Blackwell was still competitive rounds 8 and 9

Blackwell should have been pulled out much earlier he wasn't in the fight imo wasn't winning any rounds and missing most of his shots while getting nailed with some vicious uppercuts.

 

I was at the brook card so didnt see the fight on the night although with hindsight been what it is, i now know i should of stayed at home watching C5.

 

TBH pilgrim that was a no brainer, no hindgsight required.

 

He wasn't in it as much as the Channel 5 commentators were saying - they were definitely pro Blackwell

 

You had eejits like Woodhall who would have had Blackwell doing a 15 rounder going by the bias ****e he was speaking.

 

blackwell was game all night even though as said above he wasn't in it as much as channel 5 commentary were saying

he was never going to give in and still trying to get shots off, but i think the fight was definitely stopped at the right time, maybe could of done with being stopped a round or 2, god bless nick anyway wish him a full recovery

 

I thought he was in it as well, mainly because I thought Jr would gas out and Blackwell was absorbing all the punches without even wobbling. I thought he'd get his chance. Obviously hindsight is a great thing.

 

Yeah, agreed. Had it not have had the tragic after effects of Nick's injury then I wonder if anyone would have been questioning the competitiveness or stoppage at all

 

He wasn't really...
He came forward yes. He even threw some shots. To be honest other than the odd jab he didn't really land anything of note - one right hand. He was fighting on instinct on muscle memory. He missed the majority of what he sent Eubanks way..

In rounds 6,7,8 he took sustained heavy's assaults. He didn't take every punch clean but he took enough.. It should have been stopped in the 8th for me. No he didn't wobble but how many clean shots round after round does a guy need to take...When a hype fighter is fighting a Latvian who wont go down but is eating shot after shot the refs step in. I think the ref could have done here. People have been mentioning Gatti and Ward on Twitter as why it was was right to continue the fight but if you watch those fights when one guys finishes punching the other one starts and they both land consistent good shots. Blackwell didn't have anything left except being tuff as hell.

I hope he recovers.

 

Thought I heard Woodhall state that he had Eubank up by only 2 rounds after 8.

Those commentators were heavily biased against Eubanks all night.

I had Eubanks winning every round and Blackwell was taking serious punishment every round although he did appear to be taking it well.

The Blackwell camp may have thought Eubanks would run out of steam which there were a few signs that this could happen.

Hindsight is wonderful and I had no idea when the ref called off the fight that Nick Blackwell's health was seriously damaged and his boxing career over.

Hope he makes a good recovery

 

I don't think the commentary was as bad as I thought it was going to be when I eventually head it. Woodhall mentioned a number of times that Blackwell needed to work more, force the pace or use the cross arm defence to block the uppercut. It wasn't toally one sided. I do think the scoring was off though Blackwell won 1 round for me. I do think the guy who was doing the play by play was trying to make it sound closer than it was for the neutrals

 

Why did anyone think Jr would gas? He was dominant in the final rounds vs Chudinov and BJS and at no point looked like he'd gas. Find it so bizarre the commentators thought that it may happen.

 

The Chudinov or BJS fight were nowhere near as taxing as saturday nights fight you moron. atsch