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Steg

World's Worst Boxer Retires

It is so important for us to find and know our purpose in life. I guess this guy found and knew his.

Enjoy,
Steg


Boxing fans will gather in Birmingham on Friday night to witness the final fight of a man who should be remembered for ever as Britain’s most spectacular sporting loser.
Even in the crowded gallery of British sporting failures, the career of Peter Buckley stands apart. Beside his record, the ski-jumping career of Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards appears only moderately unsuccessful; by his light, Tim Henman is illuminated as an indefatigable champion of Centre Court.
Buckley has lost more fights than any other boxer in the world. Throughout his 256 defeats, he has remained magnificently undeterred. While the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) remained desperately concerned that he would do himself a serious lasting injury, Buckley persisted, losing bout after bout.
In the past five years he has put together a particularly impressive losing streak, failing to win in 88 successive bouts. He has lost to 42 future world, European, British and Commonwealth champions, including Naseem Hamed, and has fought more bouts than any other boxer in the world. But this one, No 300, will be his last.
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“I’ve had my eye on the 300 mark for a while, and it’s a little milestone I want to achieve, but I don’t want to fight on,” he said. “People keep saying to me that I’ll get a call in a few weeks’ time offering me a fight and I’ll say yes, but I mean it when I say this is it.”
There was a time, in the early 1990s, when Buckley did not seem destined for so luminous a career of defeat. He was a talented super-featherweight who won the Midlands area title. Then he discovered a more lucrative calling, as an opponent for boxers with hot prospects. He rarely won but had a good defence and took few punches. Over time his reflexes slowed and he became easier to hit. Now 39, he has matured into a consistent loser.
A commission in the United States suggested recently that boxers who lost ten consecutive bouts should lose their licences. Though the BBBC would have liked to have halted Buckley’s career, it has proved powerless to stop him. If boxers are medically fit, it cannot prevent them without risking a lawsuit for restraint of trade.
Buckley has sometimes boxed so often that he has turned up with a black eye before a bout. Though the governing body continues to send him for medical tests, Buckley continues to pass them. Throughout his career, he has kept himself in a constant state of readiness, ready to lose a fight at a moment’s notice anywhere in the country. Buckley has been known to agree to bouts as late as 8pm on the night of the fight.
“I’m always in the gym, so if I get a call a couple of hours before a fight, I usually say yes,” he said. “If you phone up a bricklayer and ask him to build you a wall, he doesn’t ask for three weeks to prepare.”
For his last bout, at the Aston Events Centre, Buckley has been given the rare treat of advanced notice and home-town advantage, and there is even a chance that he might win.
“I don’t know what I’ll do when it’s all over on Friday, but I’d love to stay in boxing in one capacity or another,” he said. “Boxing has been good to me over the years. When I was a youngster I was in trouble with the police, a really wild kid. But the sport has given me a focus in life.”
Have your say
True, He could be a very difficult opponent with a good defense and a good chin.
J Morris, Birmingham, England
Buckley is only the world's worst boxer in the sense of the worst ACTIVE boxer. The title of worst LIVING boxer and worst boxer in HISTORY belongs to Reggie Strickland who had 363 fights and 276 losses - a significant number more than Buckley. Look it up!
Ariel, Bay City, USA
Buckley.....Peoples Champion! Theres a title you can't get just by fighting people you are expected to beat. Amir Khan should look up to this man. Better to get no credit and know that you deserved some, than to get credit and know that you deserved none of it.
Jamie, London, England
The piece seems to imply that he was a bad fighter when in fact he was a good test for any up and coming fighter.I have seen him fight on many occasions and he always accounted himself well.it is time for him to give up but he deserves great credit for what he has done for boxing.
Kevin, London, England
I'm pretty appalled that a boxer with such a long list of defeats would allowed to continue. It certainly doesn't happen here. At 39 years of age he shouldn't be accepting fights at short s notice - and the fact that he likens what he does to that of a bricklayer tells me his brain is already soft
Mary , Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
I believe the tone of this article was very disrespectful. Buckley has only ever been stopped 10 times in his 299 fights. All his other 250 odd defeats he has gone the distance with his oppenent. This should have been commented on in the piece becuase it illustrates the determination of the man
Jay Griffiths, Ellesmere Port, Britain
What spirit! How magnificently British. Good on ya, Pete.
John Olsson, Welshpool, Wales
If he has lost 256 times, and his next bout will be his 300th, then there must have been 44 fights that he did not lose. Has he beaten anyone whose name we might recognize? Could any of the fighters he has vanquished lay claim to the "world's worst" title?
Mr. Wuxtry, Denver, USA

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Hey
Have you ever been part of an organization, group or gathering that runs like a smooth, well oiled machine? Everything is good. It is highly functioning, effective, efficient, and liked by all. All of a sudden, under new management, someone starts tinkering with a good thing and ends up turning it into something totally different than what it was designed to be and accomplish. Now it isn't as effective. Now its not efficient. Now it isn't liked by all. Everything ruined over time by different people putting their spin on it.
As things change, people start dropping out, which seems to invite more tinkering with the system and more changes.
Aren't some things just better left alone.
Just a casual observation from someone who is willing to let things alone and not putting my personal spin on something that has worked for years and is now going to hell in a handbasket.


I can't be a part of it

Later
Steg

What I Like

Things I like

1. Being maried to the same woman for 30 years
2. having kids that love the Lord
3. having a job that i love
4. goatees and facial hair
5. the color blue
6. motorcycles
7. Jesus
8. football
9. redheads
10. music
11. good landscaping
12. gas grilles
13. funky hats, berets, or skull hats
14. blue eyes
15. long hair on girls/women
16. loud cars
17. shoes/sandals/boots
18. hiking
19. mountains
20. being close to grizzly bears while in an armored car
21. lazyboy chairs
22. tv
23. electronic devices
24. bull horns--mooooooo
25. portolets with toilet paper
26. a person who smiles a lot
27. a beach at sunrise/sunset
28. a good warhoot
29. an occasional hug
30. lifting weights
31. grandchildren-1 so far-little Lydia
32. non nosy neighbors
33. refrigerators
34. hardwood floors
35. houses with stone on them
36. watching national geographic and seeing a wolfpack take down an elk
37. vacations with family
38. chocolate
39. ford cars/trucks
40. workers that dont complain
41. Rambo movies
42. helping serve breakfast to the poor/homeless on Christmas morning
43. Black Friday Christmas shopping with the kids
44. Alaska
45. little black dogs named Zoey
46. camping with my wife
47. looking at the stars at night while in the middle of the desert at 115 degrees(Death Valley)
48. rental cars
49. driving from LA to Cincinnati with 4 other adults and a stuffed animal that was as big as his owner in a small minivan that took 4 days
    
50. being able to recognize how blessed I have been over the past 30 years

Thanks for you patience in reading this useless bit of info that for some strange reason seems to intrigue me

Later

Steg

Things I Hate

I hate

1. Phonies
2. Cowards
3. Politics
4. TV anchors
5. The View tv show
6. The Steelers
7. Rosi O'donnell
8. Beets
9. Asparagus
10. Shirts with sleeves
11. People who shave daily
12. paper cups
13. mopeds
14. tattoos
15. piercings
16. people who don't work
17. crack
18. plumbers crack
19. thongs
20. bow ties
21. tv's without remotes
22. foreign cars
23. bent telephone poles
24. egomaniacs
25. know it alls
26. pellet stoves
27. pumping up bicycle tires
28. broken dishwashers
29. lopsided trees
30. girly men
31. manly girls
32. holidays
33. lawn mower rear baggers
34. cheaters
35. 2 faced people
36. rude home builders
37. rap music
38. country music
39. iced tea
40. liberals
41. being taken advantage of
42. negative ads by political candidates
43. womens lib
44. basketball hoops with bent rooms
45. high school sports
46. dead grass
47. cigars
48. toupes and wigs
49. combovers
50. used car salesmen and women

Why these things popped into my head while watching the debate---who knows and furthermore who cares

Good Night

Steg

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Weighty Issues

My weight has gone up and down for the past 2o years. Loosing the weight has never really been a problem. The problem is keeping it off. I have worked out fairly regularly over the years and maintain a descent amount of muscle. I have always maintained my strength.
I worked with a guy I haven't seen in 20 years. The first thing he said to me was "Man, the last time I saw you , you were a ball of muscle, but now you're a ball of fat". OUCH
As a fat person , I am sick and tired of this condition. I feel this is my last chance to loose weight voluntarily while I am in general good health. I'm going to show Rusty what the old me used to look like.
This picture is just a sick joke. I'm tired of being that guy

Blessings
Steg

Night Work

I love pouring concrete at night. The air is crisp and clean. The cops are nice (allowing me to break the noise ordinance). There is not much horseplay. Everybody just takes care of business. By the time the sun comes up , we will have poured an acre of concrete 6 inces thick. As I observe the guys pouring, you can feel a presence of God. The stillness of night and the noises of machinery abound, but God is here. Tonite the feeling is overwhelming. After a great weekend, it feels great to experience this. Got to go, they are wondering what i'm typing in my trailer in the dark.

Blessings

Steg

Kimbo Slice has Heart

Something about this guy facinates me. It's not his fighting. He's not a technical fighter. It's not his intellect. He is extremely street smart. It's not that he's so popular on You Tube with his street fighting. It's his heart. He has the drive and will it takes to be a fighter. I think Saturday he might get beat. That would probably be the best thing for his career.

Sometimes I question my heart. Can I look myself in the mirror and be content with what I see. NO. I guess the heart is what drives me to become a better man, husband, father and fellow worker. There is always work to be done and God willing I'll get there.

Blessings,

Steg

VP Debate

With the way the news anchors have treated her, I would say she is more than ready for tonights debate. This outfit and other attire was suggested by current VP Cheney.

Let's face it, how much does the VP really do. Everything goes thru the House and Senate and is reconfigured before any decisions ultimately effect the american people. I just hope I can find out about her tonite instead of her just having to defend being picked as a running mate.

I can't wait till all this stuff is over. Have a great day.

Blessings

Steg