Boxing Thread 13/11 (Crawford-Brook, Katie Taylor, Heffron-Bentley II)

Tim Bradley is losing his mind

Joke!

eagle eye wrote: »

There's not enough cameras to be certain nothing happened with the head clash even though you know it was the punch that did it.
They won't change it.

There wasn't a single camera shot of a clash to the right of his head. Every head connection was on the other side.

simongurnick wrote:

There wasn't a single camera shot of a clash to the right of his head. Every head connection was on the other side.

There was a clash of heads where the only camera angle showed Maloney's head going across his face. You can't be 100% certain there was no contact there. In order to overturn the decision it has to be certain.
I know it was the punch, 99% certain of that, that did it but that's not how the replay rules work.

eagle eye wrote: »

There was a clash of heads where the only camera angle showed Maloney's head going across his face. You can't be 100% certain there was no contact there. In order to overturn the decision it has to be certain.
I know it was the punch, 99% certain of that, that did it but that's not how the replay rules work.

Can't agree man. These guys have been in the game all their lives. You dont get a swollen eye from a brush of heads.
End of the day, they protected the ref. Andre ward, Tim bradley all agree.

Screw it. Looking forward to the main event. Poor Maloney though. Lad was almost in tears.

As for this one, step too far again for Kell. I think Crawford takes him out inside six.

Brook 2 up

Special K (O'd)

A beast and a man who sadly doesn't have a jaw anymore.

Was decent technical first three rounds..

Brook is, as I said, shot! He had little hope.

No real zip, speed, power. Too slow. And the chin not up to it either..

A good finish by Crawford, but I think it's definitely more a case of Brooks punch resistance being gone after those two defeats. Now we can all look forward to Eddie putting Brook and Khan on ppv for us.

I'm not that keen on seeing Crawford take on Pacquiao next.

Crawford is some fighter, a real joy to watch. It’s really frustrating though that he’s 37-0 and has no great wins. He has some good wins no doubt and is racking up the KO’s but we need to see him against some world class opponents pretty soon.

I expected it to last longer but as soon as crawford got caught on the right eye he turned the heat up.

Brook wasn't doing to bad when crawford was orthodox, but as soon as he switched to southpaw(his actual stance) it through brook off, which you would think he trained for anyway.

the first flurry had him in the clouds, the ref just gave him a chance but T-Bud is a killer in them situations, brook after asked his trainer "what happened there"

For me Spence has to be next, Crawford needs to get bigger names on his resume, be fore this would I be right in saying Khan was his next biggest?

$4 million for Crawford
$2 million for Brook

Crawfords top rank contract is up Oct 2021, Arum was asked what's next he said "the amount of money he lost on him he could have a house in Beverly Hills"

Johner wrote: »

The GGG fight absolutely ruined Brook, wonder how he would have done against Spence and Crawford without that fight. I kind of weirdly still want to see Khan - Brook. Someone is getting KO’d for sure but it would be a fun fight to watch for as long as it lasts.

It did.

And added to the very tough fight v Spence. That really put a nail in his coffin..

He had very little the other night. Got caught with a decent shot, that was exaggerated by his moving into it. He couldn’t steady himself or recover himself enough to survive..

blade1 wrote: »

What about the weight drain?
You said the other day he looked gaunt at weigh in.
Surely a contributing factor as well.
He's huge for 147lb division.
His upper body and legs even.
He looked almost stocky the other night.

Yes, something I also thought

The effort to get to a weight he left behind a few years ago may well have taken a bit out of him

He looked out of it after the couple of Crawford shots.....

It all adds up. He was simply not at the races at all.....

squinn2912 wrote: »

I find Brook’s personality irritating, Kahn’s is insufferable.

I can't listen to Khan....very irritating voice

I championed him in his early years, as I was a big fan after Athens...

But I always realized that he was an amateur in the pro game....

Had a decent career considering his weak chin....

Never really beat anyone all that good, apart from a crude Maidana...

Lost all his big fights.....just did not have the real pro skills/traits and instincts.

Brook: Better pro style for me, but he only beat one world rated fighter, in a razor close fight....Porter

He is 1-3 in fights against quality.....

Did very very well v Spence, just a step behind all the way, and I felt a little bit of quit near the end....Spence beat the fight out of him.

walshb wrote: »

Did very very well v Spence, just a step behind all the way, and I felt a little bit of quit near the end....Spence beat the fight out of him.

I think a lot was taken out of him going up to face Triple G. Some fighters just are not the same after stepping up in weights then coming back down.

However, if Brook had not faced Golovkin, i still think Spence would have beaten him.

I'd still favour Brook to beat Khan by ko, but I don't have that much interest in seeing it now. It should have happened a few years back.

Some night of fights there!

The Moloney decision defied belief really and doesnt help the sport. He has put in an appeal and if justice is served will win but a bad way to regain the belt.

Fair play to Brook taking this fight but he was in a no win situation here. I never got the impression he really deep down truly believed he was going to dethrone Crawford. Having seen his last two fights live I felt if Brook got halfway he'd be doing well. The gulf is too steep as Brook is at the end. Still he didnt quit like Khan. With reference to the GGG fight some balls to take that as again a big gulf.

Just a training session for Crawford as was evidenced after when he was playing ping pong!

nacho libre wrote: »

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/789578/watch-terence-crawford-kell-brook-respect/

Watching the stoppage again...

Brook was lucid enough to be able to say he was ok...

He then just stood there waiting to be taken out......

Not a sniff of defensive prowess....

squinn2912 wrote: »

Yep I felt he gave it up very cheaply but thought I was being too harsh. There was some venom in the shot that slowed him down but I didn’t think it should’ve left him so powerless.

Didn’t porter fight Spence last? Thought he gave a fantastic account of himself I had it wafer thin but for a very well spotted knock down.

On Kahn brook I think Kahn’s hand speed would prove decisive. Brook wouldn’t fear him though so I could see him take heavy type shots from Kahn better than at the weekend.

Yes. I noticed that too. Brook's desire seemed to be gone, rather than it being a case of his senses were completely scrambled.

I think Brook will be able for Khan's punches, unless his resistance is completely shot. Assuming it isn't, I think Brook will win by ko.

Porter v Spence was a proper slugest. Spence said he wanted to beat Porter at his own game, which he just about did. It was very close, though.
So when you think about it Brook did very well to beat Porter a few years ago,