Dan Azeez v Joshua Buatsi

[TIC]

one judge has it by six points, two judges have it by eight points for joshua

[Master]

Bloody slippery ring.

[Master]

Buatsi should face Yarde. Nobody can beat Beterbiev and Bivol from our domestic fighters.

Hope it can be made.

[Memphis]

I get Howard Eastman vibes off of Buatsi. Obvious physical similarities aside, he moves like him, he's enigmatic like him. I hope he's not quite as 'enigmatic' as the Battersea Bomber.

Buatsi looked the genuine business when he arrived on the scene. Classy, powerful and with a wise head on his shoulders. He's drifted into something of obscurity lately. By the time he gets twenty fights on his ledger he'll be knocking on for ten years as a pro. His progress has been so slow and so underwhelming, that Yarde has somehow managed to leapfrog him in the UK pecking order by virtue of having the shit beaten out of him twice.

If the Yarde fight is there he should take it. I suspect that Yarde will once again find that his bully boys tactics that overwhelms Pavel from Station cars, will not work on Buatsi and he'll catch a beating again. Other than that, Buatsi needs to mix in quality and often.

[Primo Carnera]

In the first few rounds , I thought Buatsi showed he was in control of the fight, although Azeez wasn’t out of it and showed a lot of spirit.
But as the fight went on, Buatsi gassed, largely down to his inactivity and Azeez got back into the fight.
And the way I saw it, if Azeez had won the last 2 rounds, although I felt Buatsi had enough rounds in the Bank, you could see the decision going to Azeez.
Then you had the unfortunate slips when Azeez went down. It was just unfortunate, yes Azeez lost his balance, but a punch landed , so the ref had no option but to give him a count. Nobody did anything wrong, shit happens.
Buatsi had slipped a couple of times, luckily for him it wasn’t at the moment he was getting punched.
I’ve always been pretty big on Buatsi and felt he was the best of the British Light Heavies. But for whatever reasons, I think his inactivity has slowed his progress down too much for him to get to the very top.
I hope I’m wrong, because he’s a decent fighter. I reckon he beats Yarde , and I’d like to see him in with Callum Smith.

[Spicoli]

This Whitaker is a little bit of a spaz. Worse is he's an Olympic medalist fighting like that.

[Master]

This Whitaker is a little bit of a spaz. Worse is he's an Olympic medalist fighting like that.

I have met Ben Whittaker and he is a nice guy taking photos with my son and I. We had time to talk and was saying he acts that way as he is trying to generate interest in him.

He is no different to Ali or Naz in that way but time will tell if he is going to be a world champion.

I hope he does.

[Big J]

This Whitaker is a little bit of a spaz. Worse is he's an Olympic medalist fighting like that.

We saw Josh Kelly looking spectacular against journeymen
Whitaker knows he can get away with it against this level of opponent
Time will tell if he can compete at the elite level
It makes me appreciate a fighter like Beterbiev who just goes in there & does the business