**Alex Arthur vs Kevin Mitchell - You really think the London boy could win?**

Mitchell is a tough kid and has good quality when on the attack but Arthur seems better all round plus the fact that Mitchell is still having hard fights against mediocre opposition means that he needs alot more work before title fights. Having said that Arthur struggled at times against Foster Jr (?). I would like to see Mitchell vs Foster Jr and maybe Mitchell vs Derry Matthews if Derry moves up.

 

Yep Warren will make this fight. Arthur will be given a couple of decent opponents but kept away from the real dangers of the division and Mitchell will be given a couple of ok opponents. I still feel Arthur wins even if it happens four or five fights down the line.


I hope for Mitchells sake that he gets plently of good experience and improves his defence before making a step up to world class.

 

I've seen AAA fight live and I am no big fan of his, but after watching Mitchell-Johannsen I'd pick Arthur by stoppage late on. I thought Mitchell was in serious trouble against Johannsen (I forget the round) and I think Arthur could take him there as well, but finish the job.

 

Mitchell by late stoppage. Neither fighter is truly world class, but Mitchell is younger, considerably faster and has the better chin.

 

Go for Mitchell

Its a battle of British / European level fighters.

got to give Mitchell the benefit of the doubt cos he came through as Johansan and that was a serious test

meanwhile Arthur came to pieces against Gomez and nearly came apart against Steve Foster Jnr

Arthur to fall apart in a war

Mitchell TKO 9

 

thing is cos Scotland has not got any real class fighters to talk about they all get behind a average one when he is only half decent - cos its their only hope of a World Champion.

Scott Harrison was their best Champion of recent times - but what a disgrace he turned out to be.

Scotland has no real good fighters.

While Wales has got Joe Calzaghe.

 

hard to really gauge arthurs true ability as he has seemingly gone backwards in his last 3 or 4 fights. For me arthur peaked in the sinitsin win, when i thought he looked like a top euro/fringe world class fighter at that point.

Since then he's struggled to really impress. Could be that he's lacked motivation as it looked like he was ready to really push on for a world title shot, yet has been fed on sub euro standard fighters since then. Could also be the struggle to make the weight.

I think mitchell is in the same boat as far as stagnating is concerned. he finally got a big fight against Johanneson, and he struggled badly at times, showing how badly warren had managed his progression up in the calibre of fighters he was facing, but you've got to give him credit for his ability to comeback from the brink of defeat though, much like arthur did against foster jr, (though i personally think Johanneson is a notch or two above foster jr).

Mitchell has certainly proved he's got a chin, he took everything Johanneson had, who i'd put on about the same level power wise as arthur, and came back to KO him, but he really cant keep using that as his first line of defence. he defintely has the edge over arthur in this department, probably the only one he has shown to have an edge over arthur in.

think mitchell needs a few more euro level fights before any arthur clash is contemplated, but by that time arthur himself will have probably moved up in weight, so it could well be a case of now or never.

i'd go with arthur UD as i said, as i dont think he'd stand and trade with mitchell, who, while his power is overplayed, can still bang, and could put arthur in trouble in a toe to toe battle, so i can see arthur playing it safe and coasting to a fairly comfy points win.

 

I think Mitchell would be a very live challenger for Arthur.

I wasn't particularly impressed with Arthur's last performance against Foster - seemed lethargic in the opening rounds, suffered the late knockdown, etc.

Overall I would favour Arthur to win - on points as I think Mitchell can take a punch (although he takes too many!) and seems to have a decent chin.

However, if a gritty domestic level fighter who was coming up in weight (Foster) can give Arthur problems Mitchell could too so I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he pulled off an upset and Arthur suffered a shock defeat.

 

stop provoking us, you Welsh **** :rant

nobody I know thinks Arthur is a real top class fighter. And picking him over Kev Mitchell is hardly an outlandish pick now is it.

 

Whereas Gavin Rees is a credit to the sport.

 

I want Kevin to do well as his sister is a mate of mine (yes, the one who makes all the noise at ringside. She's a lovely girl really though) and I think he'd have a very decent chance against Arthur. If I had to bet, I'd give AAA the edge at this point (despite going for Kevin in the poll;-) as Kevin seems to have forgotten that getting hit in the head is generally considered a bad thing in pugilistic circles. However, AAA has had a few off nights and if he fought like he did against Gomez or Foster, Kevin could KO him. I think the fact that nobody has said "XXX will absolutely kill YYY in this thread indicates that it's a fight we'd probably all like to see and that it would be very competetive. Although I wouldn't want to sit next to Cheryl....

 

THATS his sister is it? She sounds a right handful!!!

 

Kevin's mum and his Mrs are usually there and making a fair racket too, but Cheryl is the one you can usually hear. They're all really nice people, just get a bit carried away when their bloke/son/brother is using his face a a guard. Wouldn't you?