Quote Originally Posted by jbirdy
i thought it was a quality fight that needs more of a mention on this site. really exciting. a mate of mine opened up the back room to the pub he works in just for me and my mates. you couldnt turn away for a second. one of the fights of the year for me.
Agreed, it was a war!
Macklin's workrate was phenomenal... too good for his own good. If he had been more educated in his pressure, he could have done better. Even Hatton said after the fight; "I think I have a good workrate, but Macklin took it off the scale here tonight."
I'm amazed that he was able to keep it up for that long.
Credit to Moore too... he showed a lot of skill in that fight. Nice rolling with the punches and quick counters and he knew if he survived the onslaught by Macklin, it would be his for the taking.
Both great fighters and a tribute to the sport though!