Bahitia drops a points loss to McArthur

[LHL]

Didn't see this coming at all

[kosaros]

What!? I have been out (went to see the hangover - awesome film), can someone fill me in with the rest of the results please?

[Mandanda]

Agreed

I met Akaash at Peacock the other week and he got a big lump near eye...supposedly a pad caught him there maybe he was struggling in sparring who knows...but i think there will be criticism towards Maloney for not stepping him up and giving him learning fights etc but i think he still should of won tonight but i always had a question mark on him as he hasn't had a proper fight up until tonight.

[LHL]

Sky didn't show it

[TFFP]

Probably gone stale because of his opposition. This is the danger of so called "safe" matchmaking for too long. It breeds complacency and mistakes.

Nobody could tell me Bhaatia shouldn't have beaten McArthur.

[victorhugo4222]

never rated bhaatia. was this fight an elminator for the british featherweight title?

[Mandanda]

never rated bhaatia. was this fight an elminator for the british featherweight title?

Yeah British Title Eliminator

[Losfer_Words]

Fuck me, now that is a suprise. Damn Sky not showing it.

[Mandanda]

I saw Akaash at ringside and he looked bashed up

[victorhugo4222]

Yeah British Title Eliminator

What has bhaatia or even more so arthur done to deserve a british title shot?

[Mandanda]

What has bhaatia or even more so arthur done to deserve a british title shot?

Nothing really there both in top 10 i think and at the moment alot of top 10 are tied up either just been beaten or dealing with commonwealth title so these two were in right place at right time. Akaash has a padded record but i thought he would of won tonight but maybe as TFFP says he gone stale and maybe he was presented with a fighter willing to fire back.

[victorhugo4222]

Nothing really there both in top 10 i think and at the moment alot of top 10 are tied up either just been beaten or dealing with commonwealth title so these two were in right place at right time. Akaash has a padded record but i thought he would of won tonight but maybe as TFFP says he gone stale and maybe he was presented with a fighter willing to fire back.

Yeah sounds about right to be honest. Good division IMO at domestic level if matthews and appleby can regroup and get back to winnings ways witht the like of lindsay, simpson and truscottcould be some domestic fights to be made. Also if you through Choi tsveenpurev into the mix could get really interesting now that hes back from mongolia.

Hopefully Simpson gets a crack at lindsay but think truscott wont be an easy fight 1st but reckon john with a late stoppage hes been training so hard for this fight just hope he doesnt overtrain like he did before the appleby fight and by the time the fight came around he just didnt seem to have that spark on the night was very flat.

[Mandanda]

Yeah sounds about right to be honest. Good division IMO at domestic level if matthews and appleby can regroup and get back to winnings ways witht the like of lindsay, simpson and truscottcould be some domestic fights to be made.

Hopefully Simpson gets a crack at lindsay but think truscott wont be an easy fight 1st but reckon john with a late stoppage hes been training so hard for this fight just hope he doesnt overtrain like he did before the appleby fight and by the time the fight came around he just didnt seem to have that spark on the night was very flat.

Yeah i think John will finish what he started with Truscott and hopefully get rematch with Appleby.

[robpalmer135]

how did sexton get on??

[Mandanda]

sky never said and his boxrecs not updated yet but i think it safe to say he won looking at his opponents record.

[victorhugo4222]

Yeah i think John will finish what he started with Truscott and hopefully get rematch with Appleby.

Yeah his main priority is to win the british back and then defend it once more to win it outright. After that i think he would like a rematch not only with appleby but also with derry matthews to set the record straight.

[Mandanda]

Yeah his main priority is to win the british back and then defend it once more to win it outright. After that i think he would like a rematch not only with appleby but also with derry matthews to set the record straight.

I hope he does it mate he a proper pro and fought all the guys he needed to fight in Britain. Him vs Matthews is the one i wanna see lol

[victorhugo4222]

I hope he does it mate he a proper pro and fought all the guys he needed to fight in Britain. Him vs Matthews is the one i wanna see lol

I think alot of people would love to see that fight happen again. though at the moment matthews has nothing to offer in john.

I still think john needs to get a new manager/promoter. everyone hes been with hes been messed about and morrison just now isnt getting him regular fights which i think he needs to fight at his best. when he doesnt fight for 8 months at a time he doesnt perform as good as we know he can his best run of form came when he won the british and fought regularly for about a year and a half.

[Mandanda]

I think alot of people would love to see that fight happen again. though at the moment matthews has nothing to offer in john.

I still think john needs to get a new manager/promoter. everyone hes been with hes been messed about and morrison just now isnt getting him regular fights which i think he needs to fight at his best. when he doesnt fight for 8 months at a time he doesnt perform as good as we know he can his best run of form came when he won the british and fought regularly for about a year and a half.

Yep i have to agree ring rust affects a lot of fighters and doesn't help anyone nor the bank balance and most important for a fighter like John don't help him achieve his aims. I saw him have a fight a while back and could see he wasn't at it and the layoff affected him it was the african guy he fought Gicharu. Your right he hasn't fought since the Truscott fight and Truscott was out the other week that's no good to John.

[victorhugo4222]

Yep i have to agree ring rust affects a lot of fighters and doesn't help anyone nor the bank balance and most important for a fighter like John don't help him achieve his aims. I saw him have a fight a while back and could see he wasn't at it and the layoff affected him it was the african guy he fought Gicharu. Your right he hasn't fought since the Truscott fight and Truscott was out the other week that's no good to John.



Yeah he wasnt at his best that night. he was meant to fight steve bell but got an injury rumour is if he beats truscott which i think he will he is to fight bell in september/october which is good as hes fighting regular but i think he should be getting back into british title contention instead and i dont think fighting bell will really do that maybe even a final eliminator against bhaatia conqueror arthur?

[Mandanda]

Yeah he wasnt at his best that night. he was meant to fight steve bell but got an injury rumour is if he beats truscott which i think he will he is to fight bell in september/october which is good as hes fighting regular but i think he should be getting back into british title contention instead and i dont think fighting bell will really do that maybe even a final eliminator against bhaatia conqueror arthur?

Yeah he will have a better chance going in with Arthur in a final eliminator.

[DGLASS JAW]

I'm backing truscott the lad posses good boxing skills ....but lacks power to be a major player .

[brown bomber]

Bhatia has great skill but my old opponent Peter Allen gave him a hell of a fight about a year and a half ago. I thought he did enough to win it. That made me think he wasn't quite as good as he looked. That a more skilled but as solid opponent has beaten him is in hindsight not that much of a suprise.