Alexander vs Purdy?

[Ratchet Exits Nu]

I wonder is Purdy's trainer tried calling someone ion the arena to tell them about Devon's hand?

Why people don';t make more use of the commentary is beyond me, sometimes you can pickk up good bits of info.

Purdy is very basic and landed not much, but he was ok in there.

Purdy could have just damaged the hand more by forcing DA to block with it and changed up his gameplan, shame.

[jessi]

Yer, ashame he don't fight back, correct decision by barker to pull him out IMO

No, it was a pathetic decision.

I hope Barker gets pulled out early against Geale.

Barker wouldn't stand and defend for round after round, he said to Purdy for 3 rounds in a row, "give it your all this round" if that was his all well....Purdy was way out of his league, come back when you have made weight properly and for god sake give it ago

[palooka]

It's an opportunity lost; Lee will never get to box for a World Title again; he was way behind but had not been seriously rattled or dropped; Devon was boxing one handed and had dropped a gear or 2. Lee must have had enough in him to start to throw while coming in and then inside until Devon grabbed; Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

[Ratchet Exits Nu]

Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

[jessi]

It's an opportunity lost; Lee will never get to box for a World Title again; he was way behind but had not been seriously rattled or dropped; Devon was boxing one handed and had dropped a gear or 2. Lee must have had enough in him to start to throw while coming in and then inside until Devon grabbed; Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

It wasn't for a world title

[palooka]

Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

I weren't kidding Ratchet; I can imagine Purdy watching this bout and kicking himself for years and years; he'd weathered the worst of what Devon had to offer and not shown what he could do.

[palooka]

It's an opportunity lost; Lee will never get to box for a World Title again; he was way behind but had not been seriously rattled or dropped; Devon was boxing one handed and had dropped a gear or 2. Lee must have had enough in him to start to throw while coming in and then inside until Devon grabbed; Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

It wasn't for a world title

Point taken and I stand corrected Lee will never get to sniffing distance to a bout of such significance again. If he had won he'd have held a win over a reigning World Champ; he'd have been right in the mix for life changing money and fights that would have satisfied him.

[jessi]

It's an opportunity lost; Lee will never get to box for a World Title again; he was way behind but had not been seriously rattled or dropped; Devon was boxing one handed and had dropped a gear or 2. Lee must have had enough in him to start to throw while coming in and then inside until Devon grabbed; Purdy could have done with Kostya Tszyu in his corner and Lebedev could have done with Barker.

It wasn't for a world title

Point taken and I stand corrected Lee will never get to sniffing distance to a bout of such significance again. If he had won he'd have held a win over a reigning World Champ; he'd have been right in the mix for life changing money and fights that would have satisfied him.

I agree. I just wish Purdy stepped up sooner and more often !

[handsofstone]

Hard to bear for Lee Purdy,he wasnt really taken a beating as such but never showed anything rather than being tough,never let his hands go and struggled to get punches off,Darren Barker maybe could have let him continue but there was no world title on the line and Barker would have seen the struggle Purdy had shedding the weight and no doubt Darren told Lee he would have to start showing him something,Devon was toying with Lee with 1 hand,Lee was tough but didnt go out on his shield persay and without sounding too critical,i thought Lee would have threw more punches rather than standing in the pocket letting Alexander pick him off with combinations

[n1ebf]

Was fully behind Purdy tonight but him coming in overweight has pissed me right off.

I mean what the f*ck? If he doesn't give a sh*t then I don't see why anybody else should. Can't imagine Eddie is amused with him at the minute.

He's missed the weight by a pound with only four weeks notice. Hardly the actions of someone who "doesnt give a poo."

Purdy is a huge welter who'll spend large portions of his camp focusing on weight management. This is a case of his body only allowing so much to come off.

I agree with this 100%, it's not rocket science. Bad things happen when you lose too much weight and fight good fighters over long distances. The people slagging him are being quite ignorant if you ask me.

[Mitchellkyra]

To many people on here with to much time on there hands and to much to say most of you have never even put a glove on purdy did earn his shot he beat two good aponents and won the ibf international title the fighters that were mandatory in front of him didn't want the fight he was 4th in line and grab the shot with both hands he had a lot of weight to shift a small amount of time if he could of had 8 weeks prep he would of done alot better job but he was drained but who cares he can pay of his morgage now how many fighters can do that stop going on about the lynes fight who cares lynes was a good fighter and he was the better fighter on the night purdy has moved on from them and is still only a young fighter with a good chin a good punch and heart of a lion what was he supposed to do turn the fight down you can zip me up in a punch bag for 150000 dollers.

[Horse]

To many people on here with to much time on there hands and to much to say most of you have never even put a glove on purdy did earn his shot he beat two good aponents and won the ibf international title the fighters that were mandatory in front of him didn't want the fight he was 4th in line and grab the shot with both hands he had a lot of weight to shift a small amount of time if he could of had 8 weeks prep he would of done alot better job but he was drained but who cares he can pay of his morgage now how many fighters can do that stop going on about the lynes fight who cares lynes was a good fighter and he was the better fighter on the night purdy has moved on from them and is still only a young fighter with a good chin a good punch and heart of a lion what was he supposed to do turn the fight down you can zip me up in a punch bag for 150000 dollers.

What the heck are you on about?

[Mitchellkyra]

Put a pair of glasses on and read your the idiot that put on there about barker getting pulled out you obviously don't have a clue about boxing

[Horse]

Put a pair of glasses on and read your the idiot that put on there about barker getting pulled out you obviously don't have a clue about boxing

Your post wasn't ranting on about that. It was ranting about Lynes beating Purdy and Purdy getting paid well for the Alexander fight.

[rio]

Reminded me of the johnston vs vitali fight to some degree.....purdy talking smack to devon all night without actually throwing anything back. Defo was outclassed and had no right being in there but he could have at least threw something back. Rees was in a similar situation against broner but aleast he gave it a real go and came out with credit. Guess that is what happens when british no6 fights world number 3.

Also how he got this fight when in his last fight the IBF eliminator he again came in over weight I will never know? Eddie must have pulled some serious strings.

On a side note this a very tough fight for brook. 60-40 against him. Not sure he will be able to beat him devon.

[Mitchellkyra]

Put a pair of glasses on and read your the idiot that put on there about barker getting pulled out you obviously don't have a clue about boxing

Your post wasn't ranting on about that. It was ranting about Lynes beating Purdy and Purdy getting paid well for the Alexander fight.

What I put on there is for everyone give credit where it's due purdy was 4th in line no one wanted to fight devon so purdy took it he's earnt s nice few quid and done himself no discrase

[jessi]

Put a pair of glasses on and read your the idiot that put on there about barker getting pulled out you obviously don't have a clue about boxing

Your post wasn't ranting on about that. It was ranting about Lynes beating Purdy and Purdy getting paid well for the Alexander fight.

What I put on there is for everyone give credit where it's due purdy was 4th in line no one wanted to fight devon so purdy took it he's earnt s nice few quid and done himself no discrase

He hasn't done himself much good either, can't stand boxers talking in the ring saying "your punches are not hurting me" when they throw nothing back themselves !

[rio]

He hasn't done himself much good either, can't stand boxers talking in the ring saying "your punches are not hurting me" when they throw nothing back themselves ![/quote]


I was thinking the same thing, fair enough the punches may not be hurting you but your punches defo aint hurting him becasue your not throwing any and when you do throw your missing!! Defo dont think purdy did himself any favours with the way he acted to add to that he was out boxed/fought by a 1 armed boxer. He definetely wont be invited back stateside anytime soon. Gavin, lyes, hatton, vassell or witter would have given a better account of themselves.

[forcefraser]

Poor decision by Barker, poor effort by Purdy. Shouldnt have been in there in the first place.

Aleksander will beat Brook if they ever fight.

[Mitchellkyra]

Poor decision by Barker, poor effort by Purdy. Shouldnt have been in there in the first place.

Aleksander will beat Brook if they ever fight.

Another person who hasn't got a clue about boxing brains of a nat

[palooka]

I can understand that Purdys' preparations weren't ideal and he already had a mountain to climb. It seems that he was afraid of opening up and getting caught and/or running out of steam. If he'd come out like he did v the undefeated puncher he beat last time out then Devon would have known Lee was serious and wouldn't have just potshotted. Purdy comes across as a decent and likable man but I don't think he'll get the chance to be a world champion again, also there are tough men in every division who could go the distance with a world champion - if that were the sole aim; the idea is to win the bout though isn't it? To do that Lee had to box to his strengths and he didn't do that last Saturday night and I imagine that he'll regret not going for it even though his mortgage is paid off. Purdy has bottle to burn taking the bout at late notice and he had nothing to lose, he got through the hard first few rounds and weren't bashed up bad, Devon hurt his hand bad and Purdy should have gone for broke.

[loaded_gloves]

Poor decision by Barker, poor effort by Purdy. Shouldnt have been in there in the first place.

Aleksander will beat Brook if they ever fight.

Another person who hasn't got a clue about boxing brains of a nat

If you're going to mock other people's intelligence, at least write to a level somewhere above nursery.

I could express myself in clearer, more intelligent terms than you when I was five.

[Mitchellkyra]

Poor decision by Barker, poor effort by Purdy. Shouldnt have been in there in the first place.

Aleksander will beat Brook if they ever fight.

Another person who hasn't got a clue about boxing brains of a nat

If you're going to mock other people's intelligence, at least write to a level somewhere above nursery.

I could express myself in clearer, more intelligent terms than you when I was five.

You call yourself intelligent if you had any brains you would not right stupid comments how was that a poor decision by barker he done the right thing purdy was drained and only had 4 weeks to prepare he done the best he could and was never going to win on points perfect decision by barker like I said you obviously don't no anything about boxing and why shouldn't he have been in there in the first place he was number 4 in the ratings and no one wanted the fight in front of him so he took it

[loaded_gloves]

I stopped reading when you wrote 'right stupid comments'. It's write stupid comments, stupid.

[boxing]

Contrary to what many seem to think, being a very poor writer and having average or above average intelligence are not mutually exclusive.