Mark my words...

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 Jan 2004, 10:51

Michael Sprott will be a lot better fighter for his win over Williams. The next man he faces is in for a real shock in fact. Sprott, still just a baby in heavyweight terms, overcame three mental barriers in that Williams struggle. He went past eight rounds for the first time, he beat a man who had proved he had the power to knock him out, and he totally shed the journeyman skin he was once wrapped in.
Free of all that, he is going to be a threat.

JimStone · Post by **JimStone** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:00

A threat to who?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:01

FlawedGenius wrote:A threat to who?

Whoever he fights.

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:18

Within the domestic sphere there remains no-one for Sprott to fear (although Hide would take him out IMO) but if he reaches out to the European title and beyond I feel that he will be found wanting again.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:19

TerribleTerry wrote:Within the domestic sphere there remains no-one for Sprott to fear (although Hide would take him out IMO) but if he reaches out to the European title and beyond I feel that he will be found wanting again.

Agreed.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:26

You may or may not be right, I will await his next fight with interest, I wonder whether he has the mental strength and self belief. He almost threw that fight away in the last 4, and were it not for the fact that Danny did bugger all, would have lost.

Hardhitters11 · Post by **Hardhitters11** » 27 Jan 2004, 11:40

Have to say i could be wrong but i rate Hide,Williams,Harrison and Skelton above him.

He didnt impress me the other night and couldnt even capatilise in a fight he could easily have won he seemed to mentally flop during the latter stages.

This could be the win he needed to give him the confidence to operate at optimum level though.

HH