England v USA

[Dennis]

Here are the results for both days as posted on the http://www.ababoxing.com website:

Duals England - USA 8:4

London, England

November 20, 2006

based on http://www.usaboxing.org/

2006-11-20 51kg Qa'id Muhammad USA Gareth Smith ENG RSC
2006-11-20 54kg Roberto Marroquin USA Louis Browning ENG RSC
2006-11-20 64kg Bradley Skeete ENG David de la Cruz USA PTS
2006-11-20 69kg Billy Joe Saunders ENG William Jackson USA PTS
2006-11-20 75kg James Degale ENG Jonathan Nelson USA PTS
2006-11-20 +91kg Tyson Fury ENG Michael Hunter USA PTS

Duals England - USA 8:4

Weymouth, England

November 24, 2006

based on http://www.warriorboxing.com

2006-11-24 51kg Qa'id Muhammad USA Ashley Sexton ENG 21:16
2006-11-24 54kg Joseph Murray ENG Jorge Diaz USA 21:9
2006-11-24 54kg Kallum De'ath ENG Roberto Marroquin USA PTS
2006-11-24 64kg David de la Cruz USA Bradley Skeete ENG PTS
2006-11-24 69kg Jamie Cox ENG William Jackson USA PTS
2006-11-24 75kg James Degale ENG Edwin Rodriguez USA 22:6

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[squarering]

I was at the USA VS England duel. with the first two bouts, Robert Mariquan and Qu'id Mohamad enilated thier opponents and stopped them early. I knew after that any England boxer finishing on thier feet would get the win. It was TOO important to that black tie crowd that England did well. Mike Hunter Got a terrible descision and beat his man coming and going. But that was thier crowd favorite. Mike would have had to stop him almost did.

[Dennis]

This thread was resurrected from the dead. Why the long delay b/4 posting about the decisions? Hunter lost 2 bouts to Jonte Willis in the past 6 months. Willis was stopped at the Nat'l GG. I'm not sure if Hunter is the favorite going into the US Championships. He will have to beat Mike Wilson. Willis could be there too even though I think he should have received at least a 30 day suspension (if he didn't) for his loss at the Nat'l GG which would take him out of the US Championships.