Martin Rogan - Is he the real Rocky?

[leftylee]

Martin Rogan has just knocked out Matt Skelton to become the Heavyweight Commonwealth Champion, just four & a half years after becoming a professional at small shows in town halls in Northern Ireland. As recently as December he was still driving a cab in order to help subsidise his boxing career, just prior to out-pointing Audley Harrison.

It's clear to anyone who sees him that he has little technical skill, & logically he should have at least been beaten by Harrison & Skelton, & possibly those in the Prizefighter tournament. What he has got is an unbelievable will that seems to push him beyond more talented opponents. After each win I tell myself that he's gone as far as he can, & maybe now he finally has, but it really is a true fairy-tale story considering he only put on gloves for the first time in 2001.

Anyway propz to Martin Rogan

Stop robbing what Jonny Nelson in the studio said

[JazMerkin]

Martin Rogan has just knocked out Matt Skelton to become the Heavyweight Commonwealth Champion, just four & a half years after becoming a professional at small shows in town halls in Northern Ireland. As recently as December he was still driving a cab in order to help subsidise his boxing career, just prior to out-pointing Audley Harrison.

It's clear to anyone who sees him that he has little technical skill, & logically he should have at least been beaten by Harrison & Skelton, & possibly those in the Prizefighter tournament. What he has got is an unbelievable will that seems to push him beyond more talented opponents. After each win I tell myself that he's gone as far as he can, & maybe now he finally has, but it really is a true fairy-tale story considering he only put on gloves for the first time in 2001.

Anyway propz to Martin Rogan

Stop robbing what Jonny Nelson in the studio said

Did he say that? I change the channel whenever Sky's pundits are on. Now I just feel like I've lost brain cells if I'm thinking the same things as Johnny Nelson

[Bomp]

Very good fight. He wanted it more, as I was watching it I thought it resembled a poor man's Marciano/Walcott, where the technically better fighter (though Skelton is no world beater) tried to get the brawler out early before being worn out late.