Anyone tipping Skelton to upset Chagaev?

[JohnnyKickAss]

Chagaev isn't great but he is good enough to handle someone like Sprott, Chagaev will win a UD 117-111, 118-110, 117-111.

Now thats what I call some serious predicting...

[Violent Demise]

No. Skelton is garbage. I expect Chagaev to win by shut out

[Kev]

No. Skelton is garbage. I expect Chagaev to win by shut out

But not knockout?

You must rate him the highest of all our British fighters

[DaxxKahn]

If I was betting money on it no.,....But do I hope Skelton wins? Yes

[ICB]

If I was betting money on it no.,....But do I hope Skelton wins? Yes

Why do you hope Skelton wins though ?? what good would he do the division ?? it would be even worse with Skelton having a belt and im saying this and im from the UK.

[Violent Demise]

No. Skelton is garbage. I expect Chagaev to win by shut out

But not knockout?

You must rate him the highest of all our British fighters

The sad part is that I actually do

[DaxxKahn]

If I was betting money on it no.,....But do I hope Skelton wins? Yes

Why do you hope Skelton wins though ?? what good would he do the division ?? it would be even worse with Skelton having a belt and im saying this and im from the UK.

Sometimes Ice I just like to see a good guy come out ahead even if it is only for a short period of time....A guy in his 40's who did not start boxing as a pro until his mid 30's...Family man...good personality....Good for him....

Even if he did win..and more then likely he won't...it would stir things up for a minute...give a chance for someone else to get in the mix...or better yet...he would want to cash in on the biggest payday he could and possibly fight Wlad for his first defense...furthering the unification process...or even sultan if he beats Wlad...or Peter etc...help us get one champion or at least narrow down the amount we have at the moment...

IMO Chagaev is going to be a guy who sits on his title...fighting only when need be...and the worst possible opp he is allowed to

[Violent Demise]

If I was betting money on it no.,....But do I hope Skelton wins? Yes

Why do you hope Skelton wins though ?? what good would he do the division ?? it would be even worse with Skelton having a belt and im saying this and im from the UK.

Sometimes Ice I just like to see a good guy come out ahead even if it is only for a short period of time....A guy in his 40's who did not start boxing as a pro until his mid 30's...Family man...good personality....Good for him....

Even if he did win..and more then likely he won't...it would stir things up for a minute...give a chance for someone else to get in the mix...or better yet...he would want to cash in on the biggest payday he could and possibly fight Wlad for his first defense...furthering the unification process...or even sultan if he beats Wlad...or Peter etc...help us get one champion or at least narrow down the amount we have at the moment...

IMO Chagaev is going to be a guy who sits on his title...fighting only when need be...and the worst possible opp he is allowed to

That's Skelton alright

[Violent Demise]

If I was betting money on it no.,....But do I hope Skelton wins? Yes

Why do you hope Skelton wins though ?? what good would he do the division ?? it would be even worse with Skelton having a belt and im saying this and im from the UK.

Sometimes Ice I just like to see a good guy come out ahead even if it is only for a short period of time....A guy in his 40's who did not start boxing as a pro until his mid 30's...Family man...good personality....Good for him....

Even if he did win..and more then likely he won't...it would stir things up for a minute...give a chance for someone else to get in the mix...or better yet...he would want to cash in on the biggest payday he could and possibly fight Wlad for his first defense...furthering the unification process...or even sultan if he beats Wlad...or Peter etc...help us get one champion or at least narrow down the amount we have at the moment...

IMO Chagaev is going to be a guy who sits on his title...fighting only when need be...and the worst possible opp he is allowed to

That's Skelton alright

[p4pking]

I was looking in the BBC Sport forums and the general consensus is that Skelton is going to get annihilated.

I'm really not so sure. I'm actually considering a bold bet in the prediction comp on him upsetting Chagaev.

Everyone seems to be rating Skelton based on his one bad performance against Michael Sprott.

But that was probably his worst ever performance and he still won easiliy, apart from one blind judge anyways.

Chagaev beat Valuev fair enough but his record apart from that is hardly a stellar one.

Scraping a win over John Ruiz can hardly be considered as an argument for 'greatness'.

He struggled with Vladimir Virchis too.

Skelton imo is still unbeaten, the judges robbed him in the first Williams fight and he responded by dancing around him and winning virtually all the rounds in the rematch.

I don't actually see anyone better than Williams on Chagaev's record, unless you count Valuev and Ruiz

When you add in that Skelton will likely outweigh his opponent by at least 20 lbs I think the rough house, brawling tactics of Skelton could really mess up Chagaev's gameplan.

I think Chagaev is the justifiable favourite but I really think Skelton has a live chance in this bout.

I'd say it's 60/40 in Chagaev's favour.

You can downplay anything Chagaev has done all you want... That doesn't make Skelton look any better..... Beating Ruiz and Valuev may not be great in the scheme of things, but both of those guys would EASILY beat Skelton... Putting anything on Matt is a suckers bet, he isn't going to win. No chance.

[GAME]

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Hope im wrong

[WelshDevilRob]

I doubt Skelton can win but the odds were so good on him that I put a cheeky tenner on him as Chagaev is coming back from a lay-off and an illness so there is a chance that he won't be at his best.

Chagaev is the type of fighter who can fight rough and brawl but also has the ability to change tactics and box. He's simply a better allround fighter than the 40 year old Skelton who will give it his all but I expect Chagaev to win maybe even force a later rounds stoppage.

[Dark Lord Al]

his mother is tipping him to win

[Violent Demise]

his mother is tipping him to win

Than why did she bet her social security check on Chagaev?

[headson]

i give skelton a punchers chance ,but ther t han that

chagarv dominates