Anyone watch the Danny Butler fight? (Spoiler)

[Deserter]

Saw he lost on points to McDermott and just wondered by what score and how the fight went? I was worried whehter he'd be able to manage the step up in class and would just be interested in the detail... how close it was etc...

[whicker]

Shame Sky didn't show it, really, they spent a while on a Pacman preview instead.

[Counter-puncher]

Gew on macca!

can anyone tell me how my boy did?

[lacollier883]

Guys

Was a scrappy awful fight. McDermott won 96-95 but scored a knockdown which basically won him the fight. I had the fight 96-95 to Butler but could have easily gone either way.

The busiest man was the ref who had to speak to the boxers about 6 or 7 times throughout the bout.

Butler moved around the ring quite well, but anytime the fight went inside it ended up being a wrestling competition.

[TerribleTerry]

Guys

Was a scrappy awful fight. McDermott won 96-95 but scored a knockdown which basically won him the fight. I had the fight 96-95 to Butler but could have easily gone either way.

The busiest man was the ref who had to speak to the boxers about 6 or 7 times throughout the bout.

Butler moved around the ring quite well, but anytime the fight went inside it ended up being a wrestling competition.

I think you can put most of the blame on Butler for the fights scrappy nature Lee - in my experience Macca likes to stay out of clinches and let his long armed combinations do the work. From what I hear Butler is a spoiler.

[Deserter]

Thanks for the feedback guys

[Counter-puncher]

Thanks for the feedback guys

indeed

terry- funny you should say that about macca, the only thing i have seen on it (bristol newspaper online so obviously coming from butler's side of things) had Butler blaming Macca, quote 'showing his experience holding on the inside'

i agree that macca normally likes to just let his arms go in piston-like fashion. from some reports i wonder if his stamina (maybe weight-making?) is great for the 10 round haul.

and i could see why he would want to muscle the assumedly smaller man around a bit. Butler's hands by all acounts are a bit faster so i can see why macca might look to hit and fall in on him, use his long arms to negate anything butler could do on the inside.

anyways glad he won

[Deserter]

Yep, and Butler's only 22 and young enough to come again. This will have been a good learning experience for him and he won't be too demoralised given the closeness of the verdict, i would imagine.
The one thing that worries me about him is that he doesn't appear to possess any kind of dig at all, and that's going to be a hindrance as you move up in levels.

[Autobarn]

butler was very scrappy in the martin murray prize fighter bout. he turned that into a maul, i recall.

[Counter-puncher]

butler was very scrappy in the martin murray prize fighter bout. he turned that into a maul, i recall.

gotcha cheers mate. going to blame the wrestling on the no-good bristolian then and attach no blame to the honest black country lad

[saturday_kid]

In our local paper today mate McDermott has said he's been struggling to make the weight and is gonna talk to Dean Powell probably fight at Super-Middle and in a few fights time look at a shot at Smith.

[Counter-puncher]

In our local paper today mate McDermott has said he's been struggling to make the weight and is gonna talk to Dean Powell probably fight at Super-Middle and in a few fights time look at a shot at Smith.

i was wondering about his weight thanks SK

i was saying for a couple of years macca would beat Smith-lets hope he gets a chance to see if he can.

[nigeltsport]

Can confirm that McDermott is looking to move up to Super-Middleweight as he revealed in his post fight interview
http://www.brandhatton.com/VideoNews/47 ... eight.aspx