I think it says a lot about the quality of the competition in this edition of Prizefighter that it takes nearly 24 hours until a thread is posted about it. A lot of old and inactive fighters on there, with a few novices as well.
I watched it after coming home at 1am, so had a bit of beer in me, and I wasn't a particularly tolerant viewer. I thought it was a bit dull for a lot of it, particularly McBride v Egobi, but it is the non-knockdown which should dominate the discussion really.
McBride has a really good right hand chopping across Skelton, but what made the ref (and me on first viewing) think it was a stumble was that Skelton fell in the direction the punch came from, rather than being knocked in the same direction the punch went.
This wasn't counted, and Skelton won 29-28 on all three cards. If it had been counted correctly, it'd have been 28-28, as Skelton won the other two rounds. I think Skelton would have made the ten count, he tried to get up, stumbled, then got up and didn't seemed too affected by it.
I think they need to give the heavies a rest for a few years now, as those who are likely to sign up are going to be the same old faces.
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