trying to knock each other out in 4. first 30 seconds.....calmed a little now........shaping into a humdinger............will be interseting to see rhodes reaction if he gets clocked.....he nearly has a couple times already
5 - gw schooled in that one -wobbled twice but not terribly.....hit rhodes on back of head after break......shouldve been a point off right there!!! rhodes too comfortable to bothr arguing..........gw wants to think about keeping at range cos as predicted by NEBF (not exclusively mind rr classier shots.
GWs corner trying to G him up saying rhodes got nothing left....suspect they're exaggerating........telling him to stay close and keep whacking rhodes,,,,,,,,,i would tend to agree or he'll get done in
woolcombe hanging in......smacked rr with a lovely left........unfortunately for him rr returned the favour , harder, twice........i hope gary sticks in til the end go on son
rhodes has won by KO........different class to woolcombe......woolcombe had a VERY hard first defence.........you really shouldn't have to box a mere 31 yr old who's twice boxed for world honours in your FIRST brit title defence
woolcombe sat up and on the oxygen........it was a huge right walked right into it.......bad KO.
an EXCELLENT performance for Rhodes and a gutsy but ultimately unfortunate night for Woolcombe.......he will hopefully recover more fully very shortly.........
GW on own two feet and off the oxygen, good effort Gary Woolcombe
NorthEastBoxingFan wrote:rhodes has won by KO........different class to woolcombe......woolcombe had a VERY hard first defence.........you really shouldn't have to box a mere 31 yr old who's twice boxed for world honours in your FIRST brit title defence
Its a tricky one to call, though- had he performed differently (ie worse) people might have been saying Rhodes was over the hill- but on the evidence of this, he is still a very classy performer.
Looking at Rhode's record, he has recently had a lot of very mediocre opponents, it was hard to tell exactly how good he was.