Adam Maca turns pro

[mickey1975]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

[margaret thatcher]

should be a fun fighter regardless, seen maybe 10 of his internationals and every time hes coming forward throwing bombs

[maverick23]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

Any idea on promoters for them Mick?

[mickey1975]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

Any idea on promoters for them Mick?

I know Leo has spoken to everyone....

[Jimmy2025]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

Any idea on promoters for them Mick?

I know Leo has spoken to everyone....

Atang should sign with Hearn IMO. FW is laden with heavyweight talent, you cannot serve them all. Hearn doesn't have any decent heavyweights, so Atang would get his full attention.

[Alba]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

Is his ma Beverly Maca?

[Jimmy2025]

Signed with Sam Jones. I really think this kid will be a world champion. Signed just after his best pal Leo Atang signed with Sunny Edwards.

Is his ma Beverly Maca?

My arse.

[margaret thatcher]

speaking of amateurs, the world boxing cup on now

odel kamara of liverpool shutout a good uzbek - that is a serious win. looks short for the weight but crafty and atheltic - with that sense of timing and distance that makes up for the lack of length. kamara been on a roll with these international events and also won last year's world cup , beating a 2021 world am champ from japan in the finals

young shw damar thomas boxing a bit like fury with te combo of huge size and those quick but effective pit pats. can do inside or outside, mixes his punches nicely, and looks like he is able to quickly compute where the openings are. sometimes when opponents get close he does get caught with wild shots he shouldnt , but overall i like the look of him. was silver medal at world youth a co uple years ago too.

patris muglazhi at light welter looking quick and well schooled, albeit i wish he would commit more at times. kinda the classic well schooled team gb style with wide stance, lots of feinting and pawing and movement.

oladimeji shittu - guy is mr stretch, so long. i didnt see his height listed, but im guessing he must be around 6'5 as a light heavy. plenty of good results on his record so he's got something about him, but his style is a very ugly watch. won his opening fight but was then soundly outpointed by a class french man who is on a roll the last year

there was a period of years around a decade ago that i felt the team gb guys were all just basically morphing into each other and that the tag you're it, feint 100 times for every punch you throw amateur style was becoming boringly prevalent here, but this crop looks more varied - if you factor in maca and atang, that's two more guys who dont follow the tap and move mold , in fact quite the opposite

[margaret thatcher]

the americans are a mixed bag these days, some of them are quite handy , others you wonder how they became the top guy in such a boxing rich country. is the quality that short these days?

on a positive side, the american shw is a bit of a phenom. smiley good natured guy, 26 years old (looks 36). apparently had his first ever amateur boxing match in february 2024 and has won them all since. he outpointed a good brazilian with loads of experience (home country for the event too) already. at first he doesnt look that impressive, but he's one of those guys you start to notice a bounce/rhythm to him that opponents just cant pin down

poland filling the classic polish boxing role of having plenty of good fighters but few real standouts. italy kinda the same

brazil is very impressive in the ams these days . they had one of their boys beat the uzbek paris olympic champ at light middle . albeit there is a lways a touch of hometown judging at these tournaments but the brazilians having been having very good results around the world lately

[margaret thatcher]

indians consistently very handy too - you wouldnt guess based on their pro ranks

[mickey1975]

John Joe Carrigan now. I had a feeling he was next, they're very tight those guys.

[mickey1975]

These are the biggest three names in last years youths by a mile.

[mickey1975]

John Joe Carrigan has signed with Shelley Finkel.

[Jimmy2025]

John Joe Carrigan has signed with Shelley Finkel.

Some of these old boys have got some work ethic, Finkel is 80. Not sure if it's good or bad. I don't like fighters going on too long but as long as managers and promoters are sharp good on them, I think.

[mickey1975]

John Joe Carrigan has signed with Shelley Finkel.

Some of these old boys have got some work ethic, Finkel is 80. Not sure if it's good or bad. I don't like fighters going on too long but as long as managers and promoters are sharp good on them, I think.

He must have impressed at the worlds in America last year. No other way a teenager from Carlisle would be on his radar!

[Jimmy2025]

John Joe Carrigan has signed with Shelley Finkel.

Some of these old boys have got some work ethic, Finkel is 80. Not sure if it's good or bad. I don't like fighters going on too long but as long as managers and promoters are sharp good on them, I think.

He must have impressed at the worlds in America last year. No other way a teenager from Carlisle would be on his radar!

True. Looks like he should be in a boy band (Carrigan not Finkel)

[margaret thatcher]

maca, big leo, john joe .... the new british boy bopper sensation

[mickey1975]

maca, big leo, john joe .... the new british boy bopper sensation

Get Leo Wood in, too. GB number one. He looks the part and his Grandad is Ronnie.

[margaret thatcher]

youre right, even got that boy band hair going already

[MasterG]

John Joe Carrigan now. I had a feeling he was next, they're very tight those guys.

There is a bit about him in the Cumbria news

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2507 ... p-manager/

[mickey1975]

John Joe Carrigan now. I had a feeling he was next, they're very tight those guys.

There is a bit about him in the Cumbria news

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2507 ... p-manager/

Big shout for the lads on Eddie Hearns latest IFL...

[maverick23]

John Joe Carrigan now. I had a feeling he was next, they're very tight those guys.

There is a bit about him in the Cumbria news

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2507 ... p-manager/

Big shout for the lads on Eddie Hearns latest IFL...

I thought of you Mick when I heard Eddie talk about Atang.

I didn’t hear him mention Carrigan though which makes me think he’s not in for him.

[margaret thatcher]

while were on the ams again...

headgear has a lot of haters, but without it cuts are way more common now, which is a total bummer in a tournament format

team gb boxing in finland atm, and in the semis there were at least 3 fights ended on cuts from head clashes (2 with gb boxers). one happened only a minute into the fight, so they went to a decision based on that 1 minute of the guys feeling each other out , which was kind of ridiculous, but what else could they do.

[mickey1975]

while were on the ams again...

headgear has a lot of haters, but without it cuts are way more common now, which is a total bummer in a tournament format

team gb boxing in finland atm, and in the semis there were at least 3 fights ended on cuts from head clashes (2 with gb boxers). one happened only a minute into the fight, so they went to a decision based on that 1 minute of the guys feeling each other out , which was kind of ridiculous, but what else could they do.

It happens all the time. More worryingly, in my opinion, is the reffing. A good friend of mine lost in the elite semis yesterday on a split. He got a standing count in the last round without getting hit. The kid who beat him had two dodgy counts in his favour in the bout before... A London kid.

[smiling assassin]

while were on the ams again...

headgear has a lot of haters, but without it cuts are way more common now, which is a total bummer in a tournament format

team gb boxing in finland atm, and in the semis there were at least 3 fights ended on cuts from head clashes (2 with gb boxers). one happened only a minute into the fight, so they went to a decision based on that 1 minute of the guys feeling each other out , which was kind of ridiculous, but what else could they do.

It happens all the time. More worryingly, in my opinion, is the reffing. A good friend of mine lost in the elite semis yesterday on a split. He got a standing count in the last round without getting hit. The kid who beat him had two dodgy counts in his favour in the bout before... A London kid.

What gym is the London boy out of Mick