Alex Dilmaghani vs. Francisco Fonseca - 16 November 2019

[ILikeBeer]

Course it isn't a rule.

[Fightnight Scores]

What? You have to?

Yep.
Otherwise you can't get in The Olympic Village.

Bouncers don't let you through without ink.

[skanksta]

Yep.
Otherwise you can't get in The Olympic Village.

Bouncers don't let you through without ink.

Exactly.

[skanksta]

Nevin has bags of skill but won't be a great pro.

Left it too late or something ?

I@m switching to Farooq...

[Old bones Ian]

Nevin needs to be much busier in the ring, he has some great defensive move, but his punch output won't get him to world class, throws a handful of punches each round , not enough

[skanksta]

I suppose he could improve and he's got great fundamentals, don't want to be too down on him.

[NoScoutingReports]

Fonseca won that for me, fcuking seeeerious pace was set throughout mind! Fought in a phone booth for the full 12 basically.

[samwbr]

Whats the chance of a rematch?

[samwbr]

Alex showed some serious guts in that fight, particularly 9 and 10, both superb rounds.

[margaret thatcher]

Good fight, good efforts, Fonny took it for me

[Tommy Gunn13]

Fonseca won that fight for me not the fighter he once was...
Let Dilmaghani fight a top 5 in the UK, he wont beat them IMO

[Boxingcutsman]

Some of the posts here are absolutely hilarious. If you had fonseca by a point then that's your perogative, and he closed better. But Before the cut there's no way you could have Francisco up, and after the cut Alex fought with bigger balls than king kong. How many British fighters would have made that go to a technical decision, blood in the eye. The doctor wasn't even called in. Alex didn't even hesitate to go to war even with a concussion, because u know that headbutt was awful. The lack of r3spectfor him on this forum is untrue. He backed Francisco up and had the cleaner work, and whoever that numpty was that said he can't punch.... Your Spanish needs to. Improve because in the corner Francisco is telling his man Alex is fuerta and chingon. Francisco does not back up unless u catch his respect, both men have bloody urine samples, so I think that says everything there in terms of power. Until the cut Alex was in control of the fight for many, and turning the screw, Francisco didn't act like a man that was unhappy for the draw, but obviously some of the boxrec experts believe catching punches on gloves is a bad thing and score accordingly. Winky Wright in that case didn't win fights, especially with his facial damage he used to get with his choice of defence. Anyway u want to cut that up, it was Alex that fought 4 rounds with a horrific cut, and didn't bitch or cry about it once, he didn't even look to Run and hold but fight back. If fonseca got cut, Alex would have finished him, and people would bitched about that. Punches landed and skillwise Alex won that fight, as many other people said. If u had fonseca by 1 or 2 because he was gifted the last 1/4 of the fight via headclssh then I won't hate ur opinion on that, we just have different criteria of scoring and that's why boxing is a sport that's open to interpretation, because its what u like, and if u had Francisco by a slim margin fine,like I said. But anyone stupid enough to have fonseca in a healthy lead and not give full credit to Alex who showed a tonne of everything in that fight and proved he is at world level, despite suffering a monster cut shouldnt have an opinion worth counting, especially when he has had to fight through and carry a tooth infection into that fight and couldnt use amoxicillin because of the ukad testing. I. Couldnt be prouder of Alex, for me and many others he won this fight, and it was a great fight too, but some of the posters should be ashamed of themselves on here.

For the record Francisco said that aside from Davis, that was his hardest fight, there was no complaints from him about the decision, and both he and Alex have a new foundrespect for each other.

Alex is a very close friend of mine and has been for about 10yrs, your right with some of what you say, Alex tenacity, determination and guile didn’t surprise me one bit, I’ve had Alex sparring, and in the gym and he can box and has a amazing jab, but his downfall is imo and I told him this and had this discussion with him before, you can’t fight everyone head on, that Mexican tenacity, and high intensity style against everyone you face, For example Canelo has developed and added to his style as you can’t jut stand In front of or march down everyone you face, and he did that last night, you must have game plan A, B, C, D & E, as you play into some fighters hands, but Alex is very very headstrong and strong willed, for me he could of mixed it up and used more of his boxing ability he possesses and made that fight imo quite easy, the fight was close and Alex was ahead upto the horrible clash of heads, his tight defence and fast eye catching and cleaner combinations had him ahead, for me he should of doubled them up and keep turning FF keeping him off balance also but that’s just my personal opinion, but the work rate from Foncesca made it look closer than it was, Alex played into his hands for me which Was my only concern and how I thought it would play out if Alex didn’t mix it up with him with a style that he has mastered and has seen him mix it with the worlds elite and only lose his 2 at that elite level, Alex beats him everyday of the week and twice in Sunday’s if he does what he is capable of and mix his lovely inside work with him amazing boxing ability, his chin, guts, ability and determination amongst a long list of other attributes along with him now showing it to the general public proves he belongs at that level, the clash of heads was a sickener and would of put Alex off his game has you could see it did and FF took over has Alex stopped his returning combinations that was just winning each round for him, I was wishing Alex would just start jabbing and double jabbing and keep turning him and mixing it up but he never, I’m a cut man and the cut was in a bad position but I wouldn’t call it a horrendous cut as you have, the headclash would of done more damage than the cut that was visible, I’m extremely proud of Alex but by no means surprised at what he showed in fact I know he has a lot more than what he showed, great fight but not one you want to be having too many times in your career, hence show and use all the other attributes you posses cuz he does poses them in abundance.

[Boxingcutsman]

Fonseca won that fight for me not the fighter he once was...
Let Dilmaghani fight a top 5 in the UK, he wont beat them IMO

Who beats him in Uk top 5 ? There’s only Martin J Ward ranked above him in boxrec rankings and Imo Alex would fold him in half, Ward is flashy and can mess around for 3-4 rounds and loves it all his own way but got no heart, no guts and can’t take a shot to head or body.

[Counter-puncher]

Some of the posts here are absolutely hilarious. If you had fonseca by a point then that's your perogative, and he closed better. But Before the cut there's no way you could have Francisco up, and after the cut Alex fought with bigger balls than king kong. How many British fighters would have made that go to a technical decision, blood in the eye. The doctor wasn't even called in. Alex didn't even hesitate to go to war even with a concussion, because u know that headbutt was awful. The lack of r3spectfor him on this forum is untrue. He backed Francisco up and had the cleaner work, and whoever that numpty was that said he can't punch.... Your Spanish needs to. Improve because in the corner Francisco is telling his man Alex is fuerta and chingon. Francisco does not back up unless u catch his respect, both men have bloody urine samples, so I think that says everything there in terms of power. Until the cut Alex was in control of the fight for many, and turning the screw, Francisco didn't act like a man that was unhappy for the draw, but obviously some of the boxrec experts believe catching punches on gloves is a bad thing and score accordingly. Winky Wright in that case didn't win fights, especially with his facial damage he used to get with his choice of defence. Anyway u want to cut that up, it was Alex that fought 4 rounds with a horrific cut, and didn't bitch or cry about it once, he didn't even look to Run and hold but fight back. If fonseca got cut, Alex would have finished him, and people would bitched about that. Punches landed and skillwise Alex won that fight, as many other people said. If u had fonseca by 1 or 2 because he was gifted the last 1/4 of the fight via headclssh then I won't hate ur opinion on that, we just have different criteria of scoring and that's why boxing is a sport that's open to interpretation, because its what u like, and if u had Francisco by a slim margin fine,like I said. But anyone stupid enough to have fonseca in a healthy lead and not give full credit to Alex who showed a tonne of everything in that fight and proved he is at world level, despite suffering a monster cut shouldnt have an opinion worth counting, especially when he has had to fight through and carry a tooth infection into that fight and couldnt use amoxicillin because of the ukad testing. I. Couldnt be prouder of Alex, for me and many others he won this fight, and it was a great fight too, but some of the posters should be ashamed of themselves on here.

For the record Francisco said that aside from Davis, that was his hardest fight, there was no complaints from him about the decision, and both he and Alex have a new foundrespect for each other.

Alex is a very close friend of mine and has been for about 10yrs, your right with some of what you say, Alex tenacity, determination and guile didn’t surprise me one bit, I’ve had Alex sparring, and in the gym and he can box and has a amazing jab, but his downfall is imo and I told him this and had this discussion with him before, you can’t fight everyone head on, that Mexican tenacity, and high intensity style against everyone you face, For example Canelo has developed and added to his style as you can’t jut stand In front of or march down everyone you face, and he did that last night, you must have game plan A, B, C, D & E, as you play into some fighters hands, but Alex is very very headstrong and strong willed, for me he could of mixed it up and used more of his boxing ability he possesses and made that fight imo quite easy, the fight was close and Alex was ahead upto the horrible clash of heads, his tight defence and fast eye catching and cleaner combinations had him ahead, for me he should of doubled them up and keep turning FF keeping him off balance also but that’s just my personal opinion, but the work rate from Foncesca made it look closer than it was, Alex played into his hands for me which Was my only concern and how I thought it would play out if Alex didn’t mix it up with him with a style that he has mastered and has seen him mix it with the worlds elite and only lose his 2 at that elite level, Alex beats him everyday of the week and twice in Sunday’s if he does what he is capable of and mix his lovely inside work with him amazing boxing ability, his chin, guts, ability and determination amongst a long list of other attributes along with him now showing it to the general public proves he belongs at that level, the clash of heads was a sickener and would of put Alex off his game has you could see it did and FF took over has Alex stopped his returning combinations that was just winning each round for him, I was wishing Alex would just start jabbing and double jabbing and keep turning him and mixing it up but he never, I’m a cut man and the cut was in a bad position but I wouldn’t call it a horrendous cut as you have, the headclash would of done more damage than the cut that was visible, I’m extremely proud of Alex but by no means surprised at what he showed in fact I know he has a lot more than what he showed, great fight but not one you want to be having too many times in your career, hence show and use all the other attributes you posses cuz he does poses them in abundance.

great post

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Colmohara]

Very good fight. Cut was crucial. Alex was excellent. A top notch fighter and boxer.
You should be proud of him. Rest up and go again.

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Some of the posts here are absolutely hilarious. If you had fonseca by a point then that's your perogative, and he closed better. But Before the cut there's no way you could have Francisco up, and after the cut Alex fought with bigger balls than king kong. How many British fighters would have made that go to a technical decision, blood in the eye. The doctor wasn't even called in. Alex didn't even hesitate to go to war even with a concussion, because u know that headbutt was awful. The lack of r3spectfor him on this forum is untrue. He backed Francisco up and had the cleaner work, and whoever that numpty was that said he can't punch.... Your Spanish needs to. Improve because in the corner Francisco is telling his man Alex is fuerta and chingon. Francisco does not back up unless u catch his respect, both men have bloody urine samples, so I think that says everything there in terms of power. Until the cut Alex was in control of the fight for many, and turning the screw, Francisco didn't act like a man that was unhappy for the draw, but obviously some of the boxrec experts believe catching punches on gloves is a bad thing and score accordingly. Winky Wright in that case didn't win fights, especially with his facial damage he used to get with his choice of defence. Anyway u want to cut that up, it was Alex that fought 4 rounds with a horrific cut, and didn't bitch or cry about it once, he didn't even look to Run and hold but fight back. If fonseca got cut, Alex would have finished him, and people would bitched about that. Punches landed and skillwise Alex won that fight, as many other people said. If u had fonseca by 1 or 2 because he was gifted the last 1/4 of the fight via headclssh then I won't hate ur opinion on that, we just have different criteria of scoring and that's why boxing is a sport that's open to interpretation, because its what u like, and if u had Francisco by a slim margin fine,like I said. But anyone stupid enough to have fonseca in a healthy lead and not give full credit to Alex who showed a tonne of everything in that fight and proved he is at world level, despite suffering a monster cut shouldnt have an opinion worth counting, especially when he has had to fight through and carry a tooth infection into that fight and couldnt use amoxicillin because of the ukad testing. I. Couldnt be prouder of Alex, for me and many others he won this fight, and it was a great fight too, but some of the posters should be ashamed of themselves on here.

For the record Francisco said that aside from Davis, that was his hardest fight, there was no complaints from him about the decision, and both he and Alex have a new foundrespect for each other.
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Dilmaghani V Fonseca War Is A Ratings Hit On Channel 5

Promoter Mick Hennessy is delighted to announce that Alex Dilmaghani’s all-action showdown with Francisco Fonseca on Saturday 16 November had a total reach of just under 2 million viewers on free-to-air Channel 5.

The show’s total reach on Channel 5 was just under 2 million and the peak was over 1million during the live two hour show and considering it was broadcast at the same time as the controversial Newsnight Prince Andrew interview, the viewing figures proved to be very impressive.

In addition, this was the first time Dilmaghani had headlined an event and also the first time he was the main attraction live on Channel 5.

Mick Hennessy, Hennessy Sports’ CEO, said, “I’m extremely pleased that the fight peaked at over a million live viewers and just shy of 2 million in total on Channel 5. These are fantastic figures and we have a proven track record in building boxing stars on Channel 5. It was a riveting and pulsating fight and certainly one of the best I’ve seen in a very long time and I’m delighted that the crowd at the York Hall and the Channel 5 viewers were treated to such a spectacle. I’m more that happy with the public and media’s reaction towards Alex’s world class potential and that will come to fruition next year when he will again challenge for a World title. Alex’s highly anticipated return in 2020 is planned for mid-February to early March and I can’t wait.”