Sports Personality of the Year - 10 Contenders Unleashed

retired_michiganguy44 · 11-30-2007, 09:41 PM

I think Lewis will win, Johhny to come second despite doing naff all this year.

retired_rgibson881 · 11-30-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally posted by SSES:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Gregg Carter:
She's not a drugs cheat. Missing a test not the same as taking drugs. Further tests proved that she wasn't on anything, the testing body have admitted there were flaws with the system that contributed to her missing the tests, so she has been rightly exonerated.

Fairly decent list this time tbh. Flabbergasted at Wilkinson and Murray being included but other than that, can't really find fault with it.

I feel quite strongly about this, there is a reason athletes miss tests, the public have been wooed into a misconception of the majority of athletes are clean, nice people who wouldn't cheat, simply not true. The tests are so far behind the drugs that many of them can't be noticed.

As far as im concerned missing one test is excusable, missing two is suspicious but missing three is guilty. The BOC caved to the fact that she is a medal hope for Beijing, if she was a run of the mill, heat level athlete then she probably wouldn't have got off. Joke. </BLOCKQUOTE>

You mean like the weightlifter(I think) and Tri athlete who were unbanned after doing the same thing?

retired_laticia3 · 11-30-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally posted by Insanemadman:
Hamilton win by a country mile.

whs

retired_C Mack · 11-30-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally posted by Gregg Carter:
Hopkins is the one ducking the fight. he keeps talking it, but then he has his trainers say how they want to fight somebody else instead.

The Hopkins fight should have happened 6 years ago. They agreed a purse, then the next day, Hopkins came back and demanded twice the agreed amount.

He's pulling the same tricks again this time, full of bluster on the outside, not actually being prepared to do business when it comes to the negotiation.

Don't see why he would duck out of a fight with Calzaghe. He's just beaten Winky, who is a miles better boxer then Joe imo.

retired_weridstuff · 11-30-2007, 09:57 PM

Hitman ftw.

retired_drumcook · 11-30-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by morto:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Gregg Carter:
Hopkins is the one ducking the fight. he keeps talking it, but then he has his trainers say how they want to fight somebody else instead.

The Hopkins fight should have happened 6 years ago. They agreed a purse, then the next day, Hopkins came back and demanded twice the agreed amount.

He's pulling the same tricks again this time, full of bluster on the outside, not actually being prepared to do business when it comes to the negotiation.

Don't see why he would duck out of a fight with Calzaghe. He's just beaten Winky, who is a miles better boxer then Joe imo. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Bahahaha!

Winky Wright was at least two weight divisions above his natural weight and is overrated anyway. All of Hopkins 'big name' wins were against guys fighting above their best weights. Hopkins lost twice at Middlewight to Jermaine Taylor who was then annihalated by the first decent middleweight that he defended against, and will be annihalted again in the rematch. Clazaghe would beat either Taylor or Pavlik easily.

Like Gregg said, Hopkins chickened out of a fight with Clazaghe years ago. All he's interested in is a bit of cheap publicity followed by a fight with someone who isn't going to hit him 100 times a round from all angles. Hopkins would have a heart attack within four rounds the pace Calzaghe fights at.

retired_barbara45 · 11-30-2007, 11:34 PM

Toseland won't win it purely because no one would ever have heard of him who votes for stuff like this. Should be him though. Might be him next season if he takes to Moto GP well.