William Kickett

AntonS · Post by **AntonS** » 13 Nov 2007, 03:46

His nickname is now "The Yamatji Warrior" pronounced Yemagee

calmac66 · Post by **calmac66** » 13 Nov 2007, 04:48

Way better then cool willie. I like Kickett and I can see him going on to do great things but I just hope he is viewing Mundines career as an example of what NOT to do with your talents.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 14 Nov 2007, 21:01

Big difference. Mundine came from a wealthy Aboriginal family. Old Tony was always careful with his money. Kickett had to do it hard.

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 16 Dec 2007, 17:37

To be honest I wasn't totally sold on Willie before last night but he stepped up in class and still looked good. I do think he got Browne at a good time but it is a great win none the less.

However he did get a bit cocky throughout the fight and if he does that in a big fight he could get the same treatment Pedan gave Campbell. I also still think that Gairy St Clair would murder him but I guess we will see after a few more fights...

razor7 · Post by **razor7** » 16 Dec 2007, 17:46

Still he's only had 8 fights & is improving rapidly. Even though Tommy hadn't fought for a long time he pressured Kickett who handled it well. Both Geale & Kickett showed this week if managed well they can go places.Drews performance defied belief.He threw few punches & there was no urgency in his corner. I smell a rat.

Beltane · Post by **Beltane** » 16 Dec 2007, 18:49

William Kickett's performance against Tommy Browne was the highlight of the card. William won 6 rounds to 2, thanks to his faster combinations and great evasive work. This fight showed just where William is at now and where this potential can take him.

Tommy was not disgraced, considering a 15 month layoff and a move up a couple of weight divisions and did not back-off once William upped his firepower.

The rise and rise of William continues.

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 16 Dec 2007, 18:59

William Kickett is going to have to watch his weight. He holds the Australian Super Featherweight title, but came in last night at more than 3 kilos over the weight limit for the division.

It is not a good idea to go up too far in weight divisions too soon.

convict · Post by **convict** » 16 Dec 2007, 20:46

The fight with Browne was great, Some of the later rounds i had it even and i agree with Brute as moving up to fast could be a downfall, yet Kickett is young and is still growing.

Tommy Browne surprised me at how well he fought from such along lay off.

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 17 Dec 2007, 04:30

Brute wrote:Big difference. Mundine came from a wealthy Aboriginal family. Old Tony was always careful with his money. Kickett had to do it hard.

if it was a wealthy family why did he live in redfurn?

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 17 Dec 2007, 20:24

Tony Mundine's gym is in Redfern. He has a house in the Summer Hill area.

By the way, not all of Redfern is slums. The housing on the east side of the railway up towards Bourke Street is considered very desirable. It is one of the closest suburbs to the Sydney Central Business District.

When the tabloid media talks about Redfern they usually mean an area owned by Aboriginal Housing and known as "The Block." The Block takes up less than a quarter of the suburb.

Two bedroom terrace houses in Redfern can sell for upwards of $600,000. A three bedroom home unit in Young Street sold last week for $835,000.

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 20 Dec 2007, 07:04

Brute wrote:Tony Mundine's gym is in Redfern. He has a house in the Summer Hill area.

By the way, not all of Redfern is slums. The housing on the east side of the railway up towards Bourke Street is considered very desirable. It is one of the closest suburbs to the Sydney Central Business District.

When the tabloid media talks about Redfern they usually mean an area owned by Aboriginal Housing and known as "The Block." The Block takes up less than a quarter of the suburb.

Two bedroom terrace houses in Redfern can sell for upwards of $600,000. A three bedroom home unit in Young Street sold last week for $835,000.

i didnt know that i always thought it was a shit-head area

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 20 Dec 2007, 17:05

You live and learn.

thunderfromdownunder · Post by **thunderfromdownunder** » 22 Dec 2007, 23:22

he looked exellent against browne.

here's a question....
if you were willies matchmaker, and you were gonna have say 4 fights lined up next year, who would you go for? you wouldnt want to step up to high in class to quick, but you dont want him fighting stiffs after a good win either

id go for people like allen luxford, mohommed elomar ect

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 22 Dec 2007, 23:56

I think mohammed elomar would be carted out of the ring after 2 rounds with willie and that would equate to a step down for him as he has no strength to dictate the pace or style of a fight, he was outpointed by a technically inept Matt Powell just because Powell set the speed of the fight, also Powell's street brawling tactics frustrated him..
However i think Luxford would be an excellent match for him, not as skilled as Tommy Browne but he is a very tough competitior and would pressure test him..
After Luxford I think he would be skilled and experienced enough to beat Lenny Zappa for a once off title fight at lightweight.
He is in a great position being trained and managed by Craig Christian, he can secure alot of fights in Indonesia and elsewhere on Chris John's undercard against top 50-80 opponents at the expense of a big promoter.
Just looking through the boxrec rankings there are a heap of good fighters who are beatable but would give him great experience, personally I think once he leaves Aus for fights he needs to take on tough Mexican and Filipino fighters, that style is the world class style and in those weights, think manny pacquaio, Rey Batista,Diaz Brothers

thunderfromdownunder · Post by **thunderfromdownunder** » 23 Dec 2007, 00:04

Bushboy wrote:, personally I think once he leaves Aus for fights he needs to take on tough Mexican and Filipino fighters, that style is the world class style and in those weights, think manny pacquaio, Rey Batista,Diaz Brothers

indeed, thats the great thing about the lower weight classes, you know there is always gonna be exellent fighters coming out of places like mexico

Marlin · Post by **Marlin** » 23 Dec 2007, 02:49

Just don't fight St Clair if unless he wants to get KTFO...

I reckon he might go for someone like Jackson Asiku after another 'tune up' .

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 23 Dec 2007, 23:12

he may be in a great position with christian promoting him

convict · Post by **convict** » 24 Dec 2007, 10:02

I,d really like to see John Cotterill Jnr Fight Willie. Only thing is John is fighting at a higher weight division.

middleman · Post by **middleman** » 24 Dec 2007, 16:33

Marlin wrote:Just don't fight St Clair if unless he wants to get KTFO...

I reckon he might go for someone like Jackson Asiku after another 'tune up' .

luxford would be a good tune up,and im wondering why not fight stclair,on his effort against robert oyan was terrible,he should hav stop him in 2. willy would beat stclair on points,willy would stop oyan???now there's a good tune up,lets see wot willie would do to oyan

Brute · Post by **Brute** » 24 Dec 2007, 20:23

Dib is rated ahead of St. Clair now. Maybe "Superman" has hit some Kryptonite?

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 25 Dec 2007, 23:50

p4p1 wrote:he may be in a great position with christian promoting him but not with christian as a trainer

Well if that doesn't work out im sure that Johnny Lewis would love to train him with Hyder getting him overseas fights in Japan, etc.

Craig Christian does a pretty good job with Chris John, what makes you think he is a poor trainer?

R_jay · Post by **R_jay** » 26 Dec 2007, 03:11

Its hard to improve when your trainer is perpetually in and out of jail.

Bushboy · Post by **Bushboy** » 26 Dec 2007, 03:28

Oh right, So who trains Chris John if he goes in for a while?

p4p1 · Post by **p4p1** » 26 Dec 2007, 03:38

i have seen fighters go down hill when he trais him ben rabah and ben cruz retired coz of him and where else can they go in australia

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 26 Dec 2007, 04:01

R_jay wrote:Its hard to improve when your trainer is perpetually in and out of jail.

When was the last time he was in jail, You are talking shit and discrediting a good trainer in the process.

I have been into his gym and met Craig before and he is a decent guy who trains his fighters well. He has a good stable of fighters at his gym and seems to really help the young fighters who are on there way up.

I dont know what the deal is with Cruz but in his last or second last fight he was dropped badly by a Thai import and i havnt seen him since.