Appleby vs Simpson Countdown - Simpson warns Appleby over 'favourite' jibe

Appleby by 2 or 3 for me, but it wasn't exactly "take your breath away" "This guy is the future of British boxing" type stuff.

But I suppose he is only 20 yrs old.

 

Let's be honest, he is a twat though

 

You see, that's why your Hatton posts have no credibility. When it comes to him you're a troll. He's got nothing to do with this thread, yet you have a go? Why? Because you think I'm a huge fan of his or something?

EDIT: Actually, no, please don't reply. it's not fair that topics are constantly getting dragged away from the original point. Just let it be.

 

Appleby by 3 for me . At 20 years old and only in his 12th fight against the British champion(and a fighter who is good enough to be British champion) , with having only done an 8th rounder once I thought it was a very good performance .

I did predict a stoppage win for Appleby but even still I can't believe the amount of people who seem to be writing him off after a legitimate win .

Max I'm wondering if your just trying to save face here , as Appleby proved he's experienced enough , with the talent he has to be British champ already .

I felt Appleby was the one who continued working throught the fight and it is what won it for him , in the later rounds Simpsons workrate was too low and he initiated a lot of clinches(which Applebyh had no problem being part of and often pushed Simpson back to the ropes in those clinches) .

What makes the win all the more impressive was Simpson seemed to be in terrific shape , possibly the best of his career . He may have seemed a little gunshy at times tonight but when your in against a big puncher that can happen .


Can't wait till Appleby , Truscott and Lindsay are matched with each other . Plus Simpson will come back strong so it's a strong(and very young) division domestically .

Shame Hunter , Cook , Morris and Matthews are all leaving it(those last three are all going up to 130 if I'm not mistaken) and Foster jnr only moved up recently too .

 

he was alright. at the beginning he showed signs of brilliance with the handspeed, but it got slower later

 

This 20 year old argument doesn't hold any water when you compare his performance to those turned in by Michael Brodie, Spencer Oliver, Pat Mullings and Ryan Rhodes at a similer age. He's nowhere near as talented as those guys. Impressive scalp- yes, Not an impressive performance and I dind't see any signs of brilliance... he looked like a poor mans Kevin Mitchell. I didn't see his interview so i'm not a hater - it simply wasn't that impressive.

 

A good hard 12 ounds would have done him the world of good as does the confidence of winning his first major title. Quite a few of a world champions had hard fought battles at British title level and with a lot more than 11 low level fights on the cv. Hatton, Woods and Witter all had hard domestic fights before going onto world honours.

I think they should keep him at this level for atleast another half dozen fight, id like to see him go after the commonwealth champ at some point, tha would be a good match of styles and a fight he wins comfortably imo. Also the commonwealth belt gives him championship purses but a wider selection of oponents.

Overrall a good performance, Appleby is still a man to keep an eye he is nowhere near the finished article.

 

Brodie was 23 when he won the British title after 19 fights .
Oliver 22 won European title after 11 fights
Mullings was 26 by the time he faught Spencer and 27 when he won the IBO
Rhodes 20 won British after 11 fights


So bar Rhodes , (who turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments in British boxing in a long time anyway) Appleby's achievement can't really be compared with the others .

You could say he had a similar number of fights to Oliver , but while true two years does make a big difference . [YT]aTxip0zPgtQ[/YT]
That's Appleby 2 years ago , and when you compare that to what he is now there's no comparrison . Now obviously the difference in improvement won't be as great as the next 2 years as a pro compared to the first 2 but it still shows the significance of 2 years extra experience to a young pro .

Oliver also had a 10 rounder under his belt by that stage .
Appleby had one 8 rounder , two fights that went 6 so the gap to 12 rounds was quite a big one .

I've no doubt that you still won't be impressed by Appleby but I just feel the people you are comparing him to(bar Rhodes) aren't fair in terms of judging his ability .

Very few prospects(anywhere in the World) fight a guy as good as Simpson in their 12th fight at only 20 years of age , let alone beat him .

 

Ok ... rair play big ears.... Mullings was a bad call but still I just can't see this guy improving that much.... Truscott has more scope for improvement.

 

If Appleby gets a sponsor to fund his move to the states their are a lot of good trainers over there who he would benefit from imo. Now that he has won the british I reckon a few offers may come a knocking.

 

your jokin sponsors , he couldney get one until the week before the fight, so will watch this space .