Poorest fights to watch that happened on British soil

[Deserter]

David Haye v Ismail Abdoul

Another great call. What made it worse for me was that afterwards Booth and Haye basically admitted they'd wanted him to work on his jab and get all those rounds under his belt, which was so disrespectful to those paying fans - at least step it up in the second half and go for the stoppage, even if you've purposely cruised the first half and used it as a sparring session.

[TheLeprechaun]

The poorest fight ive seen and it wont be beat by a long shot was Johnny Nelson v Carlos DeLeon. I'm not even sure if any punches were thrown over the 12 rounds. Boy it was a stinker.

Just watched a couple of rounds of this. At the end of the 6th Watt says "This is the worst fight I've sat through"

[TheGingerBomber]

Ah c'mon. It wasn't a classic but it was entertaining enough.

agree, ended up being quite entertained by their battle, Cornish gained some respect (off me at least) with that showing

I missed that. Did Sexton deserve his win?

Just wasn't for me, don't like when fighters smother their work, Cornish was beyond woeful and Sexton was competent. Sexton definitely deserved it. Tbf it's the only fight I could think of for some reason.

[Autobarn]

David Haye v Ismail Abdoul

well said. Bizarre performance from Haye who threw hardly anything per round, versus a low output, non punching spoiler, so he could pace himself to go the distance for th3 first time. Frank Maloney, promoting Haye at that stage, looked befuddled ringside.

[Mimmy]

The poorest fight ive seen and it wont be beat by a long shot was Johnny Nelson v Carlos DeLeon. I'm not even sure if any punches were thrown over the 12 rounds. Boy it was a stinker.

Just watched a couple of rounds of this. At the end of the 6th Watt says "This is the worst fight I've sat through"

Terrible isnt it. In all the years ive watched boxing that is truly the worse fight ever, I was just glad there wasnt a rematch.

[dookus]

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[dookus]

David Haye v Ismail Abdoul

well said. Bizarre performance from Haye who threw hardly anything per round, versus a low output, non punching spoiler, so he could pace himself to go the distance for th3 first time. Frank Maloney, promoting Haye at that stage, looked befuddled ringside.

I seem to remember Haye said afterwards he'd agreed with Booth to throw only 3 right hands max a round to make sure he went 12 rounds (after he gassed in a round and a half against Thompson, I guess they were paranoid). Exciting stuff for the fans..

[jamamb]

im another who enjoyed cornish-sexton. yes, not exactly textbook technique. but very competitive till sexton pulled away from about 8-11. cornish hurt sexton and sexton came back hard. and then cornish at least came back final round although too late. they were well matched and i thought it was worth the watch. actually pretty gruelling stuff for the competitors.

[jamamb]

hughie fury has to be the type of boxer i like watching least. no power. no aggression. holds a lot. looks to spoil and win doing bare minimum with flicking jabs, and even those didnt land against parker. at least guy like johnny nelson could find some stoppages and occasionally be in okay fight.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

The poorest fight ive seen and it wont be beat by a long shot was Johnny Nelson v Carlos DeLeon. I'm not even sure if any punches were thrown over the 12 rounds. Boy it was a stinker.

Just watched a couple of rounds of this. At the end of the 6th Watt says "This is the worst fight I've sat through"

Terrible isnt it. In all the years ive watched boxing that is truly the worse fight ever, I was just glad there wasnt a rematch.

Crazy thing is that's two of the better cruiserweights ever. Fury/wlad is the worst I've seen.

[rubberneck]

Matthew Barney was in some stinkers. Jab, grab then smother until the ref calls break. His fight against dean Francis was a similar “spectacle”. He got the decision as well, much to the bemusement of the crowd.
As mentioned before Calzaghe vs Starie was dreadful. I had the misfortune of seeing that live at the M.E.N in Manchester.

[BitPlayer]

Haye Harrison.

[boxingknockout]

Nelson - Warring, De Leon

[kevo]

Always remember Nelson v Guillermo Jones being a stinker.

[SAPFO]

Another vote for Haskins vs Broadhurst.

Both good boxers, but they didn't gel at all. I guess that's the way it goes sometimes.

Haskins style causes that. Dons been in some good fights since that. He’s retiring in December.

Anyway, Haskins and Broadhurst met in the Prizefighter a bunch of us more or less organised on here. That was a decent fight over 3 rounds.

[Cyclops]

Fury v Chisora 2

We genuinely all got up and left. My mate said to all of us "right, if he doesn't knock him by the end of this round we'll leave, ok?"

We all agreed.

fornicate all happened so we went home.

[Lenny]

Worst live was probably Corley v Witter. I think it was round 3 when they stopped even fainting and went into full Big Train staring competition mode.

[Greg Houston]

I remember working a show once and during the main event the promoter turned to me and said, "I thought this fight would stink the place out, but it's actually been really good."

[steve689]

(also Don Broadhurst was an awful fight for haskins)

Broadhurst-Haskins is one of the worst I've ever seen.

Live, Tyson Fury vs. Kevin Johnson was boring as hell. I was also at Haskins-Burnett and I think whoever said that is being a little harsh. Seen way worse.

[Cyclops]

(also Don Broadhurst was an awful fight for haskins)

Broadhurst-Haskins is one of the worst I've ever seen.

Live, Tyson Fury vs. Kevin Johnson was boring as hell. I was also at Haskins-Burnett and I think whoever said that is being a little harsh. Seen way worse.

Funny. I enjoyed Fury-Johnson watching it on TV. I've never watched it back. I was actually thinking about watching it again the other day... perhaps I won't bother?

[bennie]

Going back there was an abysmal performance by Ezzard Charles against Dick Richardson in Wales. Charles was over the hill and just held on until he was slung out. Similarly, Luis Rodriguez, the self-confessed 'ugly one', showed nothing against Bunny Sterling in London in 1971, although he stumbled his way to the final bell; Ossie Ocasio flopped infamously against John L. Gardner several years later. These guys were all world champions (Ocasio, a future one).

[Autobarn]

Matthew Barney was in some stinkers. Jab, grab then smother until the ref calls break. His fight against dean Francis was a similar “spectacle”. He got the decision as well, much to the bemusement of the crowd.
As mentioned before Calzaghe vs Starie was dreadful. I had the misfortune of seeing that live at the M.E.N in Manchester.

Starie and Barney, hard viewing

[Autobarn]

Worst live was probably Corley v Witter. I think it was round 3 when they stopped even fainting and went into full Big Train staring competition mode.

I liked it only in the sense that Witter was in control and effective versus a decent opponent. Not as bad as many Witter fights.

[Andrew]

Chisoras last fight under Warren was dreadful.

[SaadOffTheDeck]

Going back there was an abysmal performance by Ezzard Charles against Dick Richardson in Wales. Charles was over the hill and just held on until he was slung out. Similarly, Luis Rodriguez, the self-confessed 'ugly one', showed nothing against Bunny Sterling in London in 1971, although he stumbled his way to the final bell; Ossie Ocasio flopped infamously against John L. Gardner several years later. These guys were all world champions (Ocasio, a future one).

Seeing Ezzard and Rodriguez live or on TV is awesome. A top 5 all time fighter and maybe the most underrated fighter.