Straight off his closish points loss to Vidoz, Sprott makes his 3rd consecutive appearance on foreign soil (has he been signed by Spotlight or something). This time its in Austria on the 13th of December (Tuesday).
Unfortunately, it looks like unlikely 13th for Sprott as he takes on Vladimir Virchis for the WBO Intercontinental strap. A win could propel Sprott maybe even further than what a Vidoz win would have done.
However, I think he is even less likely to pull this one off - Virchis looks like a geniune world class contendor.
Virchis
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=031256
Sprott
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=014800
Sprotts next fight live on Eurosport.
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Phenomenal-Nutrition
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funso banjo baby
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how so?funso banjo baby wrote:i like the look of virchis... but sprott is definately the most underrated brit HW out there.....
got mauled by skelton to an 11th round defeat, got beat by williams twice (dont care what the ref scored it).
Sprott is a nice boxer buit he has no instinct at all, i think he is rated about right.
The 4th best in britain.
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jamesmcdonnell
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Something mentally isn't right with Sprott, he has skills, and surprising punchpower when he really plants his feet, but he seems to lack the fire of a genuine top level fighter. He's a bit on the small side for a heavyweight, but that doesn't seem to be his real problem, it seems to be more mental than physical.J wrote:how so?funso banjo baby wrote:i like the look of virchis... but sprott is definately the most underrated brit HW out there.....
got mauled by skelton to an 11th round defeat, got beat by williams twice (dont care what the ref scored it).
Sprott is a nice boxer buit he has no instinct at all, i think he is rated about right.
The 4th best in britain.
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Old bones Ian
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Agree that he seems to lack a bit of self belief sometimes, but also his chin isn't that good , so i'd call that a physical fault as welljamesmcdonnell wrote: Something mentally isn't right with Sprott, he has skills, and surprising punchpower when he really plants his feet, but he seems to lack the fire of a genuine top level fighter. He's a bit on the small side for a heavyweight, but that doesn't seem to be his real problem, it seems to be more mental than physical.
Chin does seem to be slightly a mental thing aswell as a physical thing....topper123 wrote:Agree that he seems to lack a bit of self belief sometimes, but also his chin isn't that good , so i'd call that a physical fault as welljamesmcdonnell wrote: Something mentally isn't right with Sprott, he has skills, and surprising punchpower when he really plants his feet, but he seems to lack the fire of a genuine top level fighter. He's a bit on the small side for a heavyweight, but that doesn't seem to be his real problem, it seems to be more mental than physical.
Williams v Tyson/Vitali and then Samil Sam for example....
I think to a certain extent it is mind over matter.... Guys like Marvin Hagler just refused to be hurt....
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Old bones Ian
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Maybe but when Sprott gets caught right he goes, Williams, Senior, Llewelyn and Sanders all knocked him out, if the lights go out when your caught then theres nothing that you can do mentally.knockout wrote:Chin does seem to be slightly a mental thing aswell as a physical thing....topper123 wrote:Agree that he seems to lack a bit of self belief sometimes, but also his chin isn't that good , so i'd call that a physical fault as welljamesmcdonnell wrote: Something mentally isn't right with Sprott, he has skills, and surprising punchpower when he really plants his feet, but he seems to lack the fire of a genuine top level fighter. He's a bit on the small side for a heavyweight, but that doesn't seem to be his real problem, it seems to be more mental than physical.
Williams v Tyson/Vitali and then Samil Sam for example....
I think to a certain extent it is mind over matter.... Guys like Marvin Hagler just refused to be hurt....
In the Skelton fight i thought it was mental, he seemed to switch off once he knew that he couldn't get Skelton onto the back foot.
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I was ringside at his appearance vs Vidoz and was very disappointed. He won´t get such a chance again. Vidoz didn´t do that much, but unbelievably Sprott did less. Virchis is far more better than Vidoz. It depends on Sprotts chin whether Virchis wins by KO or PTS.....funso banjo baby wrote:i like the look of virchis... but sprott is definately the most underrated brit HW out there.....
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funso banjo baby
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sprott's only lost to world class fighters of late..... his destruction of Potter and one punch ko of Kenna were pure class... his win over koc in germany was nothing short of a miracle..... and check out the controversial 2nd fight with Danny Williams, its a boxing masterclass (up until highly dubious KO)..... the virchis fight is not a foregone conclusion at all.
Idon't think Williams is world class, and I don't think Skelton has proven himself world class yet.funso banjo baby wrote:sprott's only lost to world class fighters of late..... his destruction of Potter and one punch ko of Kenna were pure class... his win over koc in germany was nothing short of a miracle..... and check out the controversial 2nd fight with Danny Williams, its a boxing masterclass (up until highly dubious KO)..... the virchis fight is not a foregone conclusion at all.