Okay the main undercard bout this Saturday see's the WBU welterweight championship bout between the holder Michael Jennings v Ross "The Boss" Minter. This bout was suppose to happen last year but various injuries to both fighters have disrupted this fight happening.
Michael Jennings (31-1, 14KO's) is coming in to this fight with 3 straight wins after a controversial SD loss to Young Mutley back in 2006 in which a number of people believed he won that night. Jennings is not a puncher and could suit Minter by his come forward style but he has the more experience of the two and has some good wins over Bradley Pryce and Mehrdud Takaloo. The champ can sometimes start slow and has been down due to this (first round knockdown to the hands of Pryce) but once he gets going he boxes intelligently and also has an excellent workrate. Jennings has also been 12 rounds on various occasions compared to Minter never been 12 rounds and this could be a very significant factor in determining the outcome of the fight. Beating Minter would also add another good domestic name on his impressive record.
Ross Minter (17-2-1, 8KO's) is mostly known for not only his Dad being a world champion but appearing on the Contender challenge last year where he suffered an 8th round KO loss to Freddy Curiel in which he was comfortably ahead on all scorecards but lost his concentration in the final round and got caught flush. Minter has held southern area and English belts but has never faced anyone like Jennings and the fact he has only been 8 rounds at the most is worrying considering this was where he was stopped last time. Having said that we seen against Curiel, Minter can box well and is an entertaining fighter to watch plus he also has home advantage on his side. A worry for Ross though is he is prone to cuts in which he suffered a cuts loss to Howard Clarke 6 years back and is also coming off an 11th month layoff and after a heartbreaking defeat against Curiel you wonder has he made the wrong decision taking this fight without a warm-up fight and has he really recovered mentally and physically from that loss??
This should be a great fight with both exciting fighters to watch in there but the big advantages lie with Jennings and the best bet is a wide UD for the champion to retain his belt but I would not be surprised if Jennings forced a late stoppage victory either.
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