Why Did Bumpy Knuckles Diss Cormega?
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The thing about Bumpy though isn't he well known for knocking people out? Didn't he also partake and win in that boxing tournament the rappers had?
By the way that was in reply to the post about Rakim....
But on this topic, Mega boxed too apparently, apparently was very good.
But on this topic, Mega boxed too apparently, apparently was very good.
Yeah Cormega is ill to me, one of my favourite rappers. I'm a Bumpy fan too but music wise Mega takes it for me.
KILLAKUTT7
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big fan of both- but yea like mega's music is better
GetInTheTruck
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Bumpy is known for knocking people the fukk out. Mega all day though 
He shyt on NORE too back in the day....don't think he responded.
He shyt on NORE too back in the day....don't think he responded.
Bumpy is known for knocking people the fukk out. Mega all day though
He shyt on NORE too back in the day....don't think he responded.
NORE responded. Was wack though, and I think one line.
It seemed like those cats were trying to say Bumpy is pretty much all talk and no action, but he seems to have a rep and actually did win that tournament against some tough big motherfukkers.
"Annual Rappers Charity Boxing Title, which pitted rappers with handskills against their cross-coastal rivals. Match-ups included Willie D v. Melle Mel, and a scheduled fight between Ultra-affiliate Tim Dog and Dope E from The Terrorists (A Houston group signed to Rap-A-Lot). The thing is, Tim Dog never showed up, so Freddie had to step in and fight Dope E after having already won his own match. Bumpy Knuckles went on to win the tournament, and held it down for the East-coast. In his acceptance speech, he called-out the author of “fukk Compton” for fronting on the event. I can’t find the original article, but I remember Freddie saying something about “rappers who make records like “Step To Me” but can’t get into the ring.”
You were involved in the 1st Annual Rapper’s Boxing Championships in 1992. How did that go?
It was a boxing match put together by a man named Gary Braverman, whose father was also in the boxing entertainment world – he was a friend of Don King’s. I remember when Eric B. brought the guy to see me I was actually in the back yard, working out on the bag. He walked back and this guy said, ‘Yo man, you really know how to box!’ So he said he was putting together this boxing match with all rappers, and I said, ‘OK’. I was like I didn’t think no rappers was actually gonna show-up. But back then, there was a few cats that showed-up, they wanted to get down. I actually had to train with professional fighters to prepare myself for what it was – Iran Barkley was one of my trainers. The sad thing was, I was already more capable of the boxing ability than these rap guys was, so I over-trained and I hurt a few cats in that. But it is what it is – I wasn’t in there to play no games anyway.
Who did you fight?
I fought a cat named Spook Blunt [from the group True Culture], and then the other cat was Dope E from The Terrorists or something like that.
Wasn’t Tim Dog meant to fight him originally? And you didn’t appreciate having to step in for him?
My thing was, when you rep where you live or where you from, you supposed to step-up. At the time I believe he was big enough to seal that deal for New York – he was beefing with the West Coast, the NWA thing was poppin’ – it was like, ‘You know what? This guy talked all this trash on the phone to me about he was gonna show up and do this and do that, but for some reason he’s not here’. And I felt it made New York look bad, so I stepped to it and I fought the fight. I won both belts [the 'Heavyweight Hardcore Title' and the 'East Meets West Hardcore Super Heavyweight Title'] and gave Dope E the belt for fighting me, cos he didn’t have to fight me. He coulda said, ‘Nah, I should win by default’, cos there were other people who had default wins, and now this guy is coming back out…and I happened to have a sprained right shoulder when I beat him, too. Poet had gave me a high five and I reached to give him a high five with my right hand. He hit it kinda hard and sprained my shoulder, but I still went in and fought anyway. I dropped him with a left hand in the fight – and I’m right handed! He don’t like when I tell people that! [laughs]
It was a boxing match put together by a man named Gary Braverman, whose father was also in the boxing entertainment world – he was a friend of Don King’s. I remember when Eric B. brought the guy to see me I was actually in the back yard, working out on the bag. He walked back and this guy said, ‘Yo man, you really know how to box!’ So he said he was putting together this boxing match with all rappers, and I said, ‘OK’. I was like I didn’t think no rappers was actually gonna show-up. But back then, there was a few cats that showed-up, they wanted to get down. I actually had to train with professional fighters to prepare myself for what it was – Iran Barkley was one of my trainers. The sad thing was, I was already more capable of the boxing ability than these rap guys was, so I over-trained and I hurt a few cats in that. But it is what it is – I wasn’t in there to play no games anyway.
Who did you fight?
I fought a cat named Spook Blunt [from the group True Culture], and then the other cat was Dope E from The Terrorists or something like that.
Wasn’t Tim Dog meant to fight him originally? And you didn’t appreciate having to step in for him?
My thing was, when you rep where you live or where you from, you supposed to step-up. At the time I believe he was big enough to seal that deal for New York – he was beefing with the West Coast, the NWA thing was poppin’ – it was like, ‘You know what? This guy talked all this trash on the phone to me about he was gonna show up and do this and do that, but for some reason he’s not here’. And I felt it made New York look bad, so I stepped to it and I fought the fight. I won both belts [the 'Heavyweight Hardcore Title' and the 'East Meets West Hardcore Super Heavyweight Title'] and gave Dope E the belt for fighting me, cos he didn’t have to fight me. He coulda said, ‘Nah, I should win by default’, cos there were other people who had default wins, and now this guy is coming back out…and I happened to have a sprained right shoulder when I beat him, too. Poet had gave me a high five and I reached to give him a high five with my right hand. He hit it kinda hard and sprained my shoulder, but I still went in and fought anyway. I dropped him with a left hand in the fight – and I’m right handed! He don’t like when I tell people that! [laughs]
He's good with his hands and he obviously has size. But I think when it came down to going to Queens early in the morning to handle some beef he was kind of shook. Knocking dudes out is one thing but handling some street shyt is another. The story is hearsay so I couldn't really tell you for sure.
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True, thats correct, maybe they meant in a serious beef sense then rather than fighting.
Did they do other rappers boxers tournaments? Sounds like an interesting concept.