Recommend A Fight To Me.......

One of my very favorites!

 

Perfect! Thank you, on it!

 

Courtesy of @Thread Stealer and his suggestion in my request thread, I just watched Michael Gomez KO 5 Alex Arthur.

First, I love watching British fights held in Britain. The atmosphere is electric in soem of these, and so much more fun than the more sterile Vegas or Atlantic City cards. There's a communal feeling to them and the excitement is palpable. Great pick.

This wasn't all that competitive really, save for a few moments of success where Arthur was able to maintain a bit of distance and jab effectively. Ironically, Arthur's best successes came in the fateful fifth round, where he appeared to actually hurt the tough, resolute Gomez with a body shot, allowing Arthur to somehow turn the tide. It was momentary, however.

Gomez had great success in moving inside and raking the taller Arthur with short hooks to the head, which Arthur was wide open for and showed little ability to absorb. Arthur was hurt in the opening moments and while he bravely soldiered on and even took the second on my card, never really resolved the situation and looked like he was burning a tremendous amount of energy just trying to keep Gomez away. Gomez, for his part, stalked and threw, stalked and threw, always able to close the distance and eliminate the height and reach advantages of his opponent, making them more a liability than anything.

After perhaps losing the second, Gomez continued his attack, smothering and taking the third and fourth on my card before being met with a good body shot that had him frozen along the ropes in the fifth. To the delight of the partisan crowd, Arthur, brave as ever, raked his suddenly static oppoent with shots, and wisely went to the body again and again. Gomez exploded from his protective stance in mid-ring though, and a hard hook sent Arthur stumbling down along the ropes. He cheekily smiled at the camera he somehow had the presence to realize was behind him there in the corner and got up. Sadly for him, he was cooked. Another barrage had him crashing hard to the floor, and the venerable JOhn Coyle really should have waved it off at that point. He put the Scot in a bit of danger allowing him to continue then, and sure enough, another flurry sent Arthur down hard again for an automatic stoppage.

Good fight, good suggestion. More to come!

1. Gomez
2. Arthur
3. Gomez
4. Gomez
5. Arthur is floored three times and stopped.

39-37 at the times of the stoppage, using the ten-point must.

 

At the behest of @Dynamicpuncher , Michael Brodie KO 10 Neil Swain.......

Interesting fight. Brodie is young, well-schooled and tidier in approach. I suppose anyone would seem tidy in approach however, compared to Swain, who resembles something like an octopus. He's all over the place, long arms thrashing away from every imaginable angle. He's busy and brave, but Brodie does well and shows his mental resolve and preparation by coming in behind a high guard and whacking the body and Swain's often unprotected head with solid hooks. Swain is a southpaw which adds to the puzzle for Brodie, but a lot of whatever advantage could be gleaned from that is eliminated by Swain's lunging, turning, flailing and general messiness. Or maybe it helped his cause, I dunno.

At any rate, Brodie took advantage of the fact that the referee didn't seem to mind him using Swain's protective cup as a speedbag. He doubled Swain over a couple times with low blows, though one couldn't fairly say they were thrown with mailce. Brodie is relatively green, first of all, and with the jumping bean in front of him the beltline was as much a moving target as anything else Swain presented.
After a good ninth round, Swain is caught in the tenth with a huge right while coming in, and he is momentarily suspended in time as he falls like a detonated building, collapsing in a heap in stages. The fight is immediately stopped.

I won't bother with a scorecard here, as despite Swain's scrappiness I gave him only the ninth. Good suggestion though.

I have to admit my attention was diverted some by the new puppy we've had a month. She piddled on the floor and I had to clean it up mid-fight and get her outside for a bit.

Thus ends this very strange fight review.

 

Cool, haven't seen these, thanks!

 

What's his face is hoarding that one, probably....