Conquest vs Mckenzie RBR

[crusader]

Khomitsky is a tough mofo.

[jameswilson]

its good to see competitive fights - sorry for both Fwanks though

Getting KO'd after losing most of the rounds is competitive is it?

I mean in reverse towards the home fighter - most of the time they are home shut outs

To be honest Buglioni should (and usually is) several fights down the card. I say it all the time but beneath the top 3 or 4 fights on a televised card you are going to get these guys in their learning fights.

Maybe there was a bit of pressure to step him up a bit too quick, as columbo said, and it has backfired.

[lefty]

Getting KO'd after losing most of the rounds is competitive is it?

I mean in reverse towards the home fighter - most of the time they are home shut outs

To be honest Buglioni should (and usually is) several fights down the card. I say it all the time but beneath the top 3 or 4 fights on a televised card you are going to get these guys in their learning fights.

Maybe there was a bit of pressure to step him up a bit too quick, as columbo said, and it has backfired.

I wonder if that fight would of been made if Dean Powell was still here.

[Andrew]

Khomitsky is a beast.

Bet Eddie wouldn't put him near Callum Smith anytime soon. Though I would be interested to see how that would turn out

[expe]

Be great to see Franks 2 ticket sellers lose on the same show! Bye bye Copperbox shows!

Why would it be good to see them lose? The Copperbox shows are decent and they keep fighters active, why would anyone want to see less shows put on domestically?

It's good to see over-hyped guys exposed, it may now actually be a case of putting on more good match ups to sell shows rather than relying on 2 guys with undeserved popularity.

They were mainly hyped as a result of selling lots of tickets, wasn't really like anyone had truly bought into it and thought they were world beaters. You can't say their popularity was undeserved either, what does a fighter have to do to deserve popularity? They sell lots of tickets, most likely because they're probably sound lads who are a good laugh to be around and as time goes on, more and more people start coming along, it's not really a reflection of ability, loads of very average fighters have been very popular, Arturo Gatti being a good example, then there's fighters like Rigondeaux who have more talent in their little toe, but he's not great to watch if you're not a purist, so he's not a big draw.

[lefty]

Khomitsky is a beast.

Bet Eddie wouldn't put him near Callum Smith anytime soon. Though I would be interested to see how that would turn out

I think Smith would deal with him. Probably a points win but i'd fancy him in that fight.

[Sklar]

From a boxing POV, it's nights like these that the professonal void left by the death of Dean Powell are most noticeable. They had a matchmakng 'mare tonight.

[Andrew]

Have to admit I would enjoy Eubank Jr getting beat now.

He just said Kerry Hope pulled out for no particular reason.... just like he ducked Nick Blackwell for no particular reason.

[lefty]

From a boxing POV, it's nights like these that the professonal void left by the death of Dean Powell are most noticeable. They had a matchmakng 'mare tonight.

Yeah was just saying that mate.

[expe]

I mean in reverse towards the home fighter - most of the time they are home shut outs

To be honest Buglioni should (and usually is) several fights down the card. I say it all the time but beneath the top 3 or 4 fights on a televised card you are going to get these guys in their learning fights.

Maybe there was a bit of pressure to step him up a bit too quick, as columbo said, and it has backfired.

I wonder if that fight would of been made if Dean Powell was still here.

Possibly not, it looked a dangerous one on paper and it certainly proved to be so. Buglioni would probably have been better off going in with someone like Cello Renda or Jahmaine Smyle.

[jameswilson]

From a boxing POV, it's nights like these that the professonal void left by the death of Dean Powell are most noticeable. They had a matchmakng 'mare tonight.

At least it's a packed house.......

[expe]

Have to admit I would enjoy Eubank Jr getting beat now.

He just said Kerry Hope pulled out for no particular reason.... just like he ducked Nick Blackwell for no particular reason.

Hope got cut in his last fight 3 weeks ago. And Danny Butler and Billy Joe Saunders and Gary O'Sullivan, the list of names on that list is endless.

[Sklar]

From a boxing POV, it's nights like these that the professonal void left by the death of Dean Powell are most noticeable. They had a matchmakng 'mare tonight.

At least it's a packed house.......

But will it be next tme?

[jameswilson]

Boom.

[lefty]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

[jameswilson]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

He was wanting to copy his Dad vs Reginaldo Dos Santos.

[expe]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

We already knew he was a twat, like he always says, it's in the DNA, but this was just 100% confirmation for anyone who was doubting it.

[lefty]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

He was wanting to copy his Dad vs Reginaldo Dos Santos.

He's trying to be his dad. He should be his own man.

[ShadrachSimmo]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

The guys an embarrassing parody of his dad.

A fight with someone like Saunders or Ryder etc just won't happen anytime soon.

He needs to step up and fast.

[lefty]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

We already knew he was a twat, like he always says, it's in the DNA, but this was just 100% confirmation for anyone who was doubting it.

The fight with BJS interests me I have to say.

[Boxing Prospect]

They were mainly hyped as a result of selling lots of tickets, wasn't really like anyone had truly bought into it and thought they were world beaters. You can't say their popularity was undeserved either, what does a fighter have to do to deserve popularity? They sell lots of tickets, most likely because they're probably sound lads who are a good laugh to be around and as time goes on, more and more people start coming along, it's not really a reflection of ability, loads of very average fighters have been very popular, Arturo Gatti being a good example, then there's fighters like Rigondeaux who have more talent in their little toe, but he's not great to watch if you're not a purist, so he's not a big draw.

They were hyped on tickets, but who really cares about the tickets? It should be talent that gets spoken about. For some reason in this country we seem to spend more time saying "well they sell 800 tickets" rather then "they were a 3 time amateur national champion". We seem to focus promotion on tickets rather than making promoters promote shows. The ticket seller system might be needed but it makes promoters lazy.

What does a fighter need to do to deserve to be popular? Something. Keane and Buglioni were hyped to the heavens on debut due to their popularity. That is undeserved and achievement should earn you popularity and should the way you achieve it.

Gatti was popular due to his style, as you said, did Buglioni strike you as that style? Did Keane? To me the answer is no.
Neither Keane nor Buglioni had anything that great about them in the ring and neither made me think "wow, I can't wait to see these" the only thing I got from watching them was "why are the comms sucking them off? They look clumsy, defensively flawed and aren't doing anything that makes me think wow"

[MightyWarrior]

Poor stoppage of Frankie Buglioni, thank god his corner waved it off, as the clueless idiot ref appeared happy to let Frankie get his head taken off. Someone needs to take that ref to task as that was shockingly bad.

[Ian1973]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

He was wanting to copy his Dad vs Reginaldo Dos Santos.

He's trying to be his dad. He should be his own man.

Yeah he is. His dad was amusing though, at least he was to me, a real character. Eubank junior isn't a character he's just a t**t, a wannabe.

If he wants any respect he'd be best advised to stop trying to be his old man, it's not novelty now, it's boring, been done before.

[Andrew]

I dont think it was classy of Eubank to be posturing when the guy was laying completely outcold.

The guys an embarrassing parody of his dad.

A fight with someone like Saunders or Ryder etc just won't happen anytime soon.

He needs to step up and fast.

He has learnt f*ck all since his fight with Bradley Pryce. Complete mis - match just now huge size difference he should have been done with those fights a while ago.

He could have fought Nick Blackwell last year to become mandatory for the British a year ago which would have been genuine 50/50 and he was ready then.

Reason I can't stand the guy is that he mouthed off how he would beat BJS easy then pulls out of a chance to force a fight with him.

[JC]

Be keen to see the BJS fight.

Thing is with Eubank Jr, his Dad needed the arrogant image to get attention. Jr turned pro in a blaze of publicity, with most boxing fans desperate for him to succeed. He probably could have become very popular playing the humble role. Seems like he's actually hurting his marketability.