Gary Sykes v Paul Truscott March 5th

[leforge]

http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport-news/ot ... -28148568/

According to Sykes facebook Carl Johansson would not be ready. What do people think?

[Dioufy]

Nice, safe fight for Sykes after that quite chilling KO.

[Horse]

Was Buckland asked?

[leforge]

Was Buckland asked?

Doubt it!

[Horse]

Doubt it!

He is not a credible British champion until he avenges that defeat. I hope Truscott knocks him out.

[leforge]

Doubt it!

He is not a credible British champion until he avenges that defeat. I hope Truscott knocks him out.

Bit harsh !

[Horse]

Bit harsh !

He discredited the British title with his PrizeFighter loss and now he is fighting a feather fisted boxer who has just moved up in weight after two stoppage losses at domestic level. It is a cynical fight to make and I hope it backfires.

[Wake up call]

Gary is going to be fighting Carl Johanneson now not Truscott. Just spoken to Carl's camp.

[bennie]

Humbled Yorkshireman Gary Sykes could be defending his British super-featherweight title against Middlesbrough's Paul Truscott in Huddersfield on March 5.
Sykes, a real dynamo of a fighter from nearby Dewsbury, takes a while to warm-up and was caught cold by good Welshman Gary Buckland in the first round of a non-title affair at York Hall in November, losing his unbeaten record into the bargain.
This is 'must win' then for the 26-year-old champion who picked up the Lonsdale Belt in a thriller with Manchester's Andy Morris in Huddersfield last March and retained against Belfast's Kevin O'Hara few months later, also in Huddersfield, prior to the Buckland disaster.
Sykes outworked and outpointed Morris and O'Hara, after typically slow starts, and will probably struggle in the early rounds against the rangy, classy Truscott, but the challenger is not a banger and also has a history of busting up, so we can expect Sykes to come through, his punches flowing, on the way to a unanimous decision.

[mickey1975]

Humbled Yorkshireman Gary Sykes could be defending his British super-featherweight title against Middlesbrough's Paul Truscott in Huddersfield on March 5.
Sykes, a real dynamo of a fighter from nearby Dewsbury, takes a while to warm-up and was caught cold by good Welshman Gary Buckland in the first round of a non-title affair at York Hall in November, losing his unbeaten record into the bargain.
This is 'must win' then for the 26-year-old champion who picked up the Lonsdale Belt in a thriller with Manchester's Andy Morris in Huddersfield last March and retained against Belfast's Kevin O'Hara few months later, also in Huddersfield, prior to the Buckland disaster.
Sykes outworked and outpointed Morris and O'Hara, after typically slow starts, and will probably struggle in the early rounds against the rangy, classy Truscott, but the challenger is not a banger and also has a history of busting up, so we can expect Sykes to come through, his punches flowing, on the way to a unanimous decision.

Do you not trust Wake up call then Bennie?

[bennie]

Humbled Yorkshireman Gary Sykes could be defending his British super-featherweight title against Middlesbrough's Paul Truscott in Huddersfield on March 5.
Sykes, a real dynamo of a fighter from nearby Dewsbury, takes a while to warm-up and was caught cold by good Welshman Gary Buckland in the first round of a non-title affair at York Hall in November, losing his unbeaten record into the bargain.
This is 'must win' then for the 26-year-old champion who picked up the Lonsdale Belt in a thriller with Manchester's Andy Morris in Huddersfield last March and retained against Belfast's Kevin O'Hara few months later, also in Huddersfield, prior to the Buckland disaster.
Sykes outworked and outpointed Morris and O'Hara, after typically slow starts, and will probably struggle in the early rounds against the rangy, classy Truscott, but the challenger is not a banger and also has a history of busting up, so we can expect Sykes to come through, his punches flowing, on the way to a unanimous decision.

Do you not trust Wake up call then Bennie?

I haven't woken up myself yet, to be honest.

[mickey1975]

Humbled Yorkshireman Gary Sykes could be defending his British super-featherweight title against Middlesbrough's Paul Truscott in Huddersfield on March 5.
Sykes, a real dynamo of a fighter from nearby Dewsbury, takes a while to warm-up and was caught cold by good Welshman Gary Buckland in the first round of a non-title affair at York Hall in November, losing his unbeaten record into the bargain.
This is 'must win' then for the 26-year-old champion who picked up the Lonsdale Belt in a thriller with Manchester's Andy Morris in Huddersfield last March and retained against Belfast's Kevin O'Hara few months later, also in Huddersfield, prior to the Buckland disaster.
Sykes outworked and outpointed Morris and O'Hara, after typically slow starts, and will probably struggle in the early rounds against the rangy, classy Truscott, but the challenger is not a banger and also has a history of busting up, so we can expect Sykes to come through, his punches flowing, on the way to a unanimous decision.

Do you not trust Wake up call then Bennie?

I haven't woken up myself yet, to be honest.

Well,you have just delivered a thorough analysis of Sykes-Truscott half asleep!

[xXHAMMERXx]

What happened to him fighting Jon kays. They said they was gonna reschedule it

[bennie]

Do you not trust Wake up call then Bennie?

I haven't woken up myself yet, to be honest.

Well,you have just delivered a thorough analysis of Sykes-Truscott half asleep!

I sleep in my anorak.

[Counter-puncher]

Doubt it!

He is not a credible British champion until he avenges that defeat. I hope Truscott knocks him out.

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you can keep hoping, there is no way on earth Trussie stops him.

I've got Sykes outworking him here

[LeedsLad]

The board should have nominated Buckland as the mandatory challenger after the KO win in Prizefighter.

Would be a travesty if Sykes is able to win a Lonsdale for keeps without facing Buckland first.

[yoyo]

What happened to him fighting Jon kays. They said they was gonna reschedule it

Gutted its not kays! He's quite strong so maybe they want a non puncher in truscott! Shame!!

[Lenny]

I am amazed that something has got Horse riled up?

Would much rather see a Johanneson fight than a Truscott fight. I think Truscott is a good little boxer but he won't be able to keep Sykes off him. A Johanneson fight could answer some of the questions we all have about Sykes after Prizefighter, plus it'll be a much more exciting fight.

Although of course, he should really be made to fight Buckland if he wants to keep the belt. I know why they would want a Truscott fight as I'm sure he'll need a confidence booster against a guy that cannot hurt him. But as a champion, the fight should be against the bloke that beat him, especially in such emphatic circumstances

[jessi]

I am amazed that something has got Horse riled up?

Would much rather see a Johanneson fight than a Truscott fight. I think Truscott is a good little boxer but he won't be able to keep Sykes off him. A Johanneson fight could answer some of the questions we all have about Sykes after Prizefighter, plus it'll be a much more exciting fight.

Although of course, he should really be made to fight Buckland if he wants to keep the belt. I know why they would want a Truscott fight as I'm sure he'll need a confidence booster against a guy that cannot hurt him. But as a champion, the fight should be against the bloke that beat him, especially in such emphatic circumstances

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[Counter-puncher]

I am amazed that something has got Horse riled up?

Would much rather see a Johanneson fight than a Truscott fight. I think Truscott is a good little boxer but he won't be able to keep Sykes off him. A

i disagree totally, for a change, lenny.

Johansson ain't got it any more, IMO, or certainly not at 130lbs.

I think Truscott's neat skills will give Sykes much more pause than Johansson's flatfooted bomb-heaving.

[Counter-puncher]

oh, and i think it would be just a little previous, to parachute Buckland in on the basis of an early, caught-him-cold KO in the lottery-esque 3 round Prizefighter format. personally.

[stujones]

oh, and i think it would be just a little previous, to parachute Buckland in on the basis of an early, caught-him-cold KO in the lottery-esque 3 round Prizefighter format. personally.

What about his brave effort against Murray - who is leagues above Sykes.

[Counter-puncher]

oh, and i think it would be just a little previous, to parachute Buckland in on the basis of an early, caught-him-cold KO in the lottery-esque 3 round Prizefighter format. personally.

What about his brave effort against Murray - who is leagues above Sykes.

aye, true, he's got halfway decent form at lightweight, if by halfway decent form I mean managing to take a sustained beating- 'brave effort'- in a not-too-competitive fight.

i mean, do you give Barry Jones a shot at a british belt at 140 if he wins a Prizefighter at that weight?

[bennie]

Now that I've yawned and had a good, er, stretch, it looks like Dewsbury's Gary Sykes is defending his British super-featherweight title against Leeds veteran Carl Johanneson (instead of Paul Truscott) in a fascinating all-Yorkshire showdown in Huddersfield on March 5.
Johanneson used to hold the same title but that was a few years ago and he has gone over the mountain, although the last thing a puncher loses is his punch and "Ingemar" can really whack. This gives him a shout against the punchaholic Sykes, who needs a few rounds to work into his relentless rhythm and is vulnerable early in a fight.
We saw that in stunning fashion when Welsh underdog Gary Buckland, a former junk-food freak who fought as high as welterweight, dropped down and smashed Sykes in 45 seconds in a non-title affair in London in November, which is the champion's last fight. These quick, even brutal knockouts can be overcome (the long punishing losses tend to do the damage), so Sykes is favoured to get back to winning ways. He is younger, bigger, sharper and busier than the challenger, if not as hard-hitting, and yet nothing is ever guaranteed in a division like super-featherweight where, once upon a time, British champions could not hold on to the title for five minutes.
Sykes has just been knocked out for his first loss and goes straight back in with a proven puncher who might have one big effort left in him, who might even 'old man' him.
I go for Sykes, of course, but expect a rocky ride.

[Counter-puncher]

so its Johansson anyway