Is Macklin v Pirog back on?
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MrBoxingUK2
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Re: Is Macklin v Pirog back on?
apparently this was never off. just postponed. roach says he will be in macklins corner against pirg.
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Re: Is Macklin v Pirog back on?
my take on this whole thing is that neither of them really wants to fight the other as neither man is a very good risk-reward scenario. if either of them were offered a straight shot as Sylvester they would jump at the chance I'm sure.
my suspicion of Macklin at world level- and this is from a birmingham man who's followed Macklin for years- is that I don't think his chin is exactly cast-iron. I was a little bothered by him being rocked by a Jamie Moore jab in about the 2nd/3rd round. okay okay i know Macklin was drained and got very tired etc etc etc but i wasn't very reassured by the way he took shots well before the final rounds. i also think Macklin seems to fight a LOT more cautiously against anyone with even half a dig at 160. and he tends only to really open up against someone like Elcock/the Finn who he knows are likely to be chinny.
my suspicion of Macklin at world level- and this is from a birmingham man who's followed Macklin for years- is that I don't think his chin is exactly cast-iron. I was a little bothered by him being rocked by a Jamie Moore jab in about the 2nd/3rd round. okay okay i know Macklin was drained and got very tired etc etc etc but i wasn't very reassured by the way he took shots well before the final rounds. i also think Macklin seems to fight a LOT more cautiously against anyone with even half a dig at 160. and he tends only to really open up against someone like Elcock/the Finn who he knows are likely to be chinny.