Round-By-Round - Josh Taylor vs. O'Hara Davies - July 8th 2017

[Loftgroov]

It's funny, Davies was showing great heart all through the fight - bombing forward doggedly whenever Taylor hurt him. Then all of a sudden he gestures to his eye and just stops fighting. Hope he's OK as he could still be in lots of fun fights in the future.

Taylor looked awesome though - maybe a little overconfident at times but incredible ability.

He quit, no question.

My guess is we might get a David Haye style "I hurt my toe" excuse from OD. A thumb in the eye or some poo. But it would be just that, poo, because he was outclassed and quit.

Exciting fight while it lasted.

Are you retarded?

Yes..... very.

[ILikeBeer]

fornicate me.The Carl Frampton fight is on Channel 5.

[Ossyrules]

The difference between a guy from a good schooling and another that was raw

Yep. The difference in boxing ability was clear ahead of the fight, it was just a matter if Taylor had any hidden deficiencies that could give a lesser fighter a chance.

When the fight was made I had no doubt Taylor was the better man, but with so many rating Davies I started to wonder if I was overlooking something in a guy who I saw as crude, slow on his feet, and lacking in serious power. After watching this, I don't think I missed anything...the O must've stood for overrated.

Taylor, on the other hand, is the real deal.

I have to admit that I was confident in Taylor originally but as the fight drew closer I began to see Davies having more of a chance that what I originally thought.

Davies looked really quite poor I thought, and it was only general toughness and pride I guess that kept him in there. From a technical point of view though, more than just a level below the likes of Taylor

[crusader]

That's two fights now where Taylor has dropped someone with a jab

[charlieb]

He quit, no question.

My guess is we might get a David Haye style "I hurt my toe" excuse from OD. A thumb in the eye or some poo. But it would be just that, poo, because he was outclassed and quit.

Exciting fight while it lasted.

Are you retarded?

Yes..... very.

That's alright then.

[Counter-puncher]

By the way, that's the first I recall hearing Arthur on commentary and as others have said before, I find him pretty good to listen to.

[crusader]

The difference between a guy from a good schooling and another that was raw

Yep. The difference in boxing ability was clear ahead of the fight, it was just a matter if Taylor had any hidden deficiencies that could give a lesser fighter a chance.

When the fight was made I had no doubt Taylor was the better man, but with so many rating Davies I started to wonder if I was overlooking something in a guy who I saw as crude, slow on his feet, and lacking in serious power. After watching this, I don't think I missed anything...the O must've stood for overrated.

Taylor, on the other hand, is the real deal.

I have to admit that I was confident in Taylor originally but as the fight drew closer I began to see Davies having more of a chance that what I originally thought.

Davies looked really quite poor I thought, and it was only general toughness and pride I guess that kept him in there. From a technical point of view though, more than just a level below the likes of Taylor

I started to doubt myself too when I saw how many people were going for Davies, and how many were confident about it, but I could just never see what was so impressive about him.

Taylor, on the other hand, has really stood out for me since I saw one of his earliest fights; he's good at so many things.

[rd350lc]

eff me.The Carl Frampton fight is on Channel 5.

Are you wanting it on a ITV PPV with a stacked undercard ?

[bripez]

Ohara deffo quit there - it will be interesting to see if/how he recovers mentally.

I dont know why he just didn't stay down at the knockdown?

Clearly the sparring he did with Arge from TOWIE didn't pay off.

[Jackson328]

Great fight, Taylor was outstanding all night and looked like he's had way more than 10 fights as a pro, really great prospect and a natural successor to Ricky Burns in the making which is fantastic for Scottish boxing.

Strange end to the fight and I suppose we'll now have endless threads about a boxer quitting a la Kell Brook vs Spence Jr. Ohara took some big punches throughout and always seemed to fire back immediately, albeit missing wildly far too much, yet the knockdowns appeared to be from innocuous shots both times, the first from a seemingly mild jab and then the second a glancing blow. Hard to tell sat in an armchair tbf

[Covfefe]

Great fight, Taylor was outstanding all night and looked like he's had way more than 10 fights as a pro, really great prospect and a natural successor to Ricky Burns in the making which is fantastic for Scottish boxing.

Strange end to the fight and I suppose we'll now have endless threads about a boxer quitting a la Kell Brook vs Spence Jr. Ohara took some big punches throughout and always seemed to fire back immediately, albeit missing wildly far too much, yet the knockdowns appeared to be from innocuous shots both times, the first from a seemingly mild jab and then the second a glancing blow. Hard to tell sat in an armchair tbf

A glancing blow? It was a hell of a shot he dropped him with at the end. Took his legs right away. Didn't look glancing to me.

I'll be interested to hear what Davies says as he was ready to box on and then started pointing to his eye (I think).

[handsofstone]

That's two fights now where Taylor has dropped someone with a jab

Might have guessed if would be you Crusader that beat me to that

I was thinking that as it happened, I was quite disappointed in Taylor's jab tonight TBH but that's pretty rare to do that twice, Davies unravelled to look very crude and predictable albeit quick and sharp but I'm happy that Taylor come through this tonight, he looks a totally different prospect from Burns I doubt he'll have Ricky's toughness and durability but he does look like he doesn't mind getting his hands dirty, he just needs to learn not to switch off and start throwing if he's gonna stay in the pocket, his skills are top drawer though and best we've had since Buchanan

[MightyWarrior]

The final KD shot was perfect, a thing of beauty, and Taylor knew it too, smiling as it landed effortlessly and swagggering away.

Anyone whinging about Davis lacking heart should remember that he's a young fighter and the almost exact same thing happened to Nigel Benn as a young fighter; and you couldn't say he was exactly lacking in the heart department.

[Jackson328]

Great fight, Taylor was outstanding all night and looked like he's had way more than 10 fights as a pro, really great prospect and a natural successor to Ricky Burns in the making which is fantastic for Scottish boxing.

Strange end to the fight and I suppose we'll now have endless threads about a boxer quitting a la Kell Brook vs Spence Jr. Ohara took some big punches throughout and always seemed to fire back immediately, albeit missing wildly far too much, yet the knockdowns appeared to be from innocuous shots both times, the first from a seemingly mild jab and then the second a glancing blow. Hard to tell sat in an armchair tbf

A glancing blow? It was a hell of a shot he dropped him with at the end. Took his legs right away. Didn't look glancing to me.

I'll be interested to hear what Davies says as he was ready to box on and then started pointing to his eye (I think).

maybe I need to look again, it didn't seem that flush to me although a glancing blow can be very effective, especially around the jaw line.

[bripez]

Anyone whinging about Davis lacking heart .

Not one person has done that.

A few have said that he quit, because he did.

[crusader]

Seemed glancing (but obviously effective) to me

https://twitter.com/the13thround/status ... 6801403904

[Realistic]

It was a perfect punch, fast and OD walking on to it. Stunning performance by Josh tonight. OD showed heart but did seem to turn his back.

[Covfefe]

Seemed glancing (but obviously effective) to me

https://twitter.com/the13thround/status ... 6801403904

Looked like it landed flusher when I first saw it. I stand corrected.

[handsofstone]

Seemed glancing (but obviously effective) to me

https://twitter.com/the13thround/status ... 6801403904

Looked like it landed flusher when I first saw it. I stand corrected.

Me too, surely that must have been all nose if you consider Davies turning his back afterwards

[Andrew]

Before I tear into him. I have mentioned that Ohara deserves credit because he took that fight when he could have padded his record against wasters and Eddie would have "manufactured " him a vacant world title fight when Crawford moves up. Him taking the fight when he and many of his stable mates would not do in this situation meant we got a belting fight on terrestrial Tv.

Now I said on here time and time again that he was no good after that Scarpa fight. He alsoturned down a fight with Tyrone Nurse for the British title after it was mandated, instead he chose to fight a shot lightweight. I was fuming when commentary said Ohara was a big puncher. When has he shown that ?

I'm glad Ohara took a pasting because he struck me as a bully with his attitude inside the ring and out of it. When someone his own size come back at him he QUIT pure and simple even though he actually shown a lot of toughness in there.

Hearn never mentioned this fight at all on his Twitter page and I think sky will just sweep it under the rug. Like when Bellew fought Stevenson and Eubanks loss to Saunders when he was fighting on sky. Ohara got well and truly exposed tonight and was second best throughout.

As for Josh Taylor massively impressed with him tonight. Shown serious skill particularly with his bodywork and toughness when he didn't need to. Easilyone of my favourite British fighters now and easily the best 140lber in the country. I respect Ricky Burns A LOT but I don't think he will go near that fight particularly if the Crolla fight is there as that is very winnable.

Scottish boxing was desperate for that performance tonight. Can't wait to see him fight again.

[dhb-raging bull]

50/50 fight I enjoyed it fancied taylor but had to back stoppage for any profit so had 20 on taylor 5/2 got 70 back wasn't comfy putting it on but just fancied taylor both a brilliant fighters but thought taylor might be just that bit more classy which proved right won 70 pound and enjoyed the fight happy days

[CaptainSpacerod]

That was a good little fight. Those bodyshots ruined Davies early on, he showed real guts to come back into it but Taylor looked a level above him.

No point Taylor fighting Burns who clearly doesn't fancy it at all except for the payday obviously. It's always nice to see young unbeaten British lads meet so I'd like him to fight Catterall next. Or maybe Nurse if he's still British champ (?) or Tommy Coyle to get a bit of a name on his record unless he's retired (?).

[Boxing Prospect]

eff me.The Carl Frampton fight is on Channel 5.

I said that and the missus said "well thats nice, free TV"

[Junk Punch]

Truly astounding how some genuine boxing fans thought Davies was more talented than Taylor. They don't actually analyse fighters, to me these individuals just follow trends.

[Supremo]

Great fight fair play ton both of them. Taylor doscombublated him with a shot to the temple.
Davies is heavy handed and a very very good fighter. I wouldn't at all be surprised if he went on to big things. Taylor may find his levels because his holiding his feet and keeping his hands high is and has since his amateur days been a licence to be hit.