Rees/Kotelnik RBR
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HairyBoxe24
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jamesmcdonnell
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Bard of Boxrec
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black panther
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Kotelnik should have been 1 or 2 up going into the 12th.
Excellent fight.
Kotelnik I had beating Mbaye twice & Witter as well.
Well deserved win for Kotelnik but I wish he'd put more work in. He always looks the classier man in these fights but as they say, the complaint is he is one paced. And that he always seems to give away 3 of the first 4 rounds.
If Khan could beat Kotelnik that would be an impressive first world title win. Don't think Khan is ready.
Wouldn't mind seeing Kotelnik v Hatton.
Excellent fight.
Kotelnik I had beating Mbaye twice & Witter as well.
Well deserved win for Kotelnik but I wish he'd put more work in. He always looks the classier man in these fights but as they say, the complaint is he is one paced. And that he always seems to give away 3 of the first 4 rounds.
If Khan could beat Kotelnik that would be an impressive first world title win. Don't think Khan is ready.
Wouldn't mind seeing Kotelnik v Hatton.
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hitman_hatton1
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Good to see Kotelnik finally win that title. Really entertaining fight. Enjoyed this one a lot. I didn't think Rees was ahead; no way. Brave bloke but he was taking clean punches over the 2nd half of the fight and he clearly is a gutsy, tough overachiever.
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I don't know. Hatton is very roughshod and I have a feeling that all of us were fooled by the Tszyu result a little bit.bigdave82 wrote:The sad thing for Rees is that he hammered Kotelnik's body all night long and had zero effect.
If Hatton had landed the body shots Rees landed it would have been over by round 8
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Bard of Boxrec
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thanks, i thought 50/1 was great round odds, but noone read my betting thread.black panther wrote:Well played Bowe, nice one - though was a close call.
about the witter fight- do people think that was an off night for junior or was it kotelnik's tough eastern euro toughness and fundamentals that gave witter problems?
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hitman_hatton1
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yeah that was so discouraging for rees.bigdave82 wrote:The sad thing for Rees is that he hammered Kotelnik's body all night long and had zero effect.
If Hatton had landed the body shots Rees landed it would have been over by round 8
he was working away but getting nowhere.
kotelnik kept it tight and like a lot of those class europeans he knew when to fire and raise the pace.
If Rees had retained his title, it would have been highway robbery, Rees was outclassed over the second half of the fight. He won the first two rounds, but you can certainly make a case for Kotelnik winning all others. There were two or three close rounds, that one could have given to Res for his bodyshots and ineffective aggressiveness, but c´mon seriously. At some point class has to be rewarded over pittypatty aggression. There was no snap on Rees´punches over the last few rounds and Kotelnik blocked 90% of them.
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DG.
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hitman_hatton1 wrote:yeah that was so discouraging for rees.bigdave82 wrote:The sad thing for Rees is that he hammered Kotelnik's body all night long and had zero effect.
If Hatton had landed the body shots Rees landed it would have been over by round 8
he was working away but getting nowhere.
kotelnik kept it tight and like a lot of those class europeans he knew when to fire and raise the pace.
Another Witter opponent wins a Word Title.
Rees should go to lightweight.
He fought like a Champion!
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hitman_hatton1
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Yes because Juan Lazcano is so much more deserving than 'alphabet souper' Junior Witter!hitman_hatton1 wrote:but he beat gavin rees Dennis.![]()
respect to rees.
but he's european level at best really.
ricky hatton is the champion at 140.
let these alphabet soup guys take each other on to decide who can take on the hitman.