Boxing On itv4 tonight 9pm?

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 14:52

Am i right in saying there is boxing on, elccok vs aa and some of the british invasion bill, watch out for my man craig mcewan he will hopefully get shown.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 13 Dec 2007, 14:59

looks like they may show a decent amount of it. elcock only went about 6 rds so hopefully mcewan's fight isn't badly truncated

looking forward to seeing mcewan and i appreciate ITV for expanding their "young talent" (i.e. khan) focus.

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 15:01

i was at the fight mate went over to c him and hatton, am sitting right behin mosley and delahoya, but just wanted to c what u guys think of him really think he can make waves and hes such a good guy.

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 15:09

bigped wrote:i was at the fight mate went over to c him and hatton, am sitting right behin mosley and delahoya , but just wanted to c what u guys think of him really think he can make waves and hes such a good guy.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 13 Dec 2007, 15:13

hasn't he had all his fights in America as well?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 13 Dec 2007, 15:17

Programme Synopsis is all about Khan - so don't get your hopes up guys.

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 15:17

Autobarn wrote:hasn't he had all his fights in America as well?

yeah he was my old amature team mate, hes with golden boy promotions, hes signed there for his first 20 fights.

but he was speaking to oscar to get on some uk bills as wants to get some expsore over here as that is where he is from

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 16:58

just starting guys ...

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 13 Dec 2007, 18:01

so bad craig gets 30secs, when its a belter of a fight but they show john murray and meager struggle in a bore fest, khan would have killed that guy murray was in with.

Horse · Post by **Horse** » 13 Dec 2007, 18:02

I feel even more strongly now that the Earl stoppage was too quick, but I am probably still in the minority.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 13 Dec 2007, 18:12

Danny Williams is such a frustrating - clearly something left in the tank, clearly in terrible shape - the pie boy.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 14 Dec 2007, 05:26

This was awful coverage.

At least why not just show Abraham and Williams fights in full!

Then the insult of all insults, McEwan - possibly the only Brit who looked good on that Vegas card - gets a few seconds!

Why not just do 2 programs and show full fights??

Craphouse!

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 14 Dec 2007, 09:49

Horse wrote:I feel even more strongly now that the Earl stoppage was too quick, but I am probably still in the minority.

Stupid comment, better to quick tha too late.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 14 Dec 2007, 13:44

Earl was pulverized. Lucky for him he fell apart so quickly this time.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 14 Dec 2007, 13:47

bigped wrote:so bad craig gets 30secs, when its a belter of a fight but they show john murray and meager struggle in a bore fest, khan would have killed that guy murray was in with.

Craigs fight wasnt a belter at all! He pissed about after knowing the other guy wasnt up for the job, he odminated and later in the fight was taking the piss a little. He looked good though, very classy in spurts.

Fight of the night was the Bronco fight - great contest.

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:13

Wales wrote:
bigped wrote:so bad craig gets 30secs, when its a belter of a fight but they show john murray and meager struggle in a bore fest, khan would have killed that guy murray was in with.
Craigs fight wasnt a belter at all! He pissed about after knowing the other guy wasnt up for the job, he odminated and later in the fight was taking the piss a little. He looked good though, very classy in spurts.

Fight of the night was the Bronco fight - great contest.

Agree there mate the bronco fight was class, great was good just couldnt seem to get that guy out of there would have been good to get him some exposure hes had 9 fights over there now and not one shown.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 14 Dec 2007, 14:25

Earl is going to get badly hurt if he keeps on fighting.

Maybe Khan could rematch him, with Mayweather-Hatton II as the main event.

Horse · Post by **Horse** » 14 Dec 2007, 15:00

boxingchat wrote:
Horse wrote:I feel even more strongly now that the Earl stoppage was too quick, but I am probably still in the minority.
Stupid comment, better to quick tha too late.

It is not a choice between the two though is it?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 14 Dec 2007, 15:20

Why was there a white flannell on the ropes just as Earl was being stopped - it wasn't a towel, but what was it doing there - it got in the way a bit.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 14 Dec 2007, 17:46

Was the Elcock bout cut short? I turned on late and it was over as if it had been cut or started early. Danny was definately having the better of things against the limited Platov, shame he was bailed out for a NC but it was an awful cut.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 14 Dec 2007, 19:08

Autobarn wrote: Then the insult of all insults, McEwan - possibly the only Brit who looked good on that Vegas card -

Dont forget Black Country duo of Dean Harrison and Martin Gethin. Depite both winning on that show by stoppage neither even warranted a mention.

Wales (or anyone else who was there!), did you see these two - how did they look?

Grendal · Post by **Grendal** » 15 Dec 2007, 18:44

Wales , I don`t agree that McEwan mucked about. Late in the fight the ref tripped over McEwan`s feet and fell. Craig put his hands up and stopped fighting and Contreras took the opportunity to land a couple of punches. Craig immediately retaliated with a fast combination and then spent about 30 seconds "showboating" including a perfect " Ali shuffle". After that he went back to serious work.
The truth is that McEwan`s performance was far and away the most entertaining British performance in Vegas last weekend. Your right Bigped, the boy is class. He may lack a big killer punch but he is so fast and clever that he must have a great future. The 30 seconds that ITV4 showed of his fight was a disgrace.
How is it that 40,000 British boxing fans can travel across the Atlantic to watch a rank outsider, brave though his challenge was, when terrestrial television serves British boxing fans starvation rations of their sport. Can none of their programme makers see the huge potential of TV boxing in this country?

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 15 Dec 2007, 19:04

McEwan's good, but his focus is terrible.

His under-performances in the commonwealth games shows that.

Grendal · Post by **Grendal** » 15 Dec 2007, 19:14

I agree to some extent but I felt he should have got the decision over Paul Smith in Manchester. I had a video of it and couldn`t believe the scoring especially late in the fight. I agree that he was below par in Melbourne though

bigped · Post by **bigped** » 15 Dec 2007, 21:37

Southpaw Stylist wrote:McEwan's good, but his focus is terrible.

His under-performances in the commonwealth games shows that.

he was absoultley robbed against paul smith FACT watch the tape, and right after offered him good money for a return in edin which he refused