Ian Napa Vs Munyai

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 16 Oct 2006, 07:11

Boxing News was suggesting Munyai is fighting Napa!

Had a read through Boxing News in the shops and mentioned it in the Haskins and Munyai report.

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 16 Oct 2006, 08:05

Terrible match, he will get destroyed, far too small.

TheRiverCityHippy · Post by **TheRiverCityHippy** » 16 Oct 2006, 14:05

didnt jim watt mention this as a possible matchup in the commentary of napa`s fight with delroy spencer on tv recently.
i agree with boxingchat on this one, munyai`s just waay to big and strong.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 16 Oct 2006, 14:07

headhunter wrote:didnt jim watt mention this as a possible matchup in the commentary of napa`s fight with delroy spencer on tv recently.
i agree with boxingchat on this one, munyai`s just waay to big and strong.

Think he mentioned Napa vs Booth.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 16 Oct 2006, 15:20

I heard about Napa V Munyail...poor matchup. How can the smaller Napa hope to outbox the huge Munyai and it's not like he has a punchers chance either!

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 17 Oct 2006, 05:55

Especially when Munyai has a 7inch height advantage too!

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 17 Oct 2006, 15:11

How tall exactly is Munyai? I was told 6" which is hard to believe but Adam Smith said 5'9 during the Haskins bout.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 17 Oct 2006, 15:50

Napa will get destroyed if this happens.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 17 Oct 2006, 16:21

Is Kelly the only Brit who can beat Munyai!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 17 Oct 2006, 16:34

Max Molyneux wrote:Is Kelly the only Brit who can beat Munyai!

Yep, and I'm not sure Kelly would be the favourite.

That would be a cracker - but I hope Kelly has a go at bigger things again before facing Munyai.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 17 Oct 2006, 16:36

stujones wrote:
Max Molyneux wrote:Is Kelly the only Brit who can beat Munyai!
Yep, and I'm not sure Kelly would be the favourite.

That would be a cracker - but I hope Kelly has a go at bigger things again before facing Munyai.

Kelly's much more experianced though and has been on the world level. Munyai is a 12 fight commonwealth level fight. So how would Munyai be favoured?

Horse · Post by **Horse** » 17 Oct 2006, 19:21

I think Nappa has two P's as he has it spelt like that on his trunks, unless I am mistaken.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 18 Oct 2006, 01:54

No its one P, he usually has the word DAPPA on his trunks I believe.

Lenny · Post by **Lenny** » 18 Oct 2006, 03:34

I don't think Kelly would beat Munyai. Great boxer that Kelly is I think his lack of power and tendancy to bust up coupled with Munyai's accurate punching, size and great workrate would make the South African a big favourite imo.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 18 Oct 2006, 05:45

Max Molyneux wrote:
stujones wrote:
Max Molyneux wrote:Is Kelly the only Brit who can beat Munyai!
Yep, and I'm not sure Kelly would be the favourite.

That would be a cracker - but I hope Kelly has a go at bigger things again before facing Munyai.
Kelly's much more experianced though and has been on the world level. Munyai is a 12 fight commonwealth level fight. So how would Munyai be favoured?

But Kelly fell badly short on the world level, Pacheco spanked him. Whereas Munyai is excellent for a 21 year old & can only get better. I think Damean will stay away from lanky punchers with wicked body attacks.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 18 Oct 2006, 07:01

I don't think Kelly did badly vs Pacheco.... who is/was a fine champion. I had the fight even at the time of the stoppage.

However, I agree with what your saying re Munyai..... at this moment I'd probably favour Kelly but there is this 11/12 year age gap and Munyai is the bigger man naturally.

As a Kelly fan, I wouldn't like to see him fight Munyai - its a backward step (and a massive risk) and he cannot afford to take any backward steps at this stage in his career.

Defend a world title vs Munyai, but don't fight him before you've had the title fight.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 18 Oct 2006, 07:11

stujones wrote:I don't think Kelly did badly vs Pacheco.... who is/was a fine champion. I had the fight even at the time of the stoppage.

However, I agree with what your saying re Munyai..... at this moment I'd probably favour Kelly but there is this 11/12 year age gap and Munyai is the bigger man naturally.

As a Kelly fan, I wouldn't like to see him fight Munyai - its a backward step (and a massive risk) and he cannot afford to take any backward steps at this stage in his career.

Defend a world title vs Munyai, but don't fight him before you've had the title fight.

Would be a fine fight from Munyai's perspective, in a year or so.