Amazing Alex Arthur @ 140.

No its not 'bad', and yes I agree Wright is better than his record, but the point is you're not expecting to really lose fairly clearly to Nigel Wright and then make some kind of impact at title level. Even British.

But I suppose he may point to the fact he's grown into the weight better now, although considering the no marks he's fought and the way he's rumored to live that would seem fanciful.

 

AAA is like most boxers feared to walk away from the sport he loves whether he can be a champion again only he knows as it takes a lot effort and commitment . so fair play for trying as if he just gave up he would always wonder could he have made it again

 

alex should have jumped a weight or two a few years before he did. In his early pro career he was class.

 

You're suggesting Alex Arthur fights for an English title? You trying to start a revolution?

 

I do like Alex, I've got time for him. But the one problem is I'm not sure how interested he'd be in going down a domestic route. Not saying he thinks he's above it but the motivation might not be there. He might maintain he should be fighting world ranked opponents even at a new weight.

The McAllister fight makes perfect sense. I saw Arthur in his last fight, the spark and the dig is still there. Working with Peter Harrison will be a massive help to him.

 

Never heard of a scotsman fighting for an english title mate

Unless on a technicality, which is possible of course:think

 

He'd make a better pundit at this stage.

He has always been well spoken and articulate and love him or hate him, he normally is at least interesting to listen to, unlike some of the bland, sit on the fence pish we hear from some of the current crop of presenters, anaylists and pundits.

 

People, I dont hate Alex arthur! As for the rest of his career though, I dont see him doing much sadly enough. Like the man himself, his career was so hard to work out... some cracking wins mixed with some shocking losses.

When he was young, he was a beast. First time I saw him live he absolutey ****ing hammered a guy that beat Gomez, Lazlo Bognar I think his name was. His bodypunching in particular was tremendous, & he looked amazing, pardon the pun. Done a number on Limond too in a masterful performance against a good opponent. & then gomez happened... To this day I still cant belive how badly Alex fought, & he STILL nearly won! The bodyshots were doubling up Gomez at one point, but Alex just couldnt avoid that telegraphed left hook of Gomez & he fell apart in a shocker of a performance against a limited puncher.

Then he built himself back up with great wins against Sinitzen when he could have knocked the guy out in the last round but showed real sportmanship & compassion in not finishing the guy off. Solid performances against Docherty & a career best win against Gulyakevich followed. Alex was back to his best, smasing Gogoladze too.
Then Foster happened, Arthur was cruising but got caught late & was on ***** street again, he held onto win but the alarm bells were ringing.

Then he fannied about against Nicky cook & let him steal the win, another shocker of a performance where Arthur seemed more interested in hugging & kissing Cook all the way through instead of actually getting the guy out of there:huh Then he stunk the joint out against Nigel Wright after dropping him early... so many ifs & buts where Arthur was concerned.

Last time I saw Arthur 'in the flesh' was against McDonagh on the Burns Martinez undercard, & me & my mate were expecting fireworks, but Arthur laboured to an unimpessive points win.

To be honest I dont see Arthur doing much now, I cant imagine him ever getting back to the what he used to be no matter how much weight he puts on. Hope Im wrong though, but Alex can still retire saying he was a british, european & world champion, not bad! but the fact that we are talking about him like this tells me that Alex Arthur underachieved, like his early stablemate Scotty Harrison, but for different reasons of course.

 

Arthur was a decent technician who pissed away his best years at a weight he was dead at, all to protect a ranking to get a shot at a fighter who wasn't interested in the first place.

Then lost it in his very next fight. Cook was decent but had lost to Luevano comprehensively and then got sparked by Martinez in his very next fight. That pretty much shows the level Cook is at (although Arthur would have done better against both of those opponents... styles and all that).

Realistically, I don't think Alex fancied his chances at 135 at that point. the variety of Diazs, Katsidis, Campbell, etc were all campaigning at that time. I doubt there was much get up and go to make a fight then.

That said, he could have been competitive: he had a good chin, he had an excellent jab, could punch a bit... but he is a grade-A fanny. One of my mates used to serve him (and his family) in the local newsagents and he was a notorious accidental pickpocket and a wanker to anyone challenging him: "Do you know who I am?"