Scot VS Polo

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 28 Jan 2005, 17:36

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/4217555.stm

There telling whats happening there

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:02

i have polo 6 up 1 to go.

jomothepure · Post by **jomothepure** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:08

Barrera up next, is it Scott?

E · Post by E » 28 Jan 2005, 18:09

tuaman2004 wrote:Methinks BBC are getting some revenge for Sky giving out the Haye result last week
Come on Polo :P

Hardly mate - there is a big difference between announcing a result in the middle of the transmission and reporting what is happening on a website wher you actually have to click on the link to find out....

Good on the BBC for providing info to those who do not have SKy.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:12

I was right, all you were wrong - and so were the judges!!!!!

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:12

what a joke it was a draw

mikewl · Post by **mikewl** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:20

Well it seems the only way to beat the home fighter in this country is to knock them out, Harrison did not win this fight.

Had the fighters performances been swapped Harrison would have won by about four points on each card.

Its getting to the point where I have to ignore championship belts altogether because its so hard to actually make a case for them being champs.

Good job Polo, you won the fight.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:24

Lets not get carried away, it wasnt any sort of robbery. I had Polo winning by 1 point. Polo won a lot of rounds clearly but it was a pretty close fight. Good fight though great viewing.

Harrison just isnt good against movers, Medina I and Polo both showed that. He needs to forget about fighting Barrera he'll get knocked out.

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:25

i had it 7-4-1

put polo and stu jones on sucide watch tonight 8)

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:26

mikewl wrote:Harrison did not win this fight.

Correct, it was a draw!

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:27

REAL_DEAL wrote:i had it 7-4-1

put polo and stu jones on sucide watch tonight 8)

What the fornicate was Darke on about? The guy is an idiot. Never happy just to call the action he spends his whole time making up scenarios and speculating - wanker!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:29

Didn't actually have a card, but thought Harrison needed a KO going into the 10, Polo won 2 of the last 3 aswell.

I'll do a tally, but I was expecting Polo by 4-5 points would have been okay on the cards.

mikewl · Post by **mikewl** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:29

007 wrote:
mikewl wrote:Harrison did not win this fight.
Correct, it was a draw!

ok hehe, feel dumb now..

Cannibal · Post by **Cannibal** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:32

I had it 115-113 for Polo. Think they'll risk a rematch or run with the draw?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:34

I would only tip Harrison in 3 of the Sky Sports top 10 now, basically this fight confirmed his level. He is on the Polo, Medina, Tapia (?) level.

I would tip him against Brodie, Soto and the guy positioned 8 (mainly because his name doesn't ring a bell). All the rest I would tip the other guy, although maybe he could beat the unheralded WBA champion John. Infact, I think John is tailer made for Harrison.

There was Derrick Gainer not in the top ten who I would tip also.

Would Polo beat him in a rematch, not sure. Lets have the fight in Columbia, the scoring might be fairer there.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:34

No way Polo won that by 5 rounds sorry but thats ridiculous!! I had it 115-114 Polo 6-5-1 in rounds. You cant tell me Harrison only won 3 rounds...

Lefthookhappy19 · Post by **Lefthookhappy19** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:35

I think a bodyshot is what turned the fight. Early in the 6th Polo seemed to land and uppercut to the body that made Scot "omph". The comms didn't pick it up but im pretty sure its what did it, a right upper I think to the solar plexus. Scott dropped his hands and was definately hurt. Had he gone back to the body im convinced he would have stopped him a little later. He had nice bodywork, he threw those uppercuts the kind that Arguello threw to the body. He hardly done it though. It was hurting Scott bad.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:36

I noticed that. Coupled with Harrison punching himself out in the fifth it turned the fight. If Harrison had been a little more composed in the fifth I think he'd have ground him down but he was too wild going for the finish.

I'd like to see a rematch.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:38

Lefthookhappy19 wrote:I think a bodyshot is what turned the fight. Early in the 6th Polo seemed to land and uppercut to the body that made Scot "omph". The comms didn't pick it up but im pretty sure its what did it, a right upper I think to the solar plexus. Scott dropped his hands and was definately hurt. Had he gone back to the body im convinced he would have stopped him a little later. He had nice bodywork, he threw those uppercuts the kind that Arguello threw to the body. He hardly done it though. It was hurting Scott bad.

Yes, I noted it - again the body is the weakness. Marco Barerra is famed for his body shots.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:40

Barrera will punch holes in him. He really needs to work on slipping shots and not coming in straight ahead that's his biggest weakness I think. He took so many shots on the way in tonight he looked like John Merrick at the end.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 28 Jan 2005, 18:41

007 wrote:No way Polo won that by 5 rounds sorry but thats ridiculous!! I had it 115-114 Polo 6-5-1 in rounds. You cant tell me Harrison only won 3 rounds...

Slight ammendment to my card - I scored it 8-4 to Polo. I thought he made Harrison look silly at times.

mickeybeard · Post by **mickeybeard** » 28 Jan 2005, 19:04

stujones wrote:I would only tip Harrison in 3 of the Sky Sports top 10 now, basically this fight confirmed his level. He is on the Polo, Medina, Tapia (?) level.

I would tip him against Brodie, Soto and the guy positioned 8 (mainly because his name doesn't ring a bell). All the rest I would tip the other guy, although maybe he could beat the unheralded WBA champion John. Infact, I think John is tailer made for Harrison.

There was Derrick Gainer not in the top ten who I would tip also.

Would Polo beat him in a rematch, not sure. Lets have the fight in Columbia, the scoring might be fairer there.

I'd give Scott a chance against Chi too, simply because Chi would be there to be hit, there were signs in the Sugama fight that Chi might not be the indestructable monster he appears, and Brodie showed he can't fight at all when pushed back. Would be a good old-fashioned tear-up between two come-forward fighters, too.