Congratulations Paul Appleby

i think you have to remeber tha t paul was fighting his first 12 rounder and he is only 20.obv there are things needing to be wrked on but to say that he won the fight because his opponent was attrocious is not fair imho.he won the fight because he performed better on the night.

 

Not "people" Reilly, just this person.
You see, most people who post here cannot comprehend a fighter from these shores taking anything other than the 'traditional' route to world title glory, i.e. brit, commonwealth & euro titles before going for a world title.

& it irks me that people are so arrogant & blinkered. **** the 'traditional' route that is full of pitholes, wee john has been brit champ. Now hes lost his title what should he do, wait about for another shot? or go on a different route, working his way up the WBO rankings & calling out Arthur?
Why not? Sounds better to me than waiting around for years to become a mandatory again for a euro or brit title.

Other fighters are avoiding the 'traditional' route at this very moment, & its not doing them any harm. In fact quite the opposite. A certain irish fighter immediately springs to mind.

Wee Simmy, steps up to super-feather, beats a couple of no-marks & gets himself into the WBO top 15 & then its game on for an all scottish showdown. It makes more sense than wasting his career fannying around at domestic level. Hes been there, done that. Sad thing is though that with Alex Morrison running his career, its probably the end for the likeable Greenock man.

Morrison is THAT bad for scottish fighters.

 

There is no traditional route for Irish fighters , and I assume you mean Duddy as that certain Irish fighter . There is much more to Duddy not fighting for the British/Commonwealth title that just wanting to bypass that route . His team did consider a European title shot for some period though .

Dunky there is no guarentee Simpson can rise up the WBO rankings unless he gets contracted with Warren . He could just find himself beating international opposition and failing to get a ranking with any of the World sanctioning organisations without have a promoter of influence .

The only way small promoters can get their fighter a World ranking is with regional titles , and in this case the European title is a very good one to have .

Yes John has been at British level , been there done that . But he's never fought for the European title and the European title isn't something that should be disregarded so quickly .
John can't with the WBO title(at least not currently) , but he can win the European and as I've said before what would you rather say at the end of your career 'I lost in a shot at the WBO title' or 'I was European champion' .

I dunno maybe it's just being Irish I consider the European title greater to others on here .

 

im sure we could argue the pitfalls of te tradtional route as opposed to the non tradtional route.there is def more money for a boxer in a world title route though.im sure lockett said that,

as for simmy ;his options are limited but has he not already fought for the wbu and failed.but i do agree with your logic though and he has nothing to lose has he

 

Would love to see Appleby v Truscott. What are the chances?

 

more than what you think :think .it has been mentioned by paul appleby but wether it happens sooner rather than later ...

 

depends on gilmour what ever will make him the most money, gilmour that is

 

Imagine that! Box office?

 

John Simpson started of very well, he totally out boxed Paul Appleby the first 2 rounds controlling Appleby with his jab, then Appleby came out for the 3rd round blazing and took John of his rythem. Shame I wanted John to win, but Appleby could go a long way, hes the youngest ever Scottish British Champion and can really punch.

 

Man, I was so shitfaced last night I didnt even recognize it was Linares