cleverlys career has become a joke........ and i'm sure mick higgs is right and that it is warrens fault......but what makes the guy think he deserves fights with the likes of froch and hopkins........
i agree that ward beat them both pretty easily...... but both guys are huge draws in u.k/denmark and froch v kessler could filll a stadium........ also it would an absolute war........ward is without doubt the best smw at the minute but i think froch and kessler still generate more interest.... thats why that fight should happen first...... the winner should then re-match ward.......its a no brainer!
Skelton may be old but Joshua needs to get past guys like Matt Skelton before he can be matched with top 15 contenders.........it wasn't that long ago price beat both Skelton and Audrey Harrison and people were saying he was ready for the k-bros. I think big john McDermott would be a good fight for the English belt, but his next opponent is probably better, should give him some rounds at the very least.
didnt see anything too special in selby tonight, no disrespect to monroe but i think his best days are behind him, and he was moving up in weight against a naturally bigger guy....... that being said he did what he had to do, won every round and even if the stoppage was a little early he wasn't letting monroe out of that corner........ needs to improve if he's to find success at world level though
johnson or guinn would give a.j rounds but whats the point if they dont fight back??? johnson doesnt seem to let his hands go anymore and same could be said for guinn last time out against adamek...... i'd much rather see him in against someone who geniunely thinks they could win! browne, price or maybe even tony thompson in a couple fights time... with regards to sprott, i think he's a decent name after 10 fights, yea he has had a couple of first round k.o's but he also went the distance with helenius not so long ago....
Seriously? The WBO gave Clev a belt without him having to fight for it and since then he's been allowed to fight one hand-picked opponent after another, now he's being bullied because the WBO finally want him to fight someone in the top 15, come on now.
Have to agree......
the guys had it way to easy... i mean tommy karpency??? that dude had no business being in a world title fight!
even krasniqi should be a soft defense for him, didnt they have about arranged at the albert hall in april?????
thats a fair point, he is a decent gatekeeper, and i suppose its short notice....... i just thought given that helenius had already beaten 2 ex world champs, and del boy(on paper at least) he was already a decent heavy....... i guess we'll find out soon
@Dominicano Soy...... the difference between between brook and canelo is that brook wasn't gifted a world title for beating matthew hatton...... the fact canelo has a world title and continues to defend it against fighters who are either past their prime or natural welters/light welters is why he takes so much s**t.........
as usuall a very biased fw article....... although i have to admit if degale finds himself in the ring with a puncher he's probably gonna get ko'd.......
cant believe mick hennesy was talking about him being a world champ in the next 18 months and comparing him to andre ward.... the division is so strong he really has no chance........ the likes of kessler, ward, froch, abraham would destroy him right now......
if price-chisora were to happen that would be a good test and a real step up for price.... providing chisora comes into the fight in the 240's not the 260's as in the fury fight. still think he would of beaten tyson if he was in shape for that fight.
In the interviews i've seen with froch he certainly hasnt claimed he had a raw deal or that the fight was close..... he has simply said that he was not at his best.........i do like froch but i think ward would win again but you cant right carl off...... its worth bearing in mind that a lot of people (myself included) thought he'd get beaten up by bute....... i think he should fight kessler next..... if he wins and looks good in doing so then a ward remaych is the way to go........ also a fight against ward in nottingham would be a stadium fight in front of 30-40,000 fans so thats probably a pretty good reason fot the fight to happen in the u.k
just fight 1 genuine contender before you go mentioning froch! seriously, froch has earned his reputation the hard way, if degale thinks he'll get a shot by calling him out he's mistaken, froch has so many big fights on the cards i doubt he'd waste his time with degale.
I don't see either of these guys making much noise at cruiser but will look forward to this fight, I felt frank warrens management of clev was shocking, to fight the guys he fought then throw him in with kovalev definatly didn't do him any favours, but he should still have enough to beat bellew who is a good European level fighter but nothing more
sure froch has flaws..... but unlike bute his chin is not one of his flaws......and froch cant wait around for this rematch... it needs to be in march or not at all..... if bute dont want the fight then bring on kessler......
shame, looked to be a nice little fight going on there...... poor stoppage but i dont think the ref had any choice, he turned his back on the action and slumped over the ropes...... what else eas the ref supposed to do??
could be a decent fight........ but lets face it, if helenius if half as good as he's supposed to be he should win easily....... if any of the top british heavyweights took a fight against sprott they'd be accused of cherrypicking........ so lets see what happens....... i'd like to see sprott cause another upset!
hearn seems to have a much better relationship with his fighters than warren...... and i think its wrong to say he doesnt build his fighters...... look at kell brook and carl froch....... yea he signed them as already established fighters but,
froch is now getting the coverage and plaudits he deserves but never got under mick hennessy (i remember the abraham fight and i think the first kessler fight getting shown on prime time or some obscure net work) and brooks popularity has soared since he signed with hearn, also he has some great prospects in kal yafai and frampton(now actually a contender) so to say he doesn't build fighters isnt really true...... also unlike warren most fans dont think he's a c#%t
what a c**t........ and as for brook being the wbo mandatory 2 years ago, i believe manny was champion at the time so that mandatory postion wasn't really relevant...... no disrespect to brook but manny had much bigger fights on the radar.
golovkin is obviously a decent fighter........ and also the most avoided guy in the division....... but he;s not really fought anyone relevant so how people just assume he'd walk through the likes of chavez (who lets face it is pretty much a light heavy by the time he steps into the ring) and martinez is crazy.....
Wilder doesn't seem like a particularly good puncher, but audley seems to have a weak chin so maybe to him it was like getting hit by a mule. Price should knock him silly
100% knockout rate........ the guy can punch! ok so there all bums but 26ko's from 26 fights.....
if audley thinks he's gonna walk through price then this fight wont last too long!
i cant see audley making it to the 5th round.
i'm a burns fan but struggled to give him any rounds....... never troubled crawford and whenever he landed tc came back at him. burns best days are behind him but still a classy guy with great heart!
like him or not........ audley IS a definate step up in class for wilder, however if wilder is half as good as everybody is making out he shoud ko audley within a couple of rounds.........
not sure why people dislike froch...... sure he can be a little arrogant but if there were more boxers/promoters with froch's mindset then boxing would be a lot more popular than it is now, the guy ducks nobody, is always up for a war and you can never ever write him off, those who are saying he will get k.o'd by groves will be proven wrong, sure there is a chance groves could win the fight but it wont be an easy nights work, personally i hope froch wins this one but either way i hope it doesn't get ruined again. its either groves by u.d or froch by late k.o
IMO Josesito is making extremely ****ty career decisions. He's gone from a career-high beating Ortiz, to setting himself up for an ass-kicking against a 154lber, now he wants to get into another blood-and-guts war with Maidana at 147. Jesus, give yourself a break. His manager is a ****ing retard apparently. At this pace the kid will be shot to **** in a few years.
i do agree, but the canelo fight was obviously a decent payday for lopez......
and reward for beating ortiz. i wish there were a few more guys like lopez in boxing..... guys gotta big heart and will fight anyone! if only there were a few ore guys out there like him