Let's be honest here both Okolie and Chamberlain are garbage

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  1. Puroresu_Fan

    Puroresu_Fan Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No doubt it was a poor fight but when made on here plenty were saying Chamberlain will ko okolie.

    Chamberlain looked very nervous, started slowly and was just too small.

    Why some of you are trying to compare two novices against well seasoned top level professionals I have no idea. Nobody said okolie vs Chamberlain was a fight between the two top guys of the division.

    Overall card was decent but main event was a real letdown.
     
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    Scyson Active Member banned Full Member

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    Spot on that
     
  3. Bridie mcmahon

    Bridie mcmahon Active Member banned Full Member

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    Glad I tuned in to itv4 to watch some proper fighters!
     
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  4. Potwash

    Potwash The Real Untouchables Full Member

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    So disappointed in this fight..what a let down.
     
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    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Have to say this card was total trash.
     
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  6. GTFUP

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    God that has to be put down as one of the worst technical Boxing main events in these shores ever! On par with Audrey Sprott and Skelenton merry go round a few years back.

    Okolie is suppose to be the next best thing out there and talk is he would take the heavyweight division by storm too! FFS he would be sparked in the ring walk against most decent fighters.

    Eddie done a fantastic job filling the venue and hyping this fight as a grudge match and getting the views but even he must know these two aren’t worth the effort again but guess he needs to keep AJ happy so who knows how he reacts to it.
     
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    Makes you appreciate how good Josh Taylor v O Hara Davies was.But the difference is OD just like Okolie,Chamberlin was exposed and Josh Taylor showed he is something special.If i was Hearn drop Chamberlin get Josh Taylor in.
     
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  8. usmaan567

    usmaan567 New Member Full Member

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    Even AJ was frustrated at what he was watching. Atleast he understands the business concept of it which is to entertain the fans. Looks like okolie and chamberlain cashed out. We wont be seeing them bums for a while and thank the heavens for that. Just a shame that bell end couldnt admit/see the same
     
  9. Smudge_

    Smudge_ Teak tough Full Member

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    Awful fight. Both were terrible. Chamberlain was far too small compared to Okolie as well. I knew Okolie had a size advantage, but didn't realise the gulf was so huge. If it's possible, Chamberlain should consider moving down to LHW, if he wants to have any future success. I think he weighed in at 14st 1lb, so I'm guessing that must be close to his natural weight. Could he make 12st 7lbs?

    I look forward to the day Okolie gets KTFOd. He's a horrible boxer. If you can even call him that. Not much boxing on display. He grappled and pushed all night long and tangled Chamberlain up in his big Mr.Tickle arms. Think he threw a few punches in the last 2 rounds. He also comes across as a bit of an arseh*le and acts about 12.
     
  10. Howitzer1888

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    Not sure if Chamberlain could make that weight. He looked in good shape at 14st 1lb so light heavy might be too much of a drop for him. Unfortunate really, seems to be one of those guys who would do better in a 190lb division but unfortunately seems a bit too small for 200lbs and too big for 175lbs.
     
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    Don't think you can say that, you see amateur fights better than this, you don't need a wealth of experience to punch do you? It was a night of grab, lean and hold...
     
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    I said before the fight that I didn’t rate either of them and I stand by it. I felt cleansed after watching Acajas when I got home, bladdered.
     
  13. On The Money

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    Filling the O2 for a domestic stink fest between two nobodies is quite an achievement mind you.
     
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    British b****cks would have been a more appropriate name for the show. Thanks ITV4 for saving my evening with a proper fight.
     
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    I was having a beer, stretched out of the sofa and on the rbr's Saturday night and then we had visitors turn up unexpected and uninvited.

    I wasn't happy but my wife was so I logged out, put my iPad and phone down, smiled, fake laughed a little and pretended to be pleased to see them and pretended to be a nice man for a few hours while in the back of my mind all I was thinking "you could have rang first" and then "why don't you just F off home so I can watch the boxing, drink an excessive amount of lager and stick my hand down my shorts"

    Not that I touch myself while watching boxing.. you know what I mean ffs.

    So once it all settled down I persuaded our visitors (notice I didn't say "my friends") to watch some "British Beef", I sold it like Hearn would have, I was giving it some apples and pears, telling them some back story and how it was going to be a right old fashioned British tear up between two young hungry fighters.

    So I looked a clueless idiot about 3 rounds in but I try to take positives from everything and always learn something so now I know how Hearn must have felt after selling Bellew Cleverly II to people but at least he earned a shed load of PPV money to comfort him all I earned were strange looks, the occasion yawn, glass taping (very rude imo) and biting sarcasm from my vodka guzzling wife.

    Anyway on to the fight/cuddle session, I was wrong, I picked Chamberlain to win, wasn't sure how but I was reasonably confident. I don't mind taking some abuse for my pick, I feel I got worse on the night from the people around me for making them sit through this.

    It was an awful spectacle, Chamberlain was absolutely shocking and Okolie just isn't all that.

    I could try and break it all down, talk about their inexperience, the size difference, Okolie's tactic of smothering Chamberlain and Chamberlain looking completely gunshy, the referees shocking performance but I really can't be bothered, it just isn't worth it.

    The less said about this the better, I personally won't be tuning in any time soon to watch either of these two, they certainly shouldn't be anywhere near topping any bill for a long long time.

    On the plus side, after being a pleasant host for my wife's friends on Saturday night I got to watch the football all Sunday afternoon, I was sitting on the sofa, drinking lager with my hand down my shorts..

    Not that I touch myself while watching football.. you know what I mean ffs.
     
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