Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:59 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Does this Box Nation channel mean that Frank Warren has totally cut his ties with Sky Sports?.....If so, will it spell the demise of Box Office events on through Sky Sports, or will they go, cap in hand, back to Amir Khan to make their box office cash?

think warren has 6 more shows with sky in his contract

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:01 am  

The Hopkins decision was a farce

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:32 pm  

Bellew impressed me last night, thought he would tire but proved hes in the same class as cleverley

degale did well to against a much more experienced fighter, good learning curve after only 12 fights european champ

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:27 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

Bellew impressed me last night, thought he would tire but proved hes in the same class as cleverley

degale did well to against a much more experienced fighter, good learning curve after only 12 fights european champ

Cleverly-Bellew was a top scrap - I actually thought Bellew was going to nick it going into the last 3 rounds, but he ran out of gas, and was bravely fighting on gut instinct by the end.

Not sure what it does for Cleverly's reputation - Last night showed he was very beatable and is very, very easy to tag. He definitely has a good chin and can put together good combinations, but too many scraps like last night's will seriously shorten his career.

As for DeGale, I was quite impressed by the heart he showed, rather than any boxing ability - He was in with an obviously wily, experienced, though very limited campaigner, and he came through a couple of big scares....DeGale has to massively improve before he can be taken seriously as a world-level boxer - I heard him talking about Kessler before the fight, which is very, very premature. Kessler would seriously destroy DeGale, it wouldn't be pretty at all.

DeGale needs to get Warren to find him 2 or 3 easy-ish defences of his Euro crown before he even thinks about the Groves re-match....On last night's show, Groves would probably nail him again.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:14 pm  

MrPhilb wrote:

The Hopkins decision was a farce

It was a disgrace!, Hopefully justice will prevail and it will be overturned and declared a no contest as it certainly wasn't a TKO.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:17 pm  

hopkins retains his title after the decision got changed to a technical draw...seems he wasnt faking the injury as cloud claimed as he dislocated his shouler from the collarbone

prob a rematch on the cards? unless cleverley gets a deal done to get him to cardiff but i think it would be too soon for cleverley if it did happen

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:33 pm  

I think Dawson would've beaten him and I think he'll beat him in the rematch. I've Hopkins shoulder and it didn't and doesn't look dislocated to me. As good as Hopkins is and has been he's always struggled against quick fighters with good boxing skills, especially when they're his size (Taylor, Jones Jnr, Calzaghe).

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:19 pm  

Roy Jones Jr to fight again The man is clearly off his head.

Roy Jones Jr to fight again The man is clearly off his head.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:22 pm  

Did anybody see the Nonito Donaire fight on Saturday?

This guy is simply a phenomenal boxer - Ring Magazine put him at #3 Pound for Pound with many pundits even classing him as number 1. His punching power is lethal and he has annihilated quality division's. Saturday's fight wasn't as spectacular as I'm sure he'd have hoped in his Madison Square Garden debut, but I'd put that down to his opponent (the classy, unbeaten Oscar Narvaez) simply coming to survive rather than open up. Even still, Donaire looked comfortable and won every single round on all scorecards.

He'll be moving up in weight now and because of his fights per year ratio could make it to the Featherweight division in a few years. He doesn't have the build to move up weights as drastically as his training partner Manny Pacquiao but with Roach as his trainer he'll be headlining many more events.

Great fighter to watch - for those who haven't seen him. Search him on YouTube and you'll see his amazing power.

Re: Boxing Round 2 : Tue Oct 25, 2011 11:49 am  

WarwickUniWolf wrote:

Did anybody see the Nonito Donaire fight on Saturday?

This guy is simply a phenomenal boxer - Ring Magazine put him at #3 Pound for Pound with many pundits even classing him as number 1. His punching power is lethal and he has annihilated quality division's. Saturday's fight wasn't as spectacular as I'm sure he'd have hoped in his Madison Square Garden debut, but I'd put that down to his opponent (the classy, unbeaten Oscar Narvaez) simply coming to survive rather than open up. Even still, Donaire looked comfortable and won every single round on all scorecards.

He'll be moving up in weight now and because of his fights per year ratio could make it to the Featherweight division in a few years. He doesn't have the build to move up weights as drastically as his training partner Manny Pacquiao but with Roach as his trainer he'll be headlining many more events.

Great fighter to watch - for those who haven't seen him. Search him on YouTube and you'll see his amazing power.

not seen him, but didnt he say in his corner during the fight that he was BORED !!