what the frig happened cos it was supposed to be on sky at 10pm according to boxing news and sky's own website and the fooka was on at 8..worra bastard
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what the frig happened cos it was supposed to be on sky at 10pm according to boxing news and sky's own website and the fooka was on at 8..worra bastard
Resilient Anderson stops Muttley
Anderson was outpunched but managed to turn the bout around
Kevin Anderson staged a sensational comeback to defeat Young Muttley and add the British welterweight title to his Commonwealth crown on Thursday.
Muttley was on top for most of the bout in Birmingham as his fierce left hook paid dividends.
But Scotland's Anderson, 23, turned the fight in his favour with a brilliant left hook of his own in the 10th round.
Muttley tried to recover but Anderson piled on the punches forcing the referee to stop the fight.
"This has been my most difficult encounter of my career," said Anderson.
"Muttley is a very tough fighter and to come back as I did was a great achievement."
Meanwhile, Muttley, 30, conceded a momentary lapse in concentration cost him the bout.
"I tossed the fight away," he said. "I was well on top but Anderson is a tough opponent and he took his opportunity."
BBC. ;D
So the guys trying to tell me that Anderson is the next big British hope, still believe??
Dont make me laugh!! He is plain and simple a brawler with no defence, anyone with any amount of boxing skill and a boxing brain could pick him off all night.
I missed the start but saw the stoppage, cracking shot. Skel he was being outboxed, heard he was 5 rounds behind.
Agreed, it was an entertaining fight and he did great to come back, but Young Muttley was a far superior boxer, and would have won comfortably if he didn't switch off.Quote:
Originally Posted by skel1983
Always check Big H's Calendar ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by southpaw_outlaw
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_fo...c,32504.0.html
will do man, but bloody Boxing News had it down as 10pm!!! freakers..Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
I saw Anderson's weaknesses against the other Scottish bloke last time out and he was very novicey was about 13-0 fighting against no bodies, but alot of Anderson fans believed he would be a world star, he was being outboxed by a novice what did that say?? Not only that the guy had come in on about a weeks notice, Mutley is also nothing special i actully fancied Anderson to take this fight but i wasnt impressed and never have been to be honest.
who else was disappointed they didn't show the crowd fighting? 8)
You no what i didnt see the fight live i just seen the fight this morning on the net i actully forgot all about the fight being a thursday night??Quote:
Originally Posted by Missy
Who kicked off in the crowd was it the Brummies against the Scots?
It was the first "major" bill in the city for years because of previous crowd trouble ::** ;D
Good fight! The commentators and the ref called Andersons knock down of Muttley in the second round a slip but i'm pretty sure it was genuine...Muttley was a bit "unlucky" in the end but Anderson showed alot of bottle.
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Originally Posted by Missy
YES ;D
If Muttley had a better array of punches then he could do well but the left hook 300000 times in a row is gonna take a LOT outta your stamina.
Good little scrap tho ;)
Ok Skel I'll bite. I still think he will prove to be a world class boxer. Last night he was lucky, I had him 3 points down going into the last three rounds and to be honest had resigned myself that it was not to be. However there were positives, his chin stood up well despite the knockdown and his stamina at the finish proved he can last the pace. He's not as far down the road as I thought but with some work on his defence I still think he'll go on to bigger and better things. Remember he is only 23 so he has plenty of time to work on his flaws.Quote:
Originally Posted by skel1983
At least we know he has good stamina, a good chin, is a good finisher, will 'tough' out a result when necessary and never gives up. I can think of worse foundations for a 23 year old. ;)
Wallace i always respect your view and opinion on boxing topics, but like i said i saw it against the baldy guy last time out, i think he will struggle with anyone who has good technical skills, someone like Micheal Jennings i feel would beat him comfortably if they boxed him, he is 23 which is very yound he is probably 3/4 years away from being anywhere near the finished article, but when he beat the scottish bloke last time and quite a few people were saying he is going to be a world star, i just couldnt see it and defintly cant see it after in my opinion he was exposed against a guy who in my opinion was just if not even more ordianory than Anderson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallace
what a great fight,i turned it over because i thought muttley had it sewn up and i turned it back on and he'd been stopped,i could'nt believe it
i agree with skel,he's got a big heart but pretty average boxing skills,i cant see him competing at world level
Thanks Skel, cc.Quote:
Originally Posted by skel1983
My main fear with Anderson is they've moved him too fast. Last night he looked miles away from mixing it at British Title level and I fear that the opponents at this level are going to be just too good at this stage in his career. I agree completely with your assessment of Young mutley, I was never very impressed with him and thought Jennings did enough in their fight to keep the title. Jennings would beat Anderson at the moment, again I agree with you, but it depends on what Anderson has learned from last night. It could be the making of him given time.
Did you see Craig Dickson (the baldy guy) lose on the undercard last night? Kind of put Anderson's last win in perspective and probably helped to overhype Anderson.
I hope that they give him a couple of easy(ish) defences, let him get his confidence back and get used to the level and then go after Jennings possibly in about a year. I think at that stage he would be ready and then he can start looking at European titles. All this does depend on him sorting his defense out though... :-\
So the general concensus is that Anderson does not deserve to be British and Commonwealth champion because he is a somewhat crap boxer,and that he has been really luck so far to find himself a double champion! ::**
At the moment I agree but give him a couple/three years to further develop his skills (remember this was only his 17th fight and he now holds the British and Commonwealth Titles) and we will see. I definately think he has a chance if they give him time and do not rush him too early into stepping up.Quote:
Originally Posted by leon9996
Nope, he was lucky last night but scored the KO so he deserved the win. Nothing lucky about his commonwealth title. Were you surprised by his performance last night? You've not really told us what you thought, so what's your take?Quote:
Originally Posted by gogs67
I was being a tad sarcastic about the negativity surrounding a young guy with 2 decent titles under his belt so far.Sure,he underperformed last night but he dug deep and got the result when it mattered.He is,after all,still learning!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallace
Seems we agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by gogs67
Young Mutley dominated last night & exposed plenty weakness in Andersons style.
Saying that I knew if Anderson could catch him flush he could still take him out as he finishes well, which he did.
Work to be done, but I still think he can improve enough to challenge at world level in 2 years.
Well !
I saw mutley take the title from jennings, ringside, at notts arena and he looked focused then.
He absolutely BOSSED Anderson until the 10th, bar 1 or 2 even rounds - Anderson's legs shook about 4 times..
...and then out of nothing he landed a beauty of a shot right across the chin of mutley who's knee's gave but he stayed up, firing back on wobbly legs and Anderson threw a ton of leather and the ref called it off.
Pure entertainment - Mutley looked great and IMO the better fighter - but fair play to Anderson, he was dropped and cut and took to school at times..but still won !
A rematch would be mouth watering http://smilies.vidahost.com/otn/tong...onguesmile.gif
Someone on the main board said he's moving back down to 140.Quote:
Originally Posted by CityOfGod
Really ?
I hope not!
hey guys was tristan davies on the undercard, hes from near me, if so how did he get on?
ccs for replys ;D
My god, so negative some of you guys. Aye Muttley was winning on points but lets face it he wasn't 5 rounds ahead! Any one who saw the fight and can say that is talking mince. The real reason he was 5 rounds down was cause of the 3 english judges being biased as feck. Lets be honest would Muttleys team have been happy with 3 scottish judges and a scottish ref, naw don't think so, so don't try and tell me they weren't slightly biased. So what Ando didn't box as well as he normally does, yes he got caught with a big hook in he 2nd, but he bounced back up and came firing back and was robbed of a knock down himself, when the fat blind ref ruled it a slip. To recap, he didn't box to his best ability, Muttley boxed out of his skin (probably wont box that good again) , Muttley was a couple of rounds ahead and then got sparko'd, so some how I
Gally, Tristan Davies won:
Tristian Davies worked well behind the jab, to pick up a 59-56, six-three's win over hard punching Wolverhampton light-welterweight Carl Allen. Sean Messer officiated.
Allen (9st 13lbs) was pressed against the ropes for much of the six-rounder, as Telford's Davies (9st 12lbs 10oz) jabbed his way in, before hitting Allen with bodyshots. Davies improves to 7-0 (0)
There should definitely be a rematch.
There won't be, of course.
Tommy Gilmour doesn't tend to let his fighters go into rematches if the first fight was close. He'd rather go down another route, and not risk his meal ticket.
I thought this was a cracking fight.
Anderson was a bit too wary of Mutley's left hook and didn't apply his usuall tactic of pressure fighting from the off (not a bad thing really)
If im honent though, I doubt very much it was as one sided as the judges had it, I had Mut 2 rounds ahead going into the 10th round and Anderson was clearly taking the 2nd half of the fight.
Kev turned 23 at the end of April so he is still really young and can certainly work on his defence in the gym.
Mutley went all out from the start and got the knockdown(it was a good couple of hooks, thats for sure) but you cant take that approach if you are expecting to go for the whole 12 rounds, he obviously under-estimated Kevs chin and heart and thought he could blast him away within 6(if he actually was expecting a long night then he was very foolish to throw power punches constantly).
My card was....
Mut---- Ando
rnd 1 10-----10
A tight first round with both fighters feeling each other out, I would have given it to Kev on cleaner shots landed but Mut did land a good shot that seemed to hurt Kev a little therefore I give it even
rnd 2 10-----08
Self explanitory, Kev goes down from a wicked two left hooks landing right on the sweet spot and does very well to get back to his feet, he showed great heart.Kev caught Mut with a shot that put him down but a tangle in the legs caused the ref to call it a slip
rnd 3 09-----10
Kev realises Mut's power but has a much better round finding some of the boxing skills that he usually shows in abundance, Mut was not hurt in this round but was certainly outboxed, he seemed to be going for the pot shots and Kev was picking him off.
rnd 4 10-----09
Mut has noticed that Kev has not fully recovered from the Knockdown as he is a little shakey when he is hit clean and he is very wary of that left hook(Kev has a cut which was cauded by an accitental headbutt), the left gets through a few times again.
rnd 5 10-----09
A bit more of the same as the last round, Kev is starting to Jab more but not getting through as often as he would like, Mut still throwing power punches and is breathing a little heavier than he should be by the end of the 5th round.
rnd 6 10-----09
Another round for Mut as he tries to swarm his man with power shots and gets through with a few more lefts but they are not as effective as the were early on, is he tiring? Muts looking a little fatigued at the end of the round, good round for Mut though,
rnd 7 10-----10
Mut just struggling to maintain the pace that was working so well for him so far and Kev seems to have fully recoverd from the knockdown in the 2nd. Some good stuff from both men but Kev is looking fresher by the end of the round.
rnd 8 09-----10
Kev is now showing the talent he showedagainst the tough Okine, he is a lot more alert and catching Mut with regular shots, Mut looks knackered and probably thought he would have put his man away by now, he is nearly out of steam.
rnd 9 09-----10
Clearly Kevs round, Mut is still looking fatigued but not totally out of the mix yet, Kev is starting to apply some heavy pressure mixed with a good array of shots, his stamina is looking to be his saving grace.
rnd 10 08----10 (thats the round score considering Mut had perhaps taken a knee to regroup)
Kev is looking the fresher and sharper of the two men and Mut is looking yet again to throw some big shots to try and finish it. Kev has realised now that Muts left hooks are not nearly as hard as they were earlier and drags him into a bit of a war. Kev counters a lunging Mut and has him hurt, he piles on the pressure with a shower of heavy shots and Mut is all over the place, eventually the ref has no choice but to step in and save Mutley from taking any more of these big shots. Kev wins by TKO
Thats pretty much how I summed up the fight, I was going by memory so I might have to watch the fight again and touch up that post a little.
I can understand why people thought Mut was miles ahead because he won so many of the early rounds, but imho I reckon had he had went down then got up in the 10th Kev would have finished him off either in the 10th or the 11th, he was never going to beat the guy at home with 3 home judges and a crowd baying for blood.
Wll done to Kev for showing all the tools and heart to get the job done and all the respect in the world to Mut who showed he can mix it with the top brits.