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[thehype]

Quite frankly, the weekly and monthly THREATS have really been annoying, but bringing my kids into it has crossed the line from being just business to being personal.

So that said, without further ado, I bring you the Monkey Business of Boxingtalk...where fans are monkeys, paying members are monkeys, employees are monkeys, fighters are monkeys...basically everyone is a monkey.

"My attorney will be following up with a letter instructing you to cease and desist from posting BoxingTalk.com's copy-righted paid for members only material on your free message board. Copies will be emailed and mailed to your address momentarily. Is there a lawyer he should send this letter to?" - G. Leon to Hype

"I honestly never wanted to go down this path with you out of respect for your children, but acting as you have it's obvious you care more about starting trouble than you do about them." - G. Leon to Hype

"You and your boarders can say whatever you want about me, I laugh that stuff off, matter fact it makes me work harder." - G. Leon to Hype

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Much, much more to follow...

[thehype]

http://squarecircle65.blogspot.com/2008/04...on-by-brad.html

BOXINGTALK.COM RESIGNATION By Brad Cooney

How ugly people can be in the boxing industry... my oh my, it's just amazing. There's a war going on between Greg Leon of Boxingtalk.com and Ben Thompson of Fighthype.com and yours truly got dragged into the middle of it. Ben Thompson decided that he would post several emails that I sent to Greg Leon onto his message boards in an act to expose Greg Leon. This with all of the bullshit that I had to deal with, with that OTHER site, and frankly, I am just tired. All this writer wants to do is to interview the warriors that step into the ring, and do so without having to deal with the ugly politics, and personal wars that go on beneath the radar.

Can you believe that a grown 40 yr old man who owns a website and is a self proclaimed perfectionist called me "slim" and talked about me eating too many twinkies? Fat jokes? Are you kidding me? This is something a 5 yr old would do, but a 40 yr old? pretty amazing. It appears that the venom that some people retain, and won't let go of is abundant.

I have resigned from Boxingtalk.com and will pop back up shortly somewhere where I can get back to enjoying what I do. Boxingtalk has mad potential, and it's owner Greg Leon will coninue to bring big time interviews to you there. I left for my own reasons, and have no hard feelings towards Boxingtalk. I'll keep you posted when and where I will be back. Keep it here though, I'll be updating and posting some interviews here as well.

Brad Cooney

Well that was certainly unexpected, but good for you Bradley...stick with that integrity.

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I do ask one thing though....you think maybe you could change the following sentence:

"Ben Thompson decided that he would post several emails that I sent to Greg Leon onto his message boards in an act to expose Greg Leon."

To something like that:

"Ben Thompson decided that he would post several emails that I sent to Greg Leon, which he in turn forwarded to Ben Thompson and I later forwarded on to the entire boxintalk staff, onto his message boards in an act to expose Greg Leon."

Also, maybe you could an add a link to this thread to help people get a better understanding of exactly what was said.

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Oh...and for the record...I wouldn't necessarily say that you were "dragged into the middle of it." I mean, like I said, it wasn't really about you...those two-year-old emails were used just as an example. I don't think anyone said anything negative about you until you called me an "asshole"...once you said that, then you put yourself into a little tit-for-tat with me. But make no mistake, my issue with Leon has nothing to do with you and your definitely not in the middle of it.