Tonight heavily hyped prospect Patrick Nielsen fights his first 12 rounder against Gaston Vega from Argentina.
Also on the card is brit James DeGale taking on italian veteran Christian Sanavia for the european title. Why that fight ended up in a small town in the danish outskirts is anybodys guess.
Nice performance by DeGale.
DeGale is skilled and a good fighter for sure. His defense is, or should be, a work in progress becuase his chin doesn't look like granite. In fact he was lucky to not receive a count in round 3 as he was clearly KD'ed judged from the replay.
was watching Crolla Mathews and switched over to this after that fight was over, just saw the replays of rd4 KDs.
De Gale's opponent looked pure ****e. Did he look any better in the 1st 3 rds or was he really that bad.
wtf was that 1st KD about?
4;
DeGale in control.
Sanavia down! Did he slip? Ref counts.
And down again. And again! The canvas looks slippery.
And sanavia down again. Referee waves it over. Good win and good performance from DeGale.
Didnt see round 2. Only a replay of Sanavia connecting big.
3:
DeGale throwing some crude but fast bodyshots. Some landed.
DeGale has a good footwork. Some pretty combos, but is somewhat lacking in the defense department. That might not be crucial against the lightpunching Sanavia, but could be lethal down the line.
If the fight was a draw after 2 DeGale now leads 29-28
Yeah. Sauerland needs to take it easy with the kid. There's plenty of time.
Sauerland is saying that he needs to take it easy with the kid. So that's a relief.
They also said they saw Nielsen on the undercard of some Froch fight (Kessler-Froch?) and they thought he wasn't very good.
I agree with both statements from Bunce and co. Kalle Sauerland better not put this guy in with someone decent anytime soon.
Yeah. Sauerland needs to take it easy with the kid. There's plenty of time.
Did Bunce say that? What more did he say?
They also said they saw Nielsen on the undercard of some Froch fight (Kessler-Froch?) and they thought he wasn't very good.
I agree with both statements from Bunce and co. Kalle Sauerland better not put this guy in with someone decent anytime soon.
Great KO.
Round 9 candidate for ROTY.
Not a technical pleasure at all, but Nielsen wants those exchanges and that sells tickets. He's already a massive draw here and tonight made him bigger.