Matchroom fight camp - 4 weeks of fights

Cant wait for these 4 nights, some decent fights coming our way.


FIGHT CAMP WEEK 1
SAM EGGINGTON VS TED CHEESEMAN
AUGUST 01 2020

MATCHROOM FIGHT CAMP
FIGHT CARD

SAM EGGINGTON
VS
TED CHEESEMAN
12 X 3 MINS IBF INTERNATIONAL SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
JAMES TENNYSON
VS
GAVIN GWYNNE
12 X 3 MINS VACANT BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
JORDAN GILL
VS
REECE BELLOTTI
10 X 3 MINS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTEST
FABIO WARDLEY
VS
SIMON VALLILY
10 X 3 MINS VACANT ENGLISH HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
DALTON SMITH
VS
NATHAN BENNETT
8 X 3 MINS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTEST


https://www.matchroomboxing.com/fight-nights/

Matchroom Boxing Fight Camp 2 preview featuring Terri Harper vs Tasha Jonas

https://britishboxingnews.co.uk/blog...vs-tasha-jonas

Matchroom Boxing Fight Camp Week 3 preview featuring Felix Cash vs Jason Welborn

https://britishboxingnews.co.uk/blog...-jason-welborn

Fight camp week 4
dillian whyte vs alexander povetkin
august 22 2020
matchroom fight camp

fight card

dillian whyte
vs
alexander povetkin
12 x 3 mins wbc interim heavyweight title
katie taylor
10 x 2 mins undisputed world lightweight titles
martin bakole
vs
sergey kuzmin
10 x 3 mins heavyweight contest
luther clay
vs
chris kongo
10 x 3 mins wbo global welterweight title

Eggington v Cheeseman is gonna be a war!

Cracking styles matchup but Cheese is naturally quite a bit bigger, no? Let me check the odds, as off the top of my head, I imagine the smaller Eggarito taking a hiding here.

Just as I thought, Cheeseman is a 4/1 on jolly. Eggarito at 11/4 is "value" if you fancy a 50/50 war.

"Fight Camp" ;D. Honestly I can see Hearn coming out in a little ranger outfit. Is this like the 'Bubble'? Will they isolate fighters and camps to the property. Like a giant Big Brother edition over at ol Eddies crib ;D. Hey all the power to them for getting the wheels rolling. Wonder if DAZN plans on cutting subs a break on fee.

Just added - the first fight was a belter!

Katie Taylor vs Delfine Persoon rematch added to Whyte vs Povetkin ppv

https://www.secondsout.com/news/kati...in-ppv-2960150

Here’s hoping Persoon has lost a gear or Taylor has found one. Proper fight.

One of the most exciting fights of that year for me.
Be interesting to see how it pans out with no pro Taylor crowd, Persoon won that first fight as far as I'm concerned, she's a fucking Terminator 😎

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Originally Posted by Fenster

Cracking styles matchup but Cheese is naturally quite a bit bigger, no? Let me check the odds, as off the top of my head, I imagine the smaller Eggarito taking a hiding here.

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That's the Cheese man's gameplan.
Not convinced he can box as well as he claims in the article though, he always stands square on when he's on the attack.


Cheeseman vows to beat ‘fragile’ Eggington

https://fightnews.com/cheeseman-vows...ggington/78384

Hearn & Bellew from fight camp.
Looks cool this Matchroom garden set up

https://youtu.be/YAZ5rve9BqA

Eggington v Cheeseman on now with a close and cautious first round from both. Cheeseman landed the slightly cleaner punches.

1 nil Cheeseman

Eggington was winning the 2nd round being aggressive but got wobbled and nearly dropped so lost the round.

2 nil

Exciting and toe to toe action from both in the 3rd round. This is turning into an exciting fight. Cheeseman landed better and defending with a high guard.

3 nil Cheeseman

Cheeseman boxing smartly from a distance in the 4th to land the cleaner shots. Eggington just trying to land the knockout punch and too one dimensional.

4 nil

Closer 5th round both landing good shots and think Eggington just nicked the round.

4-1

Very exciting 6th round from both. Eggington has a good left hook and Cheeseman has a dangerous right hand.

5-1 Cheeseman

Eggington decisively wins the 7th round busting up Cheeseman nose. He may be taking over the fight?

5-2

Excellent 8th round from both. Toe to toe action with Eggington hurt by a right hand but landed the better punches to win the round.

5-3

Eggington getting better the longer the fight goes on. Good action from both but Sam doing better fighting from the ropes.

5-4

Cheeseman wins 10th by boxing smartly again but Eggington reduced his work rate for the round.

6-4 Cheeseman

Hard round from both. Cheeseman trying to box his way but Eggington making it a tear up.

6-5 Cheeseman

Excellent last round from both letting their hands go and giving it their all.

7-5 Cheeseman for me. Good fight!

Thought he had him toppling over there for a minute. Quality final round.

So this is Eddies crib eh. Any crowd in attendance or it sounds like piped in background noise.

116-113 x 2 and 115-114 to UD for Cheeseman.

Thanks for the rbr Master.

cracker of a last round. sam by a hair

Was a good first show by Matchroom. The fireworks and ring entrances did make me smile and was no doubt for Eddie's ego.

Some good ones still to come in the coming weeks.

Some quality matchups again tomorrow night

Hearns Whyte fears....

Eddie Hearn, promoter for Dillian Whyte, is worried that his boxer will physically attack his upcoming opponent, Alexander Povetkin, while the two boxers are quarantined at the Fight Camp hotel.

Whyte will collide with Povetkin in a clash for the WBC interim-heavyweight title on August 22nd at Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood.

Hearn explains that Whyte is not a pleasant person during fight week, and he's going to be roomed on the same floor as Povetkin.

Hearn is considering the possibility of moving Whyte away from the floor, to avoid the scenario of a pre-fight brawl with Povetkin.

"Look, we’ve had fighters in the last three weeks that haven’t been the superstar names and they’ve been a delight to deal with. Next week, the egos come to town," Hearn told Sky Sports. "No criticism of the fighters, but we’re talking about undisputed champions. We’re talking about number one ranked heavyweights. We’re talking about Olympic gold medallists.

"And all of sudden the setup changes completely and having spoken to Dillian Whyte I have to raise concerns to the British Boxing Board of Control about people like – and this is my main concern – Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin being in the same hotel. Because the issue is not just they’re in the same hotel on different floors, they’re on the same floor. They’re on the same corridor. If Dillian Whyte bumps into Alexander Povetkin in the corridor, or out here on the grass, we can’t be responsible for the consequences.

"Katie Taylor and Define Persoon is super icy, they don’t like each other and there’s already bad blood, but I think they’ve got enough about themselves to keep themselves to themselves. What we don’t want to see is Alexander Povetkin and Dillian Whyte rolling down that hill, onto the A12 and having a tear up. We’ll save that for Saturday night, Sky Sports Box Office. But I do have concerns that I’m raising to the British Boxing Board of Control. I spoke to Dillian Whyte earlier, we’re talking about potentially hiring a Winnebago for him to live in, in a secluded area, quarantined off, attached to the hotel.

Bit quirky I know, but I’m struggling to find another solution. We’ve got these regulations and responsibilities in place in terms of quarantine and testing, but we also have a big concern that everybody is on top of each other. You can’t ignore people, you can’t stay away from people. And Dillian Whyte in fight week is not a pleasant individual, to be honest with you. So for the safety of the event I would like to find a way to segregate Whyte and Povetkin for next week."

Cash dominating the first round but got wobbled by a left hook that shook him down to his toes.

1 nil Cash

Cash wobbles Welborne with a big right hand in the 2nd round. Cash looks a class above so far.

2 nil Cash.

Welborne trying hard in round 3, Cash gets a telling off for low blow by the ref. Messy round.

3 nil Cash

Cash the better fighter but a clash of heads at the end 4th round seemed to have hurt Welborne.

4 nil Cash

Point deducted from Cash at the start of the 5th round for low blows but Cash knocks down Welborne twice with a series of attacks and the corner throw in the towel.

Ref stops the fight in the 5th round with Cash stopping Welborne.

This is shaping up to be a good night of boxing :cool:

Alen 'The Savage' Babic faces huge step up at Fight Camp

Croatia’s explosive Heavyweight contender Alen Babic will battle Shawndell Winters over eight rounds on the undercard of Dillian Whyte’s defence of his Interim WBC Heavyweight World Title against Alexander Povetkin at Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex, on Saturday August 22.
Babic (3-0, 3 KOs) can enhance his growing reputation as ‘The Savage’ when he faces American Winters, live on Sky Sports Box Office, as Fight Camp reaches a finale with Katie Taylor’s eagerly awaited rematch with Delfine Persoon and Whyte’s crucial clash against Povetkin.
Whyte has spent the last few weeks in punishing sparring sessions with Babic, who is yet to be extended beyond the third round in his professional career. But Winters has proven his toughness in 13 victories, with just three defeats, and he ruined the unbeaten record of Oleksandr Teslenko last September.

Babic vs. Winters lands on a huge night of action that sees Irish legend Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) put her WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine Lightweight crowns on the line against Belgium's Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) in the biggest rematch in women’s boxing, Luther Clay (13-1, 5 KOs) defends his WBO Global Welterweight Title against Chris Kongo (11-0, 6 KOs) and Super-Middleweights Jack Cullen (18-2, 9 KOs) and Zak Chelli (7-1, 3 KOs) meet over eight rounds

Taylor Persoon is the fight of the night. The first was a cracker. I said before the Taylor needs to find a gear, or hope that Persoon loses one. Persoon was relentless and Taylor got dragged into the fight too often. Taylor is a superior boxer to everyone that she's fought and she should keep it that way, don't fight down to your opponents level. By that I mean don't fight at all, especially with someone like Persoon who's a machine and unless she's lost a step in the last year, will just keep plodding forward. She needs to invest in the body as well. She hits the body pretty good, but not enough. She needs to sort out her barnet as well. Constantly in her face after a few rounds.

Whyte Povetkin. Good fight. Good trade fight they'd call it. I know they've chucked a trinket in the mix but essentially it's two good fighters having what should be a good fight. Povetkin is getting on, but he's a better technical boxer than Whyte, he's a better boxer than most heavyweights even now and will give anyone a decent fight if they can't overpower him like AJ/Wlad did. Whyte should be winning this and I suppose the consensus will be that Povetkin will be game early on, before getting ground down in the second half. Simple formula. It's still an intriguing fight for me. Whyte isn't as big or as powerful as AJ and he just wont fight him in the same way. AJ boxed really well against Povetkin who was pretty lively right up until the stoppage. He kept him largely at distance, used mainly the jab and right hand, the left hook was long when he used it, more of a jab turned around the corner. Dillian wont do that, he'll get closer to Povetkin to do his work and he's going to be actively committing the cardinal sin of hooking with a hooker. Dillian talks about his left hook plenty, it's a decent hit but not very cultured, more of a whack. Povetkin can still bang and his hook is far more compact than Dillian's so there will be windows for him to score big on the inside. The right hand is still decent as well.

All that said, still got to go with Whyte. Fresher, bigger, Povetkin won't shy away from the fight but you'd think Dillian will have the bigger appetite for it as well.

Took me a while to come around to women's boxing but i've started to enjoy more and more of it. Thought Harper-Jonas was more skillful/entertaining than many a good level man's fight. Courtney-Ball was good at a lower level too (people in the know had it right off, Ball was gambled from 6/1 into evens before the off). And the women are less divas than the top men, as Katie Taylor is showing by rematching a girl who was apparently "robbed."

One thing though, which is probably sexist on my part, I prefer they stick to 10x2 minute rounds.

As usual I see the majority writing off Povetkin, even though he's never once been humiliated. I recently reminded an "expert" channel that Povetkin was actually a World and Olympic amateur champion not a face first Rocky Balboa. Whyte is obviously the favourite being fresher but if he's not in great condition i'll be backing the old boy for the upset.

(on another note - this card is a pony PPV. I know why it is, but for once you ponces deserve a moan and grumble.)

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Originally Posted by Memphis

Taylor Persoon is the fight of the night. The first was a cracker. I said before the Taylor needs to find a gear, or hope that Persoon loses one. Persoon was relentless and Taylor got dragged into the fight too often. Taylor is a superior boxer to everyone that she's fought and she should keep it that way, don't fight down to your opponents level. By that I mean don't fight at all, especially with someone like Persoon who's a machine and unless she's lost a step in the last year, will just keep plodding forward. She needs to invest in the body as well. She hits the body pretty good, but not enough. She needs to sort out her barnet as well. Constantly in her face after a few rounds.

Whyte Povetkin. Good fight. Good trade fight they'd call it. I know they've chucked a trinket in the mix but essentially it's two good fighters having what should be a good fight. Povetkin is getting on, but he's a better technical boxer than Whyte, he's a better boxer than most heavyweights even now and will give anyone a decent fight if they can't overpower him like AJ/Wlad did. Whyte should be winning this and I suppose the consensus will be that Povetkin will be game early on, before getting ground down in the second half. Simple formula. It's still an intriguing fight for me. Whyte isn't as big or as powerful as AJ and he just wont fight him in the same way. AJ boxed really well against Povetkin who was pretty lively right up until the stoppage. He kept him largely at distance, used mainly the jab and right hand, the left hook was long when he used it, more of a jab turned around the corner. Dillian wont do that, he'll get closer to Povetkin to do his work and he's going to be actively committing the cardinal sin of hooking with a hooker. Dillian talks about his left hook plenty, it's a decent hit but not very cultured, more of a whack. Povetkin can still bang and his hook is far more compact than Dillian's so there will be windows for him to score big on the inside. The right hand is still decent as well.

All that said, still got to go with Whyte. Fresher, bigger, Povetkin won't shy away from the fight but you'd think Dillian will have the bigger appetite for it as well.

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Very fair summary this and I would go along with that.

I think Povetkin probably needs to gamble, and go in early to try and take Whyte out. We've seen him hurt before by Parker, but that was too late and I'd suggest Povetkin digs as hard as the Kiwi. But we all know age can catch up with a fighter, and Dillian is a big, tough lump himself who can pack a punch.

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Originally Posted by Fenster

As usual I see the majority writing off Povetkin, even though he's never once been humiliated. I recently reminded an "expert" channel that Povetkin was actually a World and Olympic amateur champion not a face first Rocky Balboa. Whyte is obviously the favourite being fresher but if he's not in great condition i'll be backing the old boy for the upset.

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One think I hadn't considered was Whyte's conditioning in the lead up to this fight and with the restrictions. Wouldn't be a suprise if he has slacked off and isn't very fit, which could cause him some problems. He doesn't seem the most disciplined even in normal times without lockdown restrictions.