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mckay was the last man to beat duddy, albeit as an amateur.  he is very keen to get in the ring with duddy and i think a fight in dublin in summer would pull a big crowd.  duddys management are looking him to fight taylor st patricks weekend 08,  far to soon, he needs to work his way up the rankings, better opponent each time.  i think a defeat against taylor in 08 would set him back big time.

Never mind that by that stage Taylor could have moved up to Super Middle/Light Heavy! Which, in fairness, may be no bad thing from Duddy's point of view.

Anyone know the score with the Bernard Hopkins-Winky Wright fight? What weight will it be at?

Duddy shouldn't even think of going anywhere near Jermain Taylor for a long time to come! Completely different class! James Moore is going well, but perhaps left it a bit late to turn pro.

Sean Leo has one, if not two, Ukster College Hurling All-Stars.

I took my girlfriend into an Ann Summers shop the other day and splashed out on a pair of knickers, so I had to buy them.

Brilliant!

The only goodd thing about Coppers is the challenge of trying to sneak in without paying once you come out fully loaded from the Palace!

I'm sure you've laready used that, but just in case

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I have aye, turned up a few places we'll look into. No-one else got any ideas?

Gallsman you're a bit harsh in your assessment of your club mate Burkey, yes there may be better stick men out there and players that have been on the panel longer and have more experience. But this is his first full year playing division one senior club hurling, and having watched and played along side him recently there has been a big improvement in his game. Sambo and Woody obviously see that the guy is a workhorse who does not stop, takes, and gives big tackles.

As it is he's not on the first team so no need for undue criticism, playing last night against Loughgiel down there he battled hard and scored points from midfield he's only 19 and in two or three years he will have developed into a good county hurler.

Some of the names not playing for the county are good hurlers but what do the managers do, do they pick hurlers on reputation or commitment?

I fully accept this MR, but from what I remember of Burkey (and I was only the one year above him), and what I still saw even in the Ulster Minor Club Football, is that he is overly cocky, and tends to pick up needless cards against fellas who are considerably smaller than him. He always had something to say, but never really had anything to back it up with. How that will turn out at senior level I just don't know. But never, say never, hopefully he's grown up a bit and realised that he has far too much talent (at both codes) to be arsing around and trying to start rows.

Sean Burke & Eddie McCloskey on that panel? Gimme a break! Burkey is a footballer and is too soft for Senior Championship. Hate to say it about a clubmate, but it's true. I've marked Eddie McCloskey in my time, and while he's a decent enough hurler, he shouldn't be anywhere near that panel.

Lads, does anyone know of any good places in Dublin that would be suitable for five Trinity lads (each preferring their own room) that would be willing to accept students on the lease? Results so far have tentatively turned up a place in "Ashdale Avenue" in Harold's Cross, which we can't find on a map, and a place on the corner of the North Circular Road and Dorset Street. Places with four and six bedrooms would also be considered, as we're trying to tempt a sixth fella to go in with us. Ideally, we'd like to be no further north or south than the places already mentioned, but would be willing to go as far North as Marino/Fairview and as far south as Dartry. As a fivesome, our topmost budget would be aound the €2700 a month mark or €3200 for six of us.

Any information, links, tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Taken from Scrubs.

An American fella has two coins which together add up to 30 cent. One of them isn't a nickel. What are the coins?

"Two guys destroyed your bike with a crow bar and a bat. One of them wasn't me."

A great, great comeback! The janitor rules! "Dr. Jan Itor".

how do you all rate bernard hopkins?

Very highly, end of!

He lost two close fights to Taylor, the first of which I thought he won. Came back from them to absolutely annihilate Tarver!

Yep, McCallum did indeed fight the Celtic Warrior, beat him on points. I've seen clips of that fight as well as the Kalambay fight and they were both great efforts by Steve. With him and McCullough around at the same time, we had two of the hardest chins in the business!

Didn't Minter procliam that "no black man" was going to take his title? Over in three rounds shows how much Hagler was pissed!

Barrera a lightweight? You might want to check your history books...As far as I know, he never fought at lightweight in his life!

No doubt Jones was as awesome fighter, but he should have fought a hell of a lot more decent fighters when he he was at middle and super middle e.g Collins, McClellan.

Christ, that's some sad news about Corrales! He was on the slide, but boy those Castillo fights were something else. RIP.

Tyrone's Own- What I'm saying is that there was nobody left for him, so why not retire? He did fight some bums, yeah, but every decent challenger got a look in as well. The McCall fight was a blip, and in retrospect, McCall turned out to be a nutjob capable of losing to Bruno. Lewis made amends the night McCall cried his eyes out. Rahman got a lucky punch in against a cocky Lewis who was too concerned with Ocean's Eleven than a title fight. He came back and knocked him out in the rematch. Klitschko was beaten, cuts or not. There was no way he could continue, As I said, he would have cut up just as badly in a rematch.

If we're doing the fighters of our generation thing, I'll go for:

1) Chavez (I know the Whitaker draw was lucky, but 89-0, come on!)
2) Jones
3) Whitaker
4) Azumah Nelson
5) Floyd

I know Lopez retired undefeated, but I've simply never seen him. Straw-weight gets virtually no exposure!

Tyrone's Own-  where was Lewis when Tyson and Holyfield were in their prime, you ask? Being ducked that's where he was. Bowe (beat Holyfield twice) refused to fight him and for years fighters used Lewis' subsequent loss to McCall as an excuse for not fighting him. You question Lewis' motives for retiring? What other credible challengers were there out there? He'd beaten the better of the Klitschkos, even if it was only on cuts. He wouldn't have cut any less easily in a rematch. Rahman again? As good a boxer as James Toney is, he's still a blown up Super Middlewieght who earned a credible draw with Rahman. Jones? Jones didn't really want it, and subsequent fights have shown that the Ruiz fight was by far and away the peak of his career. The only way from there was down, and Ruiz vs. Lewis would have been laughable

Never mind Duran vs. Leonard, watch Duran vs. Barkley for pure guts and will to survive.

I resent beign called a West Belfast man!

From my limited enough knowledge:

1) Robinson
2) Ali
3) Louis
4) Armstrong
5) Chavez