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  • SPREAD
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    British Boxing

    After the Mitchell defeat, one i saw coming I feel way too many British fighters are overrated and fancied for no apparent reason.

    Take Mitchell, we know he sometimes lacks heart and work ethic but yet people still talk about him like he's world class.

    Regardless of wether he trained hard enough for Katsidis a man with supposdly that much talent should surley beat a man who evreytime he's stepped up to an opponent of any class gets school and/or stopped.

    In contrast I believe Burns is underrated, people always bet against him but the fact is he's a very dynamic fighter who can go on to compete against the best in America.

    To join Mitchell you have Kell Brook Believes his own hype and has fought opponents he's never had to get out of 2nd gear to beat.

    Looked average at best against Carson Jones who you all picked to be murdered by Brook's feather fisted hands.

    Haye, Cleverley, DeGale are all hughly overrated just as Khan and Naseem were once before their souls were taken by a schooling here and a knockout or two there.

    Hayes record at any weight is appaling, embarrassing when the best guy you have fought is Chisora after 3 years of parading round like the reincarnation of Ali.

    The real Daddy of British Boxing is Froch hes proved himself taken tough fights lost, comeback and never shyed away from fighting away from home.

    Apart from him and to a point Ricky Burns British boxing at the moment is a bit of a joke.

    Cue Ricky Hattons comeback.
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    billy joe saunders is the real deal

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    • D-MiZe
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      #3
      Are you even British?

      Because it would appear you don't know what you're talking about...

      Mitchell receives some hype from his showing against Prescott, Murray & Johanneson. The only time he really looked vulnerable was in the Kats fight and people put that down to a lack of experience and not knowing what to do when hurt. Evidently, this has not changed.

      DeGale is an Olympic gold medallist.

      Kell Brook has conquered the domestic scene, beat some good European opposition and is now on his way to the top. He received a lot of attention after the Hatton win and the only thing the Jones fight highlighted is the fact Brook needs a strength & conditioning coach.

      Cleverly is a disgrace and does not deserve to be holding a world title. He looked promising early on and had a big win against Murat, stagnated since and has regressed. He's the Welsh fighter now so he's always going to have a lot of publicity.

      Haye's best win is not Chisora - educate yourself.


      British boxing has always been like this, the term hype-job is synonymous with our fighters. It won't change until they get matched harder early on.

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      • New England
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        #4
        Originally posted by D-MiZe
        Are you even British?

        Because it would appear you don't know what you're talking about...

        Mitchell receives some hype from his showing against Prescott, Murray & Johanneson. The only time he really looked vulnerable was in the Kats fight and people put that down to a lack of experience and not knowing what to do when hurt. Evidently, this has not changed.

        DeGale is an Olympic gold medallist.

        Kell Brook has conquered the domestic scene, beat some good European opposition and is no on his way to the top. He received a lot of attention after the Hatton win and the only thing the Jones fight highlighted is the fact Brook needs a strength & conditioning coach.

        Cleverly is a disgrace and does not deserve to be holding a world title. He looked promising early on and had a big win against Murat, stagnated since and has regressed. He's the Welsh fighter now so he's always going to have a lot of publicity.

        Haye's best win is not Chisora - educate yourself.


        British boxing has always been like this, the term hype-job is synonymous with our fighters. It won't change until they get matched harder early on.



        "you dont know sh#t about british boxing"

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        • HughJass
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          #5
          Originally posted by SPREAD
          After the Mitchell defeat, one i saw coming I feel way too many British fighters are overrated and fancied for no apparent reason.

          Take Mitchell, we know he sometimes lacks heart and work ethic but yet people still talk about him like he's world class.

          Regardless of wether he trained hard enough for Katsidis a man with supposdly that much talent should surley beat a man who evreytime he's stepped up to an opponent of any class gets school and/or stopped.

          In contrast I believe Burns is underrated, people always bet against him but the fact is he's a very dynamic fighter who can go on to compete against the best in America.

          To join Mitchell you have Kell Brook Believes his own hype and has fought opponents he's never had to get out of 2nd gear to beat.

          Looked average at best against Carson Jones who you all picked to be murdered by Brook's feather fisted hands.

          Haye, Cleverley, DeGale are all hughly overrated just as Khan and Naseem were once before their souls were taken by a schooling here and a knockout or two there.

          Hayes record at any weight is appaling, embarrassing when the best guy you have fought is Chisora after 3 years of parading round like the reincarnation of Ali.

          The real Daddy of British Boxing is Froch hes proved himself taken tough fights lost, comeback and never shyed away from fighting away from home.

          Apart from him and to a point Ricky Burns British boxing at the moment is a bit of a joke.

          Cue Ricky Hattons comeback.
          degale groves froch cleverly burns price are all world class the young ones of the group will show you that in time trust me

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          • Juof
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            #6
            im british and i dont hype any of them up
            brook will get dominated by elite fighters
            same with tyson fury, cleverly, groves, etc its not that we hype our fighters up its that were proud of our fighters doing well in such a small country compared to other countrys which are like 10 times the size

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              #7
              British boxing is strong.
              We may not have the best middleweight in the world but we have a damn strong middleweight scene in Lee, Macklin, Barker, Murray with Billy Joe Saunders and some other decent looking prospects coming through.

              We have a lot of really exciting prospects including David Price and how about Carl Frampton who just destroyed a very useful two time world champion in Steve Molitor? Scott Quigg is another. Lee Selby is ever improving.
              Lee Haskins is another whose improving leaps & bounds.

              Ricky Burns is a fantastic world champion. Ola Afolabi is a very good cruiserweight who keeps getting robbed.

              We also have Kell Brook, Gavin Rees, Gary Buckland, Bellew & Groves about to explode on the world scene.

              British boxing is doing great but I agree most Brits are the wrong ones to be hyping I.E Haye who has no intention of anything but a Klitschko payday and Khan whose **** when we should be giving more credit to the warriors in Froch, Burns and the decent talent emerging. Then again every country has its hype-jobs by the dozen.

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              • D-MiZe
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                #8
                Gary Buckland?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by dan_cov
                  British boxing is strong.
                  We may not have the best middleweight in the world but we have a damn strong middleweight scene in Lee, Macklin, Barker, Murray with Billy Joe Saunders and some other decent looking prospects coming through.

                  We have a lot of really exciting prospects including David Price and how about Carl Frampton who just destroyed a very useful two time world champion in Steve Molitor? Scott Quigg is another. Lee Selby is ever improving.
                  Lee Haskins is another whose improving leaps & bounds.

                  Ricky Burns is a fantastic world champion. Ola Afolabi is a very good cruiserweight who keeps getting robbed.

                  We also have Kell Brook, Gavin Rees, Gary Buckland, Bellew & Groves about to explode on the world scene.

                  British boxing is doing great but I agree most Brits are the wrong ones to be hyping I.E Haye who has no intention of anything but a Klitschko payday and Khan whose **** when we should be giving more credit to the warriors in Froch, Burns and the decent talent emerging. Then again every country has its hype-jobs by the dozen.
                  yeah i agree with what you said i still cant help but like haye and khan tho but haye annoys me more khan has the skill but he just sees red rather than stay on the outside but on the whole we have some outstanding talent coming through two guys who have just had 3 and 4 fights respectively are mitchell smith and brad saunders they are the **** listen out for those you will be hearing alot about those two

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                  • D-MiZe
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                    #10
                    Somewhat off topic but I'll be producing an article on British prospects tomorrow. So keep your eyes open.

                    Last edited by D-MiZe; 09-25-2012, 01:51 PM.

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