Word Association Thread

Blimey - Balcony

 

Balcony - Baldry

 

Baldry - Bombay
Seeya the morn Taff

 

Bombay - Betty*

* - Flintstones again

 

Morning Nick & PH

Today's theme is Boxing Champions

Betty - Turpin

 

Morning Taff,
Must be me but what's the link??

Turpin - Robinson **
** Sugar Ray beat Mr Turpin

 

Betty Turpin - Corrie (& no - I don't watch it!)

Robinson - Leonard*

* - another Sugar Ray

 

Thank you Taff - great link

Leonard - Hagler **

** another great middleweight

 

Marvellous Marvin!

Hagler - Minter*

* - I met Minter. Had him as a Guest Speaker at a Rugby Dinner I organised in the early 90s.

 

Boom Boom...remember his "fight" with Hagler

Minter - Hearns **

** The Hit Man, another great middleweight of that era

 

Hearns - Conteh*

* - met him as well. Spoke at dinner in Neath.

 

Crikey...all those ex boxers turn up in Neath. Hmmmmm

Conteh vs Finnegan **
** bloodbaths

 

Yep - rough place, even Rottweilers go round in pairs.......

Finnegan - Farr*

* - other Tommies are available

 

Farr - Duran **

** Stone Fists

 

Duran - Cooper*

* - 'Enry's 'ammer

 

Cooper - London **

** some cracking fights between these two, back in the day

 

London - Walker*

* - other boxers named Billy are available

 

Walker - Bugner

 

Aussie Joe!

Bugner - Frazier*

* - not any old Joe!

 

Damn right he wasn't...the third fight v Ali - The Thriller in Manila, was I think the most brutal fight I saw.
Neither of them were ever the same

Frazier - Norton **
** would have been a great in any era that didn't include Foreman, Ali & Frazier (in my opinion)