Frankie gavin ( special)

[Kev]

He's a very good prospect ....... come on guys!

Top class amateur pedigree, he is slick, awkward and very experienced. Good good boxer. Has nearly all the moves and a really good grounded technique.

But he hasnt shown much power at all. Not exciting in the ring. A very good craftsman but still to find his own charisma.

Reminds me a bit of Richie Woodhall, which is not a bad thing to be (even though I beat him in the amateurs a long long time ago). Good boxer, but maybe not a fighter, which is waht sells Sky Box Office.

Good prospect, maybe one for the purists.

that's exactly my assessment. No doubting he's a good boxer, I just don't find him exciting at all.

[paddy448]

I think x is right he's one for the purists. I like that tho hit and not get hit, it's a beautiful thing to watch when it's done right.

[Kev]

I think x is right he's one for the purists. I like that tho hit and not get hit, it's a beautiful thing to watch when it's done right.

What's weird though is I like watchign Calderon fight, Mayweather, even Ian Napa.

But for some reason Gavin just hasn't generated any interest in me at all yet.

Maybe when he starts fighting better opposition.

Also I should say, apart from the stoppage I didn't even watch his fight with Lomax yet and have only seen him against complete bums where he get's stoppages just because the referee seems eager to help him get a tko.

[paddy448]

Yeah some of his Previous stoppage wins have been dodgy to say the least. The refs doing tho. As for the stoppage last night bilbo it was pretty legit I thought. Gavin just broke him down and stepped it up when he needed too. He never really took a clean shot all fight. Ok I no it's micheal lomax ( no disrespect to him) but all the same very impressive. I recommend u watch the fight mate. Gavin oozes pure class, and he's going to be a very hard man to beat throughout his career with a defence like that.

[Scrap]

Last night He was getting the rounds in. Gavin is special, the better the guy in front of Him, the better He will perform. Probably the best Boxing Brain ive seen in years, love watching Him.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

I think x is right he's one for the purists. I like that tho hit and not get hit, it's a beautiful thing to watch when it's done right.

What's weird though is I like watchign Calderon fight, Mayweather, even Ian Napa.

But for some reason Gavin just hasn't generated any interest in me at all yet.

Maybe once the level of opposition is at a satisfactory level then?

[Kev]

I think x is right he's one for the purists. I like that tho hit and not get hit, it's a beautiful thing to watch when it's done right.

What's weird though is I like watchign Calderon fight, Mayweather, even Ian Napa.

But for some reason Gavin just hasn't generated any interest in me at all yet.

Maybe once the level of opposition is at a satisfactory level then?

Yes probably. Once he starts fighting people whose ability I am aware of then I will probably appreciate him more. Certainly James De Gale proved a lot against Paul Smith.

Seeing Frankie in against a well known, respected opponent will likely lead to him growing on me if he proves himself. I also haven't yet watched the Lomax fight so may be impressed by that.

As I said in an earlier post, it's mainly because up to now he's been fighting complete nobodies and just jumping about a lot landing pot shots until the referee seems to feel that a former amatuer world champ should have scored a knockout by now and so waves off the fight.

His entire record is full of TKO's where the guy was stopped on his feet. Honestly, It's like he's still in the amatuers and once he gets a certain number of points ahead they stop the fight.

I can't really recall it happening with any other fighter, at least not to this extent.

He hasn't really stopped anybody, he's just outclassed them and so the ref provides the ko. If anything I think it makes him look bad, like he's a complete powder puff and the ref has had Frank Warren's voice in his earpiece telling him to stop it before the public realise he really is just tickling guys in there.

[0james0]

He's not quite in the Mayweather or even Napa mould. He's not really elusive, making the opponents look like fools (not yet anyway). He'll always be nearby, rather than running.

But up close and in slow mo, his reflexes are incredible. He read Lomax like a book and knew the shot he was going to throw before Lomax did!

I really like him, but the step up in class needs to start happening now. Lomax was a good fight, especially because he was a heavier guy than had been planned.