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bennie wrote:Moving up a weight is tricky (think of Hatton-Collazo), especially for a man who has been at one weight his whole career and who, reading between the lines, has not shrugged off the Cook defeat as well as he did the Gomez one. Remember his bizarre comments about English judges in the immediate aftermath of the Cook shocker?
It is only natural to give him one or two easy beards to dent as he adjusts to the weight and regains his confidence.

Yes, and the claims he was fine at the weight before and after the fight.

Riddick Blowe wrote:Alex Arthur should retire, he's achieved everything there is to achieve in boxing, what else is there for him to gain? His legacy will only suffer if he carries on.

Agreed.

His loss to Michael Gomez will never be bettered

Moving up a weight, injury and ring rust are all reasons for having this easy fight. I expect him to have a far better opponent next time. He needs to rebuild his confidence again which is bound to be dented as well. Obviously he still believes he has a carreer in boxing and wants to fight on. I believe at the domestic level he can do well but at World level he just doesnt make the grade.

When he burst on the scene he was exciting to watch and very heavy handed
demolished his way through British opposition ( apart from Gomez )

after that he seemed to try and concentrate on being bit more defensive
and recently wasnt looking to great , i do think he obviously stuggled to make weight
and hope can get back up to decent level.

If khan wins then its a logical fight down the line and he has power to trouble Khan

needs to get bit more spite back in his work as against apart from one punch that had Cook holding on
he seemed to want to be friends in there.

WildWaylon wrote:Moving up a weight, injury and ring rust are all reasons for having this easy fight. I expect him to have a far better opponent next time. He needs to rebuild his confidence again which is bound to be dented as well. Obviously he still believes he has a carreer in boxing and wants to fight on. I believe at the domestic level he can do well but at World level he just doesnt make the grade.