mickeyb wrote: ↑04 May 2018, 22:26
Pretty disgraceful to fight for a world title without clearing out the domestic scene.
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I think Yarde is going that way, Euro and Inter continental without any BBoBC straps other than a southern area. At least Johnson took the belt off Frank who had a pretty firm grasp on it after 4 defenses. So Callum did beat the guy who beat 3 other guys for the British title. In this day and age, that's pretty decent. Who knows if he will make a defence and get it for keepsies
It's early days and no one has called him out that I know of.
My point is that Johnson and Yarde are levels above guys like Buglioni and Burton, and yet people go on like Yarde beating good European fighters means he's terrified of these guys. Yeah, I'd like to see fighters go through the BBBoC levels, but that hasn't happened in forever. Remember all those good light middles we had in the late 90s?
Johnson/Yarde looks like a very tasty fight. Hopefully that happens, although Johnson being iced by Beterbiev probably wouldn't help. A surprise Johnson win though?
Both those guys smash the Burtons and Buglionis of the world to bits IMO. The only difference is that Yarde has serious backing, and is being shoved down our throats, so people have decided to have a moan about him.
I understand where your coming from Mickey. And yes there are some tasty matchs that could be made at British LHW. It may not even be in the fighters hands who they get to fight half the time. If I had to pick between Yarde and Johnson, I'd go Johnson. An it's a shame we won't get to find out at least in the immediate future.
