What? This was his sixth fight. He was against a game opponent. I thought he looked great. Improved from his last outing and improved from the first round to the last. If he hasnt gotten out of first gear then it's frightening to think what fourth and fifth might look like!
This talk about gettin tagged alot is crazy, mcdonagh connected with less than 10% of his punches. Compared to frankie who freakishly landed half of em! The only thing he gets hit 2 often by is the other guys head, frankie leads with his 2 often when he comes inside. Frankie outclassed a very decent and respected pro with gr8 footwork, accuracy, superb body shots and is improving with every fight. Look 4ward to billy joe gettin back from injury hes a top kid aswell
Thats why I am saying **** OFF, I dont believe this shite that he didnt get out of first gear, he won the fight, no question at all, but he didnt have it all his own way. Yeah its his 6th fight, and he is still learning his pro trade, and will one day be a great wee fighter, but its shite to say he didnt get out of first gear cause he was taking punches he shouldnt have.
Thats what happens in 1st gear, you will notice as time goes by and the Fighters are better, He wont get Hit as much. Look at His Amatuer resume, beat some great Fighters at a canter.
Im sure your right but im skeptical about that,mainly because they seemed to of have made him set his feet more in the Pro's, it was nice to see him use his legs and look more fluid but he needs to stop putting so much weight on his lead foot and leaning into the orthodox fighters power hands,otherwise he will continue to get nailed. There is a vertical line from your lead foot upwards and your head is not supposed to be over that line,Gavin is leaning in too much and putting too much weight on his lead foot,when he should have his weight central and and be on the balls of his feet, that way when a punch is thrown at him he will be able to transfer his weight quickly and avoid it,putting too much weight on the lead foot leaves you less time transfer your weight to avoid the punch. My advice...........balls of your feet,take the weight off your lead foot. Gavin has all the tools if he can establish a tight D.
Im about 5.9 an half mate no less than 5ft 9 an i agree never use to mark up seems like i have a bit lately
Was it a head or just catching a few frank ? I couldn't see a particular moment when you got marked up ?? Good win again anyway on Sat. Was speaking to Ant about it. Looking good mate. best of luck
agreed. frankie was in the eye of the storm so he makes it LOOK tougher than it really is. He wasn't running or clinching to halt the action. The odd few he catches seem to mark him up. Maybe he's wearing the headgear too much in sparring and needs his face to become tougher. I think people need to take another look at some of McD's fights or even his boxrec and see he is a decent fighter of true domestic class. Forget his first 10 fights or so. He's upset the apple cart, fought at welterweight, gone the distance with top fighters etc His boxrec says he's been stopped once on injury so in reality he's probably never been stopped but Gavins the sort of fighter to keep looking for the stoppage.
McDonagh is a quality opponent for your 6th fight! His record doesn't flatter him as he's took some real tough fights and been unlucky, he gave Daws problems recently. I was impressed with Gavin, at times his boxing was a joy to watch, obviously theres always room for improvement but that will come as he steps up. I honestly believe he beats Daws now but theres no need to rush into anything, would like to see him have a crack at the British within a year though.
Frankies QUALITY...He will compete at a very high level.McDonagh is a very good operater himself full credit 2 him (he always comes 2 fight).Keep up the good work FRANKIE!
i dont think he lacks power , every time he threw a punch it had venom in it , he was whipping the shots in you have to remember he was in there with mcdonagh who has an absouloute granite chin , never been stopped legit in 30 fights just because he gos the distance with a journeyman dosent mean he lacks power as strike said earlier , the better quality opponents will leave there chin out more as they try to land big punches themselvs and gavin will get more opportunitys to knock them out and i think you will see plenty of stoppages in frankies carear as it gos on