skelton vs moli ?

georgebear · Post by **georgebear** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:19

just found out from skelton's website http://www.mattskelton.uk.com that he is fighting fabio eduardo moli for the WBU title on feb 25th. anyone heard of this Moli.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:24

He fourght Wladimir Klitschko after Klitschkos lost to Sanders, he lasted 90 seconds I think it was.

Steudle · Post by **Steudle** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:26

Moli has the biggest beer belly I've seen. There was talk he took a dive in germany vs Wlad Klit.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:26

Should be a very easy night for Skelton. They really should be looking to push him towards the european title. If Krasniqi beats Whittaker in April he'll probably vacate for a shot at the WBO.

georgebear · Post by **georgebear** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:28

there was talk of him facing al cole. must be a bigger test than that would have been.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:30

Cole would hammer Moli.

jomothepure · Post by **jomothepure** » 09 Feb 2005, 18:56

He's ranked higher than I thought he would be. Certainly picked up a few titles in South America. Still, must be an easy win for Skelton.

P.S. Look at his penultimate fight. http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=017719

What the fornicate is the WBC Mundo Hispano heavyweight title?

Lefthookhappy19 · Post by **Lefthookhappy19** » 09 Feb 2005, 20:18

Moli is totally awful, I remember that Klitchko fight, it was an embarressment.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 09 Feb 2005, 20:30

Yep, joke fight.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 09 Feb 2005, 20:47

What do you expect this is a allegedly fighter fighting for the WBU title of course he is fighting a terrible opponent that is the problem with both Warren and British boxing esspecailly when promoters who cair about money more than the sport and the fans are conserned.

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 09 Feb 2005, 21:05

I have the klit molifight on vid, terrible fight, worse of it was I sat down to watch the fight, decided to go for a slash just before the first bell and missed the whole thing.... thank christ for VHS!

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 10 Feb 2005, 04:08

I take it everyone would laugh heartily if Skelton lost.

Wilko · Post by **Wilko** » 10 Feb 2005, 05:25

Surely if Moli is the opponent the Board should object him. It's an absolute joke that someone who lasted 90 seconds againts Wlad should be allowed to contest a so called world title - even if it is a nonsense one.

In my opinion Warren has got fans the Hatton - Tsyzu fight so probably feels he can fob us off with a few poor fights before then.

Really hope the board rejects this fight. They used to have integrity - look at when Benn couldn't defend his WBO title in this country for example because the Board wouldn't recognise it. Now any tom, dick or harry can contest an absolute nonsense title.

I thought Cole was just about acceptable as an opponent but this is a joke.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 10 Feb 2005, 07:47

Should be an absolute farce. This guy keels over from fright in the Wlad fight, leaving the German crowd booing - and what do they do?

Bring him over here

J · Post by J » 10 Feb 2005, 07:51

u can cover this one MW for Kev

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 10 Feb 2005, 07:55

J wrote:u can cover this one MW for Kev

you could probably write the result right now...

J · Post by J » 10 Feb 2005, 07:57

the thought of trekking back from wembley to sout east london after being subjected to that is enough to make you wanna cry.

was bad enough when long was fighting skelton, Kev kept texting me saying stop talking as I was sat with the refs opposite the cameras!....well i had to entertain myself somehow.

the meager hunt fight was excellent though, cant have it all ways i suppose.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Feb 2005, 08:35

I watched that fight at home, thank christ I had plenty of booze to keep me occupied. Compared to Skelton v Moli it will look like the Thrilla in Manilla.

Bard of Boxrec · Post by **Bard of Boxrec** » 10 Feb 2005, 09:28

Wait for the

'He's never been stopped apart from against Klitschko'

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 10 Feb 2005, 09:47

The guy (I believe) has lost to Dominguez, who lets be honest was a plumpy Cruiserweight - what is he like as a heavyweight I don't know.

Terrible backwards step.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 10 Feb 2005, 10:34

Anyone remember how many times Klitschko floored Moli? I seem to recall watching the fight but can't remember the exact etails. Moli looked like he could box a little bit (as most Argies can) but as soon as Klitschko clumped him, took the easy way out.
You know, Sports Network have been around since the early 80's and have only just cottoned on to the fact if you bring over Argies, they normally have the durability and caginess to stick around while never looking likely to win. Thus there's no chance of a Samuel Kebede-type farce.
Gomez fights Alvarez on Friday and now this.

georgebear · Post by **georgebear** » 10 Feb 2005, 16:17

give skelton some credit. in recent months roman greenberg, audley harrison, obed sullivan & al cole have all turned down the chance to fight him. hes 38 and doesn't have much time left to make an impact. if he didn't get matched 2 weeks before the 25th he may spend another 3 months out of the ring.

i say that this fight keeps him active, it's better than him spending much more time out of the ring, it gets him more noticed and will lead to bigger and better things. lets face it right now hes the best britsh heavyweight around and we need to look at the positives he's still unbeaten and doesn't seem like he would be intimidated by anyone.