17 November 2002 By PRAVIN CHAR When Russell Crowe picked a fight with Eric Watson in a swanky London bar, he didn't know he was about to receive a boxing lesson. Watson started boxing training this year, and according to his trainer Paul Wallbank, he is a "natural". "He's got great punch combinations, and if he doesn't get you with his right he'll get you with the left hook," said Wallbank, 30. "Russell wouldn't have known what hit him. It would've been bang-bang-bang. I'm proud of him." Oscar-winner Crowe was left nursing a swollen face and injuries around his eye following the clash at west London restaurant Zuma. The fracas erupted when pony-tailed Crowe - notorious for his drunken brawls - bumped into Watson in the restaurant toilets early Wednesday morning. Georgie Calder, a 21-year-old model, at the restaurant said Crowe had been acting like a "total and utter pig". She said at one stage a drunken and smelly Crowe walked over to her, kissed her and licked her face. "It was grotesque. He stank to high heaven and had food all over his mouth." According to Wallbank, Crowe's battered face bore the hallmarks of a Watson special. "With Russell's injuries I would guess that Eric would have done the damage with a combination one-two finishing with his left hook, which is one of his best shots. "He wouldn't have stood a chance." http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2113579a11,00.html
Its believed that Crowe had a thing or two to say about Watsons New Zealand Warriors NRL clubs. Seen as he follows South Sydney......he should keep his mouth shut
I partied with Russel Crowe twice in Austin and he struck me as a really nice guy. He gets rowdy when he is drunk, but so do most people. The cool thing about him is he doesn't act like a moviestar, he just acts like one of my tough guy friends. Unlike Eminem, he doesn't walk around with bodyguards and an entourage. He just relies on himself. And if you are living the good life, you are going to get your ass kicked once in a while. And don't be stupid, you know the reason that girl talked that **** about him is that she is either married and trying to convince her husband that it wasn't her fault she was kissing Russel Crowe, or she tried to get with him and he turned her down. That would be about as believable as if I said that Jennifer Lopez was really annoying when she was trying to make out with me, she had food on her face and I can't take any of that, oh yeah, and she was drunk....
