52 fight challenge: Week 4 - Lloyd Honeyghan vs Maurice Blocker

[Horse]

Lloyd Honeyghan vs Maurice Blocker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukBUDql0niI

Alternative video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYMntrTS4k

Watch and discuss.

[Horse]

Recent weeks' fights:

Week 3 - John Conteh vs Matthew Saad Muhammad I: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=208397
Week 2 - Alan Minter vs Vito Antuofermo I: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=208220
Week 1 - Alan Rudkin vs Fighting Harada: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=207977
Week 52 - Lennox Lewis vs Evander Holyfield I: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=207714
Week 51 - Howard Winstone vs Vicente Saldivar II: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=207609

Week 50 - Howard Eastman vs Bernard Hopkins: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=207356
Week 49 - Ken Buchanan vs Jim Watt: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=207128
Week 48 - Errol Christie vs Mark Kaylor: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=206870
Week 47 - Herol Graham vs Charles Brewer: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=206601
Week 46 - Chris Eubank vs Ray Close I: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=206336

British & Irish boxing 52 fight history knowledge challenge thread: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=197079
World boxing history challenge thread: http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=208051

[Horse]

Supplementary fight.

Lloyd Honeyghan vs Johnny Bumphus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNXMOJTiVY

[Counter-puncher]

Good fight

[davie]

Honeyghan vs blocker

1. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
2. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
3. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
4. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
5. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
6. 9 - 10 Blocker
7. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
8. 10 - 10 Even. Poor round
9. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
10. 10 - 10 Even.
11. 10 - 9 Honeyghan
12. 9 - 10 Blocker

118-112 Honeyghan

Good performances from Lloyd against an opponent it was probably hard to look good against.
Lot's of good movement from Honeyghan, more fluid than i remember him against Curry. Blocker lacked ambition for an undefeated fighter. Came in like an "opponent", the type of performance you expect from the kind of fighter you'd put in with your prospect to "take him rounds". He threw enough to stop it looking totally one sided but never really looked like he was there to win until the 12th round, which he still only won by the narrowest of margins. I could see that being scored wider to Lloyd, perhaps even a shut out on some card, much like the commentary and that was without Honeyghan looking vintage.

[davie]

The Bumphus fight was fun while it lasted.

Not sure if Lloyd waited for the bell in the second, that was a bit mad