Clash vs Stranglers punch-up

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Clash vs Stranglers punch-up

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Paul's face-off with JJ at Dingwalls has been well documented.

So, who do we fancy in a 4-on-4 free-for-all circa 1978 ?

Assuming Joe & Hugh would be well matched, I reckon the crucial factor is whether Paul could hold off JJ long enough for Mick & Topper to take out Jet Black & Dave Greenfield.

Does Topper have actual fighting skills ? Would the Stranglers' grown-up toughness see them through ?

What do we reckon ?

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The clash get leveled.
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JJ alone would murder them!

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101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:28pm
JJ alone would murder them!
Probably. Unless Johnny Thunders happened to be hanging with the Clash that night, in which case he may well have, literally, murdered JJ. Hey - "New Yawk Citaaay!"
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Wolter wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:34pm
The clash get leveled.
But write a great song about it.

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Hello,

This has Celebrity Death Match written all over it. Youngsters, google it.

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muppet hi fi wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:54pm
101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:28pm
JJ alone would murder them!
Probably. Unless Johnny Thunders happened to be hanging with the Clash that night, in which case he may well have, literally, murdered JJ. Hey - "New Yawk Citaaay!"
Shihan JJ Burnel has over 40 years of training in martial arts.

He first started Tae Kwondo at age 19. At 21 years of age he started Kyokushinkai under Sensei Brian Crowley. In 1978 he went to Tokyo to train at the Kyokushinkaikan in Ikebukuro.

Since 1991 he has been UK branch chief of The Shidokan.

He has taught, fought and demonstrated all over the world including Japan.

He was awarded his 6th Dan in Japan in 2005 and was awarded the title Renshi in 2012.

In 2014 he was promoted to Nanadan, 7th Dan.

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Inder wrote:
25 May 2018, 11:33pm
Wolter wrote:
25 May 2018, 9:34pm
The clash get leveled.
But write a great song about it.
The Cost of Fighting EP. I fought the Stranglers (and the Stranglers won).

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What a strange first post. Almost Facebookesque

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white man wrote:
26 May 2018, 3:13am
What a strange first post. Almost Facebookesque
#Snewsesque

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white man wrote:
26 May 2018, 3:13am
What a strange first post. Almost Facebookesque
Absolutely - the timing of the post betrays its post-pub origins.

Nonetheless an important and interesting topic worthy of exploration and debate

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martinmrts wrote:
26 May 2018, 5:53am
white man wrote:
26 May 2018, 3:13am
What a strange first post. Almost Facebookesque
Absolutely - the timing of the post betrays its post-pub origins.

Nonetheless an important and interesting topic worthy of exploration and debate
Ha ha, good response!

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martinmrts wrote:
25 May 2018, 7:20pm
Paul's face-off with JJ at Dingwalls has been well documented.

So, who do we fancy in a 4-on-4 free-for-all circa 1978 ?

Assuming Joe & Hugh would be well matched, I reckon the crucial factor is whether Paul could hold off JJ long enough for Mick & Topper to take out Jet Black & Dave Greenfield.

Does Topper have actual fighting skills ? Would the Stranglers' grown-up toughness see them through ?

What do we reckon ?
Did you see his random kung fu-style assault on Ray Gange in Rude Boy? The answer would have to be a resounding and very emphatic no.

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101Walterton wrote:
26 May 2018, 12:38am
muppet hi fi wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:54pm
101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:28pm
JJ alone would murder them!
Probably. Unless Johnny Thunders happened to be hanging with the Clash that night, in which case he may well have, literally, murdered JJ. Hey - "New Yawk Citaaay!"
Shihan JJ Burnel has over 40 years of training in martial arts.

He first started Tae Kwondo at age 19. At 21 years of age he started Kyokushinkai under Sensei Brian Crowley. In 1978 he went to Tokyo to train at the Kyokushinkaikan in Ikebukuro.

Since 1991 he has been UK branch chief of The Shidokan.

He has taught, fought and demonstrated all over the world including Japan.

He was awarded his 6th Dan in Japan in 2005 and was awarded the title Renshi in 2012.

In 2014 he was promoted to Nanadan, 7th Dan.
This takes me back to a question I once asked on here before: Who would win in a fight between Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali? How important are Martial Arts when they meet sheer brute force?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
26 May 2018, 8:48am
101Walterton wrote:
26 May 2018, 12:38am
muppet hi fi wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:54pm
101Walterton wrote:
25 May 2018, 10:28pm
JJ alone would murder them!
Probably. Unless Johnny Thunders happened to be hanging with the Clash that night, in which case he may well have, literally, murdered JJ. Hey - "New Yawk Citaaay!"
Shihan JJ Burnel has over 40 years of training in martial arts.

He first started Tae Kwondo at age 19. At 21 years of age he started Kyokushinkai under Sensei Brian Crowley. In 1978 he went to Tokyo to train at the Kyokushinkaikan in Ikebukuro.

Since 1991 he has been UK branch chief of The Shidokan.

He has taught, fought and demonstrated all over the world including Japan.

He was awarded his 6th Dan in Japan in 2005 and was awarded the title Renshi in 2012.

In 2014 he was promoted to Nanadan, 7th Dan.
This takes me back to a question I once asked on here before: Who would win in a fight between Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali? How important are Martial Arts when they meet sheer brute force?
Didn’t Ali fight a mixed martial arts opponent and get his legs badly damaged by all the kicks?

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhamma ... onio_Inoki

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