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Birkin1932

784 posts

138 months

Friday 11th July 2014
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Great seats. Hope you enjoy it.

Off to Echo Arena Saturday, Row 4 :-)

Looking forward to see Callum again and Rocky getting a good test, looks like he's sorted his diet out.

Good line up of fights, should be fun.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Friday 11th July 2014
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Birkin1932 said:
Great seats. Hope you enjoy it.

Off to Echo Arena Saturday, Row 4 :-)

Looking forward to see Callum again and Rocky getting a good test, looks like he's sorted his diet out.

Good line up of fights, should be fun.
Cheers fella! You got some decent seats yourself there dude! Good venue the echo and you've got a cracking card as well. Callum smith is really starting to look good. I hope bellew and clev look good to set up the rematch. .....if it ends up half as good as the first time we're going to get a cracker


Canelo/ lara on in the early hours sunday morning. .......really looking forward to that one!

thesyn

540 posts

180 months

Friday 11th July 2014
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tuscaneer said:




ROW 1 BABY!!!!!!!!! Right behind the press section
Enjoy it mate.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Saturday 12th July 2014
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thesyn said:
tuscaneer said:




ROW 1 BABY!!!!!!!!! Right behind the press section
Enjoy it mate.
Cheers dude..... I've waited fifteen years for this!!!!

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Saturday 12th July 2014
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tuscaneer said:




ROW 1 BABY!!!!!!!!! Right behind the press section
Oh no! Two-to-one you're gonna have Nicolai Valuev sat in the seat directly in front of you doing colour commentary for Russian TV!!!

London424

12,826 posts

174 months

Saturday 12th July 2014
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So...how long till Joshua gets put in with the next level of fighters?

STW2010

5,714 posts

161 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Joshua needs to be fighting for the British title (minimum) by the end of this year. No need to actually rush him though, as he is so young.

Bellew is cringe-worthy the way he is OBSESSED with Cleverly. I can't see him winning the rematch. British boxing would be a better place without Bellew.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Yiliterate said:
Oh no! Two-to-one you're gonna have Nicolai Valuev sat in the seat directly in front of you doing colour commentary for Russian TV!!!
That would be my fkin luck that!!! I'd be nudging the missus to tell him to move!

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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Canelo lara was fking incredible. ....for the record I had him two rounds up. Fascinating to see him gradually take laras legs as the fight progressed. Lara performed well but should have thrown more.

I thought bellew looked great. Measured against a really good guy. Cleverly had a much easier guy in front of him.
Can't wait for the rematch. ....and up at this weight bellew would win I reckon

Fittster

20,120 posts

212 months

Sunday 13th July 2014
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"Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn says that unbeaten heavyweight prospect Anthony Joshua (7-0, 7 KO’s) will be fighting next month against former David Price victim 39-year-old journeyman Yaroslav Zavorotnyi (16-7, 14 KO’s) in another ‘step up’ fight for the 24-year-old Joshua on August 30th at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland."

http://www.boxingnews24.com/2014/07/hearn-anthony-...

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Finally got round to catching up with the weekend's action...

Thought the Lara-Alvarez fight was a really interesting clash of styles. I felt Avlarez overall had the better of the fight, but if you took the view that Lara might have nicked the last couple, it's easy to see a very close scorecard...certainly feel it would be a struggle to justify the 117-111! (Must admit, I shake my head in disbelief every time they put the fighter stats up before an Alvarez fight...23 years old! 23!!!)

Really looking forward to Clevery-Bellew II now. It's shaping up to be a fascinating contest. While I think I'd still rate Cleverly as the better fighter, it might just be the case that Bellew is the better Cruiserweight. That said, I can't see Bellew being able to match the pace at which Cleverly fought in the first round of his fight...but there again, how long could Cleverly sustain a pace like that now he's carrying the best part of an extra 2st?

On a related matter; Bellew's conduct(!). Frankly, I think he's behaving like a bell-end, and it's not just Cleverly that brings that out in him - he was pretty much the same in the build-up to the Stevenson fight as well. But, truth be told, I do find him to be a likeable and amusing bell-end, so I forgive him! hehe

Anyway, having a good hard think about trying for tickets for the re-match...atmosphere should be electric!

Edited by Yiliterate on Wednesday 16th July 17:02

Birkin1932

784 posts

138 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Tony's OK, I would take a lot of what he says very much tongue in cheek. In the rematch Tony's power is key. I don't think Cleverly had much at the lower weight, he certainly doesn't look like he's taken it to the cruisers. Also Clev's last two opponents have not been much (with respect)

I fancy Bellew to knock him out late on.

Definitely ringside for this one.

Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Chisora vs Fury in 10 days time, hope Chisora gives Fury a proper beating.

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Wednesday 16th July 2014
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Birkin1932 said:
Tony's OK, I would take a lot of what he says very much tongue in cheek. In the rematch Tony's power is key. I don't think Cleverly had much at the lower weight, he certainly doesn't look like he's taken it to the cruisers. Also Clev's last two opponents have not been much (with respect)

I fancy Bellew to knock him out late on.

Definitely ringside for this one.
Yeah, I'm sure Bellew's a decent guy away from the cameras/outside of a big fight build-up.

Fair point about Clev's power - he's not feather-fisted but not a concussive hitter either. That said, it's his workrate that's generally been his trump card so far in his career, so it will be interesting to see whether he can carry that, rather than power, up to Cruiserweight.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Thursday 17th July 2014
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to be fair to tony, when the cameras are off he is a sound fella. ......all the carry on and turning tables over and the rest of it are all to garner a few more column inches. I think the old timers used to call it ballyhoo.....

Yiliterate

3,786 posts

205 months

Thursday 17th July 2014
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tuscaneer said:
to be fair to tony, when the cameras are off he is a sound fella. ......all the carry on and turning tables over and the rest of it are all to garner a few more column inches. I think the old timers used to call it ballyhoo.....
I still get a giggle from the 'Nick Cotton' dig! biglaugh

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Thursday 17th July 2014
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Yiliterate said:
I still get a giggle from the 'Nick Cotton' dig! biglaugh
my missus can't take to him but I think he's a funny fker! my other favourite cleverly moment (aside from the nick cotton incident) was the "yer fkin rat" tirade at clev as well

Amirhussain

11,486 posts

162 months

Thursday 17th July 2014
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Manny Pacquiao to face undefeated American Chris Algieri on 22 November

thesyn

540 posts

180 months

Thursday 17th July 2014
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Amirhussain said:
Manny Pacquiao to face undefeated American Chris Algieri on 22 November
Wow seriously?

(With the greatest respect as Chris Algeri is clearly hard as nails). He is a guy with an MMA background who came to boxing late then had the night of his life achieving a questionable result (in New York) v an apparently off colour Ruslan Provodnikov.

He gets to fight Pacman? I know that I am cynical but there have to be better matches to be made.

tuscaneer

7,738 posts

224 months

Friday 18th July 2014
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defo agree mate, he hasn't earned his stripes yet......but he's got another belt for pacquiao to add to the collection so they made the fight
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