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Baboon wrote:

Camcas wrote:

alexpaterson wrote:Manswell was holding his own with Stiverne, he is a real banger! His style should suit the format.

holding his own he only lasted two rounds

In fairness he looked decent enough for a round and a bit , Stiverne just caught him with a belter of a shot if I recall correctly. Like Alex says I reckon he'll be exciting to watch, certainly more so than Oquendo would have been.

Yes, and that's what we want to see in Prizefighter. Highly ranked names like Johnson, Gomez and Oquendo look good on paper, but we want short bursts of drama in PF, so bangers who can also go over are the order of the day.

DavidPayne wrote:And not one fkker mentions Sprott - who has beaten ranked guys, giants and won a tournament like this before without a scratch.

Jeff Thomas wrote:they've lost there big names thats for sure. Sprott has a good chance again here.

I make Sprott second favourite, after Johnson. Whoever wins in Sprott v Fields is pretty much guaranteed the final since they will face the winner of Airich-Bot.

Skybet have removed Johnson altogether and replaced him with Evgeny Orlov, - shame but how many of us ever felt Johnson would turn up

Assume he is out, if anyone would know its Skybet as they are at the arena doing the odds for Sky so would have the heads up

So Oquendo, Gomez and Johnson gone.

I'm all over Sprott for this. Cute, seasoned and fit.

Evgeny Orlov isn't very good, upright plodder

I hope it's not true. I saw Orlov in Bigger's Better, and while he made it to the final, that's not saying much considering the typical BB quality. He is ENORMOUS, though, (bigger than Tye Fields) so could at least be good for some photo opportunities!

If true, we'd have to make Sprott the favourite now.

If Orlov is the same person I think he is, I saw him on that bigger is better. He's huge, like 6f 7 but awful. Really isn't good. That's if its the same guy.

oliverfennell wrote:I hope it's not true. I saw Orlov in Bigger's Better, and while he made it to the final, that's not saying much considering the typical BB quality. He is ENORMOUS, though, (bigger than Tye Fields) so could at least be good for some photo opportunities!

If true, we'd have to make Sprott the favourite now.

U must have clicked like 3seconds before me haha

DougieC30 wrote:If Orlov is the same person I think he is, I saw him on that bigger is better. He's huge, like 6f 7 but awful. Really isn't good. That's if its the same guy.

That's him. He's 6'9" and about 300lb. Really slow but inevitably at his size has power. Can't see him doing anything in this tournament outside of a fluke one-punch KO. He'll be outboxed for 2:50 out of any given round.

oliverfennell wrote:

DougieC30 wrote:If Orlov is the same person I think he is, I saw him on that bigger is better. He's huge, like 6f 7 but awful. Really isn't good. That's if its the same guy.

That's him. He's 6'9" and about 300lb. Really slow but inevitably at his size has power. Can't see him doing anything in this tournament outside of a fluke one-punch KO. He'll be outboxed for 2:50 out of any given round.

Have to agree with you there mate, he didn't look that great when I saw him. I wouldn't want to be the ref trying to split him and Tye up (if they meet) am sticking with Perez. Just noticed his price on Paddypower has been cut to 6/4. I will need to shop around because I think I can get better than that

DavidPayne wrote:So Oquendo, Gomez and Johnson gone.

I'm all over Sprott for this. Cute, seasoned and fit.

I look forward to seeing Perez, but this has now gone to being one of the poorest PF's. The three world title challengers have now gone. Gutted.

stujones wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:So Oquendo, Gomez and Johnson gone.

I'm all over Sprott for this. Cute, seasoned and fit.

I look forward to seeing Perez, but this has now gone to being one of the poorest PF's. The three world title challengers have now gone. Gutted.

Why Johnson out. Gomez failed visa and Oquendo pulled out with problems nothing matchroom could done. Perhaps Johnson does not fancy it. Still better to watch than Warren show with Gavin and Maloney show with Hall.

Bad news indeed.
All the fighters with world title experience are out. A collection of oddballs may still be a fun evening, but a harder sell.

deadpan wrote:Bad news indeed.
All the fighters with world title experience are out. A collection of oddballs may still be a fun evening, but a harder sell.

Its been advertised with the 3 fighters, and Johnson has pulled out with 3 days to go - probably done most of the selling before the pull outs.

Most of them would appear to be sub British title standard now, obviously Sprott isn't and Perez had the credentials - but the rest of them?

Had an email from secondsout website offering half price tickets to this now. Mustn't be selling well

freddydoesdallas wrote:Had an email from secondsout website offering half price tickets to this now. Mustn't be selling well

Fair do's - there is still enough of a mix bag in there to make it entertaining. Sprott and Fields is a good one.

I didn't want to suggest how dodgy it looks.

But crikey it does.

stujones wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:So Oquendo, Gomez and Johnson gone.

I'm all over Sprott for this. Cute, seasoned and fit.

I look forward to seeing Perez, but this has now gone to being one of the poorest PF's. The three world title challengers have now gone. Gutted.

No way is it anywhere near as bad as - http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=606647

Its still a pretty decent line up in my opinion.

slapbangwhallop wrote:

stujones wrote:

DavidPayne wrote:So Oquendo, Gomez and Johnson gone.

I'm all over Sprott for this. Cute, seasoned and fit.

I look forward to seeing Perez, but this has now gone to being one of the poorest PF's. The three world title challengers have now gone. Gutted.

No way is it anywhere near as bad as - http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=606647

Its still a pretty decent line up in my opinion.

Why did Johnson pullout he was saying interviews how he fancied it!

leforge wrote:

slapbangwhallop wrote:

stujones wrote: I look forward to seeing Perez, but this has now gone to being one of the poorest PF's. The three world title challengers have now gone. Gutted.

No way is it anywhere near as bad as - http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=606647

Its still a pretty decent line up in my opinion.

Why did Johnson pullout he was saying interviews how he fancied it!

I think he said he was going to KO Vitali too...

Fvck fvck fvck!!! Was waiting for a bet to be settled before placing my money on Tony, log on this morning to find he's gone from 20/1 to 6/1

freddydoesdallas wrote:Had an email from secondsout website offering half price tickets to this now. Mustn't be selling well

Any chance you could send me a link to the half price tickets mate?

Edit - think i've found it, is it the £30 ringside on viagogo? With all the fees added on it's actually £45 so not a great offer

stujones wrote:

deadpan wrote:Bad news indeed.
All the fighters with world title experience are out. A collection of oddballs may still be a fun evening, but a harder sell.

Its been advertised with the 3 fighters, and Johnson has pulled out with 3 days to go - probably done most of the selling before the pull outs.

Most of them would appear to be sub British title standard now, obviously Sprott isn't and Perez had the credentials - but the rest of them?

Tony is a French champion (not as respected as British champ, but not bad as titles go) and his only loss is to Helenius, which is no disgrace.

Fields I wouldn't say was sub-British title level. He gets a lot of stick based on the Barrett result but he's actually got a handful of solid wins.

Manswell probably about the same level as Tony.

Bot is an unknown - could be good, could be crap.

Orlov IS crap.

And Airich is second-worst.

WestEndRiot wrote:

freddydoesdallas wrote:Had an email from secondsout website offering half price tickets to this now. Mustn't be selling well

Any chance you could send me a link to the half price tickets mate?

Edit - think i've found it, is it the £30 ringside on viagogo? With all the fees added on it's actually £45 so not a great offer

No,viagogo are a secondary seller,hence the fees.The seller will be paying fees too so will only end up with about £25.