Gary Sykes vs Kevin O'hara

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  1. jordan1

    jordan1 Juan Lopez #1 Full Member

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    Your thoughts and predictions on the fight coming up May 28.
     
  2. howarya

    howarya Active Member Full Member

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    sykes will be made work for it but should do it by UD
     
  3. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Sykes decision is probably the best play...
     
  4. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is this up on the vbookies...:think
     
  5. jordan1

    jordan1 Juan Lopez #1 Full Member

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  6. NSFW

    NSFW ESB interacial lovin... Full Member

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    Sykes should win by UD.
     
  7. Stovepipe

    Stovepipe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is Sykes a good bet at 1.22?
     
  8. tony mush

    tony mush Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Skykes UD but think he will lose the title sooner or later. Think Foster Jnr, Liam Walsh and Paul Appleby would all take him.
     
  10. billy nelson

    billy nelson the fighting scots gym Full Member

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    this will be a very close fight, im going for a close win for kevin
     
  11. Beeston Brawler

    Beeston Brawler Comical Ali-egedly Full Member

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    Sykes wins a close-ish fight on points.

    O'Hara gave Burns a real argument (losing 7-5 on my card) so could pull off an upset.

    The smart bet is either Sykes on points, because I can't see a KO, or a lay bet against Sykes.
     
  12. slapbangwhallop

    slapbangwhallop The Sweet Scientist Full Member

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    Syked Up!!

    25 May 2010 - By Leonard Gunning

    Surely every new champion deserves an easy first defence, right? Against someone who lets say has lost every title fight they have contested but preferably still has a respectable enough record to ensure the punters will rock up, right?

    Maybe that is what newly crowned British super bantamweight Gary Sykes 15-0 (KO 4) had in mind when his team invited Belfast’s Kevin ‘Sweet Pea’ O’Hara 17-5 (KO 5) to step through the ropes with the Dewsbury dynamo to battle it out for his first defence of the coveted Lonsdale belt at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre this Friday.

    With the bookies having the Yorkshireman, who recently wrestled the vacant title away from Andy Morris in a twelve round thriller at the same venue in March, a 1/4 odds on favourite and the ominous sign of Team Sykes talking up the credentials of O’Hara it seems like an open and shut case not worth even a preview article.

    But Team Sykes hadn’t counted on ............... http://www.irish-boxing.com/stories/may10/may10_sykes_ohara.html
     
  13. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You sound like Darke and he is using that line for football to:patsch

    O'Hara should come through on a close points decision if he is top shape like he was against Burns and leaves everything in the ring.

    In his last fight, he had a brilliant work rate and was all over Burns but he still had loads left in the tank and could have dominated close rounds against Burns. Burns was flattered big time with the scorecards that night - there was nothing in that fight.
     
  14. NO MAS

    NO MAS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think that Sykes will stop O'Hara on cuts in 8 or 9 rounds...:yep
     
  15. im sparticus

    im sparticus There Ye Go. Full Member

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    Sykes did well against Morris,and i tended to agree with the judges who had Sykes at least 2rounds ahead as opposed to sky pundits who seemed to favour Morris.
    Sykes will beat o Hara by UD, he will then go on to beat Johansen which will be his next fight!