Matthew Macklin Sees Asikainen Fight As Door To World Title

[alexpaterson]

He should'ne look past Asikainen he's a tough fighter I hope Macklin wins I think he will but it'll be a tough hard fight

[REAL_DEAL]

Damn Friday nite boxing... my mates from Brum have a spare ticket for me but there is no way i can make it up to Manchester from Bournemouth straight from work... im sour :x

Good luck Macklin... i'll have to SkyPlus it instead

what time do you finish?

5pm pal

I will ask my RAF friends if they can fly you up in the eurofighter from hurn, you should be at the venue by 5.30

[Horse]

Well, whoever writes the ring rating should be taken to task then because a win for matt, as much as I like the lad, does not put him #2 in the world.

The Ring won't put Macklin ahead of Sylvester (No.2) and Williams (No.3) for beating Asikainen (No.6).

http://www.ringtv.com/ratings/middleweight/

[liamlion]

I will ask my RAF friends if they can fly you up in the eurofighter from hurn, you should be at the venue by 5.30

Lol... i fecking wish

[Hagler2002]

I will ask my RAF friends if they can fly you up in the eurofighter from hurn, you should be at the venue by 5.30

And here was me thinking you were more of a navy boy.

[slapbangwhallop]

both fighters looked good today.

I'll be submitting a piece on the fight later.

[lacollier883]

http://fightfranchise.com/weights_from_manchester.html

Weights and pics from the weigh in

[slapbangwhallop]

my photos from weight in - article tomorrow.

[Asterix]

Amin's eyes in that last photo are very 'starey', for lack of a better word.

[slapbangwhallop]

Amin's eyes in that last photo are very 'starey', for lack of a better word.

smacked out or pilled up would be better!!

[TerribleTerry]

Amin's eyes in that last photo are very 'starey', for lack of a better word.

smacked out or pilled up would be better!!

Lets hope he fights like a percy pill head tomorrow night

G'wan you Brummie Boy!

[whiteboy]

Amin's eyes in that last photo are very 'starey', for lack of a better word.

smacked out or pilled up would be better!!

Lets hope he fights like a percy pill head tomorrow night

G'wan you Brummie Boy!

too right! really looking forward to this...thought macklin showed his true potential against elcock, lets see more of it

hope he's got a good following heading up!!

[TerribleTerry]

too right! really looking forward to this...thought macklin showed his true potential against elcock, lets see more of it

hope he's got a good following heading up!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM7zfUtYaqc

Dont worry about that mate - Macklin always gets a good crowd.

He will be bringing that belt back to Brum

[slapbangwhallop]

too right! really looking forward to this...thought macklin showed his true potential against elcock, lets see more of it

hope he's got a good following heading up!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM7zfUtYaqc

Dont worry about that mate - Macklin always gets a good crowd.

He will be bringing that belt back to Brum

actually he will be bringin it to Ireland hombre!

[slapbangwhallop]

http://www.BS.com/?m=show&id=22427

enjoy!

[lacollier883]

http://www.BS.com/?m=show&id=22427

enjoy!

Nice article mate

[The_Don1]

Amin's eyes in that last photo are very 'starey', for lack of a better word.

smacked out or pilled up would be better!!

See Hatton's keep himself in trim as usual..

[stujones]

Yes, that pic really highlights that Ricky is a 10 stone fighter, no more. To think up untill recently Matthew was a Light Middle (and still doesn't look a big middle) and Ricky was at Welter. They look like poles apart in terms of weight.

Asikainen looks ripped to shreds, maybe he is tight at the weight. Matthew looks comfortable.

[leforge]

Ricky looks huge!

[teddy007]

I didn't realise that Denton Vassell is fighting tonight, what happened with him and Warren?

[gasman]

The odds are all wrong for this, Asikainen is never a 100/30 shot. I'm not saying he is going to win but the value certainly lies in backing him in a close fight.

I agree, and I think that he might have been bigger at one stage. Funny thing is that I thik the "non-Irish" opposition in the three fights I am most interested in at the moment (Dunne-Poonsawat, Macklin-Askiainen and Rogan-Sexton) are all underpriced and good values for the win. DOnt get me wrong I hope none of them win but I think I will be having a small wager on them all - possibly all to win by KO.

I agree they are all underpriced, as is Cotto v Pac.

[stujones]

Ricky looks huge!

I actually thought Ricky looks in a tad better shape than when he met Ali. Not a lot, but a tad. He looks tiny frame wise next to Macklin (although I would say is weighing a stone more). But he should never even think about chasing a big money fight at 154.

[iwz678]

I didn't realise that Denton Vassell is fighting tonight, what happened with him and Warren?

Denton's contract with Warren ended and he is still without a promotioner backing him, though a good performance tonight should see him being picked up by Hatton

Pretty decent little undercard tonight interesting fight is between a Dane and an Italian which is listed on boxrec, anyone know why this fight is on the bill?