Thomas Essomba vs Jay Harris

[handsofstone]

Essomba defends his Commonwealth Flyweight title against Harris on Friday on NoxBation, I haven't seen Essomba before, I mind the fight when he KO'd Din to win the title was supposed to be shown on Spike but ended up being pulled about 2 days before so I never seen it, he's coming off a loss against Butcher(10 round decision) it was meant to be a title defence but I think Butcher failed to make weight so it went ahead as a non title fight so Essomba is still Commonwealth champ, also I never knew until yesterday he was a London Olympian who was put out by Paddy Barnes

I think ive seen most of Harris's fights, I'm sure he's fought on most Welsh cards on allegedly, he's unbeaten in 9 and coming off a 6 fight KO streak so definitely developing his power, no notable wins yet just the usual expected foes at this stage of his career so Essomba is quite a big step up and he showed against Din he doesn't care much for unbeaten prospects

Hopefully its a good fight and Harris can pull it off, looking forward to seeing Boy Jones Jr in action again, he's still a baby but improving well in each passing fight, Harley Benn making his debut as well

Cant beat a Friday nights boxing

[Stuarty]

Hadn't realised this was on. Decent main event and something to watch on a Friday night for a change.

[handsofstone]

Hadn't realised this was on. Decent main event and something to watch on a Friday night for a change.

Yeah it should be a good 'un hopefully, I used to love Friday Fight Night on Sky, that was when British and Commonwealth title fights were respected and not pushed down the bill as an afterthought for a International/ Inter Continental fight

[Stuarty]

Hadn't realised this was on. Decent main event and something to watch on a Friday night for a change.

Yeah it should be a good 'un hopefully, I used to love Friday Fight Night on Sky, that was when British and Commonwealth title fights were respected and not pushed down the bill as an afterthought for a International/ Inter Continental fight

Agree mate. Miss the European nights as well. A lot of our guys seem to be swerving the European nowadays for meaningless ranking fights against nobodies.

I remember the spell where Craig Docherty had fought that dirty little bastard Sinitsin then Arthur fought him then fought Doc for the European. They were great nights. Sure they were a Friday and on terrestrial tv as well if my memory serves me right?

[handsofstone]

Hadn't realised this was on. Decent main event and something to watch on a Friday night for a change.

Yeah it should be a good 'un hopefully, I used to love Friday Fight Night on Sky, that was when British and Commonwealth title fights were respected and not pushed down the bill as an afterthought for a International/ Inter Continental fight

Agree mate. Miss the European nights as well. A lot of our guys seem to be swerving the European nowadays for meaningless ranking fights against nobodies.

I remember the spell where Craig Docherty had fought that dirty little bastard Sinitsin then Arthur fought him then fought Doc for the European. They were great nights. Sure they were a Friday and on terrestrial tv as well if my memory serves me right?

Yeah great days indeed mate, I like Docherty he was a good honest fighter

[Stuarty]

Yeah it should be a good 'un hopefully, I used to love Friday Fight Night on Sky, that was when British and Commonwealth title fights were respected and not pushed down the bill as an afterthought for a International/ Inter Continental fight

Agree mate. Miss the European nights as well. A lot of our guys seem to be swerving the European nowadays for meaningless ranking fights against nobodies.

I remember the spell where Craig Docherty had fought that dirty little bastard Sinitsin then Arthur fought him then fought Doc for the European. They were great nights. Sure they were a Friday and on terrestrial tv as well if my memory serves me right?

Yeah great days indeed mate, I like Docherty he was a good honest fighter

Yeah he was. Last time I met him he was out his bin and built like a mini bodybuilder! Good laugh though. I think he's still fighting every now n then but up at 154 last I heard

[Coco]

Jay's father Peter was British Champ, lost it to Paul Hodginson and beat Wilson Docherty among others.

[TheLeprechaun]

Craig "Hot Property" Docherty

[TheGingerBomber]

Anyone know if this is accessible to BT customers?

[PredatorHayds]

Really rate Harris. Good step up fight. Could go either way, Essomba isn't bad either.
I see a distance fight either way But I'm edging Harris.

[Realistic]

Great prospect is Jay and a nice guy to boot. He looks 16 but is 26 haha

[RandomMan]

I saw Thomas Essomba few times and the guy is just a punching machine at a different level than Jay ! I'll bet on him, as Jay Harris isn't cooked yet. never had a real opponent and a 10 round fight before

[phil5555]

Thomas Essomba as had 3 fights that have fell through grateful for allegedly putting this fight on Thomas is very strong and hungry no's he as to win ,

[REEVE]

Should be a good fight this looking forward to it

[Coco]

A great win for Jay Harris

[davie]

The Poxton vs Boy Jones jr fight was a cracker.
Just finished watching it, a great scrap

[PredatorHayds]

The Poxton vs Boy Jones jr fight was a cracker.
Just finished watching it, a great scrap

Best I've ever seen Poxton. Looked really good. Fantastic workrate. Shows what top level sparring does.

[davie]

The Poxton vs Boy Jones jr fight was a cracker.
Just finished watching it, a great scrap

Best I've ever seen Poxton. Looked really good. Fantastic workrate. Shows what top level sparring does.

This is the first i've seen from him but he put in a fantastic effort.

I have seen BJJ a couple of times though and did think this kind of result was coming. Wouldn't mind seeing him moved slowly now and perhaps up a weight class or four as he fills out. He looks terribly skinny at SFW. At 6'0" he would still be tall as a welter.

[Tangerine]

Wouldn't mind seeing him moved slowly now and perhaps up a weight class or four as he fills out. He looks terribly skinny at SFW. At 6'0" he would still be tall as a welter.

Could be wrong but I think hes on about moving down to Feather in the long term

[davie]

Wouldn't mind seeing him moved slowly now and perhaps up a weight class or four as he fills out. He looks terribly skinny at SFW. At 6'0" he would still be tall as a welter.

Could be wrong but I think hes on about moving down to Feather in the long term

I strongly suspect we will see issues making weight at some point

[REEVE]

Don't know how these lads can do 9.3 at 6ft that must be hard going