Spartacus fights a knockover...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 20 Jan 2004, 16:09

Exciting English light-heavyweight champion, Steve Spartacus, looks sure to extend his unbeaten record on the Howard Eastman-Can't spell his name undercard at Dagenham next week. He meets Londoner Ovill McKenzie, who boasts a 3-3 (0) record.
Spartacus is unbeaten in 15 fights and won the English title in his last fight with a third round massacre of Scott Lansdowne.
Poor match this.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 20 Jan 2004, 16:20

I quite like Spartacus. I know he's been one of Clinton Woods main sparring partners for the Johnson fight.

He's got potential.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 20 Jan 2004, 18:15

Loftgroov wrote:I quite like Spartacus. I know he's been one of Clinton Woods main sparring partners for the Johnson fight.

He's got potential.

Nice info.

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 20 Jan 2004, 19:52

Spartacus looked very good in his last two outings, be interesting to see how far he goes

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 20 Jan 2004, 20:07

Kevin wrote:Spartacus looked very good in his last two outings, be interesting to see how far he goes

With his promoter, not too far.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 20 Jan 2004, 20:19

I have to admit I'd underrated Spartacus, he dealt with Scott Lansdowne a lot easier than I expected him to. To be honest I thought at Light-Heavy Scott might have the power to trouble him. Shame really, I've always wanted Lansdowne to do well since I read a bit about him in 'looking for a fight', nerves are a bastard if they swallow you up, maybe they're still his problem.

This fight should be a walk in the park for Spartacus.

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 20 Jan 2004, 20:23

Lansdowne looked out of his depth, Spartacus was on a high after his win at Ally Pally

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 20 Jan 2004, 20:27

Kevin wrote:Lansdowne looked out of his depth, Spartacus was on a high after his win at Ally Pally

Kevin,
Could nerves have made Lansdowne freeze a bit or was it down to being genuinally outclassed.

Also how strong did Scott look at the weight, he's got huge legs, did he look weight drained at all?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 21 Jan 2004, 06:11

FlawedGenius wrote:
Kevin wrote:Lansdowne looked out of his depth, Spartacus was on a high after his win at Ally Pally
Kevin,
Could nerves have made Lansdowne freeze a bit or was it down to being genuinally outclassed.

Also how strong did Scott look at the weight, he's got huge legs, did he look weight drained at all?

scott has big legs???? have you seen spartacus's legs?

oville isnt that bad at all. sure his record isnt great but he has lost to fairly decent guys and beaten a few decent guys too...

spartacus must have improved a lot of late... i saw some of his early fights including the fight in london with Darren Ashton and I thought he looked very slow and sluggish...

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 21 Jan 2004, 06:27

Landsdowne looked very nervous before and during the fight, while Spartacus was anything but.

I think he's definitely improved over the last couple of years.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Jan 2004, 07:37

Spartacus has a very good seek and destroy attitude, if he continues improving he has just the kind of profile to make waves in the division, he certainly seems to have genuine power too.

Chambers · Post by **Chambers** » 21 Jan 2004, 07:43

I like Steve "I'll 'ave it with anyone" Spartacus, for his attitude and style and his flamboyancy

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Jan 2004, 07:46

Chambers wrote:I like Steve "I'll 'ave it with anyone" Spartacus, for his attitude and style and his flamboyancy

Yes, Spartacus came across well on the Beeb recently. If he has real ability (and he may have been flattered by the Lansdowne win), he can make moves in an ever-open cruiserweight division.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 21 Jan 2004, 07:53

the guy must really have improved then..... he fought the typical warren prospect opponents early on.

Like you suggest does the Landsdown result flatter to decieve??

Most of his KO's have come across people with not the best of chins.

Hastings Rasini
Calvin stonestreet
Rob Stevenson

Not sure how good his stamina is either, hasnt been past 3 rounds at the light heavy limit!!!

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Jan 2004, 08:02

The yanks would love him. Though they would probably get confused with an english guy called Spartacus!

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 21 Jan 2004, 08:35

Think I've seen him once, a bit muscle bound isn't he? Have I got the right guy?
Looks more like a weight lifter than a boxer..

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 21 Jan 2004, 09:07

That would apply to Lansdowne, but not Spartacus.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Jan 2004, 09:42

Kilburn wrote:That would apply to Lansdowne, but not Spartacus.

Yes, I read somewhere that Spartacus was very musclebound, but actually he's not too bad. Lansdowne looked the musclebound one in their fight. He ought to be playing for Leicester Tigers with a physique like that.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Jan 2004, 09:43

Oooo I dunno, he's a pretty muscular fighter, I seem to recall thinking he looked like a guy who lifted a lot of weights when I first saw him.

The way his weight fluctuates so much suggests a fighter who likes pumping iron to me...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Jan 2004, 09:46

You can check out some photos of Spartacus - and also of Lansdowne, at an interesting little fan site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GeorgesBritishBoxingPix

I believe you have to be logged on to Yahoo to access the Yahoo Groups site. If anyone has a look, do they know who the fighter is on the main page? I can't work out who it is.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 21 Jan 2004, 09:58

In the URL for the pic it says the name Luke, not many Lukes come to mind apart from Simpkin who it definitely isn't.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 21 Jan 2004, 10:21

Kilburn wrote:In the URL for the pic it says the name Luke, not many Lukes come to mind apart from Simpkin who it definitely isn't.

amazing how many of the fighters look slightly camp in those photo albums!!! Spartacus and Greenburg look a bit dodgy ha ha ha

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 21 Jan 2004, 10:25

Yes, when I first stumbled on the site (purely by accident I assure you), I felt there was a 'gay' element to it.
But there's some decent boxing shots on there.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 21 Jan 2004, 10:27

Maybe that guy is the Pink Pounder?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Jan 2004, 10:30

I ssssay, they look like nice boysss.