Saturday 7th December Boxing Superthread

Frankie Lee

With all the quality boxing lined up tonight I think it is worth a thread of its own to keep things tidy.

Johner

Maccarinelli just won, lets hope he doesn't call out Adonis Stevenson or Kovalev :pac:

Wild_Dogger

good fight !

Who necks ?

walshb

Is Ormond on this BoxNation bill? The website says he is.

Joeseph Balls

walshb wrote: »

Is Ormond on this BoxNation bill? The website says he is.

Yea he is. Reckon it will clash with Barker/Sturm

Johner

This Smith fight will be over in the next round anyway.

Johner

And it's over. Hope they keep flying through these fights so Ormond won't clash with Barker.

Big Ears

Great night of boxing, some real 50/50's aswell.
Hopefully Ormond vs Matthews and Barker vs Sturm don't clash as they could be the pick of the nights action.

walshb

Yeh, Froch, it's a real pickem between GGG and the likes of Barker and Geale

Johner

Barker - Sturm ring walks are on now!

Johner

Come on Barker!

Johner

Very good first round from Sturm.

Big Ears

Great start from Sturm, Barker landing plenty in return but he's fighting the wrong fight imo, needs to use his skill and ability more and keep the distance.

x PyRo

Johner

Over.

Alpha Dog 1

Sickened I didn't get on the 5/4 pre fight.

Joeseph Balls

Well thats my accumie gone on the first fight. barker points they said, be grand they said......

Frankie Lee

Andy Lee would have a good chance against Sturm I reckon. Barker was lucky to get the opportunity to take Geale's world title.

megadodge

Hmmmm, I lost a nice bit on that, I had all the distance options covered. Sturm was impressive.

nocoverart

German women are so hot!!! anyways, yeah Barker was sh!te.

Alpha Dog 1

Dislocated hip.....

Big Ears

People questioned whether Barker would have the hunger after winning a title, but if anything he wanted it too much, too fired up and ended up fighting with his heart rather than his head and suffering the consequences.

If Barker has hurt is hip he may need some time out (retirement may even be a potential option), but even if he doesn't I'm not sure they'll enact that rematch clause in the contract.

HigginsJ

Shame for Barker, but he looked in big trouble even before the hip went. Macklin & Lee would have a good **** at Sturm

Joeseph Balls

Frankie Lee wrote: »

Andy Lee would have a good chance against Sturm I reckon.

Cant see it tbh, Still a class above Lee IMO

Joeseph Balls

HigginsJ wrote: »

Macklin & Lee would have a good **** at Sturm

Macklin bet him

Johner

pac_man wrote: »

Seems like a lot of people were on that accumulator. Anyone fancy Ormond? Looked at the weigh in and Matthews is huge for a lightweight.

Seems to have been good money for Ormond.

Johner

Sturm seems like a gent anyway.

Gringo180

This Butler fella has some defence.

megadodge

Just watching Paul Butler now and each time I see him I get more impressed. His opponent is very strong physically and keeps coming but in general is getting outboxed. If Butler has good stamina (and he looks fresh still) and a good chin he really can go a long way. Very skilful.

gene_tunney

Another Sky Sports hypejob bites the dust folks.

HigginsJ

gene_tunney wrote: »

Another Sky Sports hypejob bites the dust folks.

Was/Is Barker really a hype job? He is good solid pro but no-one was taking him as a GGG killer.

He's trainer not sounding overly optimistic for Barker. So hard to take, feel for Barker

Gringo180

Whos the commentator on boxnation. Keeps on giving Montoya rounds even tho everything he is throwing is blocked... The Welsh co commentator is spot on in what he is saying.

Joeseph Balls

Gringo180 wrote: »

Whos the commentator on boxnation. Keeps on giving Montoya rounds even tho everything he is throwing is blocked... The Welsh co commentator is spot on in what he is saying.

I learnt from this forum, its nearly always better to watch fights on mute.

yabadabado

Ormand fight on tv

Joeseph Balls

yabadabado wrote: »

Ormand fight on tv

yes.........
boxnation

megadodge

pac_man wrote: »

Ill be honest and say this is the first time Ive seen him .
I don't like the way he's staying on the ropes, most of them shots are blocked because the mexican is throwing hooks but get someone who has a bit more variety in their punches and he might be exposed.

That's fair enough, but he won't meet as many who are as strong and as aggressive as tonight's opponent, meaning he won't be on the ropes as often in the first place. He looks very comfortable on the ropes anyway, which is a good thing.

If I was being picky I'd say he should turn the knuckle more when punching with the right hand - his left is beautiful.

Anyway, I'll be watching out for him even more now. He's quality.

yabadabado

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

yes.........
boxnation

Balls , dont have the channel.will someone post up the result.

Gringo180

yabadabado wrote: »

Balls , dont have the channel.will someone post up the result.

Mod snip link 3 mate

Johner

Butler is very very classy, can't say I know too much about super flyweight though but he looks like he has the potential to be world class.

Big Ears

Box Nation can never seem to get where a fighter is from right.
Gary O'Sullivan was announced as being from Dublin, and now the presenter has twice said Stephen Ormond from Belfast.......FFS !

Joeseph Balls

yabadabado wrote: »

Balls , dont have the channel.will someone post up the result.

*cough* Mod snip *cough

Johner

This should be a cracker.

rwg

Ormond too strong for him

Johner

Decent stuff from Steo in that round.

yabadabado

Cheers for the advice lads. Im actually in the pub thats why I can't watch Boxnation, have it at the house.

megadodge

pac_man wrote: »

For a title fight, why is this a ten rounder?

Exactly what I was wondering. This is supposed to be a WBO European title fight? Surely it should be 12?

Johner

This fight is there for the taking for Ormond.

megadodge

Johner wrote: »

This fight is there for the taking for Ormond.

Agree. He's actually the neater boxer, so if he just throws enough punches he can outwork Matthews.
In fairness I think he's really warming into it now and upping the workrate.

Johner

Doing well now.

Gringo180

I have Ormond 1 up.

hungry hippo 4

ormond is putting on a masterclass