Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
And so this is it....the massive fight that Matt Skelton decided to take instead of a World title fight against Oleg Maskaev. The barnstorming moneymaker that will make both these fellows household names. Excuse me for my sarcasm, but I just think Skelton has dropped the ball on this one big time.
For Audley, this is clearly a very good fight for him. He takes on a 39 year old brawler turned boxer, and not a very convinving boxer at that, for his old belt. The fact that he ever held the belt at all is really a sad indictment of what that title has become, a stepping stone.
For Skelton, he seems to believe that the Commonwealth strap is, however, the pinnacle of his career, and has settled never to have a world title shot, or that he will be to old when that shot comes around, and he needs all the money he can when it does. In general, a very disappointing choice for Matt Skelton and a final crack at some sort of credibility for Fraudley, which he certainly doesn't deserve.

Roll on the saviour of the British heavyweight division....jsut make it soon.
I think it's a bit harsh to say he has dropped the ball on this one, did you read Warren's news of the world article? Apparently the offer from Russia was pathetic, what would you do travel to Russia get paid for your air fare and a bit of change, or fight for £100k or so on prime time tv? Skelton knows his limitations he probably has less than 20% chance of winning in Russia, but he is 39 and the money for a guy with his talent is obviously and id say for a man in his situation in it for the money, i dont blame him for that and it's easy for me and you to say be a man go to Russia fight for the World Title? But what happens if he gets knocked out looks horrible where does he go from there?