Frankie Gavin

Stick him in against Lee Purdy...I know he is a welter but McDonagh came in nearly at the WW limit:deal

 

he was showing off, i don't think he'll do it like that once he moves up another level, but it showed he uses lateral movement, and i like that, it's what is going downhill in boxing. a lot of people are easy targets, and degale is showing he's going to be a bit of a harder target to hit. i think degale is going to go quite far. took the two punches very well aswell, and they landed right on the button. that was a worry, but he took them.

 

gavin hasn't even fought as a light welterweight yet. put him in with welterweights if he's going to fight at welterweight.

 

Fighters always fight a couple of pounds over their weight when they are not fighting for titles.

 

I agree.
Very good fighter but he looks like he will hit the canvas a few times against bigget punchers.

 

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i know, but what i'm saying is he's fighting at welter at the moment, so why worry about him fighting welters? gavin is a big light welterweight.

 

It looks shite, and is illegal...try that against anyone decent and he'll get an "accidental" crack at the back of the neck

 

I think thast you have misunderstood my post...Purdy is the welterweight

 

many fighters have done that in the pro ranks, i know at amateur they're a lot stricter on that.

it doesn't look shite when it comes off.

 

When what comes off?...he was crouched down like he was taking a dump or looking for his contact lens

 

what, looking for his contact lenses? he didn't even have his face looking downwards, he was looking upwards while doing it so he could see what his opponent was doing, not facing the canvas. basically willie pep has done it, whittaker has done it, floyd has done it, tyson has done it. i suppose they all looked like **** aswell?

it's called being evasive, elusive, which the likes of ricky hatton, henry cooper, frank bruno, the most loved british fighters aren't good at. maybe we hate skill.

 

honestly i would not rush Gavin. The guy has tons of ability but when you look at the top guys in the world at light welter like Bradley, Khan, Hatton, Urango they look like the would just steamroll through him. Even guys like Daws, Barnes, Morrison just look so much stronger than Gavin.

I would like to see him do some work with Kerry Kayes (think he already is) and fill out a little bit more before heading to title class.

 

DeGale is not Willy Pep or Sweet Pea, and yes, they did look like ****s :deal. Its cheating, not skill

 

gavin has to be the best talent coming out of britain and ireland for years

that was a great performance aginst mcdonagh , he will be ready to pick up titles in the not to distant future