Comments Thread For: Wood-Conlan Was Everything We Love And Fear In Boxing

[57Blues]

There is nothing to complain about in this fight, had Conlan went strategic after the first round people might complain, if he had slowed his roll at any point some would complain. But there was none of that they both left it in the ring is what they did. Some fights and fighters just turn into something rare in the ring, what I expected was not what showed up in the Ring Sat Night. Killing someone, ruining them for life that is not anything most people care to do for Prize Money to seperate that out, to seperate out the contract date to the day of fight date is an art unto boxing all alone.

[1hourRun]

Lol. Excellent work.

Froch always makes me laugh. He’s got a chin as tough as one of those statues on Easter Island, but unfortunately, all the head movement of one too.

You kill sometime P to the J

[KTFOKING]

Caught it from the 7th round on and man was that dramatic. Apparently Conlan was dominating the earlier rounds but from when I started watching it, that's not what was happening. Clutch comeback win from Wood who was determined to get the stoppage one way or another.

Props to both fighters and glad Conlan is fine as he was OUT before falling to the ground and then he went through the ropes. Definitely was a scary sight.

[P to the J]

I agree it was an ugly fight but that's what it was a FIGHT there was very little if any boxing and that's what made it compelling I guess. Both guys were equal in several ways one started strong and faded down the stretch and got off to a slow start and dug deep to come back.

Amen on that, brother

[brettWall]

I know little about the two fighters. I've vaguely seen their fights, and they didn't impress me that much, obviously, that I couldn't even recall how they went.

It was apparent to me that it's Wood that I wanted to root for. Conlan's style was too clumsy for my taste. He clearly lacks inside skills. The constant disengaging, clinching, potshotting is not pleasing to watch.

[Liondw]

We often forget, as fans, what these fighters put on the line, their health and lives.

We may criticise this and that fighter, but respect we should have for all of them.

[NachoMan]

What a bum fight, initial reactions by fans are exaggerated by shocking results. Michael Conlan was rendered unconscious and fell out of the ring, who cares?

I seen a un-competitive-one-sided beating : by the 5th round fans were BOOING because Leigh Wood would not fight back and Michael Conlan could not stop his hurt overmatched opponent ; finally about the 8th round Leigh Wood showed up to the fight but he was missing most of his punches but gaining some momentum as Conlan was tiring from all the pounding that he delivered in previous rounds. It was only until the 10th that Leigh Wood made some progress and Conlan's fate was sealed as he retreated to back-himself onto the ropes, a round later euro-bum Conlan was on the ground and the rest is history.

This fight reminded me of Carl Froch coming way behind on scores to score a knock-down and forcing a stoppage against Jermain Taylor in the 12th. Compare to Leigh Wood, Carl Froch is a master-boxer, that's how bad he ( Leighwho ) proved to be in his most meaningful win.

NOT FOTY for me.

"What a bum fight" he says. This is why you have the rep you have in this forum. It doesn't have to be FOTY to be a great fight. A great fight doesn't have to be a great boxing match. Few to no people on this forum have ever competed in sport at the level these guys have, but only the most casual fan fails to acknowledge the effort and grit that both of these guys showed to keep it going till the very end. You need to find a new sport to hate.

[1hourRun]

"What a bum fight" he says. This is why you have the rep you have in this forum. It doesn't have to be FOTY to be a great fight. A great fight doesn't have to be a great boxing match. Few to no people on this forum have ever competed in sport at the level these guys have, but only the most casual fan fails to acknowledge the effort and grit that both of these guys showed to keep it going till the very end. You need to find a new sport to hate.

Leigh Wood won about two rounds before rendering Michael Conlan unconscious. Not only is Wood vs. Conlan NOT FOTY, it really was not much of a contest either ; it was dramatic and a theatrical spectacle.

However, I will concede that I will consider this as a contender for KOTY, to be fair.

[NachoMan]

Leigh Wood won about two rounds before rendering Michael Conlan unconscious. Not only is Wood vs. Conlan NOT FOTY, it really was not much of a contest either ; it was dramatic and a theatrical spectacle.

However, I will concede that I will consider this as a contender for KOTY, to be fair.

I don't take issue with you not thinking it is FOTY material because its not my fave fight either, but you called it a "bum fight." You're not a fight fan.

[1hourRun]

I don't take issue with you not thinking it is FOTY material because its not my fave fight either, but you called it a "bum fight." You're not a fight fan.

Michael Conlan and Leigh Wood both made me question if they are even world-level, that is why I called it a bum-fight. However, I did find round 10 through 12 enjoyable and the comeback gratifying and hilarious. One can find things to appreciate in bum-fights.