just watched the frankie gavin fight!

dan,its essential to any budding pugilist

 

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You've changed your tune somewhat, didn't you have Woodhouse winning the fight? lol.

Tell me what Curtis did to take the first and second? Absolutely nothing happened in the first to separate them and Frankie controlled the second and clearly edged it with ring generalship. I'm sorry, but you can't give someone rounds just because they're coming forward and missing wildly. Woodhouse did not win one round clear. Anything he gets is giving him the benefit of the doubt. The 6th for example is close, probabily more even then a Woodhouse round, but i gave him the benefit of the doubt. The 10th he landed 2 clear punches whilst Gavin controlled the majority of the round. But as those two punches (right hand along the ropes and left hook up close) were probabily the most effective of the round then heck why not give him that round too. Hardley winning it clearly.

What happens in these cases is people see a underdog seemingly doing better than expected and they start seeing what they want to see and giving him more credit then he deserves. It's like when a fighter is getting dominated on the cards, suddenly has a round where he does comparatively better then in the previous rounds, but still doesn't win the round and people will give it to him.

Fact is, scoring on a round by round basis Frankie Gavin dominated that fight, didn't look as poor as people are making out and Woodhouse came nowhere near to winning it. It was closer to a shutout then what the judges had it, that's for sure.

What's happened is, people have heard split decision and automatically thought 'robbery' or close fight.

 

Yes your right there when the critics blow their horns some fighters react and try to be what they are not and end up falling shot. Frankie has his style, he just needs to up and maintain his dedication and commitment and fight at the weight best suited to him.

 

you are entitled to your opinion. i posted my scorecard already and i stand by it so i am not changing my tune at all.

 

Ok i ve just finished watching the fight,

1 Sky highlights were very misleading,
2 I dont know what the hell Dave Paris was watching
3 I had Frankie winning easily
4 Frankie was making Curtis mis and countering him bigtime, but just not enough offence except in the last round, more of that earlier and Woodhouse would`nt have lasted.

 

I’m not sure why everyone’s so upset with Frankie. I thought he basically controlled Woodhouse comfortably. He never really stepped it up, so Woodhouse was able to march forwards, but in terms of Frankie’s performance, I’d say it was pretty good.

Yeah, he needs to tighten up a little – he wasn’t comfortable with Woodhouse’s double jab, and he would sometimes misjudge the distance which led to him falling onto the ropes and eating a right hand. But by and by – I thought that was a good learning fight. He got pushed just enough that he needed to adjust. I’d find it hard to give Woodhouse more than two rounds.

It’s amazing how much Jim Watt’s commentary can sway a viewer’s perception of the fight. Watt’s scorecards can be really strange sometimes when he gives credit for simply throwing punches.

I still think Gavin’s a phenomenal talent. Can’t wait to see him next time out.

 

i think its clear to see what everyones issue with him is.

 

What is it?

 

That shower of shite he supports. :yep

 

Agreed. Get his conditioning right and he has the talent to go far. Conditioning and perhaps detirmination is all that is required.

 

I'm sorry but you really have to be a moron to come up with a card that is close or has Woodhouse winning. It's exactly as slip says, people see an underdog/surprise performance on the horizon and start scoring as if the underdog has to do less than the favorite to win a round. He won a couple of rounds, thats about it, the rest aren't even arguable.

 

So two professional judges (not including Uncle Dave), Jim Watt, the whole press corps (excluding Slap) and the fighter himself have got it wrong but a couple of random posters on an internet forum have it spot on....thats some standard. In reality the fight was somewhere between Terry O'Connor and Phil Edwards.

 

He looked fine. The way everyone was talking you’d think he had a beer gut and had faded down the stretch. He had his best round in the twelfth. Yeah, he could do with being healthier, but the way some of you girls are talking it’s like Woodhouse wrecked Gavin and he was lucky to get the win.

He completely outclassed the guy and it seems most of the irritation comes from the fact that he didn’t blow Woodhouse through the ropes. Gavin’s just not a power puncher. He can dig, especially to the body, but it’s respectable power rather than the sort that puts people on the canvas.

Plenty of others have said it, so I might as well too. This wasn’t a close fight. Other than two rounds where Woodhouse landed the best punches, he was out-landed, out-boxed and eventually out-fought. I know we all love a bit of drama because both fighter and trainer are on here, but perhaps you should post more threads about DeGale’s pudding of a trainer and his own slack learning regime than Gavin’s.

 

In reality it was a very clear win for Gavin however you want to dress it up. Scoring it to Gavin by a few rounds or for Woodhouse is absolutely abysmal and giving far too much credit for meaningless pressure.