Magee gets his 'big' name

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Magee gets his 'big' name

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Brian Magee is to make the sixth defence of his IBO super-middleweight title against Hacine Cherifi of France on November 22 at the King's Hall in Belfast. Magee's opponent is a washed-up 35-year-old former WBC champion who was stopped in his last fight by an unimpressive Howard Eastman.
Barry Hearn is scraping the barrel here in my opinion.
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Yes, all the talk about Robin Reid and they come up with Chefiri.

They havent put much thought into it.

What about Glenn Catley?
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No doubt they'll be looking to compare Magee's performance with that of Robin Reid 6 years ago. Unfortunately Cherifi is clearly not the same fighter.

Expect Magee to look pretty impressive against this guy.
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in 2000, three years ago, a life time in boxing terms... the press said Cherifi was shot after getting a beating from Joppy... now several fights and 8lbs later he is fighting Magee....
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Yeah, I'm afraid Cherifi is finished - his last fight showed this.

I expect Magee to win and possibly in early fashion.

Its a shame because Cherifi should have been a double weight world champion, but Robin Reid got a controversial decision and blamed his performance on the death Prince Diana.

I actually feel for it, but was surprised he was still in morning when he faught Malinga.
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Yeah it's a disappointing opponent considering the hype, i am still a little iffy over the way his last opponent rolled over mind you, all the talk of a classy hook to the top of the head :roll: Considering his tough guy record the Argentinian fella seemed to be looking for a payday IMO.
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steve689 wrote:Yeah it's a disappointing opponent considering the hype, i am still a little iffy over the way his last opponent rolled over mind you, all the talk of a classy hook to the top of the head :roll: Considering his tough guy record the Argentinian fella seemed to be looking for a payday IMO.
Not Magee fault, and you wouldn't have thought it was the managers fault etiehr. But yes, it did look like he wanted no part of the action.
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