Boxing Thread

[Archie Mitchell]

Magee fight on Boxnation for free now.

[Forever Green]

I saw that weigh in on Friday and then Chisora talking to the media after. I would put money on it that thon f**ker was wiped off his face on something. Anyhoo, good promotion for a fight between Chisora and Haye with their scrap. A pair of typical arrogant, english arseholes

As for the actual fight last night, it`s obvious Vitali only has one, maybe two more fights left in him. Chisora did quite well, a lot better than expected. However, it again shows how poor the heavyweight division is these days

[Atticus_Finch]

Froch admits prolonging a fight so his family and mates could get a bet up:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17088977

He's probably lucky this is coming out now when Chisora and Haye are still stealing the headlines.

Chat of life bans for Chisora and Haye, I can't see that happening.

[LeoMc]

Dromid to issue a statement at midday.

Actually thought HAye was from Dromid. He was very quick to the cameras.

[thejuice]

Hard to take professional boxing seriously at all these days. Especially the heavy weights. Its as comical as WWE now and I wouldn't be surprised if the outcome was pre-determined either.

All the nonsense at weigh-ins and press conferences is what you would expect from a  crap Rocky movie or wrestling.

[The Iceman]

Crap and Rocky don't go together...... 

[thejuice]

Rocky V and the latest one. Crap and Crap.

[The Iceman]

Rocky V?!?!?!! Are you nuts?? The fight scene?
Yo Tommy you knocked him down, why don't you try knocking me down?
TOMMY GUNN ONLY FIGHTS IN THE RING
My rings outside

[Atticus_Finch]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

[STREET FIGHTER]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

Atticus what do you know about Julio Diaz?  What sort of challenge will he bring?

[Atticus_Finch]

May 5th - Paul McCloskey vs Julio Diaz , Kings Hall

Undercard will feature an Irish Middleweight Prizefighter - Anthony Fitzgerald, Eamonn O'Kane, Joe Rea, Mark Hefferon and Darren Cruise are all confirmed to fight.

Atticus what do you know about Julio Diaz?  What sort of challenge will he bring?

Wouldn't know a great deal about Julio Diaz.

But he's mixed it at world level and he's a former world title holder (IBF).He's got some decent names on his record.  News of this fight will hopefully register to some extent on the other side of the pond, something a bout with Curtis Woodhouse was not going to do.  The only fight i think i've watched of Diaz's was when he fought against Juan Diaz.

Just went to youtube to try get some footage of his last fight with kendall Holt.  All I could get was the third and final round:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbD9kr3wPCg

Holding my hands up to not having a great knowledge of him but I would say his strengths are his movement and in particular his ability to land combinations.

I'd be fairly confident of a comfortable win for McCloskey as from what i've seen of Diaz his defence is far from water tight - i think McCloskey should be able to tag him without any great difficulty.

In addition to that when you bring into the equation one of McCloskey's greatest strengths, his elusiveness, then if things go to plan then Diaz wouldn't be able to establish any rhythm or be allowed that window of opportunity to land combinations.

Also looking at Diaz's record he hasn't fought outside the States before.  I don't think he'll find travelling to Belfast easy, especially as he will have almost a year of inactivity by the time he steps into the ring on the 5th of May.

I would predict a comfortable points decision for McCloskey and wouldn't rule out a late stoppage between rounds 10-12.

[bridgegael]

how many fights do you think paul will have this year atticus?  assuming he wins in may,  he would be lookin one in october??    i would think he needs two fights before a title fight, so you would be talkin nxt year before that happens.

[Atticus_Finch]

I think Paul will have one more fight this year in October / November but I wouldn't agree that he needs another two fights before he's given a title shot.  I would like to think that fight in October/November would be a title fight.

Paul's fight against Bredis Prescott was a WBA title eliminator so the expectation was that his next fight would be a world title fight.

A lot of eyes will be on a fight that takes place a fortnight after Paul's next fight, Amir Khan vs Lamont Peterson.

This time round I believe Khan will win and then he is likely to move up a weight leaving the WBA and IBF title vacant.

Paul should be in with a shout of fighting for that vacant WBA title having won an eliminator.  As regards to who is opponent will be, I would imagine Marcos Maidana's name will be in the hat.  I'm just after watching Maidana's fight with Devon Alexander (took place in the early hours this morning) and Alexander by and large dominated the fight over ten rounds (it was a non-title fight).  It should be noted that the fight was fought at welterweight and the step up in weight did not suit Maidana who didn't carry the same clout at the weight. 

Taking into account the weight factor, looking at Maidana's performance I would still be hopeful for Paul's chances should a fight between them materialise.  I've said it on a few occasions before but as much as I admire Maidana's power and his ability to cut off the ring, i still think he's a fairly one dimensional fighter.  You know what you are going to get with him.  I think he'll find it very hard to land when fighting McCloskey and although his power will once again be evident when he fights again at Light Welterweight I still think that Paul has the requisite chin to withstand and absorb any of Maidana's shots that do land.

This is all very much down the line and McCloskey has to get past Julio Diaz first, a challenge i don't think he will be taking lightly.

Devon Alexander was quite impressive last night and looked a lot more comfortable at welterweight than he has done in his previous two fights.  On the undercard of that fight was Mayweather wannabe, Adrien Broner.  Like Mayweather he seems to take delight in acting the pr!ck (perhaps thinking this will get him more attention and fans or maybe he's just a pr!ck !).  But he does seem to have the talent to back up his mouth.  I think he's expected to make the step up to lightweight at some stage as there doesn't look much in the way of challenges at super featherweight.  Lightweight (Ricky Burn's division) has a lot of decent fighters at the minute but by the looks of it Broner would be up there with the best of them.

Not much in the way of any great boxing action until St Paddys day.  Looking ahead to next weekend while i have no doubt that Wladimir Klitschko will win his fight against Jean Marc Mormeck, I think the likelihood is that it will go the distance and there is a lot of value to be had in the prospect of that.  Paddy Power go 4/1 that the fight will go the distance  and Sky Bet/Ladbrokes both offer 9/2 that Klitschko will win by decision.

[ziggy90]

Atticus, do you know how Frankie Gavin got on last night?

[Atticus_Finch]

I didn't watch it Ziggy but he knocked out Kevin McIntyre in the third round.