Cracknell ko'd

[@dannevirkenz]

As an ex boxer I have two questions one is what the heck does the ref think he's doing. Cracknell got caught flush at least eight times and his head rocked back. I have seen fights stopped with less punishment than that. It was obvious he was out classed. The second question is what is wrong with Kerry. You know you can beat the guy it is for charity step off and use the jab. Why knock him sparko?

[@michaeljenkins7024]

Jesus. That was a humongous mismatch. The New Zealander looked decent. Cracknell had heart but no technique. Shouldn't have been in with that bloke.

[@williamweir1547]

in all seriousness who would choose boy george"do you really want to hurt me"as their intro music !!!

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

someone who understands irony

[@fabfabregas1]

I assume from watching that James Cracknell did not have any boxing training. It looks like he spent his time at carpet right watching rolls of carpet fall over ..he certainly did that well

[@maximica]

de madera el rojo, por dios!!!

[@simonthered]

Great - celeb's being beat up for charity. Bring on Bill Oddie!!!!!

[@normanno8514]

this is what happens sadly when boxing isnt regulated.

[@3eethr]

Not meaning to be arragant...but i know. Iv seen lads come to the club hav a go at Sparring and after a few rounds dont eva do it again let alone get in the ring for a real bout. peps talk shit about boxing and 99.9% hav neva sparred let alone had the balls to step in the ring, so fair play to Cracknell but he he's no boxer. The amount of training required for 6 mins of fighting is a hell of alot, for me tho its the diet thats the hardest.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

hello heres my chin, my strategy is gonna be to raise it as high as i can, not only to block punches with my face but also to make my face as easier target than my hands, ! seriously who trained this guy ??

[@redrum4100]

Whoever would have trained him wouldn't have mattered, the guy is just naturally shit. You can't polish a turd.

[@mrjones501]

that blue guy aint bad..keeps his form..throws jabs and has a good straight right to to the body..

[@MrPjnesbitt2000]

Well said Joe Lewis, about the only decent comment I've seen on this thread. Yep, so many new starters try to turn into brawlers as soon as they get hit. It doesn't work in the long run...

[@oasis4ever92]

no one said that, he just can't box at this stage

[@Langers69er]

And the medical care was where exactly?! Did they even bother to put him in the recovery position? Was there a ringside doctor?

[@bbgerarddd]

About the longest James has ever been quiet!!!

[@PhillipCameron]

philcoool (11 hours ago) Spam RANKING RESULTS 2012 Indoor Rower | 4 minutes | Men's | Lightweight | Ages 50-59 | Current 2012 Season You are number 1 of 11 View your Ranking Average Meters: 1,041 PERCENTILES Place [?] Name Age City State Country Distance Source Type 1 Phillip Cameron 50 Birmingham West Midlands GBR 1121 IND I 2 Richard Hessey 54 Edinburgh GBR 1094 IND I

[@jimkhana007]

James, James, You skip around the ring like a small child on e numbers, and my gran can thrtow better punches that that!?!?! To sumerise...... You got knocked the Fcuk OUT!?!?!? Whooooooooooooooooooooooooo!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@Leythblue]

The Fitzroy club should be ashamed of themselves and the ABA should remove their affilliation for being involved in an unlicensed boxing show. No Doctor, No Paramedics.....shameful

[@wildernesstraining1957]

Fucking amateurs having james sit in the middle of the ring like that. They’d have been better off coaching James to duck ffs. Well done both fighters, for their courage👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@soapbox999]

Just look at the state of your comment stiggy - you might want to learn the language a little better yourself before you start lecturing others!

[@happymand]

uh, guys this was all fun and games. People should calm down about which country is better. especially when they make no sense at all.

[@gary1642]

I stumbled across this video looking for todays announcement Cracknell is standing as a Conservative candidate in the next general election. I hope he takes another battering when Sunak puts us all out of our misery, grows a pair and calls an election.

[@XtraThankYou24]

z's folk THUMBS UP IF U AGREE WITH THIS COMMENT: HE GOT KNOCKED OUT...THEN GOT BACK UP!!!!!

[@thomasoconnor07]

ya well seeing as there not even beginners you should be better than them. ones a rower and the other a criketer

[@bobdolphin248]

Bit of a miss match, chap in the blue definitely boxed b4 he'd give AJ or fury a good scrap

[@TheRealD4]

8:16 "I was quite enjoying it" BS he was!! That's as one sided a pasting as you get...

[@jeanotho]

he loose because his entrance was a gay's song !!! thanks NTURNER070156 for the uploads !!!

[@Theredbastard2023]

he may be class at rowing but he fights like a woman he's letting us rowers down tut tut

[@spiceykam]

Yes with respect to Rowing and any other physical sport, each has it's own level of pain and no boxer can be a great rower vice versa, so in an nutshell contact sports requires different skills and endurance.

[@ak24ek13]

wtf man , i can't belive this i'm beginner and i'm better then those 2 ...

[@mennoace]

Wearing headgear doesnt mean let yer guard go and block with your head lol

[@MyBonio]

these wallys should not play with boxing

[@davehoward22]

he was proper out cold..should,nt let non boxers in the ring

[@boxinmetalx]

hilarious

[@cones2005]

huh? amature boxers wear headgear for protection u crumpet

[@lefthook25]

This is just plain idiotic. Boxing is not a game, it's a very dangerous sport. Both of these guys are boxing with their chins in the air, they are both slated for disaster! They are great and respected athletes in their own sport, but boxing is not a charity sport! Too many people step in the ring in either sparring or charities like these and get injured. Don't think for a second that Cracknell recovered as soon as he got up, he would have felt that for days.

[@soulxx1]

looked nervous as fuck walking in.

[@elite_online_rowing_coach]

I will refrain from using bad language. "WHY" did you go into the ring? There is a reason why we are rowers and not boxers, hockey players and all the other body contact stuff. We have never really spoken, but it was PAINFUL to watch you get hammered to the ground. Bloody hell what the sam heck were you thinking. Be good to your body, aren't you a dad now? Stay out of the ring. XENO ironoarsmandotcom

[@jpjames1]

Cracknells not animal enough for boxing lol

[@norseman43211]

Stick to paddle boats, it's a lot safer 😁

[@hbomb1964]

Freddie Flintoff should watch this before he gets in the ring on 30/11/12!!

[@wungabunga]

I don't get it. The guy in blue had a semblance of rhythm - so game over. Unless you're a monster puncher boxing's all about defence and composure - Cracknell had no composure because he had no defence, how hard can it be to stick your chin in your chest; cover up and not get caught standing square: answer - very hard actually!

[@Czerniakowska]

Cracknell is a physically imposing Olympic gold medallist rower but cricketers, like baseball pitchers, are great hulking brutes with very strong and fast throwing arms. Being on the wrong end of their punches, therefore, is not the place to be. On top of that, the cricketer in this particular instance looks to me as if he'd been in a ring before. Cracknell was brave enough but must have realised very early in the round that he'd made a decidedly ill-advised career move, even for charity.

[@PFCAhammed]

its pretty obvious what he was saying

[@BiffaBacon]

what were they thinking ??

[@happymand]

wat? England isn't even that small.

[@IrOnMiKe151]

So non boxers are better or worse? What are you trying to say? Strange thing to say.

[@riggerize]

The cricketer seem to be more technically right giving the impression he has actually boxed before. Whether he had or not, I don't know. But this is sad ok. Sports people from their sports taking up boxing, even for charity. They could get seriously hurt. Did you know Andrew Flintoff, the former England cricketer, will be having his first pro boxing bout later this month?

[@wungabunga]

Actually, if you watch the KO again, he's thinking he's on top because the other guy had covered up momentarily. Cracknell was manfully trying to apply pressure; the other guy didn't get flustered and turn away or run backwards - he moved sideways; turned him: Cracknell thought he might have had him - BANG! Nothing to do with being hard, it's a skill.

[@mpagro47]

Cracknell is a patron of the Spark's Childrens charity for whom this event was raising money for (I read someone that his sister had lost a bady); so you can see why he did this. Sparks banned any future events based on the conclusion that 6-8 weeks training is not enough time to prepare for a boxing contest, and added it put it's celebrity patrons health at risk. 3 of the 4 fights in this event ended in KO's with Cracknell and 1 New Zealander knocked unconscious briefly. The KO of the New Zealander was appalling in that he was KO'ed on the ropes and his opponent then kept punching him after the ref had stopped it and was trying to pull him off. The ref rightly made a point and disqualified the actual winner to discourage such behaviour (it was was charity!!). The ref should have stopped the Cracknel fight before the KO as it was always going to happen as it was clear his opponent was far more skillful and knew what he was doing (Cracknell didn't have a clue). Although the experience of boxing is exciting it is something you don't just play- anyone thinking about undertaking white collar boxing be warned. 8 weeks training is not even enough time to gain the fitness to last 3 rounds, with nerves, breathing with a gum shield boxing is the ultimate in endurance. Tragically Cracknell suffered brain damage in 2010 after being hit by a lorry mirror whist cycling in the USA. Although probably unrelated it's possible his awareness may have been reduced/lowered following this daft boxing event!! I'm now a 41 year old english male 6F 2 and 13.5 stone. When I was in my early 20's I sparred for the 1st time with a female 16 year old county champion. She laughed at me during sparring and told me where to place my guard as despite me being probably 2 or 3 times her strength (and way heavier) I couldn't hit her and she was hitting me at will. If your punched under the jaw you will probably go down (doesn't take much in most cases although I now know I can take a punch following being whacked outside of the ring). The truth is there's huge amounts of skill in boxing and luckily my young female boxing partner stuck to the boxing code which is don't KO beginners you are totally outclassing. I was very grateful!!!

[@SuperRayrobinson]

a true champion . got up, smiled, made some great money for a very god cause.a class act.

[@trinthakias]

you better be, read video description...one is a ROWER, the other is a CRICKET PLAYER

[@ciroalb3]

it wasn't so bad. Anyone who is not trained in boxing runs a big risk getting into the ring. Cracknell used his reach effectively a couple of times, and looked like he might have blue in trouble just before the ko, but walked into too many strong rights

[@Tomazzek]

As if watching a bad movie :s

[@Tomazzek]

As if watching a bad movie :s

[@BoxingBadBoy77]

Theres a lot of arguments going back on forth on the comments but it doesnt matter what sport you come from, it doesnt mean you're going to be good at boxing. The most important thing to get good at any sport aside from having a natural aptitute for it and even then you need this is actually practise! If you look at any good boxer, footballer, rower, etc they tend to of been doing it atleast 10 odd years! You have the odd occasion like anthony joshua who became an olympic champion but even he

[@ridethelightning82]

You cant take this game up +30 or so and expect to compete against men who have been at it since kids - Flintoff been watching too much of Rocky - if he faces anyone half decent he will get sparked out and look a right tube!

[@waynario]

the announcer says he wiehgs 120killergrams and thats why cracknell looks to his trainer when they announce he weighs 100.

[@darrill7777]

the guy was conditiond well but he lost thru poor training the new zealander had a better stance with his feet and was able to apply the power more.

[@MordoNahum]

From video on monitor, we see him training at gym. So, his trainer, should have teached him some basical rules, like keepin the head down, holding guard up and avoiding straight punches, to reduce the risk of a ko.

[@etienne1234567]

Walmsley clearly has some background in boxing, if only regular sparring. Cracknell was all at sea as soon as he was hit. No shame in that but he was clearly over-matched. Lucky to just come away with a headache.

[@chrislenihan]

It took balls to get in that ring. Fair play. James is a far superior athlete but the other guy can box. End of!

[@Unavalivle]

i feel so sorry for him.. he was clearly mismatched but its not that its the fact that his opponent KNEW and when he knocked him down he didnt even go over to him wdf!?!?!? disgusting human being

[@BoxingBadBoy77]

has been doing it for 2 or 3 years and he's still somewhat crude when you watch him compared to say Lennox lewis who also won gold but again Lewis had been boxing since he was a kid and had years to refine his technique via sparring and amateur bouts. Practise and repetition is the most important thing to get good at something.

[@arezki8]

these guys looked like bums off the street fighting for a dollar

[@finalmind]

Well that sucked

[@LeviLikeTheJeans]

on the button

[@steviesells8]

Good ref

[@jburndawg]

very unfortunate for that to happen while participating in a charity event. fair play for them getting in the ring.

[@showbiz3214]

bad

[@ODanboy]

Thanks for the good video, shame about the title it ruined it a bit as I was expecting the knockout. Good on Cracknell for giving it a go.

[@cones2005]

respect 2 them both for this, i dont thnk cracknell new wot he was getting into

[@lecochonquivole]

fair play to cracknell for having a go, I'd have been tempted to walk out if I found I'd been mismatched so badly in terms of both size and by the looks of things technique. that left jab is a brutal punch at this sort of level.

[@arezki8]

a rich man doesnt have to tell you hes rich.

[@menogz]

peach of right cross. any boxer would be proud of that.

[@BArcher83]

Never good when your opponent is able to hit you in the face at will.

[@1986ant1986]

The Hurt Business!!! ....Are you watching Flintoff?

[@trooperjoe73]

That's pretty funny!

[@mpagro47]

Just read that although Cracknell was announced as 100KG he was actually only 89.7 KG (14.1 Stone). That's 2 stone lighter than his opponent. He was advised to pull out by the coach but didn't want to let the charity down. Stupid, but good bloke!!!

[@Halbared]

The other bloke was 120 kg? That's 18 st 10lbs if I heard correctly.

[@arezki8]

mama jokes real original

[@ronnie3257]

Yet more evidence that no-one "plays" boxing.

[@allanboyle1197]

Fair play to both boxers and James was game as.

[@arezki8]

lol thats pretty good

[@davidcoomber4050]

Superman he has nothing to prove

[@waynario]

127kg vs cracknell 100kg huge difference

[@pangavon]

Man, these guys fight with heart. Good match.

[@tealbluewhite]

yeah it was entertaining. good ko.

[@khanali007g]

cracknell got cracked, nevermind ko'd.

[@snakebite1977]

sparko!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@beastmejster]

shit athlete...

[@jimbo69secret]

tweet tweet school boy lol

[@MattyIceDog78]

That guy in red should have thought twice before getting in the ring considering his chin was about as sturdy as soggy cardboard.

[@thomnz]

What was the event?

[@roathripper]

3:57 Timberrrrrrrr!

[@COLEEN322]

well done lads

[@fabfabregas1]

Oh dear me

[@Soltrain79]

HOWZAT!!!

[@fourlamb1]

Would love to see Kerry walk the South pole, or cycle across America. Or anything even remotely close to anything James could do. Also, imagine being a man, called Kerry. Hahahaha.

[@dwaynedibley997]

Hardstyle Dom91 would love to see Kerry spank this guy.. oh wait he did .. # hindsight # embarrassing

[@fourlamb1]

Dar Gib Where did I say that?

[@fourlamb1]

Dar Gib Not hard to twat someone is it, more to walk the north pole.

[@fourlamb1]

Dar Gib Come on bitch, at least reply if you've made a twatty statement.

[@Downendabc]

Thats why celeb boxing is not a good idea. He was no where near ready for a contest.

[@shambolicentity]

Perhaps Cracknell wasn't trained well enough, or maybe nerves just go the better of him, but he wasn't keeping his guard up, and his punches didn't have a lot behind them. The other guy looked good.

[@dwaynedibley997]

Shambolic Entity perhaps cracknell was a cocky prick who thought he could box

[@davehoward22]

cracknells a rower,never been in a fight in his life,and the way he was knocked out shows that he should stick behind oars