Comments Thread For: Kevin Mitchell, Dean Powell Talk Lora Win, Ricky Burns

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York Hall, Bethnal Green – Unheralded Felix Lora, 14-9-5 (8), came out of the traps like a man possessed against Kevin Mitchell in front of a noisy, capacity York Hall crowd in last Friday’s main event. Mitchell had acknowledged that Lora was likely to provide him with a test pre-fight but cannot have expected the Dominican, by way of Barcelona, to unceasingly throw haymaker after haymaker in a wild attempt to turn out The Dagenham Destroyer’s lights. [Click Here To Read More]

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Mitchell was rubbish apart from the knockdown . He should just stick to being an enforcer for his mums drug cartel.

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Mitchell was rubbish apart from the knockdown . He should just stick to being an enforcer for his mums drug cartel.

I think you might have been watching a different fight, or perhaps the fact you're Scottish shows a little bias towards Burns ?! ;o)

Kevin boxing well on Friday. He moved around the ring really well, picked his shots and his punch accuracy was excellent. He perhaps could have followed up on the knock down in the 2nd but I’d prefer to see him get the rounds in after a long period of inactivity.

In a nutshell Dean Powell is right, you can’t win! Kevin did what he had to do in a very professional and mature manner.

I still pick Burns to win should the fight happen, and it looks like it will. But I wouldn’t put my money on it, with his head in the right place Kevin Mitchell is a very classy operator and a very nice person to boot.

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I think you might have been watching a different fight, or perhaps the fact you're Scottish shows a little bias towards Burns ?! ;o)

Kevin boxing well on Friday. He moved around the ring really well, picked his shots and his punch accuracy was excellent. He perhaps could have followed up on the knock down in the 2nd but I’d prefer to see him get the rounds in after a long period of inactivity.

In a nutshell Dean Powell is right, you can’t win! Kevin did what he had to do in a very professional and mature manner.

I still pick Burns to win should the fight happen, and it looks like it will. But I wouldn’t put my money on it, with his head in the right place Kevin Mitchell is a very classy operator and a very nice person to boot.

Looked good, are you sure? apart from the knock down Mitchell looked poor every time Lora swung at him he looked worried. He needs to start taking boxing seriously again. 3 or 4 years ago he would have destroyed Burns now i think he'd get outworked all night long.

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I think you might have been watching a different fight, or perhaps the fact you're Scottish shows a little bias towards Burns ?! ;o)

Kevin boxing well on Friday. He moved around the ring really well, picked his shots and his punch accuracy was excellent. He perhaps could have followed up on the knock down in the 2nd but I’d prefer to see him get the rounds in after a long period of inactivity.

In a nutshell Dean Powell is right, you can’t win! Kevin did what he had to do in a very professional and mature manner.

I still pick Burns to win should the fight happen, and it looks like it will. But I wouldn’t put my money on it, with his head in the right place Kevin Mitchell is a very classy operator and a very nice person to boot.

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Im not doubting hes got talent i just didnt think he performed like someone who was trying to justify himself getting a world title shot. I do think the lads good i just think he has other agendas other than boxing. If he does fight burns i think it'd be a close fight.

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Looked good, are you sure? apart from the knock down Mitchell looked poor every time Lora swung at him he looked worried. He needs to start taking boxing seriously again. 3 or 4 years ago he would have destroyed Burns now i think he'd get outworked all night long.

Hi Top Rumper, welcome to NSB

Yes, am very sure! Lora is one of those fighters whereby you’ll always attract criticism, he is wild, hits hard and is extremely awkward.

If you watch the fight again you’ll see some great upper body movement from Mitchell, rolling punches and counter punching very, very well. As I said, it was a professional performance and he did what he needed to do perfectly well.

Now of course, Burns or any other top lightweight, would present a whole different set of problems, but I believe Kevin has enough natural ability to adapt and thrive. I’ve been privileged enough to spend time down at the TKO gym and have seen Kevin train, he’s got talent in abundance. The Katstidis fight I truly believe was a state of mind performance and not at all a reflection on Kevin at his best.

Funnily enough i agree with Steve Bunce’s pre-fight statement in that Kevin will most likely have an easier night against Brandon Rios than he will against Ricky Burns, but I’m sure a lot of people on here would not agree!

Peace.

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Hi Top Rumper, welcome to NSB

Yes, am very sure! Lora is one of those fighters whereby you’ll always attract criticism, he is wild, hits hard and is extremely awkward.

If you watch the fight again you’ll see some great upper body movement from Mitchell, rolling punches and counter punching very, very well. As I said, it was a professional performance and he did what he needed to do perfectly well.

Now of course, Burns or any other top lightweight, would present a whole different set of problems, but I believe Kevin has enough natural ability to adapt and thrive. I’ve been privileged enough to spend time down at the TKO gym and have seen Kevin train, he’s got talent in abundance. The Katstidis fight I truly believe was a state of mind performance and not at all a reflection on Kevin at his best.

Funnily enough i agree with Steve Bunce’s pre-fight statement in that Kevin will most likely have an easier night against Brandon Rios than he will against Ricky Burns, but I’m sure a lot of people on here would not agree!

Peace.

I know what your saying and maybe im being a bit harsh but i just expected a bit more after watching him improving through the years and beating Prescott easily, then he put in a great performance against John Murray and it looked like his problems were behind him and i was looking forward to seeing him in with a Brandon Rios or someone like that and we had to wait ages for a performance like that against a relative nobody. it just looks a bit like Mitchell has missed his big chance through being distracted with other things.
Anyway i look forward to seeing the Burns fight has the potential to be a great fight.