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Who wins? I sort of like the styles match-up. Prescott has brutal punching power but can be outboxed. Boxer v. Puncher. Part of me finds McCloskey to have a fluid defensive boxing style, but the other part of me thinks that his boxing ability is overrated.
Mccloskey is rightfully the favorite in this one. Prescott has really good power in the first 4 or 5 rounds , but afterwards , he doesn't have the endurance to keep his power at the level before.
Mccloskey , I think will come from behind and take a very close fight- possibly with a little help of the judges.
I hear that. My only thing is that Prescott is the best boxer McCloskey has faced other than Amir Khan who beat him. Right?
For sure, but I reckon he will handle the step up in class this time around. Khan's speed was way too much for him
McCloskey will easily fiddle his way to a PTS win, IMO. McCloskey's form is arguably better than Prescott's (ignoring the Khan result, of course).
Also, Prescott's murderous punching is overrated and McCloskey has a decent looking chin.
Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle. Irish crowd roaring him own. He just needs to finish to get the nod.
(with me this confident it's a virtual cert Prescott will annihilate him)
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Originally Posted by Fenster
prescotts punching power is massively overrated
think he has only KOed (appart from khan) 1 or 2 fighters with a winning record and even then they were regular losers by KO
and really khans chin was never the best at lightweight
thing thats making me think that prescott might win is coz northern irish boxers have a rubbish record in northern ireland, or it seems that way at least, everytime there is a big fight there the home fighter loses
People wanna see the Prescott - Khan return but nobody wants to see Mclosky- Khan 2. Theres no point and for those reasons I hope Prescott wins tonight.
I doubt they will give him the decision though even if he deserves it.
I agree Prescott's punch is well over rated but I hope he blows Mcclosckey out early tonight and gives Khan every reason to step in with him again.
Khan needs to do it and I for one need to see it
Since the Khan fight, I have begun to hate McCloskey he is very delusional, he thinks he was going to take over in the second half of the fight if it went on, and he cant go one sentence without mentioning Amir Khan.
Prescott looked ok in his last fight but I don't think he is good enough to beat McCloskey I hope he does but doubtful. 116-112 McCloskey.
McKloskey didn't win that fight. He won no more than 4 rounds.
Good battle, but he took too much punishment early on.
Mystic Meg. ;D
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Originally Posted by Fenster
I was wrong about McCloskey "fiddling." He showed great heart and really fought his way back from a bad start.
I don't think it was a robbery. It was a cracking close fight. Unlucky for Prescott he was the away fighter. Never gonna get the decision against a guy with great crowd support like that.
Mcloskey showed alot ov heart but a still don't think he done enough. Keep in mind the early knock down. The sky coverage inbetween rounds wos pretty bias also just showing clips ov mcloskeys wee flurries right at the end ov most ov the middle rounds and not prescotts strong jab and rights hands hope this doesn't mean a khan v mcloskey rematch
A draw would of been a fair decision, if Prescott had McCloskys fitness he would be quite formidable and the funny thing is he looked the fitter better conditioned man, McClosky looked very soft but showed good heart, not a bad fight all told.
It goes to show you that muscle doesn't always mean better fitness or boxer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dean Duke
Obvious this robbery was set up in order to make sure Con will never, ever have to face Prescott again. Shameful behavior. :shakehead:
Khan would smash Prescott it's obvious. Prescotts power is overratted, hes not got the stamina to go 12 rounds with a top 140 fighter and I don't see him beating any top 10 140 fighter.
Prescott power is overrated. But that don't matter. Cuz Con chin can't handle it anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Definatley could now, proved he has a chin against a better puncher in maidana.
I thought Prescott won quite clearly.
There was a few swing rounds that could of made it closer on the cards for McCloskey but i don't think he done enough to get a win, maybe a draw at most imo.
Prescott proved to me he actually had some boxing ability and McCloskey showed he had heart and determination by making a good comeback in the second half of the fight.
I like them both a bit more now. They made a good fight, i hope there is a rematch.
115-112 Prescott. A fight of 2 halves basically.
12th round was an interesting one to score, how did people have that? I gave it Prescott cos Mcloskey looked out on his feet like he could get knocked down at any moment. Most of the round (certainly the 1st minute) was good stuff from mcloskey though, thats a swing round imo. Prescott still wins by 1pt for me if mcloskey gets the 12th however.
Not the worst decision ive ever seen cos it was close BUT a UD for Mcloskey is fuckin suss imo. I think thats a very dodgy outcome for all 3 judges to go with him.
Only reason Con was able to handle Maidana's power is cuz Maidana doesn't know how to punch. Everything he throws is wide and looping. Con could see it coming a mile away and could brace for it. I don't care what any so-called expert or Con groupie says. I have no doubt that if Maidana knew how to throw a straight punch he would of had Con out of there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
Same with Prescotts punches though really the punches that got khan out of there were wild and loopy. It just showed how cocky/arrogant khan was back then, I have no doubt that khan would beat Prescott now and are you telling me that Maidana doesn't punch as well as Prescott? I think its common knowledge Maidana punches a lot better than Prescott.
Obviously some of people wants to knock Khans out, well im not fan of his, i guess second meetng with Prescott well be different story, as long Prescott keeps winning or having a belt, there should be a rematch, as of now Amir moved on and career/money wise Prescott has nothing really to offer.
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Originally Posted by J_C
yeah the 12th wasnt straight forward, mclousky won most of the round but really was gone at the end
i thought precott won 6 out of the first 7, mclousky then won 8 - 11, and which ever way you want to score the 12th
if mclousky won the 12th then for me it would have been a draw, but then there is the Knockdown to consider
it wasnt a robbery tho, perhaps the judges did slightly favour the home town fighter, theres no need to chuck a wobbler about it tho coz that is inevitable
I've watched the fight twice now and I cannot see how anyone with a score card could see that as a win for McKolskey. He debatably won 4 of the last 5, he couldn't have won the last round as he landed half as many punches and looked like he was going to fall over at any momment.
I think it's such a sad sport when we have to just accept it, the fact the decision was wrong, but it's home town bias and is just part of it. It drives me just as mad each and every time it hapens.
I'd love to see the actual cards for the judges, I cannot see how Prescott could have been given anything less than 115 and as for McCloskey, including a 10-8 round, that means he must have lost only 3 other rounds in the whole fight. He lost all of them bar 4 IMO.
I don't like either fighter, so don't even know why I'm that bothered!
The official scoring was close 114-113, which is 7 rounds to McCloskey and 5 rounds Prescott with the knockdown. I do not want to see Prescott fight Khan, I would much prefer it to be Bradley or Maidana.
Maidana is a better fighter and a bigger puncher than Prescott but it doesn't change the fact that:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...pa_802021c.jpg
http://www.livefight.com/images/page...465429khan.jpg
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/1225...escott_300.jpg
I know Khan has "bigger fish to fry" but doesn't he want to avenge his only loss which was so amazingly one sided.
Khan could easily outbox Prescott in a rematch but i don't want a fantasy matchup, i wanna see him do it.
He hasn't got a fight for December yet, Although Prescott wasn't awarded the correct decision the other night, i think Khan should still go for it.
Side note: Had to post some pictures, they give me a good lol. :)
Its a shame Prescott didnt get the decision which he should have got, cos that Khan rematch was very very likely. Wont happen now, no way
What bigger fish does Khan have to fry though? I could see Matthysse/Bradley/Mayweather, but who else?
There's no point in a rematch at all now cos Prescott did lose this weekend, if he had knocked mcclosky out than maybe the fight could have happened. But Prescott proved in that fight that he's not in the league of khan and he would lose I have no doubt. It's not a case of khan being scared , just a fight with Prescott just really does nothing for his career. Prescott has lost three times now since that win and in doing that his stock has gone down significantly. The only way he would have fought khan again is if he didn't lose and continued knocking people out like he did against khan. He brings nothing to the table anymore and I don't see his career going anywhere. Khan however is going places and he has proved that it was just an off night the Prescott defeat. Khan is working very well with roach and he doesnt need a Prescott fight at all.
What he brings to the table is that he is the only person to beat Khan. Avenging Khan's only loss is better than beating someone of McCloskey's ilk. On paper it is an easy win for Khan, but people would buy it because of the brutal KO Khan suffered at the hands of Prescott.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
That was ages ago though and Prescott has lost THREE fights, when khan is winning fight of the year against the number two fighter at 140. He's past Prescott, as I said before if he beat mcclosky then maybe , but he lost against. Prescott has shown it was a fluke. Khan would beat him easily!!
Thats what i was getting at hence why i put the " " around bigger fish to fry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantcatrat
Bradley can't fight him right now because of promoter issues and when he can come back, he would want a tune up before taking on a big fight like Khan.
Mayweather is fighting Ortiz and will likely try and get another Pacquiao deal done.
Matthysse just pulled out of a fight with Morales because of injury and Morales is old and shot so Khan fighting him would be a joke.
Peterson is a decent option for Khan but i think Prescott does more for him. Peterson is the better fighter but Bradley already beat him and Prescott knocked Khan out in 54 seconds.
Why Khan doesn't want the rematch, i don't know.
It was only three years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
This isn't like Pacquiao rematching Singsurat right now lol.
He did beat McCloskey, he just didn't get the decision.
Khan would likely outbox Prescott easily but saying he will do it proves nothing. Khan rematching him and actually doing it means alot more and you know it.
Khan has no good fights out there right now. Why not rematch the guy that gave you your only loss and knocked you out in 54 seconds.
Because he just got beat by somebody khan beat no too long ago and Mitchell dominated him too, therefore proving khan doesnt need to beat Prescott and would be a waste of time.
Did you actually watch the fight ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tam Seddon
McCloskey at best deserved a draw.
Mitchell beat him but it doesn't change the fact that Prescott knocked Khan out in less than a minute.
It wouldn't be a waste of time.
Khan avenging a devestating loss like that would help his career. if you think otherwise you are blind.
It's not like he has a fight signed either.
It's annoying that Prescott didn't get the win he deserved as it would have set up a potential rematch with Khan or a fight with Maidana. Prescott against either of those 2 would be far more interesting than McCloskey against one of them imo.
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Originally Posted by Cressa121
i agree
prescott maidana would be pretty firery
Yes I did watch it and I think mcclosky edged it IMO. None the less he LOST the fight and how does losing to the guy khan just beat earn you a shot at khans world title? Khans a champion, Prescott is someone who has lost 3 out of the last 6 and has no belt. He brings nothing to the table and as I said before if he beat mcclosky then yes potentially if he couldn't find anyone else he could have faced him. Now Prescott is a nobody, he needs to earn a shot not lose 3 out of 6 and that doesn't merit a fight with khan who has proved he's passed Prescott.