I truely believe the bookies would have Crolla favourite. It's not blind faith pal, down at Superfeather where he belongs he would give buckland hell. Be a great fight for the fans. Buckland is same age and there is no1 hungrier than Crolla he lives for boxing. If he had 1 punch knockout power he could be a world champion in my opinion. Gallagher believes he can become 1 as he is and he knows more about boxing than me ha, i tend to disagree with that like but at British/Euro level he's a force to be reckoned with without a shadow of a doubt.
Lol just get ringside tickets aint too bad down there lol. I would fancy crolla to win in a 3rd fight, but as I say only because Derry is fading. Crolla is more skilled then a lot of lightweights out there though but gives up physical advantages at the weight which wouldnt be the case at s.feather where he would be able to utilize his skills better imo. Buckland does look a bit of a beast at s.feather but you have to remember that foster jr was on the slide, and I defo think Crolla would give him a close fight, be a tough one to call imo.
The only thing Derry has left to offer is he can punch he should pack it in before he gets hurt don't get me wrong he can be competitive but I don't think he will ever beat crolla over the 12 he needs the ko and I think it will be downhill from here I think he knows that too unless he's happy to become the next Jason booth and take beatings from prospects
Yeh I agree, hes been a very good fighter and showed a lot of heart but he is defo on the slide, be sad to see him become a journeyman.
No bambi impressions. Knocked down and got straight back up. He won on Saturday Would have stopped derry in the 1st fight if John Keane didn't jump in prematurely. You know i'm right, you wouldn't have even commented otherwise
I think Crolla is a better fighter than Matthews, and can consider himself unlucky. In the first fight, Matthews was looking like he was going to get stopped and an awful stoppage saved him. In the rematch, Crolla was too tentative early on but I still thought he won the fight...just. Crolla would have won the first fight and should have won the second, but he was unlucky both times. Crolla would win a third fight. Hopefully it happens.
Amen The scousers know this deep down, they are just deluded people. They still also think Liverpool are a force to be reckoned with in the football even though they are 30 points behind united in the league. They are beyond belief
Ha you know I'm right yer loon. You're at it again, "crolla woulda done this, crolla woulda done that". Shoulda, woulda, coulda. He's had 24 scheduled rounds to stop Derry and hasn't come close, FACT.
Hasn't come close haha what fights have u been watching? Derry creasing on the ropes in the 1st fight hating the body shots, blowing out his arse. Saved by a shocking stoppage Second fight, hanging on for dear life in the 12th, another round and he would have been stopped. Wonder why Derry doesn't want the 3rd fight......everyone other than him wants it.
I would be interested to know what Derrys plan was in the last fight. In fairness to crolla he looked like his gameplan was to cover up and move early which he did well. He lost concentration and got caught a bit too much in the middle rounds but came on strong late. Like people have said if he would have gone a couple of rounds earlier he would have won convincingly but the fact Is he followed his strategy and it seemed to work well. If nothing else he broke the stereotypical crolla straight lines and stand and trade and showed signs of improvement. What was Derrys plan other than to catch him with a big shot? He never really established a jab and looked like he had run out of ideas
At no point was Derry on the verge of being stopped. Another round blah blah, shoulda woulda coulda. Derry doesn't need a third fight, crolla badly, desperately needs a win over Derry