Kevin Mitchell - showing his amateur form and MORE!

I tipped Kevin Mitchell to be Britain's next superstar five years ago, I loved his sharp punching, streetfighting type moves and punches and do-or-die attitude, and he was a proper cockney. But he's been over-shadowed since the summer of '04.. thanks to Amir Khan. Last night, though, Mitchell put in his best pro performance thus far by far IMO, proving that he wasn't just a three-round fighter who lacked strength at pro level, for six rounds Mitchell boxed beautifully - fucking beautifully! Everything was there, speed, timing, spite, and composure I've never seen from him before. On that form any super-featherweight in the world would of had a tough time with him, left hand leads landed every time, foot speed I haven't seen from him before, in and out, punch-picking, left uppercuts to body and head, was a joy to watch. Ofcourse, it was inevitable he got dragged into his streetfighting tendancies, and caught with right hands which he always has done since he was a kid, but the times he managed to whack his thinking head back on he started schooling again, releasing that effective jab, using every inch of the ring, not being touched, and too sharp in release, timing, foot, everything.. world-class sharpness, no question whatsover he's going all the way. He has showed that he can switch into boxer mode if need be, a different dimension. He's a future world champ and star. You Yanks will like him, when he gets there. An East End limey from a council estate, but really nice kid, engaging personality - loves Scarface and pirahna fish, exciting at brawling AND the skills to match. He was said to be the hottest thing to come out of London since Nigel Benn - it's now confirmed. Think Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, if you like.

Comments (9)

hitterwitter

Mitchell's the shit. Your just haters. Im not a hater, just speak the truth, Mitchell has very good boxing skills, but he's a ko waiting to happen, He's had 22 fights now and he's still making the same mistakes, Look at his last 6 fights, non of them are punchers, why do you think Frank Warren puts him in with these fighters. George Ashie W 11 (6 ko's) L 3 Andrey Isaev W 12 (4 ko's) L 1 Imad Ben Khalifa W 9 (0 ko's) L 10 D 2 Kirkor Kirkorov W 26 (5 ko's) L 11 Youssef Djibaba W 15 (3 ko's) L 9 D 2 Mohammed Medjadji W 15 (3 ko's) L 3

19y ago

GEOFFHAYES

Mitchell's the shit. Your just haters.

19y ago

AJ53

If Johanneson loses to Fehintola, Mitchell will probably go for the British title. Otherwise I fear Johanneson's power would force Warren into manouevring Mitchell down the WBU route. yeah id agree with you there altough i also dont see johanneson losing this one his british title aint gonna be on frank warrens mind while it's wrapped round his waist. a good fight for kevin i think would be against billy corcoran just to see how he handles him.

19y ago

hitterwitter

19y ago

_Beowulf_

If Johanneson loses to Fehintola, Mitchell will probably go for the British title. Otherwise I fear Johanneson's power would force Warren into manouevring Mitchell down the WBU route.

19y ago

rooq

He improved his defence but he won 116-112 in a fight he should have totally dominated, i mean look at his opponent, he should improve if he wants to step it up against world class i think tha whole point of his performance was to show he could go the distance in preparation for future fights and to work his boxing skills. there wouldn't be much point of him going in with his usual style and trying to ko ashie from tha 1st round as that shit isn't going to work against any world class fighter. he's only 22 and he will get better...it'll be interesting to watch his progress over the next couple of years.

19y ago

ophqui

^agreed, his opponent wasnt anything special and mitchell didnt look special against him. Ashie (who i've never seen box before) didnt seem to have any tremendous power and threw ridiculously wide punches that should never have landed. Worryingly, whilst ashie supposedly has a good chin Mitchell didnt even look like hurting him even in the first six when he was landing at will and whilst knockout power isnt essential at british/euro title level it would certainly help. He's good, and its nice to see a lad from round my neck of the woods doing alright for himself bt he aint a world class boxer and he hasnt got the power to back up his liking for a good scrap.

19y ago

AJ53

Thought Earl lost, wasn't a robbery but thought he lost a close fight. Mitchell is far from being world class, Eats to many right hands after 5-6 rounds his left hand was to low just like in his last fight. If he goes down the british title route he will lose. Can you imagine what what Carl Johanneson would do to him, if he dropped his left hand, he would be ko. id love to see mitchell fight johanneson, i cant see kevin keeping his left hand at his waist after he tastes some of carl's power. i think kevin would win but it would be interesting to see how he fights against somebody who has enough power in his right hand to make him box all night.

19y ago

hitterwitter

what are you views on the Earl fight afterwards ? http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=94742 Thought Earl lost, wasn't a robbery but thought he lost a close fight. Mitchell is far from being world class, Eats to many right hands after 5-6 rounds his left hand was to low just like in his last fight. If he goes down the british title route he will lose. Can you imagine what what Carl Johanneson would do to him, if he dropped his left hand, he would be ko.

19y ago