Quote Originally Posted by Cuchulain
Quote Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
Quote Originally Posted by Cuchulain
I will be tuning in, but watching to see a spectacle rather than a boxing match.

I find it difficult to actually dislike Skelton. He is a fighter who posses's a good work ethic and he strived (and succeded somewhat) to better his limited skills after the Danny Williams defeat.

However, the fact remains, he is a fighter with little skill. His movement is poor, his boxing brain is under developed and one dimensional.
What he has achieved has been as a result of his size, physicality and often questionable tactics. I wish him the best of luck, but will be greatly surprised to see him survive and go the distance in this fight.
Thing is, he's come from MMA where he was used to using his size and keeping himself hunched in and he's struggled to get out of that style. However, he's worked at it, and he can box alright, and I'd like to see him win simply because he's British, and another world champion, in name if not in deed, would be fine.
Well by no means am I opposing him. As i've mentioned many times on this forum, he's put in the work and I'd be quite happy to see him succeed. However, should he become "world" champion it will be on par for me with Carlos Maussa being World Champ and Greece winning Euro 2004
What about if Andreas Kotelnik beats Gavin Rees for the WBA Light-Welterweight title? To me, the quicker the WBA can get that belt back to a proper champion the better IMO. Rees is a nice bloke, but he's not at his right division. But if we wake up on 20 Jan with one British world champ newly crowned, and one having completed his first defence, it's a-o-k by me.