Tony dodson INTERVEIW!!!!!!!!!

end of the day i can understand to a certain point where you are all coming from. But sparked by Barker, i don't think so. Macklin, would be a tough fight, but is the kind of level where he should be fighting right now. At the end of the day the quigley fight WAS close, bt the championsip rounds are what won paul the fight.
When he fought healey, he dropped him, and ok, he didn't finish him off, but he did what a lot of people have criticised him for not doing in the past, which was pick his shots better, and not get overhand right, and left hook happy. I watched the fight, and just because you don't stop someone like healey, doesn't mean you have dropped a level. Let's not forget he was on the comeback trail then having knocked danny thornton out spark, in a fight in which he broke his hand.
People knock Smith for not having been in any wars. well, what's so great about a fighter having been in wars? He may find himself in a few more now he has stepped up though.
As well as dodson performed against quigley (a fight in which i had him winning every round apart from the ones where he was put down, and stopped) in recent years, he has fallen when he has stepped up, and i don't see any reason for it to change this time. Dodson is a genuine smw, but i would say from looking at him, he struggles a bit to hit championship weight and would probably be more comfortable at LH, whereas smith doesn't stuggle. Smith has been active, dodson hasn't. Smith and dodson can bang a little bit, and this is where i see the fight being won or lost. Smith has taken shots well in the past, and bangs well to the body, and throws a good left hook, whereas dodson was dropped and stoppedby froch in a fight were it seems he didn't want to know.
I am not ruling dodson out, as he is a good fighter, seasoned, and will give smith a hard time, am not under any illusions, but i feel at the stages both fighters are at in their career, smith is better placed to win this, and move upwards.
I appreciate a lot of you feel he is overhyped and so on, and maybe to a certain extent that is true, but he has the quality, and will show in 12th march!

 

I can't believe those odds.
On Dodson stoppage big time.

 

Register with skybet and they will match any 10 pound stake mate.

 

Look im not bashing Paul for no reason not what so ever , but it sounds to me like either you know him personally or your just a fan regardless of Paul Smith and thats that .

This is how it is in my view , fundamentilly Paul is a solid boxer twice ABA and Common Wealth Silver medalist would back that up , they are the facts , for what Paul has acheived in the pro ranks is in the shadows at what he achieved as an Ama and thats dissapointing , in my view Barker and Macklin would make Paul look like he wouldnt belong in there , and to my knowledge he never had trouble making 160 in the past .

Along comes Tony Quigley , who produced heroics to stop Dodson but was largely outclassed and out worked until late on , in comes Smith who goes life and death with Quigley and gets a home town decision , home town in the sense it was Warrens show and Smith was never losing that fight if it was close but we all know he lost .

Then there is the constant bad mouthing and making everything personal , fighters like Dodson paved the way for Smith he needs to show these men some respect did you see Ricky Hatton behaving like that when he was knocking shite out of Eamon Mcgee etc etc etc !!!!!!

There my points . :deal

 

Obviously i am a fan of smith, but i dont know him personally, nor have i ever met him.

Let's get this barker thing straight once and for all. Been a pro about the same time as paul, had about 9 less fights, and has a commonwealth title that anyone can win, providing you beat some nobody from an african commonwealth country. Barker has proved as much, if not less that smith.
Smigga maybe hasn't always re-produced his amateur form, i accept that, and should have dealt better with Quigley, and i appreciate that when he performs like that against someonewith an inferior record and pedigree, questions will be asked. It doesn't matter what quigley did to dodson, or what dodson did to quigley. all form goes out of the window when two men step in the ring,as anything can happen.
Just because quigley produced the fight of his life against dodson, ddn't automatially mean he would go on and be a world beater against smith. And let's have it right, at the same weight, quigley did to dodson, what he couldn't do to smith, and dodson outlcassing him throughout obviously did him no good in the long run.
I just tihnk Paul is being writtenoff all too quickly, and let's not forget, he is the champ.
But i want to be clear, i am giving massive repect to dodson, as he is dagerous, as dangerus a fighter as paul has fought in the pro's, and could cause paul som problems. But Paul has come through fights where he has struggled with a style for a little while, and found the answers, and will do the same on the night

 

The point im trying to get across with you is , unless you have watched Paul as an amateur you wouldnt know how good he was or is , because we have not seen it as a pro , we have seen some good solid 1 punch stoppages against tomato cans but thats it .

Now i dont know where your pulling this from that Smith is some sort of world beater at pro level , he isnt !!!!!

Quigley was his signature fight and he lost that fight everyone knows that , and if he didnt the most he deserved was a draw , he's only the British champ because he scraped home against a part time champion in Quigley , thats the reason he holds that title .

 

I get this levelled at me a lot. "world beater" i have never said that. we wont ever know that until paul reaches that level, or if he gets a shot at the wbo, which is a potential, like it or not.
Smith didn't lose the fight, it wasn't a "home" victory. Quigley won the fight if you score it on the basis he was the superior wrestler, both did it, but more so quigley. His plan was to smother smith, and break his flow. facts are when smith found himself some room, he was jabbing well, in and out. Quigley had some good moments too though, especially the third, where he had paul on te ropes (btw, i was at the fight). If everyone says that quigley gassed, then fine. He was the chap, nd should have ****ing trained better. The were some rounds you could have scored either way, and paul switched off rounds 3-6, but it was hardly like what happened to dapa napa the other week.
I didn't see much a smith as an amateur, granted, but he looked good against pascal. The problem is that he wasn't moved along quickly enough by warren, and everyone on here thinks if you have a "padded" record, or have not fought for a "proper" title by you 15-20th fight there is something wrong. Look at what happened to don broadhurst when he fought haskins. Way too early in his career, and although a **** fight, he was owned. Why do that to an up and comer, very simliar to how they are talking about degale to be fair.
I personally think we have seen on occasions how good paul can be as a pro, but grantednot enough, but tell me how many times calzaghe was ****?
That man had more excuses than a school kid who lot his homework. Smith says he was **** if he was ****. And he always wanted to fight top boys at middleweight, but nevr got the chance.
Why stick around at a weight you aren't going to get opportunities ffs. He was 26-1 when he moved to smw, and not getting any younger, and we wouldn't begrudge anyone wantingto earn their corn.

 

Smith seems pretty durable to me so I'm not sure about all this stoppage talk.

 

It's a fair point, smith has never looked close to being stopped in his career thus far

 

Mate stay exactly where you are , as the

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Smith never got moved on because he would have been beaten thats why , have you ever wondered why you have the world beater thing levelled at you as you say , well thats because thats the pedestal your putting Paul on , and im happy for you that you were sat there watching the fight mate i really am , well done :good

To mention Joe Calzage in the same breath as Paul Smith is ****in idiotic at its highest , enough said !!!!!

The facts are this :

Quigley and Smith stank the joint out , and Quigley done enough to beat him , he slightly outworked Paul early in almost every round until late on , IMO he got the nod by 2 or 3 rounds . Now im done with you :hi:

 

Paul Smith should not be fighting at SMW...

 

Get a room you two

 

Oi, don't leave me like that!
I wasn't comparing smith to calzaghe bell end, (yes i am going to be THAT childish) merely stating when calzaghe was ****, he made excuses, when smith is **** he says it.
And what is with the arsehole sarcastic comment about well done for being at the fight? Why even say that?
Look if you think that quigley won the fight fair enough, it's the men in white coats who will be coming for you.
I am not putting him on a pedestal, just supporting him. If people interpret that as me saying paul is a world beater right now, then they are ****s.
So you are done with me as in, you won, ding ding end of. Well fine, if it will help you sleep better then great.
You can't tell me the likes of elcock, mcdermott, barker etc would have beaten paul?
Whta's the point, jog on.

 

Think he wants to put me in a white coat and bum me into next week

 

Without wanting to blow too much smoke up the guys arse I like Dodson and his approach to fights. he's a good solid pro and I'm backing him to beat Smith although I'm not convinced on a stoppage. I just hope Tony is super fit as the inactivity and age could catch up with him in the later rounds