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[the ollie reed fan club]

(07-07-2014 10:38 PM)Warlord Wrote:  The thing I hated most about Mesi was how he and Joe Tessatore used to do these faux commentaries for ESPN2 on fights years after they'd taken place, and they'd make predictions, call the fight, and do post-fight breakdown as if they didn't know what they outcome already was.

I mean, they'd dig out some old fucking Lennox Lewis fights (like against Briggs), back when Lennox was a belt holder (WBC belt) but not a true champion yet (because Holyfield was still holding most of the straps), but they'd refer to him as "the champ" and all this shit, just employing all this ridiculous revisionist history.

I'm getting steamed just thinking about it. What a crock of shit. Joe Tessatore is/was the worst. Him and Teddy Atlas were made for each other.

Bob Sheridumb has done the same thing on a couple of Tyson fights. I think it is the Tyson/Berbick fight where that stupid cunt mentions Mike beating Bonecrusher Smith who he hadn't even fought yet. God I hate that guy. I was at a fight in Auckland on Saturday which he was commentating at. I should have just gone over and hit him for no reason!

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(07-07-2014 10:33 PM)Warlord Wrote:  

(07-07-2014 10:11 PM)the ollie reed fan club Wrote:  

(07-07-2014 09:26 PM)TheTeddyBear Wrote:  Who remember Joe Messi? White hope that got shut down

Yeah I remember him, the great white bum.

I think bum is a little harsh. He was a decent prospect. I remember seeing him on ESPN a lot. They used to call him the fourth Buffalo franchise or some shit like that.

Fitz, you're right about the Jirov bout. Mesi got a hematoma on the brain after that fight.

I don't think he would've ever beaten the Klit brothers, who quite literally would have killed him. I think he was good enough to be competitive with everyone else in the division at that time though.

Sorry but I'm sticking to bum. i thought that dude was so so overrated and purely because he was white. Forget the Klits a fucken cruiser like Jirov gave him all he could handle and more. As soon as he fought any type of HW that could punch he was in trouble. If he ever fought Jameel McCline I would have put my house on McCline. (I feel dirty just saying that.)