a beating so turns his ginger dreadlocks (always a great choice) and runs. He jumps on to the ropes, where Da Butcher “makes mincemeat outta him” by punching him into the crowd. Hackney claims he was “just jogging across the ring”.
Glass-jaw Grimsley
In 1997 Crawford Grimsley was a heavyweight showing promise. He had a history of impressive first-round knockouts and managed to go the distance against the legendary George Foreman. Grimsley was the real life Ivan Drago: a sharp, blonde knockout master.
That is until his fight with Jimmy Thunder, in which he was knocked out almost immediately. If you squint it can be a really underwhelming alternative ending to Rocky IV.
Cathal McGuigan Tuesday 16 December 2014 06.28 EST
Momma’s Boy
There’s no shame in losing to the better man, as light heavyweight Tony Wilson learned in the third round of his fight with Steve McCarthy in 1989. What is shameful though is that Wilson’s mother, 62-year-old Minna Wilson, couldn’t bear to witness her son taking a beating any longer so climbed into the ring and began beating McCarthy around the head with her shoe, triggering a riot.
Bleeding from the head, McCarthy left the ring and refused to return. As a result the referee declared that he had retired and named Wilson the winner. Instead of thanking his mother for her help, Wilson banned her from going to any more of his fights.
Quit hitting yourself
Everyone remembers this moment from Tyson Fury’s early days. During his fourth professional fight against Lee Swaby, the heavyweight contender became a bit overexcited. Not satisfied with his opponent’s performance, he started hitting himself to make the fight more of a challenge.
Some advice for Fury’s future opponents: make him angry. The more angry he is, the more likely he is to become careless. And the angrier he gets the harder the punches he’ll throw. Stay the hell out of the way and watch a giant man knock himself out. He might forget you’re even there.
The swing-and-hoper
Light heavyweight Brian Sutherland claimed he had never set foot in a ring before his first bout, so no one is really sure how the fight ended up on TV. Perhaps word of mouth landed him a spot on the show Tuesday Night Fights. Perhaps they couldn’t resist when he showed up with a reputation as a street fighter who had never lost, with an iron will and a haircut that says “don’t mess with me”.
And he nearly lasted a full minute, before Liverpool’s Kenny Rainford bored of watching him hop around and hit him with his first, and only, real punch of the fight. He only needed one.
Ricky Hatton predicts his own downfall
This clip from Manny Pacquiao’s utter destruction of Ricky Hatton is marred only by the effect the loss had on the defeated man. It also features the incomprehensible Floyd Mayweather, Sr.: “Same move thaswasgufduganfre what I was trying to tell you.”
Speaking of Floyd, Sr…
Charlie Zelenoff’s entire ‘career’ (i just did a thread on this idiot earlier today haha)
Welterweight Charlie Zelenoff is boxing’s greatest internet celebrity. Despite losing his one and only fight, having been disqualified for repeatedly spitting out his gumshield, Zelenoff claims to be the pound-for-pound No1 and the greatest boxer of all time.
He also regularly boasts about knocking out heavyweights with his “4500 psi” punches that he says pack as much power as a meteorite. He hit the headlines earlier this year when Deontay Wilder knocked him around in response to alleged threats from Zelenoff.
He’s most famous for a sparring session with 59-year-old Mayweather, Sr. After crawling out of the ring, Zelenoff, 23, runs back in to sucker-punch a man more than twice his age.
The debut of ‘Illusive Fighting’
The Shadow (?-?-?) is so mysterious that there is almost no information about him on the internet apart from his fight with “Insane Zane” on Canadian Fight Network show So You Wanna Fight.
The creator of “illusive fighting” may look a simple office worker but we are assured that he has undergone a rigorous training regime including intensive hiking, meditation and “dodging cars at busy intersections”.
In practise, this is less impressive. The Shadow shows that he has little understanding of fighting or even of getting out of the way of big, hairy men. Maybe he would have done better if Zane had been a car.
The scaredy cat
Jerry “Harm’s Way” Hackney was never going to be a world champion. He lost every single one of his eight fights and had one of the most terrible nicknames in boxing history. As if losing all of his fights isn’t embarrassing enough, he performed amazingly badly against George “Da Butcher” Klinesmith.
In the fourth round, Hackney decides he has had enough of a beating so turns his ginger dreadlocks (always a great choice) and runs. He jumps on to the ropes, where Da Butcher “makes mincemeat outta him” by punching him into the crowd. Hackney claims he was “just jogging across the ring”.
Glass-jaw Grimsley
In 1997 Crawford Grimsley was a heavyweight showing promise. He had a history of impressive first-round knockouts and managed to go the distance against the legendary George Foreman. Grimsley was the real life Ivan Drago: a sharp, blonde knockout master.
That is until his fight with Jimmy Thunder, in which he was knocked out almost immediately. If you squint it can be a really underwhelming alternative ending to Rocky IV.
