Craig McEwan vs. Peter Quillin

[Deno1986]

This one appears to have slipped under the radar. It's the main support for the Angulo - Kirkland fight in Mexico on Saturday night.

McEwan was stopped by Andy Lee in his last fight so fair dues to him for stepping back into the ring against a highly touted and highly ranked opponent in Quillin, who is trained by Freddie Roach and makes his HBO debut on Saturday. According to the article below he refused a IBF Eliminator in Australia so he could take the fight with McEwan on HBO. The American is apparently a Super Middleweight but has always weighed in closer to the Middleweight mark of 160 and that is where he is likely to campaign.

It's a ballsy move by McEwan and his team to take the fight coming off his only defeat, but at 29 he has to start moving on with his career and try make the breakthrough. If he loses (which I think he will unfortunately) it's tough to see where he goes next. Maybe a trip back to Britain to start a campaign for domestic honours.

Interview with Quillin: http://www.mlive.com/boxing/index.ssf/2 ... _quil.html

Current odds:
Quillin 1/3
McEwan 21/10

[stujones]

Shown on Sky on Delayed Sunday morning, well done Sky.

[Deno1986]

Shown on Sky on Delayed Sunday morning, well done Sky.

Good stuff.

[Josh1111]

great fight. Read a lot about Quillin so it will be nice to finally see him fight

[bigped]

heard craigs been training like a maniac for this and hard sparring with angola, am going craig on points

[Deno1986]

heard craigs been training like a maniac for this and hard sparring with angola, am going craig on points

I actually read on BS that Quillin and McEwan sparred a good few rounds together when Craig was at the Wildcard. Unfortunately I can't find any footage, I'm sure it was interesting.

[alexpaterson]

Should be a cracker, Quillen blows hot and cold out of the 3 times I've seen him once (Brinkley) he looked genuine world class but the other two, especially Zuniga, he struggled to get a rhythm looked frustrated and generally not that impressive. McEwan is a good boxer but I'm not sure he has the power to keep Quillen off. Should be exciting to watch though

[bigped]

Should be a cracker, Quillen blows hot and cold out of the 3 times I've seen him once (Brinkley) he looked genuine world class but the other two, especially Zuniga, he struggled to get a rhythm looked frustrated and generally not that impressive. McEwan is a good boxer but I'm not sure he has the power to keep Quillen off. Should be exciting to watch though

you away down to sheffield nxt week alex?

[ALI]

heard craigs been training like a maniac for this and hard sparring with angola, am going craig on points

I actually read on BS that Quillin and McEwan sparred a good few rounds together when Craig was at the Wildcard. Unfortunately I can't find any footage, I'm sure it was interesting.

Yeah, i'd have thought so, would be good to know how that went. Roach and team Quillin must fancy they have McEwan's number. I'm not that impressed with the guy, if McEwan can set a good pace and avoid his bombs he can take this on points.

[alexpaterson]

Should be a cracker, Quillen blows hot and cold out of the 3 times I've seen him once (Brinkley) he looked genuine world class but the other two, especially Zuniga, he struggled to get a rhythm looked frustrated and generally not that impressive. McEwan is a good boxer but I'm not sure he has the power to keep Quillen off. Should be exciting to watch though

you away down to sheffield nxt week alex?

Yep, absolutely buzzing for it but missing a hell of a weekend for boxing!!

[Deno1986]

heard craigs been training like a maniac for this and hard sparring with angola, am going craig on points

I actually read on BS that Quillin and McEwan sparred a good few rounds together when Craig was at the Wildcard. Unfortunately I can't find any footage, I'm sure it was interesting.

Yeah, i'd have thought so, would be good to know how that went. Roach and team Quillin must fancy they have McEwan's number. I'm not that impressed with the guy, if McEwan can set a good pace and avoid his bombs he can take this on points.

McEwan set an extremely fast pace against Lee and his workrate was excellent, but unfortunately he couldn't keep it going for 10 rounds and in the end his stamina let him down. I think I remember him looking extremely tired in the final rounds against Perez also (I think - may have been Vera) so that could be a worry..

[ALI]

I actually read on BS that Quillin and McEwan sparred a good few rounds together when Craig was at the Wildcard. Unfortunately I can't find any footage, I'm sure it was interesting.

Yeah, i'd have thought so, would be good to know how that went. Roach and team Quillin must fancy they have McEwan's number. I'm not that impressed with the guy, if McEwan can set a good pace and avoid his bombs he can take this on points.

McEwan set an extremely fast pace against Lee and his workrate was excellent, but unfortunately he couldn't keep it going for 10 rounds and in the end his stamina let him down. I think I remember him looking extremely tired in the final rounds against Perez also (I think - may have been Vera) so that could be a worry..

He definately appears to tire in the later rounds, it definately played a big part in him loosing the Lee fight. Lets hope he's learned from it and can pace himself better against Quillin. The guy does not seem to have a big output so if McEwan can go the distance with him he should be in with a good shout.

[billy nelson]

I wish Craig all the best in Mexico,he could frustrate the life out of many boxers with the skills hes got i hope all goes well for him.BN

[Tomasino]

I wish Craig all the best in Mexico,he could frustrate the life out of many boxers with the skills hes got i hope all goes well for him.BN

Is he not training with you anymore Billy?

[ALI]

Quillin could be the next Jermain Taylor, only better.

I seriously doubt it... he's decent, but has shown me nothing to suggest he will better the likes of Jermain Taylor.

[billy nelson]

I wish Craig all the best in Mexico,he could frustrate the life out of many boxers with the skills hes got i hope all goes well for him.BN

Is he not training with you anymore Billy?

unfortunatly his fights fell on the same night as rickys,so hes getting trained by gary young.

[dutchie]

I think Andy Lee was given very little credit for the stopage of McEwan,but i think McEwan will win this handy and prove that Craig is up their in the Middleweight division!!

[ALI]

I think Andy Lee was given very little credit for the stopage of McEwan

Because he was being outboxed and i'm sure behind on all cards at the time of the stoppage. It appeared the KO came about more to do with McEwan gassing rather than anything else.

Fair play to Lee, he won the fight fair and square, but he looked far from a world beater in doing so.

[Deno1986]

I think Andy Lee was given very little credit for the stopage of McEwan

Because he was being outboxed and i'm sure behind on all cards at the time of the stoppage. It appeared the KO came about more to do with McEwan gassing rather than anything else.

Fair play to Lee, he won the fight fair and square, but he looked far from a world beater in doing so.

I think Lee was only behind on one of the cards and the other two judges had it level.