Ted Cheeseman

Had some great domestic fights. Could have had a bit of a triangle with Scott Fitzgerald and Anthony Fowler.

 

All could easily still be fighting Cheeseman is 29 years old , Fitzgerald 33, Fowler 34 for different reasons they are not.

Cheeseman 21 pro fights with the most, Fowler 18 and Fitzgerald only 14!

 

Fitzy had 15 fights, he fought during Covid in Manchester where he beat a French fighter in 3 Rounds.

Waste of a career. I actually saw his Dad - Dave - out in Preston last Sunday afternoon. Was going to ask him if Scott is ever going to return but he was chatting so I left him to it.

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Cheeseman is an underrated boxer who under achieved, but he had this self destruct button in him which would manifest itself in all of his fights. Where he would purposely put himself in the trenches and take unnecessary punishment. Such a shame but that mentality ultimately held him back.

 

true, so much more to his game than you'd often see. Boxed beautifully VS Fitz.

 

Fitzgerald’s derailment after the Cheeseman win wasn’t just self-sabotage—it was a sliding doors moment for all three.

At the time, rematches with Ted and Fowler were on the table—big sellers, pure action, and domestic trilogies that could’ve defined their careers. Instead, Scott spiraled with drink and ill-discipline, and the ripple effect hit hard. Fowler got fed to Liam Smith. Cheeseman walked into the Williamson war. Both paid a brutal price.

The margins were razor-thin. Cheeseman was outboxing Fitz for eight or nine rounds before Scott stole the championship rounds. The Fowler fight hinged on that final-round knockdown. And Cheeseman vs. Fowler? We’ll never know how that would’ve played out, but it could’ve been a classic.

Maybe one day they’ll all reunite, not in the ring but on the Supreme CBD bandwagon, preaching its miracle cures. Who knows, we might even get a “rematch” in the form of sponsored posts, elbows deep in collagen and camel milk.

 

Lloyd Honeyghan " Cheeseman you're going down faster than a McDonalds"!

 

My honest non bias scoring as I watched both fights at the time.

v Fowler. I gave Fowler R1, R2, R3, R9. I gave Fitz R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R10. Fowler 93 - Fitz 96.

v Cheeseman. I gave Ted R1, R2, R3. Fitz I gave R4, R5, R9, R10, R11, R12. Rounds 6, 7 and 8 could have gone either way as Ted was starting to slow down. Best Ted could have got on my card was a draw if he got R6, 7 and 8. Those 3 Rounds are tight, can't complain either way who nicked those 3. Can see though why Fitz nicked it.

Interesting that in both fights, Fitz lost the first 3 Rounds. No debate to be had here and you all know who I was supporting.

 

No argument on your cards — they’re solid. I had Fitz edging the Fowler fight too, mostly off that final-round knockdown. Fowler emptied the tank in the ninth after catching Fitzgerald, but it backfired — Scott weathered it and closed strong.

With Cheeseman, I saw it 5–3 to Ted after eight, but Fitz took over late. Championship rounds were his, no question. That’s where he always pulled something out of the fire when he seemed more locked in.

And Matchroom? They did what they always do with sellers like Ted and Ritson — a couple of crowd-pleasing wins and straight into the meat grinder. European-level wars before the foundations were set. Both showed heart, had their moments — but they took a beating for it. The damage stuck, and that late-round belief they once had? Never quite looked the same again.

 

Don't get me wrong, I don't sit down to watch a fight with some pearls on hand to clutch or avert my eyes when the nasty man punches my hero in his face, the brute! I think with some fighters though, Sam Eggington also for instance, you can watch enough of them to know that they're going to ship a lot of damage, but not go down, even when they really probably should. They're the guys that if you see them in a news report in 20 years or so in a wheelchair, slurring their words or otherwise showing signs of deterioration, something inside of you is going to connect it to those fun Friday nights watching Ted or Sam leading with their chin. This isn't Gladiator and I want all the boxers to retire healthy and secure so they can sit down and watch Conor Benn's fight with the lions in good health.

I didn't score it but at the time I thought Cheeseman was unlucky, from memory I was giving him some of those rounds you've said were borderline. It felt like the scorecards had a bit of recencly bias in them, Fitz taking over the last part of the fight erasing the memory of just how beautifully Ted had boxed earliier in the contest. However, I was willing him on and that may have swayed my view of it. Was a great contest and one where the loser deserved to leave with his own reputation enhanced. Very sad what happened to each of their careers afterwards.

 

Ha, cheers.

These are the only fights that I can confidently memory wise say what my scoring was, mainly due to how invested I was in both fights.

Watched that Fowler fight 20+ times since.

Both are just permanently etched inside my brain. Like remembering a 12 digit telephone number.

 

A good summary.