I was going to bump the old thread, but I think this is worthy of its own discussion. So the infamous Prince Patel has, somehow, not just become eligible to fight for national honours in Hungary, he has only gone and won the bloody title!
I'm glad a massive crowd could witness such a monumental moment in boxing history.
And now that he's national champion, this means he can enter my Hungarian P4P top 10 list! :happy
For a guy started off trying to court controversy he has suddenly become pretty shy.... Even his tweets are for confirmed followers only.
The way things are going he will pretty slowly disappear into complete obscurity.
Claimed he refused to resign with Warren because he was not being kept active enough...! So he has now had 2 fights this year in the boxing hot bed of Hungary.
For a guy started off trying to court controversy he has suddenly become pretty shy.... Even his tweets are for confirmed followers only.
The way things are going he will pretty slowly disappear into complete obscurity.
Claimed he refused to resign with Warren because he was not being kept active enough...! So he has now had 2 fights this year in the boxing hot bed of Hungary.
Big Mick needs to get himself over to Hungary for his next PPV headlined by the prince. Doyen can give historical boxing tours of the famous Budapest gyms before he starts his Commentary duties.
The kids image was carefully researched and designed to appeal to those Boxing Forumers on various sites who love to use profanity and vulgarity in every post so he thought to himself " Theres loads of peeps who talk like this so I will just act like them.."
Initially worked he had threads created on him before he had a single fight...Problem he did not factor in is that these forumers might like using language like this themselves especially the fat Middeclass kids makes them feel cool and naughty whilst writing it in their posts but dont do it in real life and dont like people who do it in real life and quickly get bored with the vulgarity angle especially when its not funny.
Frank told him as a Flyweight he needs to be moved quicker then other prospects in other weight divisions.
However Patel turned down fights with Andrew Cain and Thomas Essomba in 2015.
Being a novice pro Andy Ayling/Jason McCory gave him a pass. Then the draw with Juan Hinostroza happened.
Two weeks after that fight Patel was meant to box Robert Kanalas but again pulled out.
I think Warrens team were losing patience and tried to persuade him to box Charlie Edwards on the undercard of Joshua v Martin for 20k.
Again he refused. When Frank got the BT deal he obviously wanted to match his prospects hard to make good shows.
He was offered Jay Harris for the Commonwealth (refused) and then famously turned down a then 3-0 Sunny Edwards for the Southern Area.
After turning down,English,Commonwealth and Southern Area title fights they realised after his draw with Hinostroza he wasn't interested in boxing anyone with a pulse.
Patel asked for his contract to be terminated. Upon release he tried to get signed by Matchroom then by Richard Poxon and then had a meeting with Ringstar promotions (none were successful obviously. )
After nearly a year of inactivity someone in the Peacock gym forged a link with one of these dead Hungarian promotions to allow Prince to box on their shows.
I imagine this is right up his street. Gets to pad his record without boxing anyone with a pulse.
Can't be a long term solution. No idea how he got himself a Hungarian passport lmao.
the problem with the hardman prince persona was always that he was 8 stone with the physique of a 10 year old boy. one of the main reasons that hes had any success is that the talent pool of adult males at that size is tiny, thats why he fought (and lost) to charlie edwards so many times. there just isnt very many 8stone grown men and even less of them who actually box in the uk.
it seems the moment he goes anywhere near the top of that talent pool he loses let alone internationally. the definition of a busted flush.
Mad ain't it. These are guys who probably don't even go over 8 Stone 10lbs when out of training and enjoying life.
I was one of the smallest if not the smallest kid on my year during my final year at school (about 5ft 4 and remember boxing at under 46kg) but even I now can weigh about 11 Stone if not Training or going gym etc.
Frank told him as a Flyweight he needs to be moved quicker then other prospects in other weight divisions.
However Patel turned down fights with Andrew Cain and Thomas Essomba in 2015.
Being a novice pro Andy Ayling/Jason McCory gave him a pass. Then the draw with Juan Hinostroza happened.
Two weeks after that fight Patel was meant to box Robert Kanalas but again pulled out.
I think Warrens team were losing patience and tried to persuade him to box Charlie Edwards on the undercard of Joshua v Martin for 20k.
Again he refused. When Frank got the BT deal he obviously wanted to match his prospects hard to make good shows.
He was offered Jay Harris for the Commonwealth (refused) and then famously turned down a then 3-0 Sunny Edwards for the Southern Area.
After turning down,English,Commonwealth and Southern Area title fights they realised after his draw with Hinostroza he wasn't interested in boxing anyone with a pulse.
Patel asked for his contract to be terminated. Upon release he tried to get signed by Matchroom then by Richard Poxon and then had a meeting with Ringstar promotions (none were successful obviously. )
After nearly a year of inactivity someone in the Peacock gym forged a link with one of these dead Hungarian promotions to allow Prince to box on their shows.
I imagine this is right up his street. Gets to pad his record without boxing anyone with a pulse.
Can't be a long term solution. No idea how he got himself a Hungarian passport lmao.
Very interesting, thanks for sharing the info. Do you know if he regrets turning down those fights now, given where he has ended up now?
There's no point avoiding real fights if your career goes nowhere instead. Did he expect Matchroom to make him an offer?
That guy he just beat was stopped in a round by Jack Bateson on his debut.
This is a strange turn of events even by boxings standards.He obviously still has the hunger and ambition to be a pro,but taking up residence fighting in Hungarian small halls :think
Whole situation pretty much already summed up in the thread. He likes the idea of being this top level professional boxer but dislikes the idea of proving it by actually, er...boxing?
It's a fairly common mindset, the fear of failure stops you trying for something.
I met him once at a BN York hall show (think it was our dearly missed Ovil) and he had obviously taken a huge amount of stick all night. Being pissed I was only too happy to tell him he was being a dick and should just shut up and prove himself in the ring. He was rather meek and his reply was very much a "yeah I know, I've heard that about 1000 times tonight!".
That's the thing with boxing fans, for all the casuals sucked in and mugged off by the likes of the Sky hype machine, there are still plenty of educated, true fans who don't give a fuck about you until you've actually shown them something.
Whole situation pretty much already summed up in the thread. He likes the idea of being this top level professional boxer but dislikes the idea of proving it by actually, er...boxing?
It's a fairly common mindset, the fear of failure stops you trying for something.
I met him once at a BN York hall show (think it was our dearly missed Ovil) and he had obviously taken a huge amount of stick all night. Being pissed I was only too happy to tell him he was being a dick and should just shut up and prove himself in the ring. He was rather meek and his reply was very much a "yeah I know, I've heard that about 1000 times tonight!".
That's the thing with boxing fans, for all the casuals sucked in and mugged off by the likes of the Sky hype machine, there are still plenty of educated, true fans who don't give a fuck about you until you've actually shown them something.
I was at his last fight on U.K. soil before he hit the big time in Hungary. It was in Harrow just up the road from where he lives and he still couldn’t shift any tickets so was boxed first. Didn’t stop him strutting around like Prince Charles Martin during his IBF reign of Godliness.
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