Tyson Fury/ McDermott fight

[Kirkland Laing]

That was a disgrace. The BBBC should be shot but what'll happen is Maloney will get grief from the BBBC for what he said. Whether they gave it to Fury because they're hoping for a few big nights for British boxing and want to keep his 0 or whether the ref took money that was terrible.


I know Sjy couldn't stop telling us is was just his seventh fight but I thought Fury was exposed. He's nothing special.

EDIT : I'm a little bit drunk hope I'm not being libellous.

[Kel]

That was a disgrace. The BBBC should be shot but what'll happen is Maloney will get grief from the BBBC for what he said. Whether they gave it to Fury because they're hoping for a few big nights for British boxing and want to keep his 0 or whether the ref took money that was terrible.


I know Sjy couldn't stop telling us is was just his seventh fight but I thought Fury was exposed. He's nothing special.

EDIT : I'm a little bit drunk hope I'm not being libellous.

Yeah that became pretty evident to me too bud

[tatlock]

A strange decision by the ref in terms of margin, maybe full stop. I thought McDermott did more than enough, yet on my scorecard i had Fury's last round edging him infront. Really can't explain why.

McDermott's an awful fighter, always holding, spoliing, grapling, he's a doorman, a clubber, nothing more, but he made Fury look ordinary, and wobbled him three or four times, too.

Those writing Fury off after this performance, however, are extremely naive, but, i must say, those bigging him up as a title contender, even just at domestic level, at this point in his career are too. He's not ready yet. He'll eventually knock all these clubbers out, but he's jumped up too fast.

For all McDermott's faults (and his build perhaps makes him look worse than he is, as the commentators alluded to) there's a difference between knocking out some Latvian/Polish/whatever journeyman in three and then going into a 10-rounder against a proven opponent.

Get Fury in with some guys who are durable and might take him the distance, who can test him but perhaps not as much as McDermott did tonight. He needs experience of going 8 & 10 rounds, it should be a case of building that up, not learning on the job with a title to defend. Tyson's time for a British title should've been a year from now. Too much, too soon.

Saying all this, to award him the win by so many rounds is scandalous. The powers-that-be should really be looking into it. If it would have been by a round there'd still be questions, by SIX, that is absolutely absurd.

[SEB]

I had it McDermott by 3 rounds...Tyson fury is not that bad, but he took on a tough veteran, McDermott is better than most of people think. he's nothing special, but better than average club fighters .

Tyson took this step too soon, I really wonder was it that good for his motivation ? everybody knows he got a gift decision tonight, he will be probably be put in danger in his next fight should he face again good opposition. let's not even foreseen the damage should he take another step up in the competition anf fight agaisnt the young contender in Germany.

I would take 4-6 easy fights but against durable opposition and work hard on my jab if I was him.

For what I've seen so far, David Price is far more better ;-)