Frankie Gavin

i never said he's willie pep or sweet pea, i'm just saying those sort of fighters done it aswell. each to their own i suppose.

 

Gavin looked great. Decent test too. Genuinely think he's ready to compete with the best domestically already. Not sure which of the commentary team said something like "if you were watching this as a neutral, you wouldnt know that Gavin was only fighting in his sixth fight".

Spot on that for me. Gavin looked tremendous.

The only two concerns I've got is that he seems to mark up relatively easily. Not sure how easy he makes the weight, but that's an issue as he doesnt get tagged all that much but still gets marked up around the eyes.

The other is his size. Boxrec says he's 5'10"? Maybe my eyes are playing up, but he doesnt look an inch over 5'6"!

All in all, he's progressing well and I'm expecting a lot from him though. Fingers crossed.

 

Boxing Science - What is your name ?

 

Gavins, hasnt come out of 1st gear yet.

 

I think Gavin needs to be stepped up even more... He got tagged a bit too much against McDonagh. Don't get me wrong I think he's got some great moves, and boxed well but he has a bored look about him at times. I think he could beat Cook or Daws right now but the match suggested Vs Williams or Grant would make great sense. He needs something to get a little excitied about. Any marking time bouts should be done away with.

 

i agree. i thought he got tagged a bit too much, which is what i was getting at with the other poster. maybe putting him up in class will make him perform better. i'm hoping so.

 

Gavin has loads of potential.

He also has loads of time.

 

I agree.

I was not impressed by him in the first two rounds, he was getting caught by wide, looping shots that were not even coming at speed. However from the third on he seemed to slip into gear and boxed very well, great movement and variation.
He definitely lacks power but at the same time, the higher level of opponents will leave more clean openings simply by throwing more and believing they are going to win. Guys making a fight of it, but knowing they are the underdog and not truly thinking they are going to emerge victorious will be more covered up and tucked in.

The main thing I have been impressed with is how much he has adapted to the pro game. Before they all made their pro debuts I felt BJS was easily the most likely to adapt to the pro ranks and that as great an amateur as Gavin was, his style would simply not work very well as a pro.
It looked like that in his first fight and then he has just got better and better with each bout, clearly worked hard and listened and has the natural ability to take on board each experience and training exercise quickly.

He now looks by far the best of the lads who went to the Olympics and my main areas of concern would be (as you said) his porous defence and his lack of real dig.

But he is great to watch when he starts getting into his stride and it will be interesting to see how much more he improves and where he goes.

 

Strike - he didnt go the olympics

Know what you mean though.

 

He did. He just got sent home without fighting.:good

 

If he did we would have added olympic gold to his stacked amature carrer :good

Great fighter m very impressed with him what is he now 6-0 (5 KO's)?

Thats great to start off with, i think he could stay on that level of opposition till he's 10-0 then move on to english/british level, but even if he doesn't im pretty confident he could take Daws out now.

 

:good

My thoughts exactly. Dont see the need for him to bide any time though. They should step him up immediately. He can learn his trade at the top of domestic level.

 

You got me

 

Like Frankie Gavin as he is down to earth lad and has ability,would like to see him on the balls of his feet more though, he seems to fight too flat footed too much of the time and leans into the power hand of the orthodox fighter meaning he could run into a few round hand/right hooks down the road. Good fighter though and impressive.

 

**** off, well he needs to cause he didnt look great, he got a decent fight from an average guy