Ted Cheeseman vs. Sergio Garcia - 2 February 2019

[NoScoutingReports]

Any odds for Garcia yet?

Bet 365 - 13/8 win, 13/5 via decision & 11/2 via KO/TKO.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[KiwiRider]

When we have a poll locked this close- you know it's going to be a good fight
Can't wait!

[Ruthless-RKO]

When we have a poll locked this close- you know it's going to be a good fight
Can't wait!

How close was the Ritson-Patera poll? Can’t remember now.. this is similar.. but Ted is so far less accomplished than Ritson at this stage.

[TheLeprechaun]

I'll take Garcia in this one. He looks very comfortable off the backfoot and brings decent experience. It's not like cheeseman is a big puncher.

[KiwiRider]

When we have a poll locked this close- you know it's going to be a good fight
Can't wait!

How close was the Ritson-Patera poll? Can’t remember now.. this is similar.. but Ted is so far less accomplished than Ritson at this stage.

Aww Ruthie, your busting my bubble mate.
I'm trying not to think about it.
But your right, there are a lot of similarity between the two- except Cheeseman doesn't have the power Ritson has. It's a tall ask, but I'm still backing The Cheese to get it done.

[danilord]

Its gonna be a easy victory for Garcia.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Its gonna be a easy victory for Garcia.

Stoppage or points?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Very very even poll right about now.

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[brilo33]

got a feeling Cheeseman is gona lose this one. It's at least a 50/50. I watched a couple of Garcia's fights a few months ago and he looks a future world champ to me.

Gonna be like Ritson vs. Patera this.

at least Ritson was a proven domestic level fighter.

What has Cheeseman actually done.. Garcia is no easy pickings for the Euro belt.

Ill tell ya what Cheeseman has done, he has been matched fairly hard, met the challenge and improved, fight by fight.
1, took the British WW strap off Ryan (14-1) in his 8th fight by stunning KO.
2, fought an oversized and very experienced Carson Jones in just his 12th pro outing and 22 years old, and beat him convincingly.
3, Solid wins against an unbeaten Upton, and good points win against Byfield, basically cleaning out the UK WW's (who still fight domestically) and now onto the Euro.
The guy is 15-0 and 23 years old. It's a very decent achievement.
Yes this could be a step to far, but where else is he gonna go?
The commonwealth is crap, that would be a step backwards, and how much do we love boxers taking the traditional path to a world title

i agree kiwi , why go back wards in an opponent's ,i like the cheese a lot if anything i would say calm it down a bit , no need to toe it toe sometimes cause he is better than that, but that is what makes him appealingfighter i see nothing stand out on garcia wins, not even a big puncher , i think cheeseman walk him down and stop him

[KiwiRider]

When this fight was first announced, not many had seen Garcia. Myself included. Now I've watched him, it really is a 50/50 fight. I'm anticipating what Cheeseman's game plan will be.
He needs one in this.
I was thinking the other day it might go a bit like Postol/Taylor- as in Cheese gets schooled for the first 4-5 rounds. Garcia is a slick counter puncher (and Ted kinda isn't). Hopefully Ted's youth and engine can kick in before the midway point and win it through workrate.
I'm looking forward to the fight and I hope the scorecards reflect what we see, win or lose for Ted, it's a good learning experience.

[Coco]

When this fight was first announced, not many had seen Garcia. Myself included. Now I've watched him, it really is a 50/50 fight. I'm anticipating what Cheeseman's game plan will be.
He needs one in this.
I was thinking the other day it might go a bit like Postol/Taylor- as in Cheese gets schooled for the first 4-5 rounds. Garcia is a slick counter puncher (and Ted kinda isn't). Hopefully Ted's youth and engine can kick in before the midway point and win it through workrate.
I'm looking forward to the fight and I hope the scorecards reflect what we see, win or lose for Ted, it's a good learning experience.

A bit like Cheese,an, Garcia has never really stepped up, neither have earned this title. However both have looked great against lesser fighters and I'm looking forward to the fight, but who knows if either of them are any good.
Spanish fighters tend to be very protected, much more than in the UK. It's quite typical,to build up long unbeaten records fighting for peanuts at home, hoping to then get a call from abroad for a shot.

[jamamb]

When this fight was first announced, not many had seen Garcia. Myself included. Now I've watched him, it really is a 50/50 fight. I'm anticipating what Cheeseman's game plan will be.
He needs one in this.
I was thinking the other day it might go a bit like Postol/Taylor- as in Cheese gets schooled for the first 4-5 rounds. Garcia is a slick counter puncher (and Ted kinda isn't). Hopefully Ted's youth and engine can kick in before the midway point and win it through workrate.
I'm looking forward to the fight and I hope the scorecards reflect what we see, win or lose for Ted, it's a good learning experience.

garcia just turned 26, ted aint winning on youth

[jamamb]

When this fight was first announced, not many had seen Garcia. Myself included. Now I've watched him, it really is a 50/50 fight. I'm anticipating what Cheeseman's game plan will be.
He needs one in this.
I was thinking the other day it might go a bit like Postol/Taylor- as in Cheese gets schooled for the first 4-5 rounds. Garcia is a slick counter puncher (and Ted kinda isn't). Hopefully Ted's youth and engine can kick in before the midway point and win it through workrate.
I'm looking forward to the fight and I hope the scorecards reflect what we see, win or lose for Ted, it's a good learning experience.

A bit like Cheese,an, Garcia has never really stepped up, neither have earned this title. However both have looked great against lesser fighters and I'm looking forward to the fight, but who knows if either of them are any good.
Spanish fighters tend to be very protected, much more than in the UK. It's quite typical,to build up long unbeaten records fighting for peanuts at home, hoping to then get a call from abroad for a shot.

real and beaussire are both ebu level wins, real was actually the former champ

[Coco]

When this fight was first announced, not many had seen Garcia. Myself included. Now I've watched him, it really is a 50/50 fight. I'm anticipating what Cheeseman's game plan will be.
He needs one in this.
I was thinking the other day it might go a bit like Postol/Taylor- as in Cheese gets schooled for the first 4-5 rounds. Garcia is a slick counter puncher (and Ted kinda isn't). Hopefully Ted's youth and engine can kick in before the midway point and win it through workrate.
I'm looking forward to the fight and I hope the scorecards reflect what we see, win or lose for Ted, it's a good learning experience.

A bit like Cheese,an, Garcia has never really stepped up, neither have earned this title. However both have looked great against lesser fighters and I'm looking forward to the fight, but who knows if either of them are any good.
Spanish fighters tend to be very protected, much more than in the UK. It's quite typical,to build up long unbeaten records fighting for peanuts at home, hoping to then get a call from abroad for a shot.

real and beaussire are both ebu level wins, real was actually the former champ

But both themselves were very protected fighters, obv it's how the game works, but for me I still can't really gage his level, the same for Cheeseman too.
With our other Spanish friend Kerman, he hadn't done anything really, but impressed to give an indication of his worth against Skeete and Gavin. In one way it is what makes these fights so interesting. The Spaniard has def looked good at a lower level, let's see if he can step up.

[NoScoutingReports]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

[Coco]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

While I consider myself a bit of a pundit I have no idea how it will go!
I'm going to guess that Cheesemen will win well because Eddie wouldn't have brought the Spaniard over to win!
But you can also look at what happened to Ritson, perhaps Hearn wants to start a boxing channel in Spain!

[Ruthless-RKO]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

While I consider myself a bit of a pundit I have no idea how it will go!
I'm going to guess that Cheesemen will win well because Eddie wouldn't have brought the Spaniard over to win!
But you can also look at what happened to Ritson, perhaps Hearn wants to start a boxing channel in Spain!

Yh. Was glad Patera got the win fair and square. And also how N’Dam beat Murray fair and square. Maybe we’re starting to see a mixture of results and not just UK guys winning by default all the time.

[KiwiRider]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

While I consider myself a bit of a pundit I have no idea how it will go!
I'm going to guess that Cheesemen will win well because Eddie wouldn't have brought the Spaniard over to win!
But you can also look at what happened to Ritson, perhaps Hearn wants to start a boxing channel in Spain!

Well, he is starting Matchroom Italy. I presume Spain Vs Italy matchups would sell

[Ruthless-RKO]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

While I consider myself a bit of a pundit I have no idea how it will go!
I'm going to guess that Cheesemen will win well because Eddie wouldn't have brought the Spaniard over to win!
But you can also look at what happened to Ritson, perhaps Hearn wants to start a boxing channel in Spain!

Well, he is starting Matchroom Italy. I presume Spain Vs Italy matchups would sell

Apart from Italy, he patented Matchroom Germany as well. No news on Spain as of yet.

Who knows. He may try getting Kerman Lej?

[oogiebe]

One of the most evenly spread fight outcome polls you'll see on here & I can understand why. Tricky to call.

While I consider myself a bit of a pundit I have no idea how it will go!
I'm going to guess that Cheesemen will win well because Eddie wouldn't have brought the Spaniard over to win!
But you can also look at what happened to Ritson, perhaps Hearn wants to start a boxing channel in Spain!

Well, he is starting Matchroom Italy. I presume Spain Vs Italy matchups would sell

Maybe we'll get a fair chance to see Guido Vianello.

[handsofstone]

Had never heard of Garcia until the fight was announced, never heard of the fella he beat to win the title either, his record looks padded to say the least, a points win over Isaac Real is the only one that stands out for me, I remember Real fighting for the European a couple of times, apart from that the standard of fellas he's beat to get to 28-0 is honking

I like Cheeseman a lot, he done a number on Byfield to win the British and I know theres a few people saying he might be getting rushed a bit fighting for the European already but time will tell, Garcia's record might be rank so far but having never seen him its hard to tell how good he is, could it be another Patera/Ritson or Mimoune/Eggington?

Only 13 KOs in Garcia's 28 wins so doesn't look a puncher, if he's not strong then Cheeseman will walk right through him, I think Cheeseman has a bit more about him than Eggington and Ritson, I was impressed with the way he mixed up the power in his shots against Byfield which suggests he's not too gung ho and thinking about what he's doing

[KiwiRider]

Had never heard of Garcia until the fight was announced, never heard of the fella he beat to win the title either, his record looks padded to say the least, a points win over Isaac Real is the only one that stands out for me, I remember Real fighting for the European a couple of times, apart from that the standard of fellas he's beat to get to 28-0 is honking

I like Cheeseman a lot, he done a number on Byfield to win the British and I know theres a few people saying he might be getting rushed a bit fighting for the European already but time will tell, Garcia's record might be rank so far but having never seen him its hard to tell how good he is, could it be another Patera/Ritson or Mimoune/Eggington?

Only 13 KOs in Garcia's 28 wins so doesn't look a puncher, if he's not strong then Cheeseman will walk right through him, I think Cheeseman has a bit more about him than Eggington and Ritson, I was impressed with the way he mixed up the power in his shots against Byfield which suggests he's not too gung ho and thinking about what he's doing

Pretty fair analysis
Cheese is dangerous when he doesn't have respect for punch power. His fight against Upton being a perfect example. Upton never kept Cheese off him and shipped a lot of hard shots before being put to bed in the 4th, despite having the better skillset.

[Loftgroov]

Apparently he's been training hard and is looking sharp.

[handsofstone]

Had never heard of Garcia until the fight was announced, never heard of the fella he beat to win the title either, his record looks padded to say the least, a points win over Isaac Real is the only one that stands out for me, I remember Real fighting for the European a couple of times, apart from that the standard of fellas he's beat to get to 28-0 is honking

I like Cheeseman a lot, he done a number on Byfield to win the British and I know theres a few people saying he might be getting rushed a bit fighting for the European already but time will tell, Garcia's record might be rank so far but having never seen him its hard to tell how good he is, could it be another Patera/Ritson or Mimoune/Eggington?

Only 13 KOs in Garcia's 28 wins so doesn't look a puncher, if he's not strong then Cheeseman will walk right through him, I think Cheeseman has a bit more about him than Eggington and Ritson, I was impressed with the way he mixed up the power in his shots against Byfield which suggests he's not too gung ho and thinking about what he's doing

Pretty fair analysis
Cheese is dangerous when he doesn't have respect for punch power. His fight against Upton being a perfect example. Upton never kept Cheese off him and shipped a lot of hard shots before being put to bed in the 4th, despite having the better skillset.

Aye he put a beatdown on Upton that night