Brooks v Jones- Sheffield Motorpoint Arena UK-Saturday Fight Night Thread

[ruthless rocco]

ref may have just saved brooks.

[superheavyrhun]

ref may have just saved brooks.

In fairness Jones isn't exactly Mr Clean in the ring, so I'm not surprised he needed another telling off, but it came at a bad time for him.

[superheavyrhun]

Ooooh, majority decision! Personally I had him 115-113, but a very good test for him.

[ryanman]

I'm going to switch to channel 5 for Fury now. See if he has learnt any technique yet,

[superheavyrhun]

I'm going to switch to channel 5 for Fury now. See if he has learnt any technique yet,

I'm sticking on this one and watching Hope v Proksa, and I've got Fury recording for later. If you could keep any spoilers somewhere else that'd be much appreciated!

[ryanman]

I'm going to switch to channel 5 for Fury now. See if he has learnt any technique yet,

I'm sticking on this one and watching Hope v Proksa, and I've got Fury recording for later. If you could keep any spoilers somewhere else that'd be much appreciated!

Of course

Only thing I will spoil is to tell you that Fury's shorts are too small.

[superheavyrhun]

Proksa is looking likely to blow Hope out of there in the first four or five rounds. Didn't really see the first fight, but Proksa seems to be the higher quality fighter so far.

[ryanman]

Exposed?

Or maybe just taught a lesson he needed?

Probably a bit exposed.

[ryanman]

I had it for Brook by 2.

[Beanz]

Hope has a lot of bottle but Proksa is finding it a bit too easy at the moment. Barker would make his weird limbo dancing style look a bit silly and catch him easily with such a precariously badly planted pair of feet. Brucee would love him but this isn't strictly come dancing.

[superheavyrhun]

Well, looks like its the theme of the evening where fighters come better as the fight goes on. I've got hope picking up his first of the night there. Still 4-1 down, but at least he's on the board.

[0james0]

Brook is still a level below Khan and despite calling him out, should be avoiding that fight for a while.

I'm not sure if Kel has the physical side to beat the best, not as strong and clearly doesn't like and tires under pressure.

I'd pick Ortiz to beat him, along with the top half of the division right now.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Boxing is a strange sport. On face value Brook was humiliated and hounded for half a fight but supposedly got the win. I wasn't scoring though as was keeping an eye on too many things at once (big brother included ).

[Beanz]

Brook was very good for the first half of the fight, almost sublime. I seriously think that even against better opposition he may look equally as dominant. The problem seems to be two fold, he hasn't been able to stop people as he has stepped up in level and his stamina is questionable. He can improve his conditioning so as not to fade as much but even if he sits down more on his shots instead of always throwing combinations he may not have the power to stop people at this level. He needs to get stronger too as Jones threw him around a bit too easily, but I can still see him winning the IBF title against Bailey or Alexander. Jones is one dimensional but tough. Good fight

[Rantcatrat]

For those of you that watched it live, as I only caught the last round (above), how did Proksa look in the rematch against Hope? Was it a blowout? I am sure Erics is tad bit disappointed. Don't worry Barker may be able to bring redemption if he faces Proksa.

With regard to the Brook v. Jones fight, I haven't had a chance to watch it, but from what I understand it was mostly a story of two halves. The first half went to Brook; the second have went to Jones. Jones was the stronger fighter; Brook the polished.