Cracking Weekend of boxing

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:31

I know we don't get to see all the fights that are happening this weekend but we have some cracking ones:-

Hare v's Barnes (also few goods fighters on the undercard)
Witter's European title defence
Heavyweight Bill in USA featuring, Golota, Byrd, Mcline, Ruiz, McCall, Holyfield, Williamson, Beck, Barrett
Siaca V's Kessler

Bit pissed off that Witter fight is shown on Saturday instead of Friday night, the bastards, anyway should be interting to see the outcome of these battles.

Hardhitters11 · Post by **Hardhitters11** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:49

Which ones are being shown?

Gather Dk card wont be shown on sunday?

Hardhitters11 · Post by **Hardhitters11** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:49

Which ones are being shown?

Gather Dk card wont be shown on sunday?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:50

My money is on Golota v Ruiz to be a much more entertaining fight than people expect. I also anticipate Ruiz gets knocked the fornicate out.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:53

Hardhitters11 wrote:Which ones are being shown?

Gather Dk card wont be shown on sunday?

Just the Hare card and the Witter card I believe.

the Kessler vs Siaca fight might be on Eurosport sometime.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 09 Nov 2004, 09:57

jamesmcdonnell wrote: I also anticipate Ruiz gets knocked the fornicate out.

we can only hope!!!!

I would love to see Golota become world champ, he is similar in a way to Danny Williams pre-tyson, all the tools to be a great fighter but just a mental barrier.

He should have beaten Tyson, he had got past the difficult bit and just had to keep throwing shots, Mike would have gone.

We all know he beat Bowe twice, who had just knocked out Holyfield, Gonzalez and Herbie.

He also burst Michael Grants bubble but again something upstairs messed him up....

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:00

knockout wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote: I also anticipate Ruiz gets knocked the fornicate out.
we can only hope!!!!

I would love to see Golota become world champ, he is similar in a way to Danny Williams pre-tyson, all the tools to be a great fighter but just a mental barrier.

He should have beaten Tyson, he had got past the difficult bit and just had to keep throwing shots, Mike would have gone.

We all know he beat Bowe twice, who had just knocked out Holyfield, Gonzalez and Herbie.

He also burst Michael Grants bubble but again something upstairs messed him up....

If only he had the right mentality, because he had all the physical attributes, big and strong, ferocious and a quick combination puncher.

Boxingmad · Post by **Boxingmad** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:28

I'm sick to death of Ruiz. Boring to watch, no personality, and constantly being WBA champ even though he's shite.

I bet Skelton could beat him, even Sprott!!!!

Perhaps I'm being too optimistic there, but you see where I'm coming from.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:39

I'm not a fan of Ruiz, but i bet he's still champion on Sunday, late round KO for Ruiz

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:42

Ruiz is ugly but can be pretty effective, I think he'll beat Golota late.

And he'd hammer the hell out of Sprott or Skelton come on.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 09 Nov 2004, 10:53

I think Skelton would probably go the distance in an exceedingly ugly fight. Sprott would probably get done all over again like he did by Skelton.

Ruiz is effective at what he does, but he does get away with too much, we saw how ineffective he was when Joe Cortez prevented him from mauling and holding against Jones.

I think Golota will be too strong for Ruiz to maul on the inside, and his workrate and handspeed will be too much for Ruiz, whose workrate is very poor in most contests.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 09 Nov 2004, 11:47

stujones wrote:
Hardhitters11 wrote:Which ones are being shown?

Gather Dk card wont be shown on sunday?
Just the Hare card and the Witter card I believe.

the Kessler vs Siaca fight might be on Eurosport sometime.

I really doubt it will be shown on Eurosport, Team Palle dont have any TV contract with Eurosport. It would be great if it did, it certainly cant be any worse that the two undercard fight their showed from France on Saturday. But I guess I have to get the PPV to the see the card.

lirva33 · Post by **lirva33** » 09 Nov 2004, 12:13

I can't wait to see Witter to be honest.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 09 Nov 2004, 12:23

If you look at Golata's record, then the last time he had someone putting pressure on him he quit, that was against Grant.

He is a strong fighter but has a weakness in his mental approach, Ruiz will apply more pressure and Golata will fold again.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 09 Nov 2004, 12:34

Well, we'll just have to wait and see.

BubiScholz · Post by **BubiScholz** » 09 Nov 2004, 12:40

topper123 wrote:If you look at Golata's record, then the last time he had someone putting pressure on him he quit, that was against Grant.

He is a strong fighter but has a weakness in his mental approach, Ruiz will apply more pressure and Golata will fold again.

it'll be hard to win vs. the wrestler. but Valuev is waiting for him

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 09 Nov 2004, 13:11

I'm going to the Hennessy show on Friday and whilst it's always a bonus to see a European title fight, Witter isn't the reason I'm going.

Looking forward to :

Barrett v Bosworth

Sparticus v Haymer

Thirlwall v Monaghan

David Walker v anyone !

Shirow · Post by **Shirow** » 09 Nov 2004, 21:47

Would somebody in the know tel me which of those fights i'd be able to see in Germany?

I'm off to Berlin for the weekend and if there's a chance of catching the heavyweights i'll take it. Any sports bar recommendations gratefully received too.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 09 Nov 2004, 21:54

Shirow wrote:Would somebody in the know tel me which of those fights i'd be able to see in Germany?

I'm off to Berlin for the weekend and if there's a chance of catching the heavyweights i'll take it. Any sports bar recommendations gratefully received too.

The Don King card is shown on Premiere 1 starting 3AM CET with reruns later in the weekend. Program can be seen here: http://www.premiere.de/content/Programm ... _Start.jsp

dbf · Post by **dbf** » 09 Nov 2004, 23:13

jamesmcdonnell wrote:when Joe Cortez prevented him from mauling and holding against Jones.

nady no? Anyways, dont mean to be an arse. I think Ruiz will get by Golota fairly easily, hes just going to frustrate the hell out of the big guy, then Andrew will go bonkers.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 10 Nov 2004, 05:50

Anyone know if there's anywhere on the net showing these fights from the US??

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Nov 2004, 07:47

dbf wrote:
jamesmcdonnell wrote:when Joe Cortez prevented him from mauling and holding against Jones.
nady no? Anyways, dont mean to be an arse. I think Ruiz will get by Golota fairly easily, hes just going to frustrate the hell out of the big guy, then Andrew will go bonkers.

Whoops, Nady sorry....

I think Golota may have sorted his mind out, his conduct was pretty good against Byrd, who is pretty frustrating to fight. Maybe he's not on Roid's any more, but he seems a lot calmer.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Nov 2004, 07:53

Where's the witter fight being shown, cannot see it in the listings.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 10 Nov 2004, 07:57

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Where's the witter fight being shown, cannot see it in the listings.

Grandstand on Saturday, I think its saiod 13:10 on the Beeb website.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Nov 2004, 08:08

Ah right, silly me, was looking for it during the evening....