Haskins gets European title crack

[dondada]

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Very underrated fighter is Haskins.

[Lenny]

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Very underrated fighter is Haskins.

Underrated? Maybe. Awful to watch? Definitely

[JamesH]

Excellent news, very under rated and very effective fighter.

[greenyox3]

The Broadhurst fight put me right off watching either of them again.

[JamesH]

The Broadhurst fight put me right off watching either of them again.

It was certainly scrappy. However, a classy match would have suited Don who had looked great up until then. Haskins made it his fight the way he had to make it to get the win. I like the fact that Haskins has been around for ages, been winning for ages, and despite not getting a shot until now, you don't really hear the kid moaning. He's old school, sort of.

[Lenny]

The Broadhurst fight put me right off watching either of them again.

It was certainly scrappy. However, a classy match would have suited Don who had looked great up until then. Haskins made it his fight the way he had to make it to get the win. I like the fact that Haskins has been around for ages, been winning for ages, and despite not getting a shot until now, you don't really hear the kid moaning. He's old school, sort of.

Apart from early on when he scored a few nice looking stoppages, every single Haskins fight has been scrappy.
He can be effective don't get me wrong, but seeing him grab, slap, tire fairly early and generally look really messy with his hands by his sides isn't for me.

Give me the Ian Napa of a couple of years ago any day of the week

[JamesH]

The Broadhurst fight put me right off watching either of them again.

It was certainly scrappy. However, a classy match would have suited Don who had looked great up until then. Haskins made it his fight the way he had to make it to get the win. I like the fact that Haskins has been around for ages, been winning for ages, and despite not getting a shot until now, you don't really hear the kid moaning. He's old school, sort of.

Apart from early on when he scored a few nice looking stoppages, every single Haskins fight has been scrappy.
He can be effective don't get me wrong, but seeing him grab, slap, tire fairly early and generally look really messy with his hands by his sides isn't for me.

Give me the Ian Napa of a couple of years ago any day of the week

I know what you mean, but the fact is Haskins is more effective than Napa, who only beat Haskins because Lee was injured. I'm not saying I'd rather watch Haskins, but I do think he's earned some of the chances Napa had after failing previously. Napa's style was far more pleasing on the eye, but he often fell short (excuse the unintended pun).

Barca play some good football, but the apparently more effective Real might well win la liga. Of course, whether or not you watch Jose pick up the trophy is another matter !

[Lenny]

It was certainly scrappy. However, a classy match would have suited Don who had looked great up until then. Haskins made it his fight the way he had to make it to get the win. I like the fact that Haskins has been around for ages, been winning for ages, and despite not getting a shot until now, you don't really hear the kid moaning. He's old school, sort of.

Apart from early on when he scored a few nice looking stoppages, every single Haskins fight has been scrappy.
He can be effective don't get me wrong, but seeing him grab, slap, tire fairly early and generally look really messy with his hands by his sides isn't for me.

Give me the Ian Napa of a couple of years ago any day of the week

I know what you mean, but the fact is Haskins is more effective than Napa, who only beat Haskins because Lee was injured. I'm not saying I'd rather watch Haskins, but I do think he's earned some of the chances Napa had after failing previously. Napa's style was far more pleasing on the eye, but he often fell short (excuse the unintended pun).

Barca play some good football, but the apparently more effective Real might well win la liga. Of course, whether or not you watch Jose pick up the trophy is another matter !

I dunno about that. For me Napa was always beating Haskins, injury or not and I'd have him down as the more effective fighter.
Haskins would have been beaten soundly by a fighter like Booth a couple of years back and Damaen Kelly would have made him look silly. Napa was in very close fights with these guys.

My misses hated the Napa fights I watched at home, his name became synonymous with the full 12 rounds.

Haskins has racked up the wins though as deserves a shot. All the best to those who buy a ticket.

[dondada]

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Very underrated fighter is Haskins.

Underrated? Maybe. Awful to watch? Definitely

Has been in a couple of stinkers but I've also enjoyed several of his fights.

[JamesH]

I dunno about that. For me Napa was always beating Haskins, injury or not and I'd have him down as the more effective fighter.
Haskins would have been beaten soundly by a fighter like Booth a couple of years back and Damaen Kelly would have made him look silly. Napa was in very close fights with these guys.

My misses hated the Napa fights I watched at home, his name became synonymous with the full 12 rounds.

Haskins has racked up the wins though as deserves a shot. All the best to those who buy a ticket.

Have to disagree there (although its from memory), but I thought Haskins got injured early on and fought on for a few rounds with one hand/arm. I also think it was (another) last chance saloon for Napa. I think at that stage, an injury free Haskins would have won that for me.

Haskins didn't lose a round in Prizefighter and was probably the most obvious winner of any prizefighter show to date. Many thought a man with Broadhursts amateur credentials would have made Haskins look silly, but he didn't, if anything the opposite were true. And you can take different fights from earlier in Napas career too, you could argue that Haskins would have beaten rather than lost to Marc Callaghan for example. Haskins win against McDonnell looks even more impressive now than it did then, he went (almost in silence) to Morocco for what was alleged to have been a small amount of money to take on the home fighter and win a WBA side belt. The guy has shown peserverance and determination for his shot, he kept going when others might have lost motivation. As you say, he's earned his shot and I hope he makes the most of it. He won't be gifted anything if it doesn't go to plan, that's for sure.

For the record, I also though those 12 round Napa fights were most enjoyable