Who's the best Irish Middleweight?

lyndsay will be too strong for appelby . appelby has had cherry picked opponents so far and lyndsays ko record of 5 out of 13 wins is not what it should be , he has a lot more power then the record suggests .

 

Appleby has cherry picked opponents?

In his 1st 14 fights he has faced Simpson and Pickering...... plus some of the more obscure guys he faced haven't exactly been puddings either.

Compare that with a typical 14 fight SN novice...... I would guess they wouldn't have been anywhere near 10 round level yet.

 

No way does he cherry pick with simpson and Pickering on his record. He is looking to clear the British featherweight scene early by the looks of it.

 

If Appleby's been cherrypicking you have to ask what Lindsay has been doing. His cherries have been picked down the finest detail, the perfect shade of red and with a well proportioned stork.

 

now now, TFFP lets not let this thread go to the dogs

both have a couple of decent names on their records but we dont know everything about them which is why this fight is great; two young undefeated fighters putting it on the line early in their careers, shows the character of both


anyone else decent supposed to be on this hayemaker card?

 

Macklins english not Irish :twisted: If anything, the Irish hindered his career.

From Wiki: " Macklin and his brother Seamus, who is also a boxer, spent much of his youth in his mothers native County Tipperary and it was there that he learnt to play one of Ireland's national sports, hurling.

Macklin became a talented hurling player in his own right and represented Tipperary, a leading team in Irish hurling, at all age levels up to Under 21 inter county level."

All that time he wasted playing Hurling when he could have been honing his skills in the proper sport of boxing. He could have been a p4p great if it wasn't for those pesky Irish :-(

 

he consider himself irish more than he dos english i belive . but about simpson , cherrypicking was a bit harsh but come on simpson and pickering arnt up to much lets be honest . while martin has knocked matthews out when everyone was saying matthews would be a future world titles a few years ago

 

Up to last sat i would of said Andy Lee but he had a very sluggish win in my eyes hopefully ringrust just so il go with either lee/macklin

 

Duddy is the best Irish middleweights right now, with Macklin very close behind.What makes Duddy better is that he has been stuck deep in the trenches and has come out on top.Lee got things tight once and buckled under the pressure.I like Macklin, he's a better boxer than Duddy but Duddy seems a bit stronger.Adding to that, Duddy has the best jab and the best chin of the 3.

 

Sorry for going off topic but Macklin making the Tipp county team is a massive accomplishment for someone who only played hurling 3 months a year - he must be a dam good athlete

 

Even more impressive considering his father is from Roscommon!

I have read this before about Macklin. It surely can't be true can it?

Some websites have him as a Tipp u-21 and minor but the article below seems more believable.

http://archives.tcm.ie/roscommonherald/2008/02/27/story7308.asp

 

At the moment I would go with Duddy just Edging Macklin with Lee third. Duddy is a great brawler who is coming on technically with his new coach. Great chin, good heart and a decent punch and in my opinion has fought tougher opposition. Macklin seems to be also getting much better over the past 18 months and Lee seems to have taken a backward step somewhat, I'm hoping its just ring rust etc because potentially he ould be the best!

Yeah read that fact about Macklin being a Tipp U-21 hurler, is that a mistake?? He must be decent so!!

 

yeah he is great mates with eoin kelly . they played with each other u-21

 

calm down, the guy is havin a bit a craic!