Anyone tipping Skelton to upset Chagaev?

[Kev]

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.

[Bookkeeper]

I have Chagaev in this fight, TKO in the 10th

[boozeboxer]

Lets put a sig bet on it Bilbo.

[eagle]

I dont like Skelton's chances of a points win in Germany......

[beerjelly]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

[Bookkeeper]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

There is not a 6-1 odd on this fight in any Casino, Bookie, or Side Parlor in this country.

[beerjelly]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

There is not a 6-1 odd on this fight in any Casino, Bookie, or Side Parlor in this country.

www.bluesq.com

www.sportingbet.com

Both offering 6-1 right now, you're wlcome

[Kev]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

There is not a 6-1 odd on this fight in any Casino, Bookie, or Side Parlor in this country.

www.bluesq.com

www.sportingbet.com

Both offering 6-1 right now, you're wlcome

hehe always good to correct the correctioner

Lord's Gym did it to me the other day the kunt :P

[Bookkeeper]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

There is not a 6-1 odd on this fight in any Casino, Bookie, or Side Parlor in this country.

www.bluesq.com

www.sportingbet.com

Both offering 6-1 right now, you're wlcome

These look like some UK websites that I have never seen before, looks like I need to bookmark them and save them for the future, but in the states the best I have seen was Skelton +350

[beerjelly]

He's by no means the favourite here and I do expect Skelton to get beat although I wouldn't consider it a huge upset if he did win. I wish him all the best and really hope he can pull it off - I'll definately have a few quid on him because I think he has a much better chance than the 6/1 odds on offer and theres a great deal of value to making that bet.
That being said my honest prediction is Chagaev by UD but still ....

There is not a 6-1 odd on this fight in any Casino, Bookie, or Side Parlor in this country.

www.bluesq.com

www.sportingbet.com

Both offering 6-1 right now, you're wlcome

These look like some UK websites that I have never seen before, looks like I need to bookmark them and save them for the future, but in the states the best I have seen was Skelton +350

Yeah both UK based I believe, have a look at www.oddschecker.com I usually check there before I place a bet to compare the prices on offer of most major bookmakers. Its amazing how big the difference can be, some sites are only giving 4-1 for Skelton.

[Kev]

6-1 is great odds. He has a far better chance of upsetting Chagaev than Hatton ever did of beating Mayweather.

[beerjelly]

6-1 is great odds. He has a far better chance of upsetting Chagaev than Hatton ever did of beating Mayweather.

Thats my thinking, it wont be easy but no way is he a 6-1 outsider.

[JohnnyKickAss]

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.

Chagaev didn't scrape a win over Ruiz,but just won convincingly IMO...If Skelton had a blind judge against Sprott then the same goes for Chagaev-Ruiz meaning it should have been UD for Ruslan...

And yeah he struggled with Virchis as much as Virchis struggled with Chagaev...this was an incredible
boring fight with no fighter really trying anything...should have been a draw...

But he got a convincing (t)ko over Sprott,which you didn't mentioned...And considering that Skelton
apparently(I haven't seen the fight) struggled with Sprott thats a good thing...


I say Chagaev by decision or late ko...

[CutMeMick]

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.

I take it you saw the over/under somewhere and are thinking about putting down some money.

[ICB]

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.

When he fought Vladimir Virchis, Chagaev's mother had heart surgery one night before the fight. Chagaev come into the bout without sleeping for 24 hours so i think he done well considering how tired and how messed up he felt at that time. And he didn't scrap a win over Ruiz, he clearly beat Ruiz comfortably the SD was a joke Chagaev easily won the fight on points.

As for Skelton he has never impressed me, he is a tough mauling type of fighter i'll give him that but other than that he is pretty weak in most areas. He should of had about 2 points deducted in the 1st Williams fight he was so dirty in that fight and he was allowed to get away with far too much. And you talk highly how Skelton beat Williams easily in the rematch but come on, Williams was 288 he looked like a beached whale and Williams was even going off balance when he threw a punch thats how poorly conditioned he was. So Skelton out pointing an uninterested beached whale Williams didn't impress me one bit.

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.