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normanoffside wrote: »

Loma vs Lopez is a done deal for April/May.
Great fight.

Brilliant!

Loma, barring a KO loss, eats Lopez!

fitzparker wrote: »

Spikes Documentary "The Prizefighter" is on Virgin One tonight at 10pm

That documentry was poorly made.

What channel will Spike v Munguia be on?

what time is Spike in the ring.?

Any sign of him yet ?

Half way through and Spike is still there but behind. However he has had some success and got hit with a low blow in the sixth that had Munguia deducted a point.

As he said himself to win here will require a ko

That is a shock as it was meant to be a homecoming for Williams. I saw him deservedly beat Hurd in a great fight and one which Hurd sees to have had a very hard time getting over.

Interesting division.

ccarr wrote: »

Jason Quigley fighting later this month and Andy Lee involved with Tyson Fury. Is Andy training the two together

Quigley on tonight. Golden boy keeping him busy

Very handy win alright. Patient, accurate and painstakingly stalking his man who succumbed to a great Andy Lee like right that literally staggered him across the ring. Fair balls to the Mexican for surviving the second where he was beaten up completely.

Good performance albeit the opposition wasnt up to much but these are confident boosters on the road back.

While its appreciated that the only Irish journo there was Chris McNulty how objective can he be being in the ringwalk with Quigley?

Johnny Sausage wrote: »

I'd love to see him do it, he has improved a great deal under Pete Taylor,

i think the international title he has is his level though

He really has, in just over two years he's gone from a solid domestic level fighter (who scraped past Darren Cruise in an Irish title fight) to a genuine fringe World level competitor.

The problem is, he'd probably have to have improved the same amount again, to get to legitimate World level which is where Andrade is at.

I think Hogan is a better fighter than you give him credit for Walshb, but he has no real business at Middleweight. He was small enough at Light-Middle as it was, and trying to rely on his skill set to get him through at the higher weight is too big an ask !

Very very tough for Keeler tonight but what an opportunity for him though. To get a World title shot this early in his career could be a gateway for some decent pay days if he doesnt get humiliated.

I saw Andrade in a fortunate stoppage over Akavov a year ago but my abiding memory is walking by him after the Carroll fight in Philly and nobody recognising him. He has the skillset but that's not the whole picture getting the bigger fights.

In a way Luke has nothing to lose down in Miami. He is more of a middleweight than Hogan so feel that comparison is a wee bit unfair. Would love to be there as this week would be magical with the Superbowl sunday and all that energy infused with all the boxing history there. I hope he breathes all of this in and looks back with no regrets:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-lines/2020/jan/28/luke-keeler-boxing-pro-debut-engineer-world-title-fight-miami?CMP=share_btn_tw

Andrade by TKO in the 9th in a mismatch really. Literally the first punch had Keeler down in the first and one feared that this would be a humiliation. While not hurt the left that did drop him in the second did hurt but surprisingly Luke dug in and survived round after round until the inevitable.

The punch stats spoke volumes here with Keeler too stiff to avoid shots, But for Andrade this showing will not encourage anybody to back him. He really should have had this wrapped up early to send a message.

Afterward he claimed that Luke is a future Champion! 1am here. Slan!

That Ulster Hall card turned out pretty well.

I hadn't realised that Joyce actually moved down in weight. He seemed to make it okay and it's a good move for him, I don't see World titles or anything down the line, but he'll be able to impose his size and strength a lot more on Super-Bantamweights and it should take him a bit further.
The signs seemed ominous for Haskins when he came out with his knee braces, how very despite that he boxed very well in the first couple of rounds. He wasn't as fleet footed before but his head movement made Joyce miss and he landed some very hard counter, stunning Joyce a couple of times.
Joyce was able to impose his size and physicality over the next few rounds and the end came in the 5th after Haskins knee buckled. He bravely fought on, but a barrage on the ropes from Joyce prompted the referee to end the inevitable.
An excellent career for Haskins who announced his retirement.

Crocker was very impressive vs Thain.
He's a serious puncher, but the idea of putting him in with very durable guys so he actually learns to box and not just blast no hopers out of there seems to be working very well.
I think as soon as he has a few more 8 and 10 rounders under his belt they'll try and get him in for the British/Commonwealth. He's got the ability to contest at that level anyway.

Cully blitzed Fitzpatrick in a round, in a sensational career best performance.
Fitzpatrick, likely not used to facing opponents who are as rangy as him, or ad fleet footed, backed up with his chin high, got cracked and dropped hard !
He got up, did the right thing in holding on to clear his head, but a follow up barrage had the ref jump in.
Imo he was actually worse after a knockdown than during the barrage as he was actually slipping most of the shots Cully was throwing and seemed to have his wits about him.
Nevertheless the knockdown was very heavy so I can see why he called it.
Cully proving he's one to watch though !

In the main event McComb was fantastic, and won easily. He peppered Godoy throughout and hurt him a couple of times with real solid shots.
Godoy could have been tricky if allowed to find his way into this, but McComb's performance was extremely impressive and bodes well considering he struggled last time out in a step up.

Carl Frampton was interviewed and said his hands seem to be healing up fine, and he'll likely be back out to fight again in May.
A very good night for MTK, all of their guys got the job done and looked impressive, and their matchmaking was spot on.

On the other Belfast bill, Eric Donovan managed to become the first man to stop Mexican journeyman Joseafat Reyes. It was at least some positive after the dissapointment of Cristian Montilla pulling out again.
Donovan will have to skip past Montilla now and look for another fight a step above that again if he wants to make his dreams of winning a European title come through.
Ideally they should get him out soon again if he hasn't got many injuries or issues from the bout.

Opponent is a KO victim of Osawa

Belmar Preciado is Conlan’s opponent next month...

Another absolute nobody! His record is against 23 or so opponents with a -40 loss record.

Although Mick has fought a heap of nobodies, at least their win-loss record is positive. +110 total..

With Rigondeaux now a two weight WC after last night’s snoozefest split decision win over Solis for the WBA 118 lbs title, let’s hope by later this year him and Inoue get it on!!

James Tennyson is fighting Gavin Gwynne for the vacant British Lightweight title in May.
Good fight, Gwynne gave Joe Cordina a tough fight about 6 months ago and is a very solid fighter.
He's extremely tall for the weight, has a good engine, varies his punches well and hits considerably harder than his record suggests.
His downfall will probably be that he's far too willing to stand there and trade, not a wise thing to do against a murderous puncher like Tennyson.
Tennyson by Ko after a wobbly start is my predication.

Word is also going around the Spike O'Sullivam may have got himself a World title eliminator at 154lbs on a Canelo undercard in May.
Can't say I was expecting that after the Munguia loss, but all the best to him and perhaps one more role of the dice in a big fight for him !

dinorebel wrote: »

FFS a mustache is a title qualifier now?

It's a pretty good mustache tbf !

A very sweet homecoming for Caleb Plant just now in Nashville. A masterclass of complete domination against a tough but simply outclassed Feigenbutz. Full arsenal on show and won every round until the ref stepped in during the 10th.

Happy for Plant as he's had some tragedy since winning the belt.

Interesting that all belt holders in this division are unbeaten. Benavidez next?

Tbf Ryder just fought the fight of his life against Smith, and many felt he won that fight.
So his top 10 rating after that is somewhat understandable.

You look at Fedor Chudinov, Anvi Yildrim and David Lemiuex being in the Ring's top 10 and you start to question the amount of depth at the weight.

Some decent fights could be made amongst the top guys though !

Canelo vs Saunders May 2nd

walshb wrote: »

Brilliant!

I was hearing rumours, but didn’t really expect Saunders to actually fight a live opponent..

They were reading our post from yesterday and realised they better get it on.