Can someone provide some info on him . He is fighting on Espn soon. I see on his record he has a tko loss to Taz Jones in the first round,but wasnt it a clash of heads?
Why the loss ?
Neil Sinclair.
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Hard hitter who is susceptible to big shots himself.
Very exciting fighter and a huge welter. Has suffered badly with a lack of motivation in recent years and has retired I believe on a couple of occasions - a bad sign in my eyes.
Hopefully the American angle will have given him new motivation - he should excite on ESPN!
Very exciting fighter and a huge welter. Has suffered badly with a lack of motivation in recent years and has retired I believe on a couple of occasions - a bad sign in my eyes.
Hopefully the American angle will have given him new motivation - he should excite on ESPN!
Former British welterweight champion Neil Sinclair looks to get back on track against Jerome Ellis in a 10-rounder in Colorado Springs next Wednesday (July 5), screened live on ESPN2.
Sinclair, who makes his American debut, has boxed only twice in the last three years (a routine points win over Craig Lynch in 2004 and a cuts loss to Taz Jones in March last year).
It looked so good for the Belfast banger when he dismantled Newbridge's Bradley Pryce to win a Lonsdale Belt outright in 2003. He relinquished to concentrate on a world title crack - and proceeded to back out of winnable WBU title fights against Jan Bergman, Jimmy Vincent and Takaloo, and a Commonwealth title fight with Ossie Duran.
He was axed by Sports Network.
"He has too much indecision and that will cost you in the ring some day," said a spokesman.
The 32-year-old Newtownabbey man had nowhere to go, so linked up with American manager Stan Hoffman. Based in New York and trained by former world champion Tracy Harris Patterson (adopted son of the late, great Floyd), Neil was due to fight veteran Vince "Cool" Phillips in March in Boston but suffered a cut in sparring.
"I was pretty low," Sinclair told David Kelly in the Belfast Telegraph. "It was the ideal fight and I couldn't believe that I got cut so badly in sparring."
There were inevitable accusations Sinclair simply didn't fancy the Phillips job, but his opponent next week looks a bit tasty. The 27-year-old Ellis, from Nassau in the Bahamas, bombed out previously unbeaten Felix Cepeda in 141 seconds last time out in May in Tampa. Before that, Ellis crushed Miami's Orlando Milian in two rounds in Palm Beach.
Like Sinclair, "Boomer" Ellis looks to be a big puncher with a fragile chin. He was floored four times in a losing eight-rounder with useful Anthony Thompson last year and stopped in four rounds by Puerto Rican Edwin Algarin in 2004 (the only time he has been stopped). But he's won nine of his fights by stoppage in a record of 10-4-1. He has to be respected.
That works two ways. Sinclair has stopped a whopping 23 of his 28 beaten opponents and was seriously avoided in his early career, hence a jump from eight-rounders into a WBO welterweight title fight with Daniel Santos six years ago in Sheffield. He dropped the classy Puerto Rican in the first but was tagged himself a round later and counted out.
"Sinky" rebounded to win the British welterweight title from Harry Dhami in five rounds in Glasgow in 2001. He stopped his three challengers: former champ Derek Roche with a crushing left hook to the body in 122 seconds, Redhill's Paul Knights in two, and Pryce in the eighth of a controlled, mature display.
Then perversely it all went pear-shaped.
So Sinclair needs a win next week, as much as he needs a fight. He will be rusty but has the punch to make light of that. Both have a punch, of course. Ultimately it might boil down to the better chin. Sinclair was floored three times by Derby's Dennis Berry in a six-rounder in Belfast in 1996 (a points loss he later avenged). The Santos finisher, a quick southpaw left, saw Sinclair downed heavily. He also overcame a first-round knockdown against Dhami, before copping the British title with a right hand he described as "the best punch I have ever thrown in my career."
The Ulsterman is susceptible to cuts, too. Losses to Liverpool's Andrew Jervis and Welshman Jones came on cuts
But if he has any heart left in the old fight game, any desire, he should have enough skill and power to handle Ellis.
Sinclair, who makes his American debut, has boxed only twice in the last three years (a routine points win over Craig Lynch in 2004 and a cuts loss to Taz Jones in March last year).
It looked so good for the Belfast banger when he dismantled Newbridge's Bradley Pryce to win a Lonsdale Belt outright in 2003. He relinquished to concentrate on a world title crack - and proceeded to back out of winnable WBU title fights against Jan Bergman, Jimmy Vincent and Takaloo, and a Commonwealth title fight with Ossie Duran.
He was axed by Sports Network.
"He has too much indecision and that will cost you in the ring some day," said a spokesman.
The 32-year-old Newtownabbey man had nowhere to go, so linked up with American manager Stan Hoffman. Based in New York and trained by former world champion Tracy Harris Patterson (adopted son of the late, great Floyd), Neil was due to fight veteran Vince "Cool" Phillips in March in Boston but suffered a cut in sparring.
"I was pretty low," Sinclair told David Kelly in the Belfast Telegraph. "It was the ideal fight and I couldn't believe that I got cut so badly in sparring."
There were inevitable accusations Sinclair simply didn't fancy the Phillips job, but his opponent next week looks a bit tasty. The 27-year-old Ellis, from Nassau in the Bahamas, bombed out previously unbeaten Felix Cepeda in 141 seconds last time out in May in Tampa. Before that, Ellis crushed Miami's Orlando Milian in two rounds in Palm Beach.
Like Sinclair, "Boomer" Ellis looks to be a big puncher with a fragile chin. He was floored four times in a losing eight-rounder with useful Anthony Thompson last year and stopped in four rounds by Puerto Rican Edwin Algarin in 2004 (the only time he has been stopped). But he's won nine of his fights by stoppage in a record of 10-4-1. He has to be respected.
That works two ways. Sinclair has stopped a whopping 23 of his 28 beaten opponents and was seriously avoided in his early career, hence a jump from eight-rounders into a WBO welterweight title fight with Daniel Santos six years ago in Sheffield. He dropped the classy Puerto Rican in the first but was tagged himself a round later and counted out.
"Sinky" rebounded to win the British welterweight title from Harry Dhami in five rounds in Glasgow in 2001. He stopped his three challengers: former champ Derek Roche with a crushing left hook to the body in 122 seconds, Redhill's Paul Knights in two, and Pryce in the eighth of a controlled, mature display.
Then perversely it all went pear-shaped.
So Sinclair needs a win next week, as much as he needs a fight. He will be rusty but has the punch to make light of that. Both have a punch, of course. Ultimately it might boil down to the better chin. Sinclair was floored three times by Derby's Dennis Berry in a six-rounder in Belfast in 1996 (a points loss he later avenged). The Santos finisher, a quick southpaw left, saw Sinclair downed heavily. He also overcame a first-round knockdown against Dhami, before copping the British title with a right hand he described as "the best punch I have ever thrown in my career."
The Ulsterman is susceptible to cuts, too. Losses to Liverpool's Andrew Jervis and Welshman Jones came on cuts
But if he has any heart left in the old fight game, any desire, he should have enough skill and power to handle Ellis.