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Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:30 am
by leeo272
After Hatton v Mayweather I thought it might be nice to keep a thread going.

It's Malignaggi v Ngoudjo tonight. Althought fewer things would make me happier than to see Malignaggi get his face weaved into the canvass I reckon a straight forward points win for him tonight. Unless this Herman fella is a bigger mug than most expect.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:32 am
by Sam West Ham
I heard Mike Tyson is making another comeback and is gonna fight our very own Frank Bruno

(i still remember there 1st fight, i watched it in the snooker club down green st :) )

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:40 am
by FloridaHammer
No Mas

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:48 am
by Cockney Rebel
A few good fights coming up... Kevin Mitchell v Carl Johanesson next week and Matt Skelton fighting for the World Title in a few weeks - also Enzo M v Haye in March and possibly Calzaghe v Hopkins in April! Looking forward to all of those!

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:52 am
by Si the Pie
Yeah I'm looking forward to the Calzaghe/Hopkins and Maccarinelli/Haye fights which are both on Setanta. I think both the Welshmen will win their respective fights.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:56 am
by leeo272
Cockney Rebel wrote:A few good fights coming up... Kevin Mitchell v Carl Johanesson next week and Matt Skelton fighting for the World Title in a few weeks - also Enzo M v Haye in March and possibly Calzaghe v Hopkins in April! Looking forward to all of those!
Johansson's pulled out of the Mitchell fight due to injury.

I'm really looking forward to Haye v Enzo.

Calzaghe v Hopkins isn't one I'm looking forward to.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 2:42 am
by Romford Iron
The o2 is the venue for the Haye fight for anyone interested in going.

For tickets go to Frank Warren's site or See Tickets.

£55, £80, £100, £150, £200, £300, oh and £500 - £1000 ringside :lol:

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:21 pm
by mjustincredible
isnt mitchell from dagenham / barking?

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:46 pm
by thebassmonkey
leeo272 wrote: Johansson's pulled out of the Mitchell fight due to injury.

I'm really looking forward to Haye v Enzo.

Calzaghe v Hopkins isn't one I'm looking forward to.
Has Johansson pulled out? I can't find any other report on this on the web

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:59 pm
by WHU-CRAIG
mjustincredible wrote:isnt mitchell from dagenham / barking?
Yeah him & his family are from Dagenham, his little brothe Vinny is also a boxer.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:10 pm
by jonnyhammer
mjustincredible wrote:isnt mitchell from dagenham / barking?

he is a Hammers fan as well, could be a top boxer and go all the way, been to a couple of his fights.
boxing at the York hall saturday. :thup:

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:43 pm
by White Goodman
Mitchell is a great fighter and personally think stepping up to fight Khan would be a great fight in the mould of Benn v Eubank.


Still not 100% convinced by Khan and think some of the classier, harder punchers in his division will cause him a great deal of trouble.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:33 pm
by cockney farmer
jonnyhammer wrote:
he is a Hammers fan as well, could be a top boxer and go all the way, been to a couple of his fights.
boxing at the York hall saturday. :thup:
He will win easily tomorrow against Torres, Mitchell could go all the way though.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:11 pm
by The Rebirth
This is live on Setanta and his Brother Vinny is also fighting. I hear a lot of Hammers go to his fights.. There's a clip on YouTube of some Notlob Khan fans having a pop with some Hammers inside the arena. :crest:

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:58 am
by cockney farmer
Battered him.
Kevin Mitchell made light work of Venezuelan journeyman Edison Torres as the Commonwealth super-featherweight champion stopped his opponent in the third round of their non-title fight on Saturday evening, live on Setanta Sports.

Many think 2008 will be a big year for Dagenham fighter Mitchell and he certainly started it in style with this comfortable and thoroughly one-sided bruising victory after what had been a week of uncertainty.

Torres had to step in as third-choice fighter for the bout after initial opponent Carl Johanneson picked up a back injury, ending Mitchell’s hopes of a British title attempt.

He was then expected to fight Ghanaian Thomas Aryeetey, who would have challenged for the Commonweakth crown, but again the opponent had to pull out after failing the British Boxing Board of Control medical , leaving Torres to step in for the ten-round contest.

Make that the three-round contest.

Mitchell caught Torres with blow after blow in the two opening rounds, the South American fighter clearly not up to the Englishman’s level as he was constantly dazed.

In truth, referee Ian John-Lewis probably let the fight go on for far too long before eventually waving it off midway through round three, Torres needing a supply of oxegen to recover from the siege of Mitchell punches.

Now, unbeaten in 25 fights, Mitchell is keen to see the Johanneson fight rescheduled for March 8 on the undercard of the titanic world cruiserweight title unification showdown between Enzo Maccarinelli and David Haye, which will be live on Setanta Sports.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:34 am
by leeo272
That Danish fella has pulled out of the Khan fight.

Any chance of Mitchell getting it I wonder?

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:23 pm
by last.caress
Wouldn't have minded seeing this weekend's heavyweight fight between hopeful prospect Mark "Oak Tree" Brown and Bernard "Bad Ass" Brown - Round 1 DQ (in favour of Mark Brown) that turned into a wrestling match, body-slams and all that...

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:12 pm
by sanchoz
Last week in the Torygraph they had an interview with Mitchell and in it he says one of his worse sporting moments is us losing the 2006 F.A Cup final.

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:16 am
by Bobby Orangeboom
I met Gary Stretch on Saturday night if that means anything to anyone... :|

Re: Boxing thread

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:34 am
by GeorgeParris'Pet
Bobby Orangeboom wrote:I met Gary Stretch on Saturday night if that means anything to anyone... :|
You mean they guy who mouthed off about beating Eubank and then got battered an retired? Isn't he an actor now?