to be strait, your man won, thats no kissing arse, but truth, when i heard split decision i thought draw, but he dident deserve to lose his title, though smith was good for an inexperianced boxer,.:good
Says on frankwarren tv he could still maybe find himself up against Lindsay .Says Smith may need a couple of defences before he's let off the lead tephen Smith lifted the Commonwealth featherweight title in Glasgow against John Simpson - but the fight was not without controversey. Not for the first time, Simpson felt robbed by the judges in a championship fight, storming from the ring after losing a split decision. The Scotsman thought that he had done enough in front of his own fans at Kelvin Hall. But Smith was handed the fight 116-112 and 114-112, with Simpson getting a 114-112 decision. Whatever Simpson's complaints - and he could easily have been given the nod - it would be hard to begrudge Smith the win in just his 11th professional fight. The young scouser, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist in 2006, came of age in a contest that was intriguing, but failed to live up to its billing as an out and out classic. Instead both boxers clinched as they tested the others' strength on the inside, Smith's rythym seemingly upset after he was cut around the right eye in the third. That injury may keep the 24-year-old out of a British title fight with Martin Lindsay, which Saturday night's encounter was an eliminator for. After the fight, Smith revealed that he was keen to fight Lindsay, although he may need a defence or two of his Commonwealth belt before he is truly let off the leash. Despite his amateur pedigree, Smith is still learning his trade, and had had less fights than Simpson had had championship encounters. But despite the gulf in experience - Smith had never been beyond eight rounds before - the new champion finished the fight at a decent lick, although his every effort was matched by tenacious Simpson. On another night, or in front of a different set of judges, the Glaswegian could easily have got the nod, his fine work rate and stamina so nearly delivering the win. Given the close nature of the fight, Simpson may still find himself up against Lindsay, and would make a more than credible opponent for the Irishman. Last Updated ( Sunday, 05 September 2010 10:04 ) http://www.frankwarren.tv/boxing/index.php/latest-news/news-stories/616-smith-lands-title.html
****in hell, Lindsey v Simpson, I got unfinished business with those pesky Lindsey fans, & if theres one man that can go over to that bearpit & come out alive & with Martins belt around his waist, its our Johnny boy:deal Simmy is a sick ****er, he prefers smashing up fighters in their own backyard, & with all due respect to Swifty, Lindsey is THE man to beat at the moment. Sir Frank of Warren, make it so:smoke
It's definitely a winnable fight for Simpson. I'm not as big on Lindsay as most people are..... he's good but not that good, Derry Mathews was tooling him for 8 rounds remember :hey The problem Warren will have if he makes Smith vs Lindsay is that he'd have to push Smith on if he wins - which I'd make him favourite to do. John is definitely a worse match for him. He's clearly not ready for the world stage, so Frank is best keeping him on the leash for another few months.
Yep mate Simpson deserves it man he should have been made mandatory earlier .Props to Smith as well man I don't know what it is man but I somehow don't think he's ready for Lindsay yet man either.Just the Appelby fight man and that Mattews ko was pretty brutal but fair enough to him if he takes it .I think just now Simpson has a better chance of going to Ireland or where ever and beating Lindsay than Smith .His away record's impressive [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpdBnMuBzpY[/ame]
I'm in the same boat as a lot of people with regards to Saturday's fight, i had John winning by 2 clear rounds and was gutted for him when the decision was announced as i was 100% convinced the boy Smith didn't do enough to win the title. I do concede John lost the first 4 rounds but he picked it up after that and in my eyes only lost the 11th after that so a rematch to me would be another great contest, obviously John would need to head down to Liverpool for that match up but he fights better away from home anyway. Being a fellow Greenockian i expected Simpson to come away with win here setting up the Lindsay fight but that's a bit up in the air now, but there's no doubt a Linday-Simpson fight would be a better contest in my eyes. For John personally he must be gutted losing 3 contests that could easily have been wins on his record but head up Simmy there's plenty still in you
I have said on a few threads now, as soon as my hand is healed I will gladly give John Simpson the rematch. He was good enough to accept the fight with me when he didnt need to, so I will more than willingly return the compliment.
Here you... you didn't half **** off a lot of Scots folk on Sat night! But congrats mate I thought you were terrific in the first 4 rds. And your post-fight interview was sheer class. Cheers
Fair play to you...:good Good contest, could have swung either way towards the end...:yep A re-match would be fantastic, good luck going forward $wifty...:good
Was reading in the local paper today that John seems to be going to go down the super bantamweight route now so no chance of a rematch if that's the case.
Well done man that's good sportsmanship .Simpson's good for that as well man giving his opponent rematch's .Morris and Truscott man .Think you'll get a harder fight man in if it's in your own backyard [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_KkSYEtNOY[/ame]
Not a good call IMO, has he even made SBW before? Bit odd to attempt that at this stage of his career. Would have thought he would be desperate to grab a rematch with Smith, even Swifty said no problems when his hand heals.