kosaros
05-03-2009, 06:10 PM
I went to the Sunderland card of the Hatton PPV (first time I have been to see boxing live) and I thought I would give an account of my thoughts on the more notable fights.
Larry Olubamiwo was very poor, and lost pretty decisively against Peret. I had him losing by 3 points (peret won 4 rounds, olubamiwo 1 round, 1 even) and he was outboxed for most of the fight, which shows I was wrong to overrate him.
McDonagh vs Webb was a poor fight in my eyes. There was no notable action and the atmosphere was seriously lacking apart from a couple of annoying ladies cheering McDonagh on (who quickly departed when he lost). To be honest I did not score the fight and was searching for boxers/other notable people in the crowd (Cleverly, Barrie Jones and Niall Quinn were a few I spotted at ringside).
The Munroe fight was OK, not too many exciting moments but some good boxing from Munroe and the fight was supported by the atmosphere from his fans.
The atmosphere really began to pick up for the Moore fight and it was a efficient performance by Moore against a fighter who was unwilling to fight back, probably due to him being scared of leaving himself open.
The atmosphere for the Williams fight was electric, which was aided by the fact McDermott wore a Sunderland top. I thought it was a decent fight for the first 8 rounds, (not sure how it was broadcast on TV, heard it was a poor fight, but the atmosphere made it much better) and I felt Williams won by a good couple of rounds.
Missed the Jeffries fight, parked in a car park which closed at midnight so had to leave to get to the car. Wasn't too bothered about missing it and have watched the vid of it, Jeffries looked good against the walking tomato can.
Overall it was a decent night, knockout of the night (apart from pacquiao IMO) was from Travis Dickinson (was this shown on the PPV?).
Larry Olubamiwo was very poor, and lost pretty decisively against Peret. I had him losing by 3 points (peret won 4 rounds, olubamiwo 1 round, 1 even) and he was outboxed for most of the fight, which shows I was wrong to overrate him.
McDonagh vs Webb was a poor fight in my eyes. There was no notable action and the atmosphere was seriously lacking apart from a couple of annoying ladies cheering McDonagh on (who quickly departed when he lost). To be honest I did not score the fight and was searching for boxers/other notable people in the crowd (Cleverly, Barrie Jones and Niall Quinn were a few I spotted at ringside).
The Munroe fight was OK, not too many exciting moments but some good boxing from Munroe and the fight was supported by the atmosphere from his fans.
The atmosphere really began to pick up for the Moore fight and it was a efficient performance by Moore against a fighter who was unwilling to fight back, probably due to him being scared of leaving himself open.
The atmosphere for the Williams fight was electric, which was aided by the fact McDermott wore a Sunderland top. I thought it was a decent fight for the first 8 rounds, (not sure how it was broadcast on TV, heard it was a poor fight, but the atmosphere made it much better) and I felt Williams won by a good couple of rounds.
Missed the Jeffries fight, parked in a car park which closed at midnight so had to leave to get to the car. Wasn't too bothered about missing it and have watched the vid of it, Jeffries looked good against the walking tomato can.
Overall it was a decent night, knockout of the night (apart from pacquiao IMO) was from Travis Dickinson (was this shown on the PPV?).