Late Notice Fights - Winners and Losers

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  1. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    With it seemingly a done deal for Bomber to step in for the Kraut on Saturday to face Cleverly.... a few posters on here have written off his chances.

    Based on his last two performances, Cleverly being on a decent run and so on.

    So.... can anyone cite any examples of fighters taking big fights at short notice (say a week or less) - and how did they perform?
     
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  2. stegsie

    stegsie Active Member Full Member

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    Jamie Moore v Michael Jones (The first fight)

    Mooresy took that fight very short notice and it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He won the fight on PTS and went on to carve out a great career.
     
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  3. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Stevie Cruz- Barry MGuigan
    He came in as a late sub but not sure how close to the date.
     
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  4. Claypole

    Claypole Boxing Addict banned

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    Weren't Lewis and Vitali both late(ish) replacements for each other?
     
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  5. White Tiger

    White Tiger Boxing Addict banned

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    Correct - C-Pole.

    Fat lump of lard - Kirk Johnson - was more interested in hanging out down McDonalds than training to fight Lenny Lewis.

    So Vitali the beast - stepped in - on less than a weeks notice.

    Lewis thought it was easy meat - cos he assumed Vitali was a spineless euro robot - there to be destroyed - after Vitali quit on his stool against feather fisted Chris Byrd.


    Then Lennox got a nasty shcok when Vitali turned out to be a ****ing warrior. :bbb:bbb:bbb
     
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  6. White Tiger

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    Chris Eubank jumped in with about a weeks notice to fight Joe Calzaghe.

    Gave him hell of a fight too.
     
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  7. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Tim Tomashek was drinking in the bar before being summoned to fight Tommy Morrison apparently.
     
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  8. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    sweet if true
     
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  9. Jimi

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    Wasn't Witter a late replacement for the Judah fight in 2000? Took him a further 6 years to get another shot. I think he was pilloried at the time for his performance.
     
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  10. Claypole

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    He started well, but once he got dropped he opted to stink the place out.

    If he put up a better effort his career may have turned out a lot better...
     
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  11. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    my problem with late replacements is the excuse for the loser to use preperation time as a factor...and rightly so.......i want to see cleverly v bellew, but i want to see the best bellew possible in there and afterwards, if he loses...which i think he does, we will most likely hear about lack of preperation time as an excuse.
    at this level being in shape to fight is one thing, but having the correct time to get tatics ready to fight a world class opponent like cleverly is another.
    probably worded that all wrong.
     
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  12. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    I get your point.

    If Bellew does lose I hope he doesn't come out with the excuses.... and to be honest I'd be surprised if he did.

    He could quite easily have left it to Warren to line up some Eurobot but started screaming on Boxrec and Twitter that he was ready and wanted to step in.

    If that's the case there can be no excuses.

    His career seems to be a bit in limbo anyway at the minute, by all accounts it's hard to find him opponents..... so probably sees it as a golden opportunity that might not come around for a while.
     
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  13. lirva

    lirva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he never got dropped in the fight. he started very well. won the 2nd round big. took a flush left hand from judah and then got on his bike for the fight. american tv never forgave him for stinking the joint out
     
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  14. safc1990

    safc1990 Goodbye Bolo :( Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure Pacquiao was a late replacement for Ledwaba although how late it was I'm not sure. Sure somebody will be able to clear it up.
     
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  15. achillesthegreat

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    He was preparing to fight at 175 or 190 on the card, same as Vitali who was going to fight on the undercard when he stepped in to fight Lewis.

    This way they were in fight shape but the strategy etc would have been rushed. The worse thing is not to be in shape. Doesn't matter if you are a Ferrari, you won't beat a Mini with no gas in the tank!
     
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