Nathan Gorman vs. Tomas Salek | CH5 - 17 June 2022

[maverick23]

I’ve just caught up on the show.

We knew it was poor beforehand but unfortunately it was as bad as expected.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Echo so empty. It looked like they blocked off one of ends of the arena but it even still looked bare in there. Id imagine something like 700 in there.

Kelly is a great front runner and looks amazing against overmatched opponents. In reality he’s only fought 2 guys with ability and ambition and didn’t win either fight. If he’s allowed to dictate the pace then he’ll great but clearly we need to see more.

Salek was a rubbish opponent for Gorman and I wasn’t surprised at all that he was blown away. As someone said, this would have been an early undercard fight with Sky or Matchroom and shouldn’t have been close to being main event.

I didn’t think I’d say but I miss Mick and I certainly miss Jon Pegg’s matchmaking on Ch5.

[funso banjo baby]

Waste of time

Bounce puts gorman number 8, in front of Wardley

That is a joke

[samwbr]

Kelly v Troy Williamson could be good, think Troy would be too much for Kelly.

[maverick23]

Kelly v Troy Williamson could be good, think Troy would be too much for Kelly.

I think Troy’s moving up to middle.

Kelly was talking post fight about Ritson. I hope they’re not expecting Ritson to pack on a stone for it.

[handsofstone]

Waste of time

Bounce puts gorman number 8, in front of Wardley

That is a joke

Why? Not really much in it tbf, Gorman a former British title challenger with wins over Johnson and Cojanu, Wardley has beat Vallily and Molina, it's a good fight and the kind Wardley should be targeting

[jimmystone]

Rumours are there were only 300-400 people there last night.

I think people will still turn up for the few monster events a year e.g. Fury v Whyte, but friends of friends aren't going to buy tickets for small to medium shows while they are paying circa £2 litre at the pump.

[maverick23]

Rumours are there were only 300-400 people there last night.

I think people will still turn up for the few monster events a year e.g. Fury v Whyte, but friends of friends aren't going to buy tickets for small to medium shows while they are paying circa £2 litre at the pump.

Yeah. I read something yesterday that the biggest concessions people are making is trying to cut back on the nice to haves on the food shop, reducing spend on clothes and cutting back on trips out. A night at last night’s show would have cost at least £70 for the ticket, travel, food and drink. Just not worth it.

Whilst I agree with you I don’t think it helps putting on a show in Liverpool when the main fighters aren’t even from the city or area. They had a few scousers on the undercard but with the poor quality of the main card I can fully understand why people stayed away.

I was pretty shocked that Boxing News gave the show 3 stars in their preview.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Undercard Results

Aaron Chalmers def. Alexander Zeledon via points, 39-37
Mason Cartwright def. Angel Emilov via points, 80-72
Matty Harris def. Pawel Strykowski via first-round KO
Paddy Lacey def. Ryan Broten via first-round TKO
Tom Farrell def. Olaide Fijabi via points, 58-57
Tom Aitchison def. Ezequiel Gregores via fourth-round TKO
Gadatamen Taylor def. Marcos Molloy via points, 48-47
John Edwardson def. Stefan Nicolae via points, 42-36

[JamesPhilips]

Undercard Results

Aaron Chalmers def. Alexander Zeledon via points, 39-37
Mason Cartwright def. Angel Emilov via points, 80-72
Matty Harris def. Pawel Strykowski via first-round KO
Paddy Lacey def. Ryan Broten via first-round TKO
Tom Farrell def. Olaide Fijabi via points, 58-57
Tom Aitchison def. Ezequiel Gregores via fourth-round TKO
Gadatamen Taylor def. Marcos Molloy via points, 48-47
John Edwardson def. Stefan Nicolae via points, 42-36

Is Matty Harris any good?

[maverick23]

Undercard Results

Aaron Chalmers def. Alexander Zeledon via points, 39-37
Mason Cartwright def. Angel Emilov via points, 80-72
Matty Harris def. Pawel Strykowski via first-round KO
Paddy Lacey def. Ryan Broten via first-round TKO
Tom Farrell def. Olaide Fijabi via points, 58-57
Tom Aitchison def. Ezequiel Gregores via fourth-round TKO
Gadatamen Taylor def. Marcos Molloy via points, 48-47
John Edwardson def. Stefan Nicolae via points, 42-36

Is Matty Harris any good?

He’s ok. Needs a lot of work but so have lots of good heavyweights over the years. I’d be surprised if he wins a British title but he’s still young so has time to develop.

[gerryd77]

Was really disappointed to discover gorman’s opponent did not have a tremendous moustache, wear an Hawaiian shirt or drive a Ferrari.

[ILikeBeer]

Just put this on.

David Price in da house.

[ILikeBeer]

Dominant display from Josh Kelly.

[ILikeBeer]

Really poor main event and crazy they’re taking it to the Echo. May well be the lowest attended show at the Echo.

There definitely weren't many people there.

[handsofstone]

Was really disappointed to discover gorman’s opponent did not have a tremendous moustache, wear an Hawaiian shirt or drive a Ferrari.

[Dioufy]

Haha what a couple of fights they were.

My wife is a casual and watched it; she totally got caught up in the bullshit being spouted. She thinks Gorman should be fighting for a world championship soon. She saw Salek’s record 17-3 and thought ‘wow this is gonna be an even fight’. Channel 5, my wife, Steve Bunce, Gorman’s titties and Kalle can fornicate right off it we being served shit like this and being made to feel we are lucky “as it’s free to air”.

Talked about Kelly’s performance as if he just banged out a prime Miguel Cotto within 4 rounds.

Bad one.

[Ruthless-RKO]

:lol: :clap:

[Spud]

I still think Kelly could be useful … on the strict condition he improves in the second half of 10-12 round fights.

Its alarming how he goes to pieces if he doesn’t get his own way.

[ILikeBeer]

Haha what a couple of fights they were.

My wife is a casual and watched it; she totally got caught up in the bullshit being spouted. She thinks Gorman should be fighting for a world championship soon. She saw Salek’s record 17-3 and thought ‘wow this is gonna be an even fight’. Channel 5, my wife, Steve Bunce, Gorman’s titties and Kalle can fornicate right off it we being served shit like this and being made to feel we are lucky “as it’s free to air”.

Talked about Kelly’s performance as if he just banged out a prime Miguel Cotto within 4 rounds.

Bad one.

Sounds like Uncle Eddie and allegedly would like your wife.

That's the sort of people they like aiming their pay-per-views at.

[garethhop]

That was a genuinely terrible boxing show.

[Glass Joe]

Yep, think they nicked the show from fight zone and stuck it on CH 5.

[magnus]

So much to dislike.

Crap match-ups.

No budget (fairly obviously) for decent opps.

Kelly's and his team's confidence in him shot to pieces, the callout of Ritson sounds Eubank Jnr-esque in it's weight-bully tone.

Putting Gorman top of the bill, with Kelly as chief support, in Liverpool.

[handsofstone]

What I never understand with promoters with a low budget is why not make some domestic scraps??

[Dioufy]

Wasserman with a low budget? Behave.

Kalle’s suit and coke for the big night probably could’ve paid for a top 10 heavyweight for Gorman if he really wanted to.

Gorman is obviously looking at Tyson and deciding dieting is overrated. He has no way the natural talent and unless he changes then he’s getting banged before Euro level again. Incredibly frustrating fighter and someone I’d be happy with seeing get beat.

Tyson doesn’t have a good physique; Gorman makes him look like a prime David Hasseohoff.

Poor card driven by arrogance and trickery…

[ILikeBeer]

Didn't they mention some other card, happening in July?