WSB: GB vs Mexico Tonight@8pm

[DrMo]

As usual all the action from York Hall is steamed live & legally on [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] & via their youtube channel

The group stages are over & tonight is the first leg of the quarter finals, the return leg in Mexico is scheduled for 29th March.

Tonight's teams:

Bantamweight: Andrew Selby vs Aaron Almeda
Lightweight: John Joe Nevin vs Fernando Alvarez
Middleweight: Aston Brown vs Conrad Cummings
Light-Heavyweight: Joe Ward vs Christian Demaj
Heavyweight: Joe Joyce vs Milutin Stankovic

Almeda is a 19 year old southpaw who won the Mexican national title in 2011, his WSB record is 1(1)-4

Alvarez is also 19 & is in his first WSB season. His impressive record is 4-1with his only loss coming away from home against decorated amateur star Selimov, the only man with a recorded win over Lomachenko.

Cummings is Irish & has a hat-trick of 3rd place finishes in the Irish nationals. In his debut WSB season he is 1-1.

Demaj is the 4 time Albanian champion but has lost both his previous fights in WSB

Stankovic is a 23 year old Serbian in his 2nd WSB season & has a record of 1-4.

[Weirdyman]

What time does it start?

[DrMo]

Originally Posted by Weirdyman

What time does it start?

There is a clue in the thread title.

Ukraine vs Kazakhstan starts around 6.30pm & features some excellent looking fights.

[andrebishop]

Originally Posted by Weirdyman

What time does it start?

ESPN have it listed as 21.45 till 12.15 is that the full show though?

[DrMo]

Originally Posted by andrebishop

ESPN have it listed as 21.45 till 12.15 is that the full show though?

Yep, WSB matches usually run for 2.5 hours. 5 fights & each fight is 5x3min rounds.

[qwert]

Isn't it Ukraine vs Azerbaijan rather than Kazakhstan? They've got Usyk vs Medzhidov listed for tonight. That is one hell of match-up. Better than most of the HBO/Showtime headline bouts recently. Don't know any of the Mexican fighters but will certainly give Alvarez a watch vs Nevin.

[sportofkings]

Looking forward to this, should be some really good fights. GB should sneak it 4-1 though imo.

Cummings also has a clear 19-13 win over the Olympic silver medalist Esquiva Floernetino, and was very unlucky not to beat Darren O'Neill in the nationals last year. Decent fighter, think he can get the win over Brown.

[Jack]

Is that John Joe Nevin a gypsy lad? It's good to see more travellers fighting on a big stage.

[sportofkings]

Originally Posted by Jack

Is that John Joe Nevin a gypsy lad? It's good to see more travellers fighting on a big stage.

Yeah he's a traveller, so is Joe Ward. Two of our best lads to.

[IntentionalButt]

This isn't a bad meet by any means, but today it's all about Ukraine vs. Azerbaijan!!

[stevebhoy87]

Looking forward to this and the Ukraine vs Azerbajan match

Looking forward to the potential Seminov vs Lomachenko more than any fight in probably the last 12 months

[pikecubic]

Always enjoy watching selby and ward, should be decent this, hopefully fowler will be back at some point further down the line

[Jack]

Originally Posted by sportofkings

Yeah he's a traveller, so is Joe Ward. Two of our best lads to.

Yeah, I've heard a bit about Ward but I've never see him fight. Who do you think is the best of the two?

[Weirdyman]

Originally Posted by DrMo

There is a clue in the thread title.

Ukraine vs Kazakhstan starts around 6.30pm & features some excellent looking fights.

Haha, fuck knows how I missed that. Anyway, I've got a few comp tickets, so I'm heading over! Beats watching England beat a pub team.

How does the scoring work over the QFs? Do they take the aggregate over both cards?

[sportofkings]

Originally Posted by Jack

Yeah, I've heard a bit about Ward but I've never see him fight. Who do you think is the best of the two?

Nevin is like three or four years older than Ward, and has been around the amateur scene for the last 5 or 6 years, so he's at a far more developed stage in his career. His a lot more of a stylist than Ward, and his footwork, balance and counter punching is stop notch. Nevin at his best is a great watch, and he's been very successful in the WSB so far with only a couple of loses, and recently he beat a 12-0 pro in the comp.

Ward at 19, is really only a young lad in fighting terms, but with his potential he could be amzingly good in a few years. He can box and counter well, come forward and pressure an opponent and he's got great speed, strength and size for a light-heavyweight He is going to be unbelievably when he does eventually go pro. He's been looking really good in the WSB for the most part, so he's fulfilling peoples expectations.

Both would make world class pro's though imo, pity it'll be a while until we seen them make the switch.