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  • Welsh Jon
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    Exciting times for British boxing

    Some great stuff for British fight fans to look forward to in the next 7 weeks: Rhodes v Alvarez 18th June, Macklin v Sturm 25 June, Haye v Wlad 2nd July, Murray v Mitchell 9th July, Ricky Burns v Nicky Cook 16th July, Khan v Judah 23rd July. Man I can't wait!

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    Kahn vs Judah is interesting. If Judah is on top of his game, he could beat kahn.

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    • KitangKatag
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      #3
      i wonder if the glassy chin will break this time.

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      • Sparked_1985
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        The Burns/Cook is a bit of a cop-out, imo.

        I'm most looking forward too Mitchell and Murray. It's not a the level of those other fights but it is going to be great.

        Haye/Klit is all about the tension but is likely to be horrendous.

        Khan should be too much for a vet Judah, and Sturm should comfortably outclass Matt Macklin.

        Rhodes is my pick to show.

        But yeah, it should be good. Far better than the days when our top fighters were knocking over cans.

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        • DUCK FACE
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          #5
          I'd say apart from Khan the rest of those Brits are very much underdogs and probably will lose (obviously there is some home fights in there though aswell)..

          Least we got a lot of World champs atm

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          • Welsh Jon
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            #6
            Originally posted by PIGVOMIT
            Kahn vs Judah is interesting. If Judah is on top of his game, he could beat kahn.
            Judah hasn't shown the quality he'll need to beat the likes of Kahn since about 2005.

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            • Welsh Jon
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              Originally posted by Sparked_1985
              The Burns/Cook is a bit of a cop-out, imo.

              I'm most looking forward too Mitchell and Murray. It's not a the level of those other fights but it is going to be great.

              Haye/Klit is all about the tension but is likely to be horrendous.

              Khan should be too much for a vet Judah, and Sturm should comfortably outclass Matt Macklin.

              Rhodes is my pick to show.

              But yeah, it should be good. Far better than the days when our top fighters were knocking over cans.
              I think it's unfair to say Burns/Cook is a bit of a cop-out, I think if you can't get a fight against one of the top guys in your division the next bet thing is fighting a domestic rival and Cooky won't let himself down.

              Murray/Mitchell should be a cracker. Haye/Wlad will prob be a dull, predictable win for Klit, but there is still a small chance of fireworks from Haye.

              I can't see Kahn losing against Zab.

              I think both Macklin and Rhodes will give good accounts of themselves, I don't see either of them winning if it goes to the scorecards though. I think Rhodes has a shot of pulling off an upset via KO though.

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              • dumber79
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                some great fight in general,but the domestic scene is looking good.

                burns/cook
                dchis/fury
                murray/mitchell


                and if he comes through his next fight - bellew/clev. this will be worth it for the presser alone.

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                • Sparked_1985
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Welsh Jon
                  I think it's unfair to say Burns/Cook is a bit of a cop-out, I think if you can't get a fight against one of the top guys in your division the next bet thing is fighting a domestic rival and Cooky won't let himself down.

                  Murray/Mitchell should be a cracker. Haye/Wlad will prob be a dull, predictable win for Klit, but there is still a small chance of fireworks from Haye.

                  I can't see Kahn losing against Zab.

                  I think both Macklin and Rhodes will give good accounts of themselves, I don't see either of them winning if it goes to the scorecards though. I think Rhodes has a shot of pulling off an upset via KO though.
                  It just seem a bit anti-climatic to me. Cook has had his go at the world title, a couple of times now. He's a good fighter who has been inactive and is most likely past his best.

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