Meehan lost by UD

[roscoe]

Meehan was slower than treacle in winter. You simply can't sit on the sidelines for 2 years then fight top notch figthers & expect to win.

[COULDHAVEBEEN]

Originally Posted by roscoe

Meehan was slower than treacle in winter. You simply can't sit on the sidelines for 2 years then fight top notch figthers & expect to win.

Yep.

Watched the vid of the public ring session the two did, and even though Kali trainer was just walking him through some padwork, he just looked slow as can be.

[ranser]

Originally Posted by boxoncottonon

Spot on both points.

Meehan looked well out of sorts. To little much to late. Plenty of respect for him for getting the motivation to take this fight and press 12 rounds. His performance and demeanor was that of a fighter who has resigned himself to becoming a somewhat of a journeyman at the international level.
What surpises me more than Meehans lack lustre performance was Chagev complete inability to assert his dominance during every round of this fight.
Chagev at almost unbackable (Meehan $5) odds should have wiped the floor with Meehan. Chagev was very unimpressive for a heavyweight champion contender. Chagev clearly won this fight but really narrowly won each round for the unanimous decision. Very few effective puches thrown and very few telling blows. Chagev will want to step it up a notch (about 5 notches) if he is to have any chance against David Haye.

Based on this performance against Meehan he wont get near David Haye.

Contrary to what somebody already said, I thought Meehan lacked any power to stop Chagaev. Everytime he threw a punch or power punch,Ruslan just easily blocked it with his glove..Meehan was really slow, once he throws the punch, Ruslan was quick to throw his money punch (straight left counter).

[JOE COOL]

Good fight now is Kali v Leaapai ! that would see where Leapai is at!

[roscoe]

That would be an interesting match up Joe. I'd like to see Kali square off against Cameron as well.