Nick Ball vs. Sam Goodman | PPV - 16 August 2025

[JamesPhilips]

This is going to be the fight of the night. I think Goodman will win this one on points.

Nice one Keith, just what I was looking for.

Yeah why do so few posters go for a Goodman win?
The poll makes it out to be a complete mismatch. Surely Goodman has a better chance??

Usually these polls are a very good reflection of fight odds as the posters here are very knowledgable. But surely Goodman has a better chance than 7%!?!?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Britains only world champion retains.

[margaret thatcher]

i wonder who at 122 theyll be looking to fight next

[coneye]

This is going to be the fight of the night. I think Goodman will win this one on points.

Nice one Keith, just what I was looking for.

Yeah why do so few posters go for a Goodman win?
The poll makes it out to be a complete mismatch. Surely Goodman has a better chance??

Usually these polls are a very good reflection of fight odds as the posters here are very knowledgable. But surely Goodman has a better chance than 7%!?!?

Well i for one was COMPLETLY WRONG , especielly has i've watched Sam Goodman since his ameteur days , i've always known he can box , also known he's got a great chin , so i suppose i should of gave him a better chance , but in all honesty i just thought Ball would be too strong and hit too hard , thought he would steamroll Sam

But i was wrong , it was a cracking fight , the scores were up the wall but there were so many really hard to judge rnds , i suppose it was always obvious , home town boy , defending his title would 90% of the time be awarded a real close or even rnd , hence the big margins ,

But for me a thought draw , Ball pressure , big bombs landed a few missed a lot , or Sam slick skills , fast combo's good feet , landed a few missed a lot both fellas in there own way shown good defence and blocked or slipped most punches , both fellas shown real good offensive skills , , i'm sure some of the judges picked the winner of a round based on the color of shorts and who had the best haircut , do you like hair or shaved head , it was a cracker Ball will get better from it and Sam may hopefully get some money fights out of it . Great effort from both lads , if i had any critism it would only be a small one i think the Aussie corner should of calmed down a bit , told sam to stop banging with him and box more , try to make him look silly with the feet , taht would frustrate Ball more banging with him played into his hands .

PS keep both away from the monster

[giacomino]

Nice one Keith, just what I was looking for.

Yeah why do so few posters go for a Goodman win?
The poll makes it out to be a complete mismatch. Surely Goodman has a better chance??

Usually these polls are a very good reflection of fight odds as the posters here are very knowledgable. But surely Goodman has a better chance than 7%!?!?

Well i for one was COMPLETLY WRONG , especielly has i've watched Sam Goodman since his ameteur days , i've always known he can box , also known he's got a great chin , so i suppose i should of gave him a better chance , but in all honesty i just thought Ball would be too strong and hit too hard , thought he would steamroll Sam

But i was wrong , it was a cracking fight , the scores were up the wall but there were so many really hard to judge rnds , i suppose it was always obvious , home town boy , defending his title would 90% of the time be awarded a real close or even rnd , hence the big margins ,

But for me a thought draw , Ball pressure , big bombs landed a few missed a lot , or Sam slick skills , fast combo's good feet , landed a few missed a lot both fellas in there own way shown good defence and blocked or slipped most punches , both fellas shown real good offensive skills , , i'm sure some of the judges picked the winner of a round based on the color of shorts and who had the best haircut , do you like hair or shaved head , it was a cracker Ball will get better from it and Sam may hopefully get some money fights out of it . Great effort from both lads , if i had any critism it would only be a small one i think the Aussie corner should of calmed down a bit , told sam to stop banging with him and box more , try to make him look silly with the feet , taht would frustrate Ball more banging with him played into his hands .

PS keep both away from the monster

Wasn’t this in Saudi Arabia? Ball is from Liverpool. Haven’t watched it yet so no opinion on the outcome

[coneye]

Yeah why do so few posters go for a Goodman win?
The poll makes it out to be a complete mismatch. Surely Goodman has a better chance??

Usually these polls are a very good reflection of fight odds as the posters here are very knowledgable. But surely Goodman has a better chance than 7%!?!?

Well i for one was COMPLETLY WRONG , especielly has i've watched Sam Goodman since his ameteur days , i've always known he can box , also known he's got a great chin , so i suppose i should of gave him a better chance , but in all honesty i just thought Ball would be too strong and hit too hard , thought he would steamroll Sam

But i was wrong , it was a cracking fight , the scores were up the wall but there were so many really hard to judge rnds , i suppose it was always obvious , home town boy , defending his title would 90% of the time be awarded a real close or even rnd , hence the big margins ,

But for me a thought draw , Ball pressure , big bombs landed a few missed a lot , or Sam slick skills , fast combo's good feet , landed a few missed a lot both fellas in there own way shown good defence and blocked or slipped most punches , both fellas shown real good offensive skills , , i'm sure some of the judges picked the winner of a round based on the color of shorts and who had the best haircut , do you like hair or shaved head , it was a cracker Ball will get better from it and Sam may hopefully get some money fights out of it . Great effort from both lads , if i had any critism it would only be a small one i think the Aussie corner should of calmed down a bit , told sam to stop banging with him and box more , try to make him look silly with the feet , taht would frustrate Ball more banging with him played into his hands .

PS keep both away from the monster

Wasn’t this in Saudi Arabia? Ball is from Liverpool. Haven’t watched it yet so no opinion on the outcome

Correct it wss Saudi but there basicly English run warren hearn ect with predominatly english fighters goodwin was never gonna recieve any hme cooking watch it good fight

[JamesPhilips]

Terrible scorecards I had Goodman edging it. Inoue would make mincemeat out of Ball whose power is very overrated

[Ruthless-RKO]

CompuBox Stats

[Ruthless-RKO]

[margaret thatcher]

it was a lot more competitive than the scores would make you think, goodman did better than i expected tbh, never had been impressed by him and not even his weight

[Ruthless-RKO]

Full fight