Damaen Kelly v Ian Napa

somerstown · Post by **somerstown** » 18 Nov 2005, 23:19

I seen this advertised on sky tonight for next Friday fight night. Anyone got any info, is it for a title??
Its very soon for Napa after a hard 12 rounds against Power.
Looking forward to this.

MPG · Post by **MPG** » 20 Nov 2005, 15:22

somerstown wrote:I seen this advertised on sky tonight for next Friday fight night. Anyone got any info, is it for a title??
Its very soon for Napa after a hard 12 rounds against Power.
Looking forward to this.

must of been a mistake

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 20 Nov 2005, 15:58

Definately on. BBN spoke with Napa last night at the Elephant & Castle show

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1070- ... -show.html

MPG · Post by **MPG** » 20 Nov 2005, 18:05

Kevin wrote:Definately on. BBN spoke with Napa last night at the Elephant & Castle show

http://www.britishboxing.net/news_1070- ... -show.html

quite surprised in this fight coming off,

it will be a great fight,does anybody know if there is a title on the line.

is ian napa burning himself out with a fight so soon.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 20 Nov 2005, 19:00

Very strange fight this one, Kelly is going to be dejected and probably a lot lighter than Napa. Napa is surely not over the Power fight yet.

So many questions on how the fighters will react to a bad couple of weeks for them. I think both given 6 weeks specifically for each other I would go for Kelly every time (in a closish battle, with Kelly pulling away at the end). However, under these circumstances there is a lot of questions and I think it is now a tougher fight to call.

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 21 Nov 2005, 21:13

i think napa thinks he`s harry greb or someone taking this one so soon after the power fight.

THEBUTCH · Post by **THEBUTCH** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:10

Interesting fight for all the reasons mentioned above.

Despite the disappointment of Kelly's world title fight falling through, Damien is very professional and I think his superior class will be enough to see him home.

Napa must be seeing this as good opportunity to get a crack at a Flyweight title either by winning or even an honourable defeat. With Lee Haskins at flyweight and Dale Robinson back down to flyweight there could be some good matches to made for the British flyweight title.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:29

Hey, this is quite a good matchup considering how short notice it is. Napa didn't take a lot of punishment in his last fight and stated he would be back in the gym on the following Monday.

I think Kelly is professional enough to cope with his Word Title fight falling through and will outpoint Napa in a closely fight fight.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:33

I am also surprised Napa is taking this fight so soon after his battle with Power, what is like a fortnight?? Even though he wasn't badly hurt both men threw a lot of leather, it wasn't a drab affair. Still let's just enjoy it and hope it is a good battle, the one thing that always goes against Napa is his lack of power. I back Kelly to win a close fight, tight for 8 or 9 rounds but with Kelly maybe pulling away late to do just enough.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:42

All very hastily arranged for The Olympia, Liverpool this friday

Main Event

Damen Kelly V Ian Napa

The show also features

Jason Cook v Gary Reid
Tony Dodson v Simeon Cover
Jamie McKeever v Dariusz Snarski
Tony Moran v TBA
Stephen Mullen v Billy Smith
Wayne Pinder v Paul Buchanan

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 23 Nov 2005, 11:48

Good to see Jason Cook back again, is he now fighting at Light Welterweight? Surely he isn't trying to still make the Lightweight limit.

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 23 Nov 2005, 12:05

steve689 wrote:Good to see Jason Cook back again, is he now fighting at Light Welterweight? Surely he isn't trying to still make the Lightweight limit.

Gary Reid is listed as a light welter and has come in around 140 for his last 5 fights, so i'm assuming so.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 25 Nov 2005, 12:38

Any news on the fighters weights for tonight?

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 25 Nov 2005, 13:16

'Tony Dodson at yesterday's weigh-in scaled just 12st 4lbs for his match with Hungarian Szabolcs Rimovsky. Dont know what happened to the fight with Cover.

Former IBO lightweight champion Jason Cook meets Wolverhampton's Gary Reid over eight rounds.

He looked out of shape and overweight at the weigh-in though - scaling a career 'worst' 10st 7lbs - and was last seen heading for the hotel gym yesterday after Reid's camp complained about giving away almost 5lbs to the Maesteg puncher.'

Thats all i have got hold of so far Sorry

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliv ... 1BF824.jpg

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 25 Nov 2005, 13:43

BTW Billy Smith who takes on debutant Stephen Mullin tonight is also down to box on saturday against Nicky Smedley then a week later against Baz Carey. He really is tough!

kevin · Post by **kevin** » 25 Nov 2005, 13:51

if Smith fights tonight he won't fight tomorrow you can only box once a week

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 25 Nov 2005, 13:52

Kevin wrote:if Smith fights tonight he won't fight tomorrow you can only box once a week

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I was shocked when looking through his record on boxrec.

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