Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

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12-12-2007, 09:58 PM
OumaFan

Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Is this guy any good at all, isn't he the really short one that fought Solomon Mbaye?

funny comments from Enzo Calzaghe on a Hatton-Rees fight

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"[Hatton] needs to prove he deserves a world title shot first," WBA super lightweight beltholder Gavin Rees' manager/trainer Enzo Calzaghe (father of Joe) bizarrely told the Daily Star. "Just because you are a name doesn't mean you should get a world title shot straight away." Rees, who was fighting in six-rounders two fights ago, and was considered a safe defense when he upset Souleymane M'baye for the title in an undercard bout in July, has a record of 27-0, 13 KOs. IBO light welterweight champion Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) is a three-time world champion, is widely still considered to be the top 140-pounder, and gave pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather a tough go in a Las Vegas PPV megafight that attracted 20,000 Brits overseas. The elder Calzaghe did not specify what Hatton needs to do to prove he deserves a shot at Rees.
Wednesday, December 12 2007
12-12-2007, 10:06 PM
Wasp

Re: Gavin Rees

Have to say it was a disgrace Souleymane M'baye ever got a world title. The guy's a terrible boxer IMO.

Gavin Rees is a crap boxer that's why he isn't even in the top 20.

Can't see Gavin Ree's keeping that title. Seriously i think i could beat him if i made the weight.

Straights all night long. Easily beaten IMO
12-12-2007, 10:09 PM
Tito BHB

Re: Gavin Rees

LOLL

Thats ridiculous

He is just a small guy, Not really in shape kinda stocky and lumpy

he would get stopped with a nasty body shot in round one by hatton

And i would giggle for a week :)
12-12-2007, 10:11 PM
bornlivelife

Re: Gavin Rees

Gavin Rees is an atrocious fighter - there is no-one more surprised than him that he won a world title, and guaranteed he willl lose it in the next fight, even if he fights the ring girl !

He is however overjoyed he won a world belt, which is basically beyond his wildest dreams - good luck to him in retirement !
12-12-2007, 10:25 PM
OumaFan

Re: Gavin Rees

I like Enzo but did he really have a straight face when he said that ;D Come on now, I expect bizarre things to be said by promoters and managers but that was a bit above and beyond.
12-12-2007, 10:31 PM
Fenster

Re: Gavin Rees

In other words Enzo is saying he'd sooner Rees not get killed by Hatton.
12-12-2007, 10:33 PM
Violent Demise

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenster

In other words Enzo is saying he'd sooner Rees not get killed by Hatton.

Pretty much
12-12-2007, 10:37 PM
leftylee

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by bornlivelife

Gavin Rees is an atrocious fighter - there is no-one more surprised than him that he won a world title, and guaranteed he willl lose it in the next fight, even if he fights the ring girl !

He is however overjoyed he won a world belt, which is basically beyond his wildest dreams - good luck to him in retirement !

LMFAO CC but yeh Gavin Rees is awful and I you can pretty much say Frank Warren will put him against no-hopers until he has to fight the mandatory at the latest date possible.
12-12-2007, 10:41 PM
Tysonbruno

Re: Gavin Rees

Rees beat M'Baye because he did'nt take him serious Rees would be lucky to get through round 1 vs Hatton.
12-12-2007, 10:43 PM
Fenster

Re: Gavin Rees

Warren would LOVE to put Rees in with Hatton..

..with a a ton of OPTIONS on Hatton, of course.
12-12-2007, 10:46 PM
Wasp

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAYWEATHER P4P#1

Rees beat M'Baye because he did'nt take him serious Rees would be lucky to get through round 1 vs Hatton.

LMAO.

Noway Hatton would be a pefect fight for Rees. I can see why he said it. If anyone likes it inside it's Rees.

What the guy's saying is Hatton isn't going to take the WBA from Ree's because he won't let him fight him. Not yet anyway.
12-12-2007, 10:49 PM
Wasp

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenster

Warren would LOVE to put Rees in with Hatton..

..with a a ton of OPTIONS on Hatton, of course.

I heard that Witter was the main possibility. I think Witter would try an put one hell of a beating on Hatton.
12-12-2007, 10:50 PM
Tysonbruno

Re: Gavin Rees

If Rees fights anyone half decent in his first defence he will lose that title he may aswell lose it to Hatton and get paid good money for lying down ;D
12-12-2007, 11:06 PM
Tins06

Re: Gavin Rees

I loved Gav when he fought M'baye funny little fight but he needs to be like what 2-3 divisions down.

I think he said "he cant kill his body to get down in weight" or he didn't want to..so he is propably gonna get owned whoever he fights.
12-13-2007, 04:20 AM
CutMeMick

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by OumaFan

Is this guy any good at all, isn't he the really short one that fought Solomon Mbaye?

funny comments from Enzo Calzaghe on a Hatton-Rees fight

fightnews

"[Hatton] needs to prove he deserves a world title shot first," WBA super lightweight beltholder Gavin Rees' manager/trainer Enzo Calzaghe (father of Joe) bizarrely told the Daily Star. "Just because you are a name doesn't mean you should get a world title shot straight away." Rees, who was fighting in six-rounders two fights ago, and was considered a safe defense when he upset Souleymane M'baye for the title in an undercard bout in July, has a record of 27-0, 13 KOs. IBO light welterweight champion Hatton (43-1, 31 KOs) is a three-time world champion, is widely still considered to be the top 140-pounder, and gave pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather a tough go in a Las Vegas PPV megafight that attracted 20,000 Brits overseas. The elder Calzaghe did not specify what Hatton needs to do to prove he deserves a shot at Rees.
Wednesday, December 12 2007

What a load of :LOS: by Rees here...
12-13-2007, 05:12 AM
Kev

Re: Gavin Rees

Rees is so tiny I honestly reckon Ian Napa could take his light welterweight title away.
12-13-2007, 05:48 AM
superheavyrhun

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wasp

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fenster

Warren would LOVE to put Rees in with Hatton..

..with a a ton of OPTIONS on Hatton, of course.

I heard that Witter was the main possibility. I think Witter would try an put one hell of a beating on Hatton.

That sounds like a really big fight. Hatton v Witter with the winner having the golden carrot of a fight with the might and mystery of Gavin Rees. I think Warren is probably to make a match for Rees, that the WBA will accept and that won't see Rees beaten.
12-13-2007, 11:47 AM
Tysonbruno

Re: Gavin Rees

Warren will look after Rees like he does Calzaghe he will probably have 20 defences of that WBA title ;)
12-13-2007, 12:06 PM
Fenster

Re: Gavin Rees

Quote:

Originally Posted by MAYWEATHER P4P#1

Warren will look after Rees like he does Calzaghe he will probably have 20 defences of that WBA title ;)

2 defences they've had a result
12-16-2007, 02:52 AM
superheavyrhun

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Having been checking on boxrec this evening, I noticed that Gavin Rees is penned in to fight andreas Kotelnik on the undercard of the Skelton v Chagaev bout in Germany on 19 January.

Kotelnik is really at the fringes of title challenger status, and is not too bad a match up for Rees in my opinion. With a draw and a defeat against M'baye, and a loss to Junior Witter, Kotelnik's last outing in June was to beat Amir Khan victim Laszlo Komjathi in an 8-round UD.

Rees will need to work his socks off and fight his heart out even to beat Kotelnik, who is much more of a natural at light-welterweight, and a 2000 Olympic Silver medallist.
12-16-2007, 10:57 AM
Mikkel_K

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Having been checking on boxrec this evening, I noticed that Gavin Rees is penned in to fight andreas Kotelnik on the undercard of the Skelton v Chagaev bout in Germany on 19 January.

Kotelnik is really at the fringes of title challenger status, and is not too bad a match up for Rees in my opinion. With a draw and a defeat against M'baye, and a loss to Junior Witter, Kotelnik's last outing in June was to beat Amir Khan victim Laszlo Komjathi in an 8-round UD.

Rees will need to work his socks off and fight his heart out even to beat Kotelnik, who is much more of a natural at light-welterweight, and a 2000 Olympic Silver medallist.

I'm pretty sure Kotelnik is the mandatory. Also, reports said he was robbed in the recent draw against M'Baye (a Warren fighter in England), wherefore it made sense for him to get another shot.
12-16-2007, 12:04 PM
Kev

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

January 19th eh?

I just worked out Rees' title reign will have been 213 days, 3 days longer than Shannon Briggs.

So he can at least be proud of that. ^-^
12-16-2007, 12:14 PM
superheavyrhun

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo

January 19th eh?

I just worked out Rees' title reign will have been 213 days, 3 days longer than Shannon Briggs.

So he can at least be proud of that. ^-^

Quit the negative thinking man...if Kotelnik can't even get rid of Komjathi who's fought lower down the rankings, he can't be that good. If Kotelnik fights smart, no doubt he'll win, but Rees will have to rough him up and throw those scrappy doo punches to the Kotelnik gut all night long to have a chance at winning.

I'm starting to actually want to see this bill on tv, although I might switch off before the main event.
12-16-2007, 12:44 PM
Kev

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by superheavyrhun

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo

January 19th eh?

I just worked out Rees' title reign will have been 213 days, 3 days longer than Shannon Briggs.

So he can at least be proud of that. ^-^

Quit the negative thinking man...if Kotelnik can't even get rid of Komjathi who's fought lower down the rankings, he can't be that good. If Kotelnik fights smart, no doubt he'll win, but Rees will have to rough him up and throw those scrappy doo punches to the Kotelnik gut all night long to have a chance at winning.

I'm starting to actually want to see this bill on tv, although I might switch off before the main event.

I'm negative just a realist. I still think Ian Napa could take him. I'd love to see that fight.
12-16-2007, 10:01 PM
Tam Seddon

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

If he wins this i persoanlly think he should go after JW,PM or RT just to try and win another title, he wouldnt beat Hatton and he couldnt do much else. It will be a tough fight for him this one though! But with Enzo Calzaghe in his corner i think hes going to become a stronger and better fighter.
12-17-2007, 03:58 PM
OumaFan

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

now on boxing talk it has Rees offering Hatton a chance at his title, no mention of Kotelnkik.
12-17-2007, 04:24 PM
Tam Seddon

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

I would prefer Hatton to retire, then to step down to fight Rees. He doesnt offer anything, I would be annoyed with Hatton for doing it because Witter deserves it a lot more than him.
12-17-2007, 06:19 PM
leftylee

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Hatton would smash Rees - A total mismatch.
12-17-2007, 06:24 PM
Kev

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Hatton would smash Rees - A total mismatch.

I would laugh my ass off if Rees beat him though.
12-17-2007, 06:25 PM
leftylee

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Hatton would smash Rees - A total mismatch.

I would laugh my a** off if Rees beat him though.

HAHA so would I Bilbo, if things like that happen you have to laugh but it could only happen if Hatton got DQ.
12-17-2007, 06:49 PM
Kev

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Hatton would smash Rees - A total mismatch.

I would laugh my a** off if Rees beat him though.

HAHA so would I Bilbo, if things like that happen you have to laugh but it could only happen if Hatton got DQ.

I'm not so sure, now we all know Hatton is vulnurable to corner posts and turnbuckles Rees' strategy of backing into the corner and moving away when Hatton lunges in could well see Ricky KO himself again.
12-17-2007, 07:00 PM
leftylee

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

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Originally Posted by Bilbo

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bilbo

Quote:

Originally Posted by leftylee

Hatton would smash Rees - A total mismatch.

I would laugh my a** off if Rees beat him though.

HAHA so would I Bilbo, if things like that happen you have to laugh but it could only happen if Hatton got DQ.

I'm not so sure, now we all know Hatton is vulnurable to corner posts and turnbuckles Rees' strategy of backing into the corner and moving away when Hatton lunges in could well see Ricky KO himself again.

Maybe but probbably not ;D
12-17-2007, 07:46 PM
ono

Re: Gavin Rees to face Kotelnik on Jan 19 according to boxrec.com!

I reckon Frank will have options on whoever fights Rees next (maybe Kotelnik)

he's not very talented and he is quite dumpy. ;D

good to see the average guy winning a world title tho.....gives everyone hope i suppose.

He is quite a tough fighter.

it was awesome watching him beat M'Baye. like the little kid at school beating up the much bigger bully.....all be it with what i'd call 'belly punches' rather than body shots.

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