Irish Boxing

LEE - SCULER

Andy Lee's last fight -----


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Well Done Moorser!!!


I really thought I'd never get to see that fight.

 

Cheers was looking for this

 

Great find Moorser,Hard to know what to make of that, Andy looked so controlled and dominated throughout some good body work esp. with the left uppercut and he finsihed the guy very well indeed but the guy was just so damn negative the whole fight its hard to tell what sort of performance it really was.

 

yeah agree with you there , andy can only beat what in front of him , hopefully he starts to step it up a bit

 

Nice one Moorser, thats been Lees best performance since Gibbs. Liked his body shots.

 

Schuler was a total bum. Macklin would have got rid of him quicker than he got rid of that Finnish fella. Its not a good sign when Andy takes 8 rounds to get rid of someone of that calibre.

 

in all fairness schuler was jus in the ring to survive barely landed with 5 punches the whole fight ....dispatched him well at the end looked better then the last two times also so hopefully now he can stop this bleghecham fella and push on from there

 

That was a terrible opponent for Lee to fight... it did nothing for him... the guy was complete garbage and barely even threw a punch. He should not be fighting cans like that anymore

 

The thing is Lee has suffered injury setbacks, and I think he was looking to bank some rounds. Aside from that Andy should be looking to step it up now. Next year will be a pivotal one for Lee. Im hoping he can get some meaningful fights in Ireland.:thumbsup

 

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DeGale and Sutherland: friendly rivalry

With Darren we never said anything bad about each other, even though we were very different people. It's a sad, sad loss not only for Irish boxing, but British boxing and world boxing because he was guaranteed to go on to big things.​

James DeGale on Darren Sutherland
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James DeGale will be dedicating his next fight to the late Darren Sutherland.
The Olympic gold medallist will be paying tribute to his long-time friend and rival when he takes on Ally Morrison in front of the Sky Sports cameras in Liverpool on October 30.
DeGale, like the rest of boxing, was stunned by the news that Irishman had committed suicide in September and is determined to put on a show in memory of a man he readily admits, played a huge part in his own amateur success story.
"Me and Darren had a competitive but friendly rivalry; we both had respect for each other," he told skysports.com.
"He beat me four times, I beat him twice and we both knew how good the other was. One day me and him were always going to box for a title, probably the world.
"With Darren we never said anything bad about each other, even though we were very different people. It's a sad, sad loss not only for Irish boxing, but British boxing and world boxing because he was guaranteed to go on to big things.
Intelligent

"It's just so upsetting. When I found out my heart just fell right to the floor. I don't know why it happened because he always seemed happy; he was a clever, intelligent boy who had everything in front of him. It just goes to show you don't know what goes on in people's heads.
"I will be dedicating my next fight to him. I've got a little something 'RIP Darren' on my shorts - like a couple of other fighters have done - but he was such a big part of my Olympic journey because I knew if I could get past him in that semi-final, I would get gold."
Although that journey came to a victorious end, DeGale's switch to the professional ranks has not been quite as smooth.
He was booed on debut in Birmingham, when he out-pointed Vepkhia Tchilaia, and much like Amir Khan and Audley Harrison before him, has not been an instant hit with the British fight fans.
Boxing in Manchester, Birmingham and Belfast has deprived him of the chance to appear in front of his own loyal supporters in London, but he is more than happy to be heading to Merseyside for part four of the British tour.
Kell Brook's cold may have forced the main event at Liverpool's Echo Arena to be scrapped, but DeGale is still relishing the chance to perform in front of another big crowd, not least in a place he knows well.
Support

"I've got some great, great friends up in Liverpool," he said. "I'm very close with the Smith family (all three brothers, Paul, Stephen and Liam will box on the bill) and used to go up there once a month at least. I've got a lot of friends in the city and it's a fantastic place. I love it.
"There's me and Frankie, Stephen Smith, some great, great prospects on the bill. I'll sit and watch the others because the majority of them I grew up with, boxed with for England, so of course I'm going to sit down and give them my support."
But while the bonds of amateur boxing, as with Sutherland, might remain, but the bad habits have been done away with. DeGale now believes, for the first time, that he is a fully-fledged pro.
Morrison will be his fourth paid fight in eight months - three wins - and in that time he says he and trainer Jim McDonnell have had to go back to the drawing board and forget everything that made him such a force in the unpaid ranks.
"I'm just feeling like I'm becoming a good all-round pro," he said.
"As soon as I turned pro I was a novice - everything goes out the window. Obviously I've kept the skills but now I have a Plan A, B, C and D. I relax myself properly, I've sort of changed my style and my defence is now that Winky Wright peekaboo style.
Competitive

"I also punch a lot harder. I've started to rotate my hips, I've been training with bars behind my hips, I've been doing a lot more strength work with harnesses, tyres, sledgehammers. I'm feeling nice and strong and can't wait to box and show people how much I've improved.
"I notice the change every week, in fact every time I spar. I'm sparring with good domestic fighters, so of course it's competitive. But after only 10 months as a pro, I'm feeling fantastic - so imagine what it will be like after two years."
Morrison has had three fights himself and not lost, but having had the rare luxury of knowing who is opponent is weeks away from fight night, DeGale is even more focussed than before.
And while the brashness and boldness that might not have endeared him to everyone may have been dimmed down, there is no denying that even given the sombre mood hanging over this fight, the 23-year-old is a man on a mission.
Hungry for the win, hungry to impress and of course, hungry to pay fitting tribute to Sutherland.
"I'm feeling good, he's going to be ambitious but believe me, I am looking to take him out in a couple of rounds," he said.
"I'd be surprised, the way I'm feeling right now, if I didn't take him out in two."

 

Hey guys, what happened to Luke Wilton? Last time I was in here I was pleading my case that through seeing this kid getting battered countless times as an amateur he had no business turning pro, how's he getting along?

 

Hes lost and drew his last two fights. Fights in the Odyssey next week.Are you going.:smoke

 

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lee is very average.when is he actually gonna fight somebody half decent? lee got exposed in the vera fight. pavlik would destroy lee in 3 rounds.what a joke

 

Nah I wasn't aware there was a card in the odyssey, shame on me atsch

who's topping the bill? oh is that the sexton/rogan fight?