Tuan_Jim wrote:He hasn't beaten anyone of note post Haye. His best win is Helenius, the one stolen from him. Who has he beaten since Haye? Malik Scott, the 35 year old man who didn't fight a contender for 14 years? Kevin Johnson, who can't win a fight? How low boxing fans expectations are these days.
It wasn't too long ago that Johnson was a top 10 Heavyweight.
He was when he had that title shot against Vitali... And he was still there going in to his fight with Tyson Fury. I remember it well, I attended the fight.
My view on the card.... a great bill, but sadly for various reasons dissapointed in my opinion. Lots of 50:50 or close to 50:50 fights on the card, but sadly for one reason or another - each of the fights dissapointed me a tad.
Walsh vs Sykes - Good fight, good honest battle, but quite one sided really. Walsh a level above Sykes (didn't look that way on paper, but that's how it transpired).
Gavin vs Skeete - Close fight, but not an exciting one.
Saunders vs Eubank Jnr - Close fight, a decent contest, but have to say was dissapointed in Jnr.... thought his hand speed didn't look as good when stepping up and shares his father's balance issues when trying to press the action. Saunders in some ways reminded me of Macklin.... seemed to be really fading towards the end of the fight, that's a few times now he's seemed to have struggled down the stretch. I've gone from think they both could be world class prospects to thinking that might be the furthest they can go. Perhaps I am being harsh cos it was a close, decent contest, and both gave a lot of themselves - but I was dissapointed by the overall standard considering these were hyped as world prospects.... and Oliver vs Mullings it was not.
Fury vs Chisora - Well done Fury, dissapointed in Chisora.
Fight of the night for me was Buglioni vs Johnson - Close contest, good action and that was about the level I excepted of Buglioni.
mickey1975 wrote:Fury had one world class training camp last year for Haye, a full camp.
What makes a camp a "world class" one?
The opponent may have been world class but what does that have to do with the camp?
Probably the solitude of moving to a rural location in a foreign country for months, away from family, employing top class sparring partners at huge expense, the nutrition, etc... It's hardly nipping down to Fitness First, is it?
Taking it seriously and no cutting corners, something that Tyson hasn't always done in the past.
