Rees - whether it was a fix or not.........

How the F*ck is he allowed a title shot in the first place?

He'd never been 12 rounds
Never thought at 140
Isnt ranked in top 15 at 140
Hasnt fought anybody


I hope it wasnt a fix and Rees just exposed a paper champion in Mbaye but time will tell.

My issue is how does this fight get sanctioned and how the hell does it go off and no one really say anything about it. Another example of Warren destroying the credibility of boxing to fatten his bank balance. Well done to the Big Mac too but c'mon Braithwaite I believe hasnt won a fight in 2 years and retired because he said he lost his love for the sport (can anyone say PAYDAY). Dont want to make it sound like Enzo aint got the talent but lets give the lad a real opponent.

 

what did you see with your own eyes.

that should tell you if it was a fix or not.
mbaye simply does not have a high workrate and likes to fight at his own pace.

was koltenik fight a fix when mbaye did the same and was fortunate to get away with the draw.

simple fact is rees fought his heart out and won.

no fix
no dodgy dealings.
just an upset.

for a foix to be on some bookies would be screaming blue murder having been taken to the cleaners.

 

I hear what your saying and on the night I was surprised how easily Rees was outworking and hustling a world champion but I'm not gonna cry conspiracy until I see how the future pans out (in regrds to who Warren chooses for future fights) especially as it would be a discredit to Rees if it was a legit win. Innocent till proven guilty.


What I'm asking though is how in all that is good and right in the world did he deserve a title shot. If thats the kind of fighter MBaye is surely a more deserving contender should have been given the opportunity to dethrone him.

 

atsch warren runs most of boxing in britain he lookes after the officials realy well no dout he bungs them so if warren wants one of his boys to get a title thats not a problem for him

 

Just to clear one thing up , Braithwaite had won a comeback fight 5 months ago against Gustavo Enriquez(15-6-0) by 7th round stoppage .

I think everyone was complaining about Rees getting his title shot but fair play to him he took it with both hands .

 

It was not a fix. Can people stop promoting this moronic bull****.

 

exactly :good

 

I just did not see anything that raised suspicion of any kind of fix, I think the wee man simply outworked his opponent.

 

Rees fought a gutsy fight. He shouldn't have got a WBA title fight, but he did and he won.


Warren got him the fight as a last chance, sink or swim.

 

If you call it a fix, get some proof. Equally, the moderators need to brush up on their media law here, this is getting potentially litigious.

However, the guy didn't deserve a shot. he took it, though. btw, he has fought at around light welter for the past few years.

Witter vs Rees is a fight I'd like to see.

 

Probably not a fix but I dont rule it out.(Especially if Khan fights Rees in the next year)
More likely it was an undeserving B-level fighter with a superb corner fighting above his normal ability and outpointing an ageing and lethargic champ.
Mbaye was awful though. I cant belive a champion would let his title slip away in such a manner.:-(
Its possible that Rees got his shot because Enzo Calzaghe has good relations with Warren.

 

:happy

 

Gavin Rees was supposed to fight Mike Anchondo for the WBO SFW title 3 year ago. He was high in a lot of the rankings then. He wasn't allowed to fight due to weight problems at the time. After that, obviously his suspension stripped him of his ranking points so that's why he's not in any of the top 15s. But what's different about this and say, James Toney coming back from his steroid suspension less his rankings and given a shot by Wlad or any of the other HWs?

M'Baye's a Warren fighter, obviously he can choose who he wants his boxers to fight and M'Baye probably saw an easy fight. The WBA must have sanctioned it based on Rees' high previous rankings, the closeness of the fight and a little favour from Warren.

Rees was put into this fight originally VERY late and the fight (or possibly card if it was on the original Skelton/Sprott bill) was subsequently posponed.

Gavin Rees beat Solumayn M'Baye and that's all there is to it.

 

No.

 

if some of you guys read the original post and not just the title, you'll see the post is actually about how the match was made in the first place, not if it was fixed.

like he said...rees had never fought at lww and hadn't fought more than 6 rounds, yet the fight got sanctioned.

the fight itself most likely wasn't fixed, rees just fought a very good fight against a paper champ...but should the fight have happened in the first place?