Round-by-Round: Josh Kelly vs. David Avanesyan - 20 February 2021

[Fightnight Scores]

Look what it means to Avanesyan!
So grateful and happy.

[margaret thatcher]

It's gotta be the weight.
An elite athlete shouldn't look that gaunt @ the WI - trying to be a weight division bigger (he was).
@ the cost of turning in to David Price.

i mean, some guys just dont have the toughness or stamina for a certain level, those are abilities just as much as any others are. not necessarily a weight thing, but maybe we'll see what he's like at 154 now

[skanksta]

Wow. Never seen a fighter on top fall apart so quickly not even halfway through a fight

saw it coming from the 4th on, started to fiddle around more, stay too long in one place, and get hit more and more


ava also tightened his work up a bit and focused more on short inside shots and body work after finding it hard to hit kellys head from outside earlier on

David Price's career fell apart in 20 seconds in R4 (5?) against Tony The Tiger !

[brilo33]

Look what it means to Avanesyan!
So grateful and happy.

Avanesyan is a top fighter been in with quailty

[golden_labrador]

anti-Kelly feelings aside, how much do you think the bloodloss affected things?

[Twinkle Toes]

was ava in control for me after 3 (dudes really gave the 4th to kelly ??), kelly started bright but then burned out fast

That's it, not sure what the commentary team were watching, but Avanesyan was getting some quality shots in and none of it was getting picked up by the commentary.

Plus Kelly was completely blowing out of his arse by the end of the 4th, and no one noticed - He fell apart so quickly, I suspect his weight making and muscle gain hasn't helped.

[skanksta]

It's gotta be the weight.
An elite athlete shouldn't look that gaunt @ the WI - trying to be a weight division bigger (he was).
@ the cost of turning in to David Price.

i mean, some guys just dont have the toughness or stamina for a certain level, those are abilities just as much as any others are. not necessarily a weight thing, but maybe we'll see what he's like at 154 now

Surely being that big @ the weight is what's causing the stamina issue ?

[My T Sharp]

Wow. Never seen a fighter on top fall apart so quickly not even halfway through a fight

saw it coming from the 4th on, started to fiddle around more, stay too long in one place, and get hit more and more


ava also tightened his work up a bit and focused more on short inside shots and body work after finding it hard to hit kellys head from outside earlier on

David Price's career fell apart in 20 seconds in R4 (5?) against Tony The Tiger !

Grrrrreeeeat shout

[margaret thatcher]

It's gotta be the weight.
An elite athlete shouldn't look that gaunt @ the WI - trying to be a weight division bigger (he was).
@ the cost of turning in to David Price.

i mean, some guys just dont have the toughness or stamina for a certain level, those are abilities just as much as any others are. not necessarily a weight thing, but maybe we'll see what he's like at 154 now

Surely being that big @ the weight is what's causing the stamina issue ?

why surely? lots of guys are big at a weight and can go more than 6. and it wasnt purely stamina either, he was getting hit with shots that added up.

david price who you mention doesnt have to cut any weight but he blew his arse too

[Boxerbeetle]

was ava in control for me after 3 (dudes really gave the 4th to kelly ??), kelly started bright but then burned out fast

That's it, not sure what the commentary team were watching, but Avanesyan was getting some quality shots in and none of it was getting picked up by the commentary.

Plus Kelly was completely blowing out of his arse by the end of the 4th, and no one noticed - He fell apart so quickly, I suspect his weight making and muscle gain hasn't helped.

Macklin was picking it up to be fair, I thought he kept trying to steer Smith into noticing all the work Ava was doing, but Smith just plowed on with saying how amazing Kelly was doing.

[margaret thatcher]

i dont really see how anyone could miss it come round 4, kelly literally spent 90 percent of the round prancing and getting hit more and more, and chased into corners while doing no work of his own. he did legit start well in the first 3 but at this level he's flash over substance when it gets going

then round 5, he spends half of it in close pushing ava back (as in literally, not with punches)without actually throwing, while ava keeps his hands moving pecking away.....

i didnt expect him to go down like that in the 6th, but you could see the shift was happening

[Twinkle Toes]

Macklin was picking it up to be fair, I thought he kept trying to steer Smith into noticing all the work Ava was doing, but Smith just plowed on with saying how amazing Kelly was doing.

I was watching the Dazn coverage and it was very poor.

[samwbr]

Kelly is slick and flash but he's got no power. Gifted the draw v Ray Robinson, got beaten up properly tonight.

[skanksta]

i mean, some guys just dont have the toughness or stamina for a certain level, those are abilities just as much as any others are. not necessarily a weight thing, but maybe we'll see what he's like at 154 now

Surely being that big @ the weight is what's causing the stamina issue ?

why surely? lots of guys are big at a weight and can go more than 6. and it wasnt purely stamina either, he was getting hit with shots that added up.

david price who you mention doesnt have to cut any weight but he blew his arse too

fair points, ok not surely.
But still probably/maybe - Hope it IS the weight otherwise Kelly is done.

[margaret thatcher]

Kelly is slick and flash but he's got no power. Gifted the draw v Ray Robinson, got beaten up properly tonight.

but tbf he can throw 6 left hooks in a row

[skanksta]

i dont really see how anyone could miss it come round 4, kelly literally spent 90 percent of the round prancing and getting hit more and more, and chased into corners while doing no work of his own. he did legit start well in the first 3 but at this level he's flash over substance when it gets going

then round 5, he spends half of it in close pushing ava back (as in literally, not with punches)without actually throwing, while ava keeps his hands moving pecking away.....

i didnt expect him to go down like that in the 6th, but you could see the shift was happening

Good spot, you called it.

[Flump]

Really enjoyable card anyway. Been a good couple of weeks for Saturday night boxing on Sky

Yeah good couple of weeks, competitive matchmaking, credit where it's due.

[TheLeprechaun]

Kelly could have 100 fights vs Avaneyan over 12 rounds and he wouldn't win one.

[samwbr]

Kelly is slick and flash but he's got no power. Gifted the draw v Ray Robinson, got beaten up properly tonight.

but tbf he can throw 6 left hooks in a row

Not much left in Adam Booths gym at the moment.

[skanksta]

Conor Benn sells a fight doesn't he !

[brilo33]

i dont really see how anyone could miss it come round 4, kelly literally spent 90 percent of the round prancing and getting hit more and more, and chased into corners while doing no work of his own. he did legit start well in the first 3 but at this level he's flash over substance when it gets going

then round 5, he spends half of it in close pushing ava back (as in literally, not with punches)without actually throwing, while ava keeps his hands moving pecking away.....

i didnt expect him to go down like that in the 6th, but you could see the shift was happening

i agree i could see the changing of the gaurd, it was also after kelly was having a good 2 and 3 but couldnt hurt david then you see the change coming, but i still dont get why kelly was fighting that way, he should be a centre ring moving pivting circles or back foot in and out booth aint the right man for him

[brilo33]

Conor Benn sells a fight doesn't he !

yea well they have a good social media history why not

[Ruthless-RKO]

Macklin was picking it up to be fair, I thought he kept trying to steer Smith into noticing all the work Ava was doing, but Smith just plowed on with saying how amazing Kelly was doing.

I was watching the Dazn coverage and it was very poor.

Sky weren’t any better.

[jameswilson]

Really enjoyable card anyway. Been a good couple of weeks for Saturday night boxing on Sky

Shame the Frampton fight fell through next week.

[Ruthless-RKO]