Quote Originally Posted by erics44 View Post
its unusual for me to post on a sunday but after watching the matthews crolla fight i wanted to come on today for 2 reasons

1) to see what peoples thoughts on the stoppage were and they are obviously similar to mine

2) because i am a little irritated with joe gallagher

the stoppage was far far too soon in my opinion, yes crolla was in a spot of bother but this was a british title fight and crolla was the champion and very much in the fight. Fighters are suppose to have tough spots in fights and have to go down and get back up

the best fights the world has ever seen are those where fighters go down and get back up and make a fight of it

but i suppose the main reason for my appearance today is because I want to know what your thoughts of joe gallagher as a trainer are

he seems to get it fighters in terrific condition, and they hold a stance that enables them to absorb a lot of punches, chin down hands up, very compact, they throw fast punches and combinations out of like a box style

but thats all he knows, his fighters all fight very much the same way with only slight differences and there is never a plan B

if plan A isnt working, lets try plan A

crolla, john murray, stephen smith in recent fights are all shining examples of the lack of ability to adapt

even macklin v sturn was the same, it just so happened that that style is a good style to use against sturn

am i being harsh?
I think you're spot on. However, it must be said a lot of his fighters appear to make it to the top level at least on the domestic scene, so he must be doing something right.