Anyone watching Crolla vs. Watson?

[bzkfn]

Cracking fight this.

I've got Crolla 5-1 up here. Couple of rounds could have gone either way though.

[bzkfn]

What a knockout punch. Can't believe that was his first fight at lightweight. Joe Gallagher is a genius for what he's done with Crolla. I think Anthony can go far.

[ken dusty miller]

What a knockout punch. Can't believe that was his first fight at lightweight. Joe Gallagher is a genius for what he's done with Crolla. I think Anthony can go far.

Agree Crolla v Watson was an amazing fight. Joe Gallagher is ace at conditioning fighters but my feelings are that Anthony is too easy to hit and needs to work on being more elusive and developing counter-punching technique.
I would suggest that Crolla has a few weeks with Jim McDonnell down South. Jim is an expert at powering-up a boxer for the big task. Remember Jim had Danny Williams in top form for his fight with Mike Tyson and more recently he has 'Golden Boy' James DeGale hitting too hard for any fighter on the European scene.

[bzkfn]

What a knockout punch. Can't believe that was his first fight at lightweight. Joe Gallagher is a genius for what he's done with Crolla. I think Anthony can go far.

Agree Crolla v Watson was an amazing fight. Joe Gallagher is ace at conditioning fighters but my feelings are that Anthony is too easy to hit and needs to work on being more elusive and developing counter-punching technique.
I would suggest that Crolla has a few weeks with Jim McDonnell down South. Jim is an expert at powering-up a boxer for the big task. Remember Jim had Danny Williams in top form for his fight with Mike Tyson and more recently he has 'Golden Boy' James DeGale hitting too hard for any fighter on the European scene.

But if you look at what he was previously, the improvement he's made since going with Joe has just changed his performance for the better. He's improving with every fight so I'm not sure I'd change things yet. Sometimes you can have too many cooks in the kitchen.

Welcome to the forum by the way

[ken dusty miller]

Barry McGuigan called the fight a 'Small Hall Classic' - both fighters showing true grit. My opinion is that Anthony now now has to be prepared for the bigger stage. He beat Watson by pressurising him, staying in distance and exchanging some big punches. He now needs to prepare for the bigger stage and there are some tough guys out there.
I believe he now needs to be stronger and more elusive - boxing is the art of movement and we need to see more mobility from the waist. Joe Gallagher is doing a great job but you cannot learn everything in one stable.
We need style with guile to make Crolla the Million Dollar boy.

[boxingbantz]

What a knockout punch. Can't believe that was his first fight at lightweight. Joe Gallagher is a genius for what he's done with Crolla. I think Anthony can go far.

Agree Crolla v Watson was an amazing fight. Joe Gallagher is ace at conditioning fighters but my feelings are that Anthony is too easy to hit and needs to work on being more elusive and developing counter-punching technique.
I would suggest that Crolla has a few weeks with Jim McDonnell down South. Jim is an expert at powering-up a boxer for the big task. Remember Jim had Danny Williams in top form for his fight with Mike Tyson and more recently he has 'Golden Boy' James DeGale hitting too hard for any fighter on the European scene.

Welcome to the forum Jim.

[Cressa121]

That was a cracking fight. I thought Crolla was well up, he was controlling the fight and Watson just didn't have the power to slow him down. It was a sweet right hook to finish it, great knockout. Hopefully Watson's ok, he was down for a while and needed oxygen

[TheMacMagician]

Great fight. Crolla looked like a career lightweight in there and just laid a total beat on Watson. Aside from some good combinations from Watson here and there, Crolla just bullied him from start to finish.

Million Dollar Crolla, and the NEW!!!

[armyash]

Quality performance by Crolla looked very strong at the weight. I said to my bro if he can win the fight well then he can go on to bigger and better things. Rees might be a bit too much for him at the moment, don't know what it is but i dont think Rees should be fighting these guys he's too experienced and has fought at a much higher level. If Crolla can beat him though i'd be very impressed.

stuck my last £2 quid from my william hill account on a Crolla stoppage and got £18quid back, better than a kick in the nuts

[donnydarkoIRL]

Excellent fight.
Sky is really serving up some entertainment recently

[Dean Duke]

Cracking little fight, Crolla is coming along nicely.

[paddy448]

Really good performance by crolla Looking forward to his next outing

[porkypara]

I dont remember watching Watson apart from his fight with Rees and his last fight with Crolla but he does not seem to be able to block,slip,duck get the fuck out of the way of the jab.

Rees and Crolla hit him all night long with the jab and if you land the jab well you can follow it up with harder shots.

Great effort by both men and well done Sky tv for making good fights for the fans.