Steve O'Meara crazy record

digme

Anyone see this guys record?

won 10 (KO 2) + lost 0 (KO 0)

boxrec

I don't think I ever seen such a strange record.
Everyone he fought,lost 90% of their fights.

joepenguin

The crazy thing is that doesnt look out of place for a prospect tbh.

digme

I'm not used to looking at beginner boxers records I suppose.
I take it he has no amateur fights?

joepenguin

Its not uncommon thats for sure. Dont know his amature background. boxrec dont list them.

Big Ears

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=154155&cat=boxer
http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=214398&cat=boxer

Nothing crazy about his record at all, and he was a decent enough amateur.
Would of been thought of as a contender for the ABA's the year he turned pro.

Plenty of those journeyman may have terrible looking records, but they'll make you work for your win(eg. Billy Smith). It's not as easy dealing with these 'low level' guys as it may appear.

unknown13

Saw his fight against Drew Campbell and I was not impressed with him. I don't think he has a chance in prize fighter.

digme

My boxing knowledge is restricted to watching it on videos.How soon do they put their fighters up against some better talented fighters?

Big Ears

digme wrote: »

My boxing knowledge is restricted to watching it on videos.How soon do they put their fighters up against some better talented fighters?

It's all dependent on the individual, how quickly they are learning, what age they are, who promotes them(this impacts on it hugely), can they afford better opposition or can they get them onto shows often.

It differs hugely from fighter to fighter. To answer the question, when do they put their fighters up against some better talented fighters ?.......whenever they think they're ready and can get the fights they want.

digme

Ya I suppose there is a lot of factors I wouldn't normally think
about when looking at the fighters online records.
Would it be safe to say since steve o'meara hasn't foughtanyone that great,
he is not going to win this thing.I know of sinclair,pryce and danny butler,
the rest of them i've never seen fight at all.

Big Ears

digme wrote: »

Ya I suppose there is a lot of factors I wouldn't normally think
about when looking at the fighters online records.
Would it be safe to say since steve o'meara hasn't foughtanyone that great,
he is not going to win this thing.I know of sinclair,pryce and danny butler,
the rest of them i've never seen fight at all.

I think it would be safe to say his chances of winning are pretty poor, but with the 3 fight 3x3 format I don't think you can completely discount anyone.

He's inexperienced and hasn't fought to the same level as the other fighter, but there is actually a slight advantage coming from being a novice. He used to fighting over shorter periods, and will be better settled to the high activity rate required to win 3 rounders. He's not a puncher though, and that is a disadvantage in a competition like this, power is very useful and the higher activity rates often mean opportunities a plenty for landing hard counters and scoring knockouts and knockdowns.

He's up against a big puncher with a very vulnerable chin in Martin Concepcion. Concepcion can be pretty wild and leaves himself open. A dangerous fighter, but getting him in the first round is probably a positive for O'Meara, it gives him some chance of progressing but my money is on Concepcion.

Brett Flournoy who faces Butler is a real threat aswell. He's naturally a Welterweight, and hasn't been very active in his career. He's more skilled than Butler though. From what I've heard Kevin McIntyre was getting the better of him in his only fight for the last 18 months till that was declared a no contest. He was a fine amateur but that was years ago now, and at 30, the lack of fights and lack of activity it really is hard to tell what level Flournoy is going to be at.

Prizefighter is not a competition to be shedding rust in imo however, and Butler wasn't a bad domestic level fighter up at Middleweight. He wasn't particularly small either and will be massive at the 157 lb limit, size wise he'll have a big advantage over the rest(bar Arron). Flournoy will be competing half a stone higher than he'd like to. Do to all that I'm plugging Butler to edge Flournoy but it's the fight I'm least confident on.


George Hillyard is very game and carries a big punch. He's technically limited though and doesn't always come into the ring in great shape. Prince Arron is technically a good fighter, and will be very very tall at the weight. He'll have a 6 inch height advantage over Hillyard and will look to keep the fight at range and push Hillyard backwards with jabs and one-two's. Hillyard will be looking for big counter left hooks and overhand rights. Hillyard will be looking for the knockout, Arron the decision.

Arron looked very vulnerable when he fought Duddy, but that was nearly 2 1/2 years ago and Arron was a kid. He was coming in(in his mind) to fight a World Class fighter, who could really punch, on 2 weeks notice, away from home. He crumbled badly, but has been on a decent run since(till drawing his last fight) and I think he'll cope much better with the pressure from Hillyard than he did from Duddy. I'm expecting an Arron points decision.

Sinclair and Pryce you know, Sinky is powerful, quick and accurate, he's also chinny and lacks stamina. Pryce is a respectable but not a huge puncher, he's got a good workrate when he wants to but doesn't always elect to use it, and he's a little chinny himself. Sinclair is naturally the bigger man, and he'll be better on the inside, at range it's 50/50. I see Sinclair catching Pryce and finishing him somewhere within the 3 rounds.

Sinky v Arron semi, I think Sinclair will be alright in against a light puncher and get another stoppage here.

Butler v Concepcion, Butler to outwork and outbox Concepcion to a decision, possibly hurting him along the way.

Sinky v Butler, Butler to get the better of a tired Sinky and score a stoppage win over a man that may have beat him if they met earlier in the tournament.

Slightly off-topic but that's how I see the prizefighter going. Flournoy could ruin all that though, as could any of them really. There's no certainties in there. But O'Meara is very unlikely to win the whole thing, but it's not impossible.

Vintagekits

Why no El Maachi?

He begged to be in it!!