neil hibbert wrote:gobbles wrote:leeharding wrote:next weekend these 2 fight for the prestigious lonsdale belt what are your thoughs and views
im going for davies win
I usually find that anyone who feels the need to put "the prestigious" in front of a belt (Lonsdale or other) is usually trying to talk up a crap fight.
do you know much about boxing? no 1 can deny tht this is a good 50/50 fight which means its going to be a cracker, not like some of the fights out there now which is proppect vs punchbag
Are either of them really British title class yet? One boxer is 10-2, the other is 8-2-1. Davies's upset win of an out of sorts Power aside, who has either of them beaten that sees them deserve a British title shot?
We have just seen Napa exposed at European title level, yet who would fancy either of these against Napa?
It can be a good 50-50 fight and be an eight-rounder. But that's what this is, at best an eliminator. If the winner of this boxed Napa for the British title, fair enough.
But this is a problem with Sky's present planning. They have to have a "title" in the top of the bill. So we end up with second rate Commonwealth title fights and downgrade the British title to keep it busy. Rather than that, how about a decent ten-rounder? How about we get opponents from the world's top 20, or serious tests for our champions, to see if they can get up the ranking on merit.
Sky may have ditched all the WBU rubbish, but is what we get instead any better?
Trouble is I grew up watching the likes of Sibson v Finnegan for the British title, or Cowdell v Needham. That's what I call a "prestigious" belt.
