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Listed below are comments made by fjsm33 between Monday, 16th March 2009 and Tuesday, 28th April 2009.

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Ten of the best 4:01pm on 28 Apr 2009 Nice... I now want to do this... where can I sign up to do a decathlon?
Miley Cyrus - 'The Climb' 4:40pm on 22 Apr 2009 I've never heard either and don't intend to.
The Beckham of boxing? 2:42pm on 15 Apr 2009 Good luck to him. He's always been great for the sport of boxing, and will go down as a legend, despite possibly not being quite world class. He was close to it though at times, and as mentioned, mixed it with everyone.
Khan and Roach on the right road 09:12am on 18 Mar 2009 I_see_red_people:"khanalb - I was at the MEN and I booed Khan. That doesn't make me a racist."
Possibly not, but it does make you an imbecile.
"I also booed Nicky Cook for wearing a Man Utd top in to the ring when he's from Essex"
Oh no. Sorry, I take it back. My mistake, you're plainly Mensa material.
Khan and Roach on the right road 09:03am on 18 Mar 2009 "In this case, with a packed house of rabid Manchurians present"

I ought to point out that the MEN is in Manchester, England... not Manchuria, China. And while rabies is prevalent in China, it's been wiped out in the UK for some time.

In all seriousness though, I can see how people might take your point of view, however, the ability of Englishmen to give the benefit of the doubt to one of their own is so limited by their predisposition to jump to conspiracy theories, that it wouldn't matter how the fight was won, there'd have been a fringe element complaining that Barrera was robbed. If you watch the fight again you'll see that in round 3 Barrera was consulted extensively about what he wanted to do about the cut and HE decided to go on. He did so in the full knowledge that, if he completed the next round, he was risking the outcome that eventually came to pass. He forfeited the right to complain about an unfair decision at that point in my book.
Khan and Roach on the right road 2:35pm on 16 Mar 2009 "It was a shocking punch and not too many cruiserweights could have taken that punch. "

But, had he been better prepared, tighter and less careless he wouldn't have taken that punch. This was a prime example of the point I've been trying to make since Friday. Enzo wasn't knocked out cos he has a glass chin, he was knocked out because he gave the other guy the opportunity to land a classic knockout punch. not all boxers will give an opponent that kind of chance. it's just possible that Khan too is working out how to avoid it.
Khan and Roach on the right road 2:20pm on 16 Mar 2009 scottydog09:

I agree, it would have been better to have seen a classic encounter, but you can't knock the guy, he beat who was infront of him, and there wasn't much more he could do. It was pretty predictable that, after everyone saying it was going to be a real test for Khan, when he wins the good old British public decide that MAB was actually past it.
Unfortunately classic encounters cannot be preordered. This one wasn't, the manner of victory wasn't 100% satisfactory, but he did what he had to do, and there's not a great deal you can justifiably criticise him for about the fight.
Yes MAB is 35, but many boxers go on too long, it's hardly Khan's fault. How can the talk have changed from "Warren's/Khan's big gamble" just before the fight to "MAB was spent anyway"?
Khan and Roach on the right road 1:59pm on 16 Mar 2009 James_Toneys_gut : "fjsm33, I know what your saying, but Khan's chin is very relevant when talking about up and coming matches"
Agreed, a subject for duscussion maybe, but a reason to write off his chances? Much has been made of Khan's chin being a virtually insurmountable obstacle to his career. Personally I don't believe it has to be.
Khan and Roach on the right road 11:46am on 16 Mar 2009 Having said that about Stirling, it has a disproportionate level of success, 2 boys there have boxed on the national team in the last year, out of only about 10-12 regular attendees
Khan and Roach on the right road 11:43am on 16 Mar 2009 "And if you read mine I've never mentioned Khans chin....?"
Fair enough, but I wasn't directly addressing you originally...

Guildford City is a great gym, turns out some very good boxers (not claiming to be one of them though!!!) and I miss it a lot now I live in Scotland.
Stirling sadly suffers from lack of funding and the recent closure of the community building where it's been for over 35 years for "development". It's still running, having relocated, but in much reduced circumstances.
I was the club secretary there but have drifted away over the last 12 months, I still put myself through a boxing training regime but not affiliated to any gym, my last sparring session was last march - pretty much exactly a year ago... but I'm not getting any younger and a long day up through the trossachs on the bike will do for keeping me in shape now :)

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