Yes he can get a win,hopefully he gets a evenly matched fight instead of being the opponent all the time...Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
I really hope so, after the hard work he's clearly put in he deserves some rewardIan 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
And I thought journalists were supposed to be neutral. lolIan 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
I am...when I'm on duty 8)Wake up call wrote:And I thought journalists were supposed to be neutral. lolIan 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
That's good coming from the ultimate Lee Murtagh cheerleader, is there ANYWHERE you HAVEN'T done a post/article/interview regarding him?Wake up call wrote:And I thought journalists were supposed to be neutral. lolIan 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
Lee has been given the same amount of press from me in the Yorkshire Evening Post as most other Leeds-based fighters and non of them were cheerleading, I report a story as it happens, never have I said "he'll do this, he'll do that", that's not my style (as Ian will tell you), I've just reported what he's said and I've only done three pieces on him in two years (two in the YEP and one on SecondsOut.com).Berbick wrote:That's good coming from the ultimate Lee Murtagh cheerleader, is there ANYWHERE you HAVEN'T done a post/article/interview regarding him?Wake up call wrote:And I thought journalists were supposed to be neutral. lolIan 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:You've got to admire our Howard - was taking a shellacking at heavy and didn't appear to have much future after the Board intervened. With a record of 2-21-1, instead of disappearing he re-dedicates himself and re-appears as a cruiser last week.
OK, he lost a shut out, but he was 40lbs lighter than in his previous contest.
On Friday, he's set to box Issrar Asif (2-0). 'Izzy' is a small hall promoter's dream - he must have shifted around 250 tickets among his pals for both of his fights.
He's no great shakes though - I've seen both of his bouts.
You can do it, Howard!
Well I was 'making a joke' too I'm sorry it's led to such a vehement and lengthy responseWake up call wrote:Lee has been given the same amount of press from me in the Yorkshire Evening Post as most other Leeds-based fighters and non of them were cheerleading, I report a story as it happens, never have I said "he'll do this, he'll do that", that's not my style (as Ian will tell you), I've just reported what he's said and I've only done three pieces on him in two years (two in the YEP and one on SecondsOut.com).Berbick wrote:That's good coming from the ultimate Lee Murtagh cheerleader, is there ANYWHERE you HAVEN'T done a post/article/interview regarding him?Wake up call wrote: And I thought journalists were supposed to be neutral. lol
If you looked at what I've done over the past three years you'll see that Kell Brook, Gary Sykes, Tony Bellew, Ryan Rhodes, Paul Appleby, Rendall Munroe, Jerome Wilson, Nav Mansouri, Curtis Woodhouse, Nathan Cleverly, Matthew Hatton, Gavin Rees, Bradley Pryce, Jason Booth, Gary Buckland, Adil Anwar, Jamie McDonnell, Stefy Bull, Denton Vassell, Anthony Crolla, Enzo Maccarinelli, John Fewkes, Ross Burkinshaw and Tyrone Nurse have all received more coverage from me. I was making a joke to Ian, but as you've got on your high horse I think you've just been proven wrong.
No problem Wake I've no axe to grind with you or Murtagh I was merely attempting a joke in the same vein as the one you made at Ian's expenseWake up call wrote:Sorry, can't tell they way something is said on here. Thought it was another of the anti-Murtagh posts Leonard is always having to fight off.
Thanks for that, I thought exactly the same watching him on youtube.MachoMan09 wrote:Howard, what I would say about Issrar is that he moves around the ring quite well for a novice heavyweight and is pretty quick of foot and hand. What he does not do is commit to his shots; he seems somewhat tentative, which is often a sign that they 'don't like it up 'em'. Because of this non-commital approach, he fires plenty of shots out but he is either out of range or the shots that do connect, with either guard or target, lack any level of meaningful power. He has a do at switch hitting, now and again, but I get the feeling it is more for show than anything. He also occasionally flicks a left jab out to the body and when he does his right hand drops miles and leaves his chin wide open.
Stalk him into a corner and unleash, mate. See if he fancies it.