Irish Boxing

no I know who Tomas is - he's pretty much Peters right hand man.

 

Patrick Hyland v Micky Covaney for the Irish title - wonder what happens if Akaash sparks him

 

I am not Irish nor do I follow Irish boxing specifically... but damn I am impressed by this thread!:good

 

is this a definate ??

 

is that confirmed?

 

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seems a strange wan with him fighting Akaash Bhatia next week (not an easy wan) but Patrick has said its on!

Covaneys family are from Cork!

 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=45968190100&ref=nf

Sparring Video of Pajo Hyland and Carlos Frampton......
This was in spain about a year ago before Carlos turned Pro

 

aww say it ain't so. Not another ****ing no mark opponent. Pointless fight. Surely they can get someone better? I know he doesn't make a habit of getting sparked but whats the point really?

 

The whole fights on Youtube so have a look yourself http://www.youtube.com/user/paaoobtong123#p/u/4/xNtvBmJgBvA

I had Poonsawat a clear winner(117-111) and I don't really see a way Hosono could have won the fight but there is quite a few close rounds and they did indeed stand toe to toe for long periods.

Poonsawat showed another side to him in this fight, he made the fight his by clearly winning the middle rounds, boxing from the outside and landing his ramrod jab repeatedly. He'd mix it up occasionally and both fighters would be succesful on the inside, with Poonsawat landing harder and cleaner and Hosono outworking him at times.

I told you OPBF fighters were of a very good standard and the Japanese fighter gave a very good account of himself in a great scrap.
I think if Poonsawat did things the hard way and just had a war with him the whole way through he'd have eventually stopped him, but he was right to fight the way he did and at times looked quite slick with his bobbing, weaving and slipping.

Poonsawat looked an all round very good fighter in this and once again proved his amazing chin and stamina. I think if Dunne were to watch that fight it would put him off the idea of wanting that rematch with Poonsawat.
Hosono landed some heavy blows at times and it made no imprint on the Thai, he is ridiculously tough and I'd suggest Celestino Caballero should vacate his WBA title when forced to meet Poonsawat.


Hosono did indeed show a great chin himself btw, there was only one point in the fight where I thought he was hurt a little. In the 3rd round Poonsawat landed 3 consecutive uppercuts(I think ?), and he held on.
But he actually dominated the rest of that round and really showed his toughness.

His nose was bloodied very early from Poonsawat's uppercuts and kept pouring from his consistant hard jab, so I'd say Hosono probably had problems breathing properly most of the way. Two very tough men, and I don't think there will be too many fighters stepping up to fight Poonsawat after that.

I do Nishioka would love to though, if not for the fact he can't unify with the WBA ordinary champion.

 

Poonsawat really does sit down on most of the punches he throws. A lot of spite in each and every shot. He did do well there and was far more skilled than Hosono.

Top marks to Hosono, though, as he has a great chin and looks to have some good power too. He basically ran into a version of himself except a grade higher. Hosono has good power but Poonsawat has better power. Hosono has a good chin but Poonsawat has a better chin.

Both men are pretty limited skills wise, though, I feel. A slick boxer with a good set of whiskers could outpoint either man I feel. I think both men (more guesswork with Hosono) generally rely on their power and the fact they can take good shots to win fights. If you're not overly worried about whats coming back you can be relentless against more skilled opposition.

It's all ifs and buts and stuff thats never going to be. However, if we gave Bernard a lend of Wayne McCulloughs chin and stuck him in with Poonsawat I'd expect him to win a close but decisive UD.

The thing is that there is no one that combines that level of slickness with that level of toughness at SBW. Poonsawat is the divsional king now as far as I can see. With all the moves up to FW it really has left him clear at the top of the pile. There is no way Caballero fights this lad. Theres just not enough to be gained for the lanky Panamanian.

I don't see anyone currently likely to campaign in the SBW division who beats this lad. Nishioka, Escalante, Molitor, Mathebula, for me none of these match up against Poonsawat. Very impressive indeed. Depending on the level of opposition he takes on over the next while he might just start to pop up on some peoples P4P radar. While a 3rd round KO defeat will never look good on anyones record I would imagine that history will not judge Bernard too harshly for his defeat at the hands of Poonsawat. He looks set to reign at SBW for quite a while to come

 

Nishioka could outbox him, and I'd favour him to do just that if they met.

I'd give Cordoba a chance in a rematch aswell and from what I've seen of Mathebula he'd be in with a shout too.

The rest don't have much hope really, I thought maybe there was the chance Escalante could chin him but after watching that I simply can't see a way where he'd get to Poonsawat before Poonsawat gets to him.

There's a few Bantamweights who'd be in with a shout against him though.
Hasagawa v Poonsawat would be a great fight, Sidorenko deserved his victory against him before and Anselmo Moreno would be a very tricky fight for Poonsawat aswell.

He's by no means unbeatable, just very very difficult to beat.

 

List better fighters that are able to fight for the irish title @ featherweight.........Martin Lindsay????? Isnt he in training to fight Jamie Arthur......
or the only other featherweight is 1 of the Walsh brothers and he still cant fight for it as he aint done 1 or 2 x 8 rounders

 

Seen an Adidas advert with Jim Rock and Oisin ***an....Looks Cool

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