Rocky Fielding looking for a new opponent for 15th March.

[Andy]

Dodson out with an ear infection.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/bo ... ol-6758239

[jameswilson]

Fu ck.

[maley1984]

Simple solution is paul smith v tba and rocky is mandatory so easy fight to make both in camps for 12 rounders no excuse.

[lefty]

Fielding and Smith should be fighting each other as it is FFS!

[Fortynineandout]

Correct !

Anything but a British and commonwealth title fight between the two local boxers is a bad reflection on sky,matchroom and even the boxers concerned. This fight should have been sorted weeks ago.

[palooka]

I agree with all 4 comments above but can't use the quote thing very well - Fielding V Paul Smith please.

[rio]

Easy fix......paul smith vs fielding and calum smith vs webb. A local derby unification fight and two top prospects.

[palooka]

Easy fix......paul smith vs fielding and calum smith vs webb. A local derby unification fight and two top prospects.

I imagine it is an easy fix for us fans but will be impossible for any mortal to sort out in the real world of boxing; a unicorn will box the grinch first.

[fasteddie]

sick note pulling out again

[Andrew]

So Rocky goes on twitter that he knew the Dodson fight was never going to happen.

https://twitter.com/Rocky87Fielding/sta ... 6803683328

This is whole think is a joke tbh and just shows whats wrong with British boxing.

[JimJim2009]

I was looking forward to this but lets be honest, it would be a few knock downs and another stoppage win for Rocky. Dodson has been doing this for years, I've nothing against him but he seems to get opportunity after opportunity after opportunity - and gets knocked out every time. Fielding would have knocked him out without much difficulty so its not the end of the world

[Bleak]

How good could Dodson have been before he had that long lay off?

[palooka]

How good could Dodson have been before he had that long lay off?

He was better as an amateur.

[bripez]

How good could Dodson have been before he had that long lay off?

He was better as an amateur.

Dodson did well as a junior, but did he box as a senior?

There are a lot of boxers who do well at a young age (possibly because they mature early and are physically stronger than their opponents) but they then don't have as much success as seniors when their opponents maturity catches up.

[palooka]

How good could Dodson have been before he had that long lay off?

He was better as an amateur.

Dodson did well as a junior, but did he box as a senior?

There are a lot of boxers who do well at a young age (possibly because they mature early and are physically stronger than their opponents) but they then don't have as much success as seniors when their opponents maturity catches up.

I don't think he did box senior - he got a european junior medal but I don't think he got an ABA. I agree with your post + a lot of very successful junior amateurs have trained very hard through their teenage years, they discover girls and beer, get a job and feel they've had had their fill of training every day and running in the mornings.

[lefty]

He was better as an amateur.

Dodson did well as a junior, but did he box as a senior?

There are a lot of boxers who do well at a young age (possibly because they mature early and are physically stronger than their opponents) but they then don't have as much success as seniors when their opponents maturity catches up.

I don't think he did box senior - he got a european junior medal but I don't think he got an ABA. I agree with your post + a lot of very successful junior amateurs have trained very hard through their teenage years, they discover girls and beer, get a job and feel they've had had their fill of training every day and running in the mornings.

Wasnt Brook a very good junior but not so much senior amateur?

[palooka]

I'm not sure columbo; some of the very best juniors - Michael McGuire, Gareth Lawrence, Shaun Gray etc win 7 or 8 national titles - I think Brook is a pro boxer through and through and developed a pro style while still young - Ryan Rhodes was similar I think though others from Sheffield know much more.

[expe]

Dodson did well as a junior, but did he box as a senior?

There are a lot of boxers who do well at a young age (possibly because they mature early and are physically stronger than their opponents) but they then don't have as much success as seniors when their opponents maturity catches up.

I don't think he did box senior - he got a european junior medal but I don't think he got an ABA. I agree with your post + a lot of very successful junior amateurs have trained very hard through their teenage years, they discover girls and beer, get a job and feel they've had had their fill of training every day and running in the mornings.

Wasnt Brook a very good junior but not so much senior amateur?

To be fair to Kell he turned pro at 18 so I doubt he had much chance to fight as a senior.

[lefty]

There are a lot of boxers who do well at a young age (possibly because they mature early and are physically stronger than their opponents) but they then don't have as much success as seniors when their opponents maturity catches up.

I don't think he did box senior - he got a european junior medal but I don't think he got an ABA. I agree with your post + a lot of very successful junior amateurs have trained very hard through their teenage years, they discover girls and beer, get a job and feel they've had had their fill of training every day and running in the mornings.

Wasnt Brook a very good junior but not so much senior amateur?

To be fair to Kell he turned pro at 18 so I doubt he had much chance to fight as a senior.[/quote]
True!

[palooka]

Same as Rhodes, both had been in the gym for about 10 years though.