Irish Boxing

That was a different fight shur. Shite in the bucket was fighting Chris Devanney

 

wat bucket and y did he shite innit:huh... cud he not find a wc....r is it cause hes a gypo and der most unsanitary in der habits:think:good

 

off the top of me head i think tommy mccarthy would beat barrett
keep up the good work lad i read it on my break at lunch every sat moening

 

Are rte broadcasting the national finals again this year?

 

Hey, you stole that idea from my post last week!
Good article though,Imagine a Frampton-Nevin six rounder, Id pay a bit to see that!

 

Thought the judging was terrible at the Stadium in the early session on Saturday,even though it probably didn't cost anyone a deserved win.
It was not unusual to see a judge going say 20-12 to a boxer while another would go 12-7 to the other fighter.
Hickey and Nolan were very sharp as well as Donovan bar that one mistake.
We should remember that Moylette was just back after surgery and was rusty but that's not to take anything from Wall who had a great gameplan and the bottle to carry it out.
Another strange anomaly in the new scoring (which generally is good) was shown in the Wall fight, two judges went for Ray big time, but because the other three scored much lower and were more similar the two big margins for Moylette didn't count.

 

Conlan and Wilton are both getting messed about by the likes of Maloney. They are both ahead of the likes of Satchel, who was made to look better than he is against Power - who is well past his best. Satchel was just a fresh, strong fighter, but he has no boxing technique and Conlan would absolutely school him. Wilton would have the beating of him too.

The truth is that this is just another example of how badly we miss having an Irish promoter to look after our fighters. Maloney has no interest in Irish boxing. What we need is the likes of Brian Peters being brought into the fold at Sky, we need an Irish promoter with TV. These English promoters are never going to put in the work on the ground to build up our talent and post-2012 Olympics this will become even more apparent when we will have a few more talented lads turning pro. I would hope that the likes of Brian Peters is on to Adam Smith at Sky to try and negotiate a few fight dates per year in Ireland and bring through the next generation of pro's as well as the providing opportunities to our current boxers.

 

The Haapoja-Tims fight was a damn good scrap, and I thought Haapoja won it close but clear, as did the judges, Tims or his team weren't protesting, at least in the ring. Neither guy took a step backwards, and Tims got a big ovation from the crowd after the fight.

I'm guessing it will be up on youtube soon enough.

 

Thanks for the update. I was over in Helsinki for the Helenius-Chisora fight and the atmosphere was electric especially during the Finnish national anthem:good

 

First of all hard luck to Tims in his effort last night. Was close on the judges score card and it may very well have been a robbery.

I'll tell you what, Andy Lee will end up looking like a right twat if his fight with Sturm doesn't come off. But I remain confident, Sturm offered a fight to him before Macklin so hopefully it gets signed pronto.

Seems the plan was to pit him against Lorenzo but HBO wouldn't accept, which is fair enough.

 

This was in Seinäjoki, around from where Haapoja is from, in a smaller arena. Still always a good atmosphere for a small place whenever he fights there.

The Helenius-Chisora has cast a bit of a shadow over fights here, as now everyone assumes every decision lost by the away fighter is a robbery. I blame Sauerland, ****s.

 

:fire tims was robbed, cant get a break over in finland, the ****s!

 

No it wasn't.. Tims clapped his hands to Haapoja and showed with his hand that Haapoja is the winner when the referee was about to rise Haapoja's hand. Clear but close victory for Haapoja. A great fight! Respect to both men!