Sky fight night: Warrington title defence.

walshb · 13-02-2021 6:46pm #1

Sky Sports arena from 19:00

Support fight is Kiko Martinez v Zelfa Barrett at 130 lbs

Then Josh Warrington makes a defence of his 126 lbs belt vs Mauricio Lara

Actually, Warrington fight not for IBF belt. He vacated it last month

Fran has a bone · 13-02-2021 8:38pm

Why did Warrington vacate?

megadodge · 13-02-2021 9:07pm

Quite impressed with Dalton Smith there.

I've been hearing good things about him and I know he was a very good amateur. He looks very sharp and accurate. Lovely variety of punch and seems to have a very good sense of distance. I'll be keeping an eye on him.

walshb · 13-02-2021 10:31pm

Kiko only 34...been around years!!! Looks older..

Only a kid when he banjoed Dunne in 2007...

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 10:35pm

Sky were very much underplaying his work in the last round. Looks like he could take Barrett out here.

Morrison J · 13-02-2021 10:56pm

Kiko rolling back the years here. Great to see.

A Shaved Duck? · 13-02-2021 11:02pm

Morrison J wrote: »

Kiko rolling back the years here. Great to see.

Hope the judges are fair ..winning nearly every round for me.

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:06pm

Haven't been scoring it but surely Kiko well ahead? 7-3?

walshb · 13-02-2021 11:06pm

I have always admired Kiko

Always just comes to fight

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:08pm

The commentator has it level? I won't be asking him to put up any shelves for me, that's for sure.

Morrison J · 13-02-2021 11:08pm

A Shaved Duck? wrote: »

Hope the judges are fair ..winning nearly every round for me.

Yeah that's the worry for me. Could be another Ritson v Vasquez. Three British judges..

A Shaved Duck? · 13-02-2021 11:09pm

generalgerry wrote: »

The commentator has it level? I won't ask him to put up any shelves for me, that's for sure.

Adam Smith...can't be said he isn't a company man.

Talking up barret now so when the dodgy scores come in it won't look so bad....kiko is gonna get shafted here...

The White Feather · 13-02-2021 11:10pm

walshb wrote: »

Kiko only 34...been around years!!! Looks older..

Only a kid when he banjoed Dunne in 2007...

I put on the fight a while ago and was wondering was it the same guy, Cant believe he is still going but now realise how young he was then. That was a really disappointing night by the way. I still remember it !

I don't follow boxing closely so I didn't know.

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:14pm

A Shaved Duck? wrote: »

Adam Smith...can't be said he isn't a company man.

Naw, that's not Adam Smith. I'm not sure who it is.

Are the presenters preparing us for a draw result? Surely Kiko has this by a country mile.

Morrison J · 13-02-2021 11:14pm

Zero argument for Barrett winning that. Cards will be interesting.

megadodge · 13-02-2021 11:15pm

Well Barrett is odds-on on the exchanges.

The White Feather · 13-02-2021 11:15pm

Didn't Kiko win that handily? no?

A Shaved Duck? · 13-02-2021 11:17pm

Those cards are an absolute disgrace

megadodge · 13-02-2021 11:17pm

Holy Sh!t !!!!

118-111 (x2) !!!!

walshb · 13-02-2021 11:17pm

I didn’t score it

But thought Kiko overall deserved it..

The White Feather · 13-02-2021 11:17pm

OK I was all wrong it seems

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:17pm

That is just disgusting. Absolute cheating.

Even Canelo would have got a split decision in that fight ffs.

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:19pm

It's almost like professional wrestling at this stage. The result is pre-determined.

carltonleon · 13-02-2021 11:19pm

Absolute joke, I have to say

A Shaved Duck? · 13-02-2021 11:20pm

Hearn now talking out of both sides of his mouth...

Morrison J · 13-02-2021 11:20pm

Absolute disgrace. The UK is by far the worst place to come as an away fighter and get a result.

sham69 · 13-02-2021 11:21pm

Shocking , thought Kiko had it

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:21pm

And who paid them to give those scorecards Eddie? He really must think that we are all idiots.

squinn2912 · 13-02-2021 11:21pm

Pathetic scoring at least Eddie is telling the truth about it. I thought Barrett won the last 4 convincingly but I’m struggling to see what else he won before that. Don King line there let’s do it again. Even Barrett is embarrassed by that

A Shaved Duck? · 13-02-2021 11:22pm

Morrison J wrote: »

Absolute disgrace. The UK is by far the worst place to come as an away fighter and get a result.

Yeah could do without hearns faux outrage....his fighter on his channel in his back yard...sure thing Eddie

Fran has a bone · 13-02-2021 11:22pm

Sad to see such blatant corruption as. Even Hearn lambasting the judges

squinn2912 · 13-02-2021 11:24pm

Look at the marking on their faces alone! This is destroying the sport as a spectacle. Booth is insufferable

duffman13 · 13-02-2021 11:24pm

Ridiculous, the irony of the commentators not calling it for what it is given some of the claims of robbery and how fighting Klitschko in Germany was always in an impossible task etc. Kiko robbed

Big Ears · 13-02-2021 11:26pm

squinn2912 wrote: »

Pathetic scoring at least Eddie is telling the truth about it. I thought Barrett won the last 4 convincingly but I’m struggling to see what else he won before that. Don King line there let’s do it again. Even Barrett is embarrassed by that

I thought Barrett won the 1st, and the 5th (I think I've the right round), and the 9th, and either the 10th or 11th, but Kiko won the rest.

There was quite a few close rounds and also a lot of rounds clearly for Kiko.
Eddie and the commentators speaking honestly, a round or two in it at most (if you scored for Barrett) or else for Kiko (and potentially wide if you give him the closer rounds ).

118-111 is ridiculous !

carltonleon · 13-02-2021 11:27pm

Bizarre interviews I thought , he didn’t really let any of the 3 finish their points

Fran has a bone · 13-02-2021 11:28pm

Hearn calling it out, probably to help sell 2nd fight. Eddie I'm sure knows all 3 judges very well for many years!

squinn2912 · 13-02-2021 11:31pm

The interviews were a mess they didn’t know what to do. Why didn’t the idiot let Hearn bull**** away another minute than have dead noise. So amateur looking.

Fran has a bone · 13-02-2021 11:32pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/maravillabox/status/1360716636135829505

walshb · 13-02-2021 11:37pm

Hearn is a disgrace..

He should stick to promoting and quit slating professional judges that he uses for fights to pretend to the public that he gives a fook

Fran has a bone · 13-02-2021 11:40pm

I thought the peaky blinder himself, Mack the Knife, might have taken a back seat on Sky commentary with everything that is happening lately.

There's a man who knows where the bodies are buried, literally :eek:

generalgerry · 13-02-2021 11:55pm

So here is the MTK / DAZN boxing news for this week:

Daniel Kinahan is still not involved in crime and Zelpha Barrett has won his fight with Kiko Martinez.

And I've just won the lottery.

carltonleon · 13-02-2021 11:58pm

WOW!! Warrington looks fooked

generalgerry · 14-02-2021 12:00am

I had the last round a 10-8 for Warrington (by tonight's judging).

normanoffside · 14-02-2021 12:02am

Some comeback from Warrington in the 5th.
I think the ref should have stopped it in the 4th though.

squinn2912 · 14-02-2021 12:02am

He’s up against it. Lara needs to be careful though

duffman13 · 14-02-2021 12:02am

carltonleon wrote: »

WOW!! Warrington looks fooked

Some count he got, he was in an awful state

normanoffside · 14-02-2021 12:05am

I don't like how Warrington is twitching his neck in this round. Something looks off.

The White Feather · 14-02-2021 12:05am

Should the ref have stopped that earlier? It looked very close

normanoffside · 14-02-2021 12:06am

The White Feather wrote: »

Should the ref have stopped that earlier? It looked very close

He would have stopped Lara. That's for sure

Big Ears · 14-02-2021 12:07am

normanoffside wrote: »

I don't like how Warrington is twitching his neck in this round. Something looks off.

He's probably a bit concussed.
He was shook to his boots and has taken some heavy shots since.

He's coping impressively well considering.

squinn2912 · 14-02-2021 12:07am

IMAGINE! A co-commentator who is there to score the fight “I haven’t been scoring it”

Sky fight night: Warrington title defence.

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