Kickett
Kickett
StClair's effort was above average at best. Beaten in the fisrt two rounds, he showed why moderately skilled opposition will test him, and why decent opposition have a good chance against a former world champ. I hope Kickett 'gets well soon'. He must be chomping at the bit to get hold of the under-confident StCair.
St Clair treated last night's six round fight as a training run. He blocked most of Paderna's punches and did just enough to win. I like Kickett, but I would give him a few more fights before throwing him in against an ex-champion. I still remember how Stadiums Limited brought Luis Rodriguez, a former World Welterweight champ who had won 1 out of 3 against Emile Griffith in 1963, to Australia to fight Tony Mundine. They looked at "El Feo's" birth certificate and ignored his 109-4-0 record. Anyway, the fight started with Tony attacking Luis, only to be knocked down with a two punch combination. Tony got up with a stunned look on his face only for Luis to throw four haymakers, the first two missed, the next two did not. Tony went down and stayed down. It was all over in 52 seconds.
Ex-champs have a bad habit of turning it on when it matters.
Ex-champs have a bad habit of turning it on when it matters.
Yeah thats all well but StClair cant crack an egg and he has lost the past few times he has stepped up. Im going out on a limb here but i think Kickett will be the first to KO StCair as he will be far to big and strong for him.Brute wrote:St Clair treated last night's six round fight as a training run. He blocked most of Paderna's punches and did just enough to win. I like Kickett, but I would give him a few more fights before throwing him in against an ex-champion. I still remember how Stadiums Limited brought Luis Rodriguez, a former World Welterweight champ who had won 1 out of 3 against Emile Griffith in 1963, to Australia to fight Tony Mundine. They looked at "El Feo's" birth certificate and ignored his 109-4-0 record. Anyway, the fight started with Tony attacking Luis, only to be knocked down with a two punch combination. Tony got up with a stunned look on his face only for Luis to throw four haymakers, the first two missed, the next two did not. Tony went down and stayed down. It was all over in 52 seconds.
Ex-champs have a bad habit of turning it on when it matters.
I reckon thats the crux of the matter. StClair has no power to speak of. OK maybe this shouldn't be his next fight, but within the next couple. It would be a good indicator to see if Kickett has what it takes to take on the world.ben k wrote:Yeah thats all well but StClair cant crack an egg and he has lost the past few times he has stepped up. Im going out on a limb here but i think Kickett will be the first to KO StCair as he will be far to big and strong for him.Brute wrote:St Clair treated last night's six round fight as a training run. He blocked most of Paderna's punches and did just enough to win. I like Kickett, but I would give him a few more fights before throwing him in against an ex-champion. I still remember how Stadiums Limited brought Luis Rodriguez, a former World Welterweight champ who had won 1 out of 3 against Emile Griffith in 1963, to Australia to fight Tony Mundine. They looked at "El Feo's" birth certificate and ignored his 109-4-0 record. Anyway, the fight started with Tony attacking Luis, only to be knocked down with a two punch combination. Tony got up with a stunned look on his face only for Luis to throw four haymakers, the first two missed, the next two did not. Tony went down and stayed down. It was all over in 52 seconds.
Ex-champs have a bad habit of turning it on when it matters.
If Gairy is Kicketts next fight Willie will get owned. Tommy Browne looked good for a couple of rounds against Kickett after a long layoff and coming up in weight. Gairy is a class fighter and his Lightweight loss to Khan won't mean too much against Kickett...toppity wrote:I reckon thats the crux of the matter. StClair has no power to speak of. OK maybe this shouldn't be his next fight, but within the next couple. It would be a good indicator to see if Kickett has what it takes to take on the world.ben k wrote:Yeah thats all well but StClair cant crack an egg and he has lost the past few times he has stepped up. Im going out on a limb here but i think Kickett will be the first to KO StCair as he will be far to big and strong for him.Brute wrote:St Clair treated last night's six round fight as a training run. He blocked most of Paderna's punches and did just enough to win. I like Kickett, but I would give him a few more fights before throwing him in against an ex-champion. I still remember how Stadiums Limited brought Luis Rodriguez, a former World Welterweight champ who had won 1 out of 3 against Emile Griffith in 1963, to Australia to fight Tony Mundine. They looked at "El Feo's" birth certificate and ignored his 109-4-0 record. Anyway, the fight started with Tony attacking Luis, only to be knocked down with a two punch combination. Tony got up with a stunned look on his face only for Luis to throw four haymakers, the first two missed, the next two did not. Tony went down and stayed down. It was all over in 52 seconds.
Ex-champs have a bad habit of turning it on when it matters.
Cool Willie is fighting Thomas Yakubu @ Gosford on May 30
Central Coast Leagues Club - This is a FOX show
8. Junior Welterweight 6 x 3
Adam Wills v Charlie Vella
7. Junior Lightweight 6 x 3
William Kickett v Thomas Yakubu
6. Heavyweight 6 x 3
Pieter Cronje v Brian Fitzgerald
5. Lightweight 6 x 3
Allan Luxford v Jun Paderna
4. Junior Lightweight 6 x 3
Brendan Batty v Mohammed Elomar
3. Welterweight 6 x 3
Edgar Wymarra v Tui Leveni
2. Junior Middleweight 4 x 3
Craig Parke v Jean Claude
1. Junior Middleweight 4 x 3
Michael Hatwell v Hiroaki Morita
Central Coast Leagues Club - This is a FOX show
8. Junior Welterweight 6 x 3
Adam Wills v Charlie Vella
7. Junior Lightweight 6 x 3
William Kickett v Thomas Yakubu
6. Heavyweight 6 x 3
Pieter Cronje v Brian Fitzgerald
5. Lightweight 6 x 3
Allan Luxford v Jun Paderna
4. Junior Lightweight 6 x 3
Brendan Batty v Mohammed Elomar
3. Welterweight 6 x 3
Edgar Wymarra v Tui Leveni
2. Junior Middleweight 4 x 3
Craig Parke v Jean Claude
1. Junior Middleweight 4 x 3
Michael Hatwell v Hiroaki Morita
After yakubu, I agree with Toppity that St Clair would be a good choice. He's experienced, cagey, probably on the down slope but not too far and is a light puncher. I think Kickett could win but even if he didn't it would be a great learning fight where he could step it up without too much risk of a shellacking.
I have to agree, the last fight I watched of his I ended up yelling at him via the TV. He seemed too inactive.Marlin wrote:buster007 wrote:because they have fought twice before and from what i can remember the fights were full of action. and the score is 1-1.
how's that?Fair enough, I'm not a big fan of Vella...
I've watch Zappa fight, against limited opposition, and i think that Kickett is slicker than Lenny. He has more power than Willie, but i think he would struggle class-wise. Lenny has only been in with two fighters with winning records in his 13 fights. Having said that, it wouldn't be a bad fight though.huricn wrote:ben k wrote:Zappa wouldnt last 1 round IMO.cace wrote:i think its to early for him to fight st clair
id like to see kickett v zappa
have ever seen Zappa fight.
Zappa would beat Willie big UD