Graham Earl making a comeback?

[JazMerkin]

I heard a rumour at the gym that Graham Earl has another comeback fight in March. Looked on boxrec & indeed he does have a open date for March 13 in Milton Keynes.

I think this is a bad idea. He put up a great show against Katsidis & fought one of the fights of his career. I remember seeing him fight live against Ricky Burns in Wembley & thinking he got royally jobbed in a Fury-McDermott manner.

But since the Katsidis fight, he got starched in a round twice in a row, took a few months off & laboured to a decision over Karl Taylor, who many of you will know as a guy usually used a springboard to a young prospect's career, very rarely is he more than their 3rd or 4th fight. After this, I'd heard he was retiring and I was pleased to hear it, he's had a decent career and has a win over the very talented Yuri Romanov & can always reflect proudly on that fight with Katsidis.

But, he simply doesn't have it anymore & he always seemed a really nice guy, it would be a shame to see him become the name for young British fighters to get on their record.

So anyway does anyone have any info on this? Like whether it's just the one fight or whether he's planning to make a real run of things. I hope it's just the last hurrah

[ryanman]

I heard a rumour at the gym that Graham Earl has another comeback fight in March. Looked on boxrec & indeed he does have a open date for March 13 in Milton Keynes.

I think this is a bad idea. He put up a great show against Katsidis & fought one of the fights of his career. I remember seeing him fight live against Ricky Burns in Wembley & thinking he got royally jobbed in a Fury-McDermott manner.

But since the Katsidis fight, he got starched in a round twice in a row, took a few months off & laboured to a decision over Karl Taylor, who many of you will know as a guy usually used a springboard to a young prospect's career, very rarely is he more than their 3rd or 4th fight. After this, I'd heard he was retiring and I was pleased to hear it, he's had a decent career and has a win over the very talented Yuri Romanov & can always reflect proudly on that fight with Katsidis.

But, he simply doesn't have it anymore & he always seemed a really nice guy, it would be a shame to see him become the name for young British fighters to get on their record.

So anyway does anyone have any info on this? Like whether it's just the one fight or whether he's planning to make a real run of things. I hope it's just the last hurrah

Milton Keynes? We never have professional fights here. So it would be good for that reason. But from a non-selfish point of view i would really like him to retire. He staggers around in that horrible way every time he gets hit hard now. Its nasty to see, and it looks damaging.

[skel1983]

Graham Earl: 'Amir Khan Fight Was Stopped Prematurely' - Boxing News

[superheavyrhun]

The sportsman's disease of not being able to let go unfortunately. Earl has been beaten too often and hit too hard, I hope he's matched very sympathetically.

Another fighter who's had a few heavy KO's on the comeback trail this year is Carl Johanneson. I think he's got more of a chance of still having it than Earl, but it's not good to see those that were competitive at a UK level get badly hurt.

[Master]

Danny Williams, Carl Johansson and Earl will retire this year.

[skel1983]

Im sorry Master and Rhun I have to dsiagree strongly with the Johanneson comparisions with Earl??


Johanneson has taken a break after a great fight with Kevin Mitchell where Mitchell's corner were on the verge of pulling him out till he truned it around, Johanneson has alot left at domestic level imo and he is supposed to be fighting Unbeaton Sykes in his comeback fight.

[Kirkland Laing]

Some guy called Goodwin is trying to get into promoting. Earl is going to be his matchmaker and is the biggest name the Goodwin guy is dealing with so he's been persuaded to get back in the ring. It's probably going to be against club fighters and just to sell shows which apparently are going to be small-time anyway.