Fighting an impossible battle arguing this with you I know Micistm, but the "actor looking for a retirement payout" Clarence Tillman has stayed active (as he always has throughout his career) with a further 4 fights since the SBW loss.
Although he was 11W 8L before the SBW fight he has now lost 5 straight and seems to be an international bum-for-hire for up and coming prospects. Nevertheless he is still ranked the #8 NZ heavyweight by boxrec. When he fought SBW for the NZ title he was top 5. I see no issue with a top 5 ranked guy being SBW's opponent for what is, after all, only one of the so-called "NZ titles".
Again, dealing only with facts and not opinions, here are the boxrec NZ heavyweight rankings. No emotions here, just mathematical calculations taking into account results and strength of opposition.
http://boxrec.com/ratings.php?sex=M&division=Heavyweight&country=NZ&pageID=1
Yet you regard it as a farce that the guy at #1 is one of our national belt holders? Who isn't being objective here?
I see an issue with Tillman being the 'title fight' opponent when he's not even eligible to win it!:lol:
Again, you can point to stats- but they are stats of a dodgy NZ Boxing who allowed this farce to start, and allow it to continue, for the sake of cashing in on the $BW wave. Sold out for silver. They have no credibility at all...not only do they have no issue with allowing $BW to have a shot at a 'vacant' title, instead of it being against the next in line they allow it with someone who can't even win it even if victorious!
Tillman is quoted as his first love acting, his CV is online. He was a journeyman to pay the bills. It paid well. He is quoted himself as saying he was retiring after the $BW fight to follow his acting. It clearly didn't pay as well nor as successful as he's gone back to biting the canvas for up and comers for money!
He was a reasonable journeyman. When he took on $BW he was fat and out of shape, no motivation except for the payday, ready (in his words) to retire and no hope of taking a belt he didn't qualify for!
We had Gary Grr...the puny bigmouthed Jaffa Bouncer, we had the 42 year old sickness beneficiary with a dodgy elbow fighting to fund his Christian oboe CD, and Tillman the fat aging journeyman (I've even left off actor for you!) not eligible nor motivated!
The only decent boxer so far (in his day) was Botha. Granted an old grandpa now but $BWs most credible opponent so far. And to give due, $BW did fairly well early on. BUT, he's a crafty old bugger with tons of experience Botha, paced himself well and would have done $BW like a dinner had it not been so cynically rigged! Look at that final round, look at $BWs face- and tell me that's not the panic look of 'This isn't supposed to happen!' And no one has even bothered answering all the questions surrounding that 'title' fight and all the dodgy things that surrounded it:lol:
Again- Put him in the ring, fight someone decent...I'll bow to him and eat my own earwax. Credible fights count more than stats from a dodgy organisation who IMO sold themselves out to get a piece of the action and hype!
And speaking of that organisation, about time they fronted up and forced him to defend the title- ON their terms not Khoddars- or give it up if they can't. They need to restore some credibility they gave up for publicity and money.
A lot of that is not $BW's camps fault granted, but on much dodgy boxing organisations. But he cannot in all seriousness be called anything other than a celebrity match boxer until it's not so set up. And the argument is on more whether he is a decent boxer, or not, not on set up 'titles.' I respect his fans who defend their boy through thick and thin though
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