commonwealth games

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 05 Dec 2005, 07:39

Can anyone provide details on who the prospective favs will be in the commonwealths next year ?? 2 or 3 names to look out for in each weight division??

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 08 Dec 2005, 10:59

Judging from the world championships,Canada will have a strong team as will the hosts and perhaps India,but England look very good.Bearing in mind Africa will throw up a couple of surprises,here is my early take 48k Nasir of Wales looks good as do Singh and Langley but my vote goes to Nasir at /51 Hore(aus) should be favourite ,Broadhurst looks a danger/At 54 Cave(can) and at 57 Smith (eng) look fair bets /At 60 watch out for Gavin(eng) and Kamal (can) /64 is wide open/at69 Perkins(eng) and Trupish(can) look good/75 three way battle Degale(eng) Fletcher (aus) and Stevenson (canada) should contest /81 home advantage should see Mceachran win over Englands Jeffries /91 Dolan,if picked,should defend /At91 David Price (eng) looks a fair bet------but there is a long way to go to March

holyfields_ear · Post by **holyfields_ear** » 13 Dec 2005, 08:12

Shocked to see Danny Price as the heavyweight representing England. Sure he beat Dolan this year but I thought Tony Bellew three time ABA champion was a dead cert to be picked and I would have given him a far better chance.

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 18 Dec 2005, 15:04

Bellew is angry,as a triple national champion he has a point,why enter if it means nothing in the long term.Danny must be left as favourite.I am not to up with Scottish boxing but I would have thought Hastie and Simmons would have a chance.

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 11 Feb 2006, 09:09

The four nations showed us little other than Nasir and Sutherland will go far.Sutherland of course is ineligible but Nasir will win.

DE-LA-HOYA · Post by **DE-LA-HOYA** » 11 Feb 2006, 14:17

a was at the 4 nations in dublin the irish are different class the scots,english,welsh will be happy there not in the commenwelth games david oliver joyce is awsome at 54 kgs and his cousin john joe joyce 60 kgs they have a massive amount of experenince behind them mo nassir will be good bet for a medal along with jamie cox stevie simmions

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 13 Feb 2006, 08:26

Do not forget the likes of Gavin,Broadhurst and Perkins were not there--England can hold its own with Ireland

DE-LA-HOYA · Post by **DE-LA-HOYA** » 17 Feb 2006, 08:31

there are some plus sides 2 the 4 nations in dublin a kracking bantemweight from scotland davie savage hes so fast strong and fit just missed out on the commenwelth games never met the craitera to box has been away 2 canada for 2 weeks 1 his fight over there knocking vastly experinced opponent down twice and also went 2 denmark last year won against the danish fetherweight champ then he went 2 dublin for the 4 nations lost 2 david oliver joyce in witch the scoring was shocking then he fought aspiecal bout against kevin fennessy with he won 34 -17 hes looking to get more experinance on the international scenne

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 01 Mar 2006, 17:30

Did you see Aaron thomas in the welter div / light welter div ? ; believe he beat the english las in the semis (perkins ??) or maybe the eng lad in 64kg? or was perkins not involved? then lost to Irish lad, however, apparently had badly hurt rib for final which was quite evident in his defence>?????

Didnt go, just what was reported in local rag.

Also was haastie involved and will he be going to games, if so a big fav in the 64kg no?

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 01 Mar 2006, 17:43

apologies, it was Denton Vassell in the 69kg category he beat, why did perkins not fight or win the eng ABA's? is he in c-games?

holyfields_ear · Post by **holyfields_ear** » 02 Mar 2006, 11:03

Yes Perkins is in the squad for the Commonwelth Games along with Liverpool boys David Price Stephen Smith and Nick McDonald who I'm sure will clean up 8)

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 02 Mar 2006, 19:19

why did perkins not fight in 4 nations ?

DE-LA-HOYA · Post by **DE-LA-HOYA** » 03 Mar 2006, 08:42

Aaron thomas was very good against denton vassell but in the final the irish lad was differnt class

wales mo nasir was very gd i was looking foward 2 seeing chris jenkins but he got a real boxing lesson from conner ahern i saw wales twice last year up in scotland they are very well skooled i saw a young welsh boxer joe cage he was amazing when he boxed in scotland last year a think hes a cadet not sure but jenkins is up against it i think who do you think will win medals from wales ???? mitch prince 60kgs mark hastie 64kgs craig mcewan 75 kgs kenny anderson 81kgs and a think will win gold stevie simmons 91kgs the rest will be there or there abouts

mo nasir looks gd for a medal

perkind was injured

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 03 Mar 2006, 17:15

used to train in the same gym as aaron, in a way i hope he gets a medal. seen him have troubles with boxers though, aaron is the fittest member of the welsh team, one of the fittest in 4 nations without doubt, he's relentless and rough his house tactics are good against boxers who cant back him up with the jab, should a fighter back him up from range with a jab he has problems.
nassir should get one... cant wait to be honest, really looking forward to it.
you'd think hastie and perkins are nailed on for a medal but i dot know much about canadians, who supposedly are strong.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 05 Mar 2006, 03:09

I read somewhere ages ago that the tickets for the c'wealth boxing may be as low as $15. May have to see if I can get a few and take a first hand look at the up and coming talent

ABA Boxing · Post by **ABA Boxing** » 05 Mar 2006, 09:02

bollox wrote:I read somewhere ages ago that the tickets for the c'wealth boxing may be as low as $15. May have to see if I can get a few and take a first hand look at the up and coming talent

The lowest starts at $11 for the opening bouts, going up to $125 for the best seats at the final!

They could be free and i still wont be going as it is in Australia!

waterboy65 · Post by **waterboy65** » 05 Mar 2006, 12:37

i think canada will do fine

mike222 · Post by **mike222** » 06 Mar 2006, 12:41

Perkins was fighting in the Strandja cup with six others of the English team

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 10 Mar 2006, 14:02

ta

interesting

holyfields_ear · Post by **holyfields_ear** » 17 Mar 2006, 08:17

Danny Price is out he lost 16-12 in the first round against his Aussie opponent. On the BBC site it says he was unlucky and produced the much cleaner work - they descibed it as 'controversial' :x

DE-LA-HOYA · Post by **DE-LA-HOYA** » 17 Mar 2006, 10:49

big fundo mhura beat aaron thomas big fundo boxes for scotland but because he never had a british passport he could not box for scotland so hes boxing for malawi gd luck 2 all the scottish boxers comon big stevie simmons was awsome kris carslaw mark hastie gd luck 2 all

Boxingnut · Post by **Boxingnut** » 18 Mar 2006, 12:01

I would have fancied Bellew or Dolan to beat Pitt. I reckon Bellew would have knocked him out.

holyfields_ear · Post by **holyfields_ear** » 18 Mar 2006, 12:12

Yeah you're not wrong there. I know the fight was close and could have gone either way but I wonder whether they'll see the result as proof that they made the wrong choice or simply that it was down to home bias.

DE-LA-HOYA · Post by **DE-LA-HOYA** » 18 Mar 2006, 14:32

tony bellew is still trying to recover from the beating he got in the 4 nations from the irish lad ian timms he got a proper beatin

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 19 Mar 2006, 20:01

Anyone see the little fat super heavyweight from Seychelles?