IS MATT SKELTONS WORLD TITLE FIGHT GOING TO BE ON UK TV

[superheavyrhun]

Anyone know

It's on Setanta

http://www.setantasports.com/en/Spor...locale/boxing/


Along woith a S*** load of other fights

CC Fen, thanks for that....from what part of the site did you access that...it's not linked to on their boxing section. Setanta's website is bloody useless IMO.

A?

I just put Setanta boxing in google. It goes to a full page of boxing news, on the righthand side there's a pic of Enzo Macc with "live boxing on Setanta"

My mistake. Going to the setanta website and looking under the heading "Boxing" must've been crazy of me.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I will be tuning in, but watching to see a spectacle rather than a boxing match.

I find it difficult to actually dislike Skelton. He is a fighter who posses's a good work ethic and he strived (and succeded somewhat) to better his limited skills after the Danny Williams defeat.

However, the fact remains, he is a fighter with little skill. His movement is poor, his boxing brain is under developed and one dimensional.
What he has achieved has been as a result of his size, physicality and often questionable tactics. I wish him the best of luck, but will be greatly surprised to see him survive and go the distance in this fight.

Thing is, he's come from MMA where he was used to using his size and keeping himself hunched in and he's struggled to get out of that style. However, he's worked at it, and he can box alright, and I'd like to see him win simply because he's British, and another world champion, in name if not in deed, would be fine.

Well by no means am I opposing him. As i've mentioned many times on this forum, he's put in the work and I'd be quite happy to see him succeed. However, should he become "world" champion it will be on par for me with Carlos Maussa being World Champ and Greece winning Euro 2004

[superheavyrhun]

I will be tuning in, but watching to see a spectacle rather than a boxing match.

I find it difficult to actually dislike Skelton. He is a fighter who posses's a good work ethic and he strived (and succeded somewhat) to better his limited skills after the Danny Williams defeat.

However, the fact remains, he is a fighter with little skill. His movement is poor, his boxing brain is under developed and one dimensional.
What he has achieved has been as a result of his size, physicality and often questionable tactics. I wish him the best of luck, but will be greatly surprised to see him survive and go the distance in this fight.

Thing is, he's come from MMA where he was used to using his size and keeping himself hunched in and he's struggled to get out of that style. However, he's worked at it, and he can box alright, and I'd like to see him win simply because he's British, and another world champion, in name if not in deed, would be fine.

Well by no means am I opposing him. As i've mentioned many times on this forum, he's put in the work and I'd be quite happy to see him succeed. However, should he become "world" champion it will be on par for me with Carlos Maussa being World Champ and Greece winning Euro 2004

What about if Andreas Kotelnik beats Gavin Rees for the WBA Light-Welterweight title? To me, the quicker the WBA can get that belt back to a proper champion the better IMO. Rees is a nice bloke, but he's not at his right division. But if we wake up on 20 Jan with one British world champ newly crowned, and one having completed his first defence, it's a-o-k by me.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Well Rees is a different story. Look I'm open to being proven wrong, but I said from the start he should be a Lightweight, (he could be quite good there!) May the best man on the night win. If both Skelton and Rees win it's a testament to their respective wills and effort as they both lack natural ability.

[Fenster]

Rees-Kotelnik has been taken off that bill.

It will probably be added to the Haye sparking Enzo card.

Actually, I doubt that, be a bit harsh having two Welsh "world" champs caned on the same night

[donnydarkoIRL]

Rees-Kotelnik has been taken off that bill.

It will probably be added to the Haye sparking Enzo card.

Actually, I doubt that, be a bit harsh having two Welsh "world" champs caned on the same night

Has the fight been called off or are they merely altering the date.
Although I don't feel Kotelnik is fantastic, I feel he may well have enough to dispatch Rees. Perhaps then Rees will go to Lightweight.

[Fenster]

Just a date change I read.

Which makes sense

Rees can "win" the fight over here.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Just a date change I read.

Which makes sense

Rees can "win" the fight over here.

I believe it was either yourself or Rhun that stated earlier "The sooner Rees loses the belt to a real champion the better."

[Fenster]

That was Rhun.

I would never state something so scandalously traitor-ish where my fellow Brit breadrin are concerned.

[donnydarkoIRL]

That was Rhun.

I would never state something so scandalously traitor-ish where my fellow Brit breadrin are concerned.

Either way, It's my belief that it's only a matter of time for Ree's. 140 is too big for him.

[Fenster]

That was Rhun.

I would never state something so scandalously traitor-ish where my fellow Brit breadrin are concerned.

Either way, It's my belief that it's only a matter of time for Ree's. 140 is too big for him.

Well it depends who he fights at 140.

I'd say guys he should avoid are - Hatton, Witter, Ngoudjo, Powderpuff, Urango, Torres, N'dou, Harris, Lazcano, Olusegun and Lynes..

I'd give him a good shot against the rest.

[donnydarkoIRL]

The rest of who? LoL
Actually of the up and comers I can see Peterson beating him, Hopkins also and Steve Forbes is still about. Poor Gavin!

It's funny you mention Lazcano, I liked him a lot as a Lightweight, but LightWelter seems to be posing him problems (along with injury.)

[Fenster]

The rest of who? LoL
Actually of the up and comers I can see Peterson beating him, Hopkins also and Steve Forbes is still about. Poor Gavin!

It's funny you mention Lazcano, I liked him a lot as a Lightweight, but LightWelter seems to be posing him problems (along with injury.)

i'm glad you laughed. that was the intention.

i forgot forbes. i don't rate hopkins much, yet.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Well the last fight either had was each other, (I think)

Forbes was really ticked off afterward at the decision. (He wrote to the ring about it!) Hopkins may provide something in the future but he remains a prospect (as you implied)

[superheavyrhun]

That was Rhun.

I would never state something so scandalously traitor-ish where my fellow Brit breadrin are concerned.

Watch it son....your mouth is writing cheques that yo' ass can't cash. But seriously, I don't remember saying that. I like Rees. For a short guy fighting way above where he should be in weight without a sparkling development in his career, to become world champ is a great achievement, and the longer he hangs on to it the better IMO.