tea wrote:To be honest hes not gonna be the saviour of brit boxing.His attacks are one paced,one dimentional and no imagination,I dont think he threw a 4 punch combo in the whole fight,nothing educated or clever.Defencively very weak,imagine what someone like Vanzie would do with him never mind the Mayweathers etc.Not a star in the making for me.
I'll defend Dean, seeing as he's not here to defend himself. Looking at the domestic lightweight division, i'd give him a shot with anyone apart from Cook, who i think would take a comfortable points win.
IMO, if Vanzie doesn't fight Earl next time out he'll be dangerously undermotivated as well as maybe being a little rusty. If the fight was to go longer than 5 or 6 rounds i could see Vanzie becoming frustrated very quickly. Yes, Vanzie would be a heavy favourite, but i don't think the result would be a forgone conclusion.
With regards to Bennett and Earl, they're solid domestic operators and nothing more. Again Dean would be the underdog, but i think (from what i've seen during this comeback) that he'd beat Bennett, and run Earl close.
It'd be an interesting fight with Steve Murray, because, IMO, Murray and Dean are at the same sort of level. They have it in them to, at the very least, be competitive at British level, but whether they can win the British title and defend it is another matter. I think that Murray's fight with Earl will be a fairly decent barometer for how Dean would do against Earl.
I have to agree with some of your post though. Dean isn't going to be the saviour of British boxing, nor is he going to be a major star. But as i've said above, i don't think there's much to choose between the domestic lightweights.