Boxing Thread 21/11 (Benn v Formella Card on Sky)

Morrison J

Not the best card tbf but sort of looking forward to the main event. Hard to gauge how good Conor Benn is. He was dog**** early on in his career but does seem like he's improved a bit. Big step up all the same but against a non-puncher I'm sure he'll get the decision on the cards if it comes to it regardless.

Coneygree

Can easily see Benn winning by scandalous robbery.

walshb

Lads, give us a heads up when Babic on..

Stuck here watching poxy Strictly!!

generalgerry

Ridings vs Smith fight is over, Babic fight coming up now. I'm not sure this will be much of a step up from Strictly tbh.

Never realised that Tom Little was so big, if you forgive the word play. 6ft 6. He's become a bit of a joke though. And all the pantomime stuff before the fight was silly.

normanoffside

walshb wrote: »

Lads, give us a heads up when Babic on..

Stuck here watching poxy Strictly!!

Ringwalks now

generalgerry

normanoffside wrote: »

Ringwalks now

I think that's a bit grande of a description. A man walking in to a barn I would have said.

I can't believe the ring announcer announced him as the "gypo-pottamus" he'll be cancelled on social media before he gets back in to the dressing room.

normanoffside

OmegaGene wrote: »

Babic and little is coming up next and I’m hoping for a proper scrap

Little looks like he has lost a lot of weight without toning up.
Expect Babic to do what he always does.

blade1

Family Guy's Joe Swanson the announcer tonight :pac:

generalgerry

Entertaining stuff!

squinn2912

Frantic. Little offering nothing so far

generalgerry

He's still standing, but Tom looks Jolly Rogered.

walshb

Great action and commitment!

generalgerry

Sad that Tom Little never has himself in condition to give himself a proper chance. Very funny guy though if you see him on social media.

squinn2912

Little was horrendous tonight he gave it nothing. After the way he clung in against Dubois I expected him to be able to give Bibic a fight. Terrible. Better fight next I think

walshb

Give us a heads up when Benn is on..

Morrison J

He's woeful but he's extremely entertaining tbf. Give me Babic v David Price asap.

Morrison J

squinn2912 wrote: »

Little was horrendous tonight he gave it nothing. After the way he clung in against Dubois I expected him to be able to give Bibic a fight. Terrible. Better fight next I think

No shock. Look at Little's record. Always takes a beating in a big fight before Christmas. All presents paid for in the Little household after tonight.

squinn2912

Morrison J wrote: »

No shock. Look at Little's record. Always takes a beating in a big fight before Christmas. All presents paid for in the Little household after tonight.

Yep. Waste of time sorta fight. Agree with Johnny here. Can.

walshb

Morrison J wrote: »

He's woeful but he's extremely entertaining tbf. Give me Babic v David Price asap.

Won’t go past three rds.

Three scenarios.

Babic finds the chin to win via KO

Price finds the chin for KO

Price falls down from exhaustion due to the pace Babic brings!

squinn2912

Some bang that

squinn2912

Wardley to fight Gorman next?

squinn2912

OmegaGene wrote: »

Would be a good match up, ward key needs a challenge and so does Gorman
Lartey on the floor longer than his ring walk

Jab 30 seconds before the jab hooks combo really stunned Lartey I don’t think he threw another punch

walshb

squinn2912 wrote: »

Some bang that

I must have missed something..looked like he hit gloves!

squinn2912

walshb wrote: »

I must have missed something..looked like he hit gloves!

Temple I think behind the gloves on both sides?

squinn2912

Good start from Benn. I think he’ll win inside the distance.

squinn2912

OmegaGene wrote: »

Benn is looking fresh and very fast he seems to have improved since last year

Yep he looks levels above here but has been caught a few times too

walshb

Benn has an excellent jab. Powerful and fast!

squinn2912

walshb wrote: »

Benn has an excellent jab. Powerful and fast!

He’s been really impressive so far. Spite in everything he does. Committed, taking the fight to Formella. Very focussed

squinn2912

I think the fight is out of Formella porter was very recent and that’s a gruelling fight. He’s been met here at the perfect time for Benn. Benn’s uppercut could cause the ko here he’s not seeing it

Morrison J

Benn will beat a non-puncher like this easy enough. Can throw all these eye catching shots and not worry at all about what's coming back. Will be a different story when he does eventually fight a puncher I'd think.

walshb

Benn will be in serious trouble if he meets someone who can half punch. His defense is terrible..

squinn2912

That all remains to be seen. He’s not been ko’d yet. Formella looks like he wants out of there. Several opportunities there and he didn’t go for it

walshb

I don’t really care that this lad went 12 with Porter, losing every round; he is desperately weak!

walshb

squinn2912 wrote: »

That all remains to be seen. He’s not been ko’d yet. Formella looks like he wants out of there. Several opportunities there and he didn’t go for it

Of course it remains to be seen. And it will be seen when he gets hit clean and hard!

squinn2912

walshb wrote: »

I don’t really care that this lad went 12 with Porter, losing every round; he is desperately weak!

That’s true he’s throwing absolute feathers.

carltonleon

walshb wrote: »

Benn will be in serious trouble if he meets someone who can half punch. His defense is terrible..

Was thinking that, far too reckless and leaves himself wide open at times ...will be in trouble as he moves up in class of opponent if he does not close that up

walshb

carltonleon wrote: »

Was thinking that, far too reckless and leaves himself wide open at times ...will be in trouble as he moves up in class of opponent if he does not close that up

Yep

And I noticed that even when he’s trying to be defensive and difficult to hit, he’s not!!!

walshb

8-0 Benn for me!

carltonleon

walshb wrote: »

Yep

And I noticed that even when he’s trying to be defensive and difficult to hit, he’s not!!!

Formella has nothing to Worry him so Benn is just pushing forward but that’s not really schooling him for tougher fights

squinn2912

At 24 without much a mature experience that’s not a bad showing. He’s not a hard hitter if he was he’d get the ko tonight and within 6. He needs to be very carefully matched for the next 18 months to improve on his frailties you guys have noted.
But for now that was a good nights work and the rounds will help

walshb

squinn2912 wrote: »

At 24 without much a mature experience that’s not a bad showing. He’s not a hard hitter if he was he’d get the ko tonight and within 6. He needs to be very carefully matched for the next 18 months to improve on his frailties you guys have noted.
But for now that was a good nights work and the rounds will help

Yes. I think they are exaggerating his “explosive power.”

Big Ears

squinn2912 wrote: »

At 24 without much a mature experience that’s not a bad showing. He’s not a hard hitter if he was he’d get the ko tonight and within 6. He needs to be very carefully matched for the next 18 months to improve on his frailties you guys have noted.
But for now that was a good nights work and the rounds will help

I actually think it was an excellent learning fight for him tbh.
Formella is a lot better than anything than anything he's faced before, but calling him a pillow puncher would overestimate the softness of pillows.

He was hit plenty, and if he was hit as frequent or as clean by someone with power he'd likely been in trouble.
However it was a good showing, his defence has actually improved, as open as he was, and he was lightning quick and showed very good stamina.

Plenty of positive points and he should be in good fights in the years to come.

carltonleon

walshb wrote: »

Yes. I think they are exaggerating his “explosive power.”

Again exactly what I thought ... I know Formella has a chin but if Benn had explosive power he would surely have at least put him down

normanoffside

squinn2912 wrote: »

At 24 without much a mature experience that’s not a bad showing. He’s not a hard hitter if he was he’d get the ko tonight and within 6. He needs to be very carefully matched for the next 18 months to improve on his frailties you guys have noted.
But for now that was a good nights work and the rounds will help

Yep, he doesn't have his Dad's punch, that's for sure.