Frankie Gavin - IBO World Title

[TheLeprechaun]

Frankies weight is just fine with 10 weeks to go

You must have missed the pic of him looking 14 stone that was on twitter

[Boxingcutsman]

Frankies weight is just fine with 10 weeks to go

You must have missed the pic of him looking 14 stone that was on twitter

You must of missed me standing next to him on the scales and seeing his weight with my own eyes

[Counter-puncher]

With respect fella I'm pretty sure I've seen someone assure me he was on weight before, and he's ended up missing weight. Maybe the Eggington fight

[stu 27]

I like Frankie,really nice lad and with all my heart would love to see him win a world title
Don’t think light welter personally due to his age,but I would love to see him in shape at welter,if he does do that now it’s a shame he never managed it earlier
KRO

[TheLeprechaun]

With respect fella I'm pretty sure I've seen someone assure me he was on weight before, and he's ended up missing weight. Maybe the Eggington fight

You'd have to be retarded to trust anything Gavin or his hangers on say about his weight

[Boxingcutsman]

With respect fella I'm pretty sure I've seen someone assure me he was on weight before, and he's ended up missing weight. Maybe the Eggington fight

You'd have to be retarded to trust anything Gavin or his hangers on say about his weight

Not half as retarded you would have to be to look at a photo from god knows when it was taken and guess someone’s weight

[bripez]

It's nearly 10 years since Beijing - it seems that some things haven't changed

[Stuarty]

People straight into the negative.
Rip it up Frankie. Prepare well x

If he prepared well he'd be a light welterweight,simply not dedicated enough.

Ye Manny Pacquiao might perform better if he went back down to light flyweight

What a ridiculous statement man....

[SticknMove]

As an aside to Frankie's weight and commitment issues how many elite level fighters are juicing. Massive admirer of Pacman from the day he hit the states and beat the brilliant Barrera jumping from flyweight to super bantam. Made a strong case for him being too much for Joan Guzman at SFW, a fight that never came to fruition. However never thought he would win world titles all the way up to Margarito at LMW without looking fleshy and carrying strength and power. Even the greatest LW of all time Roberto Duran looked fleshy at LMW and MW. It seems a modern phenomenon that elite level fighters can carry their skillset, strength and power up through the weights. Are modern fighters juicing or is it pure nutrition. Discuss

[TheLeprechaun]

With respect fella I'm pretty sure I've seen someone assure me he was on weight before, and he's ended up missing weight. Maybe the Eggington fight

You'd have to be retarded to trust anything Gavin or his hangers on say about his weight

Not half as retarded you would have to be to look at a photo from god knows when it was taken and guess someone’s weight

Given Gavins history you look stupid saying things like this. Everybody knows what Gavin is about. He's not fooling anybody. I've seen the picture with my own eyes but can't be arsed searching Twitter for it. It's on my computer somewhere as your computer automatically saves what you browse. Wouldn't be surprised if Frankie had it taken down as he looked 14 stone plus and yes it was recent. You just come across like a hanger on hoping for a few quid out of Gavins next few fights.

[J Costello]

If he prepared well he'd be a light welterweight,simply not dedicated enough.

Ye Manny Pacquiao might perform better if he went back down to light flyweight

What a ridiculous statement man....

Yes exactly

[leejonesjnr]

You'd have to be retarded to trust anything Gavin or his hangers on say about his weight

Not half as retarded you would have to be to look at a photo from god knows when it was taken and guess someone’s weight

Given Gavins history you look stupid saying things like this. Everybody knows what Gavin is about. He's not fooling anybody. I've seen the picture with my own eyes but can't be arsed searching Twitter for it. It's on my computer somewhere as your computer automatically saves what you browse. Wouldn't be surprised if Frankie had it taken down as he looked 14 stone plus and yes it was recent. You just come across like a hanger on hoping for a few quid out of Gavins next few fights.

Barking up the wrong tree there I reckon.

[Jackson328]

If some people want to pretend the IBO is a legitimate world title then who are we to tell them it isn't?

But it clearly isn't

Putting it on the same level as the WBA is just bizarre, ok the WBA have made themselves a laughing stock in recent years but its still the original alphabet org. Its taken the WBO almost 30 years to get some recognition and they still aren't viewed on quite the same level as the other 3 so lets not allow another tinpot org to proclaim itself as a genuine world governing body.

Less is more, we already have the main 4 plus the Ring, lineal etc

[brilo33]

frankie on his game should be good enough

[Deserter]

Some of the stuff on this thread is just silly. Let's establish some facts:

1) The IBO is nowhere near being regarded as a legitimate world title. To claim otherwise is ridiculous.

2) Frankie Gavin is never going to be a world-class fighter. The best win on his record is probably when he managed to squeak past Bradley Skeete three years ago and getting stopped by Sam Eggington a year ago gives a firm indication of where he sits in the scheme of things.

3) His career has been characterised by under-achievement and poor discipline. He is now 32 and the chances of him reversing his bad habits are marginal at best.

4) If he wins his next fight he will not be a credible world champion and he will not be deserving of a fight with Jeff Horn. Gavin is currently ranked 33 in the world at Welterweight by Boxrec, which simply highlights the fact there are plenty of fighters more deserving.

[bigjack]

Some of the stuff on this thread is just silly. Let's establish some facts:

1) The IBO is nowhere near being regarded as a legitimate world title. To claim otherwise is ridiculous.

2) Frankie Gavin is never going to be a world-class fighter. The best win on his record is probably when he managed to squeak past Bradley Skeete three years ago and getting stopped by Sam Eggington a year ago gives a firm indication of where he sits in the scheme of things.

3) His career has been characterised by under-achievement and poor discipline. He is now 32 and the chances of him reversing his bad habits are marginal at best.

4) If he wins his next fight he will not be a credible world champion and he will not be deserving of a fight with Jeff Horn. Gavin is currently ranked 33 in the world at Welterweight by Boxrec, which simply highlights the fact there are plenty of fighters more deserving.

well said

[Boxingcutsman]

You'd have to be retarded to trust anything Gavin or his hangers on say about his weight

Not half as retarded you would have to be to look at a photo from god knows when it was taken and guess someone’s weight

Given Gavins history you look stupid saying things like this. Everybody knows what Gavin is about. He's not fooling anybody. I've seen the picture with my own eyes but can't be arsed searching Twitter for it. It's on my computer somewhere as your computer automatically saves what you browse. Wouldn't be surprised if Frankie had it taken down as he looked 14 stone plus and yes it was recent. You just come across like a hanger on hoping for a few quid out of Gavins next few fights.

Not half as stupid has you look and sound looking at a photo on social media and making your own assumption of a persons weight in that picture and not knowing when it was taken also I seen the scales in the gym WITH MY OWN EYES when frankie was standing on them after training the other day so think that qualifys more than your looking on social media to say what weight someone is. And regarding money, Any one of my fighters I’ve ever managed or trained or done cuts or hand work for or been involved with can ever say I’ve ever taken what I’m entitled too, money isn’t my god and never will be, I’ve put more into boxing over the years than I will or can ever earn back, a lot of the time I take nothing and never have even on big fights or if I do from bigger fights all I do is cover my expenses for travel and 99% of time I don’t even do that, not that is any of you business or anyone else’s, I earn Fuk all from boxing, so looking for a payday I’m most certainly not, I work with people I believe in and can win titles, that’s payment enough for me, hence I’ve never and don’t have journeymen, because money isn’t what I’m in or ever been in this game for, that’s ok for some people and I’ve nothing against it but I want champions not money so definitely your barking up the wrong tree

[TheCobra]

There's so much weird shit around Frankie Gavin.
There are people who seem to believe in him with almost religious zeal, who are prepared to fight his corner on here.
And yet he's never really once backed that up in a professional ring.
Are you guys secretly his family members or something?

[Coco]

So we have it from the horses mouth that Gavin is on the weight!

Is he cut and in shape too?

[jimcook]

its all been said before with gavin. because he could coast and get away with it, he looked good enough up to world level where he was found out. same could be said for saunders, but it looks like he's knuckled down at the right time and he could go all the way. im sure gavin could have done the same with the right guidance and commitment. unforunately i think its too late for gavin now.

[littlepug]

If some people want to pretend the IBO is a legitimate world title then who are we to tell them it isn't?

But it clearly isn't

Putting it on the same level as the WBA is just bizarre, ok the WBA have made themselves a laughing stock in recent years but its still the original alphabet org. Its taken the WBO almost 30 years to get some recognition and they still aren't viewed on quite the same level as the other 3 so lets not allow another tinpot org to proclaim itself as a genuine world governing body.

Less is more, we already have the main 4 plus the Ring, lineal etc

Was quite disappointed with Joshua on SPOTY last night getting interviewed on the main stage saying that he "held 3 of the 5 world titles" ! Tosser

[freddydoesdallas]

Bookies wouldn't pay out on Gavin being a world champion if he won an ibo title. Same as the wbu and wbf etc.

When he turned pro, Gavin was 3/1 to win a world title. Real shame it never came to pass and that he's not headlining really big shows locally.

Good luck to him and hope he earns some money from this but I think most people have just become fed up with hearing the same stuff coming from him and then turning up out of shape.

Is he still on beans on toast and fizzy pop?

[ElJefe]

Can anyone post this picture of Gavin looking massive? Can't find it.

[bripez]

Can anyone post this picture of Gavin looking massive? Can't find it.

I'd be more interested to see a picture him at the weight - cant find one of them either.

[northern]

It's arguably the 5th biggest Title in modern boxing but I do like how they never force their champions to fight their own 'mandatory' challengers who suddenly appear out of nowhere.

I say good luck to Frankie Gavin and hopefully he can win himself a IBO World title to help him set up bigger and better fights .