They were only kids and Fowler was already on GB at that point, whereas Scott was still building himself up. It was a standard English amateur stoppage, a couple of standing 8 counts for Scott and the referee waved it off. Fowler was just way too advanced at that point. Think they were both 15/16.
I don’t mind self belief, and you need it to be a top level guy. What bothers me with him is his total lack of self awareness - the Tesco thing the other day being a small but good example. He’s very similar to Bellew in that regard who has no self awareness at all. He’s a fighter who, like Bellew, I’ll watch because I want to see him get beaten. So in a way i’d rather watch people with irritating personalities that grab my attention over people like Dubois or Joyce. Good comparison with Froch.
He does, that too. But I was just talking about their personalities in that example. I find Joyce and Dubois good to watch too, but I'm not as interested in them because of their personalities.
Not sure I get the hate for fowler, can't say I particularly like him and he's full of **** and over confident, if he wasn't scouse and kept calling himself "machine" he'd probably be more liked with his style, think the whole matchroom thing goes against him. He's not as good or as famous as he thinks, but that s an issue alot of sky/matchroom fighters have though
You're not sure you get the hate for Fowler before going on to list a whole host of reasons showing exactly why he is disliked?
Fowler is just a hypocrite and an arsehole, really hoping Fitzgerald beats him but i think Fowler beats him inside 6. There's been a lot of talk about Fitzgerald's out of gym activities in this camp as well
Yeah I can't quite put my finger on it either. He rubs people up the wrong way, me included - but I'm not sure quite why. Obviously all the things mentioned are annoying, but lots of fighters are guilty of lots of those to some degree. This place is prone to lots of hyperbole and bravado though - I want to see him lose, but I expect him to win and it's hardly going to ruin my weekend if he does. I'm sure that's the same for lots of people who seem to 'hate' certain fighters.. except perhaps Mr. Hayers!
Fitzgerald said himself that Fowler beat him easily in the amateurs. According to Fitz, although they are around the same age, Fowler was more developed physically than him at the time, and it was a bit like man against boy. Fowler was apparently a lot more experienced than Fitz at the time as well. Long time ago anyway, as they were only 16/17 in that fight, so doesn't count for much at all really.
I agree he can come across as a bit of a dick on the social media. Fitzgeralds Conduct on the media platforms has also been pretty poor in the lead up to this fight. He’s going to look pretty stupid when Fowler knocks him out on Saturday.
a reason why Fowler is disliked he has shown no respect to every fighter he has faced so far. Very little endearing about him. But he is a very good fighter. I think he will go far.
Definitely a Froch aura about him and I’m very sure he’s modelling himself on that. I think he’ll beat Fitzgerald and then I want to see him against Ted Cheeseman. Ted can beat him if he brings his best.
Fitzgerald is caught between 2 weights. Too small for Fowler and will probably be stopped. Fowler has decent fundamentals but it’s his engine that is his greatest asset. I think this will be the undoing of Fitzgerald more than anything, if like he’s admitted before he hasn’t trained 110% for this. Froch comparisons are good. Anyone slick should beat him. Beefy match should happen down the line.