Anthony Ogogo Pro Debut thoughts?

yeah, looked OK Rob. Won the fight on handspeed as you say but a decent first fight IMHO.

 

Yeah impressed

Most debuts are boring and awkward affairs but he was sharp

Obviously not phased but the evening,great ko but I thought what stood out was great speed and variety.He found his range quickly and wasn't physically intimidated at all

Pretty much perfect debut,another prospect
Also like hughie fury some fights in the us have to be beneficial as at the more testing stages of his development the standard is a lot higher with many styles

 

yep good handspeed and great ko. Oh and he is a handsome lad, hope he does well.

 

Hes got skills but has an awful chin will get found out eventually.

 

his am career.

 

There has been a few times from what I hear

 

Looked nice at times, finish was lovely. Got some skills and counterpunches as well as leads so that's promising, bit herky jerky at times and bounces around a bit to much at times but he's talented and his debut was what you'd want a stoppage early on in nice fashion. Job done..

 

Took a few counts off of Kytrov and the Brazilian in the olympics iirc

 

pretty sure he took a count against Eamon o'kane in the commonwealth games final aswell. Could be wrong though.

 

Really? Never heard that before, never even knew that O Kane had fought him before you said it tbh. I see he beat Ogogo 16-4, thats three of our middleweights who have scored dominant wins over him in the amateurs now. Not that it'll have much impact on how he does as a pro, just an interesting fact.

Ogogo's decent at the very least (certain better than Eubank Jr) and has a few nice tools, decent speed, power and boxing skills. He could make it to European level with some hard work. It'll be interesting to see how he is brought along all the same.

 

Was a solid debut. Kinda reminded me of a DeGale early fight against some stiff upright no-mark.

I echo some of the above though, grave chin/durability concerns. Even in the Olympics which was obviously a great, unexpected showing...being serious he got pushed all over the place against Khytrov and in a professional scenario you'd expect him to get battered there. And Falcao looked leagues above him in strength and punching power, hurt him a lot. Going to need to strengthen and toughen up as much as anything.

He has ability, a bit bouncy at times. Good fighters will time that.

 

Nice knockout. From what I saw of him in the amateurs, he won't reach the top level in the pro's. Too fragile.