Brain Magee v Lucian Bute - IBF SMW title, Bell Centre, Montreal - March 19

Vintagekits · 08-01-2011 01:56AM #1

Poor ould Brian never seems to capture the publics imagination. Look at the way people are interested in Casey-Rigo but Magee slides under the radar.

Good luck to him. His style is right for Bute but Magee is no idiot and knows all the 'tricks of the trade' in the ring.

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110107_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetVqpt5oi4

supersean1999 · 08-01-2011 02:09AM

Vintagekits wrote: »

Poor ould Brian never seems to capture the publics imagination. Look at the way people are interested in Casey-Rigo but Magee slides under the radar.

Good luck to him. His style is right for Bute but Magee is no idiot and knows all the 'tricks of the trade' in the ring.

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110107_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZetVqpt5oi4

#he did not get catch the public eye 10 years ago, so the hiding he will take in canada will not get anyone excited, hope he earns a load of cash fair play to him for sticking at it

joepenguin · 08-01-2011 03:53AM

Pity. Is there any talk of this been shown on domestic tv in any way shape or form?

TheProdigy · 08-01-2011 04:21AM

Its unfortunate a certain Mr. Harry Hawkins won't get recognition for a fighter he has predominantly produced.

Vintagekits · 08-01-2011 03:44PM

TheProdigy wrote: »

Its unfortunate a certain Mr. Harry Hawkins won't get recognition for a fighter he has predominantly produced.

I dont think anyone will forget the years that Harry put in, but if you are going to fall out with a fighters manager then usually something has to give!

nacho libre · 08-01-2011 04:17PM

it seems to me he's just very happy to get the fight, but knows deep down he can't win this fight.

deisedelight · 12-01-2011 11:11AM

any one know when tickets go on sale for this

coronaextra · 20-03-2011 01:10AM

What time will I set the alarm clock for? is it on tv?

makl · 20-03-2011 01:16AM

nice one for findin this thread. seen somewhere 11.10pm eastern time, so add 5 to that - 3.10am, 240 to be safe.

froch reckons magee will do this, he reportedly looked seriously weight-drained yesterday, but worryingly there are two canadian judges --- jean pascal hopkins fight comes to mind.

coronaextra · 20-03-2011 01:20AM

Its going to be hard to get a result over there alright. Hopefully he will put up a good fight.

makl · 20-03-2011 02:23AM

defo. dont see any tv coverage for it. maybe here for a stream http://boxingguru.co.uk/gurutv.html but don't know. mite leave it myself.

Boooourns · 20-03-2011 02:25AM

Setanta are showing it a 2am.

Wild_Dogger · 20-03-2011 04:10AM

c'mon McGee !
yer , on setanta ireland !

makl · 20-03-2011 04:15AM

watchin it on stream, hasn't started yet has it?

Wild_Dogger · 20-03-2011 04:25AM

no , just entrances at the moment

makl · 20-03-2011 04:33AM

cool, in sync. bute some clown isn't he. that intro?

Jayob10 · 20-03-2011 04:48AM

Magee is fighting very well so far, he has Bute worked out at this point

Wild_Dogger · 20-03-2011 04:54AM

McGee is in with a slight chance here !
he's doing ok

Wild_Dogger · 20-03-2011 05:02AM

should have kept my trap shut

makl · 20-03-2011 05:18AM

aye bute no clown in the ring. some classy stuff. commentators right tho, magee very one dimensional.

slapbangwallop · 20-03-2011 03:20PM

Bodyshots the key to Bute’s defeat of Magee

http://boxing-ireland.com/20110320_lucian_bute_brian_magee_fight_12.html

walshb · 20-03-2011 06:32PM

BBC1 showing the fight at 10:45 tonight.

walshb · 21-03-2011 12:04AM

My god, Bute looks two weights bigger than Magee...

walshb · 21-03-2011 01:21PM

Bute is a class act, and seemed to be carrying Brian. It was man against boy in there. I thought at times that Bute could have really opened up and destroyed Brian, but he seemed content to stay two steps ahead throughout.
The size difference was unreal

makl · 21-03-2011 03:03PM

thats funny cos much of the talk beforehand was about bute being weight-drained!

american commentary was interestin on setanta - they kept referring to the one-dimensional european style of guard and lack of emphasis on bodyshots, maybe a reason for limited success. magee didn't offer much beyond that.

walshb · 21-03-2011 03:14PM

makl wrote: »

thats funny cos much of the talk beforehand was about bute being weight-drained!

american commentary was interestin on setanta - they kept referring to the one-dimensional european style of guard and lack of emphasis on bodyshots, maybe a reason for limited success. magee didn't offer much beyond that.

He tried his ass off, but Brian is simply not world class. The guy is 38 or so, and was never a threat on the world scene. Very little power as well, and that is almost essential at these weights.

Bute makes for some tasty scraps with Froch and Ward and some other world SM fighters.

nacho libre · 21-03-2011 03:35PM

Magee lasted longer than I thought he would. He is tough but that's all he has going for him really, in terms of boxing skill he has always been below world level. Anyway Bute is likely to be fighting Kessler next.

walshb · 21-03-2011 03:46PM

I always thought Magee was 37/38.

35 he is....

Spazdarn · 25-03-2011 10:48AM

He was one dimensional though I don't think it's the European way to headhunt. He did well enough considered how good Bute is...

nacho libre · 25-03-2011 03:03PM

ToiletFusion wrote: »

He was one dimensional though I don't think it's the European way to headhunt. He did well enough considered how good Bute is...

Would it be fair to say though that Bute has not really been tested at the highest level yet?

walshb · 25-03-2011 03:16PM

No, he has not been fully tested. Unless you wanna' list a past it Miranda?

He has not met any of the top SM fighters from the super 6.

Ring have Bute at 2 I think. Ahead of Kessler and Froch.

He did beat Bika; but so did others. Bika is a hell of a tough fighter.

I do think that he would be a very tough guy to beat for
Ward and Froch and the others. He can box so well.

Brain Magee v Lucian Bute - IBF SMW title, Bell Centre, Montreal - March 19

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