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SteveDow wrote:

Coco wrote:It's 4x2's

I thought all fights in the pros had to be 3 minute rounds? Obviously not!

SteveDow wrote:

Coco wrote:It's 4x2's

I thought all fights in the pros had to be 3 minute rounds? Obviously not!

SteveDow wrote:

Coco wrote:It's 4x2's

I thought all fights in the pros had to be 3 minute rounds? Obviously not!

Riddick Blowe wrote:

Coco wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing ... ntoff.html

The Yank looks little and fat, it should be a stroll for Flintoff

Should it really be a 'stroll' for a 35 year old who has never been in the ring in their life, against someone who is 2-0 with possibly some amateur experience too (can anyone clarify)?

I'm sure I could get myself in good shape and dwarf Ivan Calderon in a press conference, doesn't mean I would beat him.

The thing that keeps occurring to me before this fight is Zelenoff/Hartley. Zelenoff selected a really poor fighter who had the worst record going for his debut. Hartley had a record similar to Eric Crumble, and yet he came into the ring and waxed the floor with Zelenoff, looking like a killer in comparison. Doesn't seem to be much to rule out this being the same scenario. As poor as Dawson might be, he sounds like he has had a tough life and this might mean everything to him, whereas Flintoff has been earning good money playing cricket all his life...relatively comfortable in comparison.

ShadrachSimmo wrote:

milpool wrote:Dawson pulled out of the fight against Kimbo and was replaced last minute by a bloke called Jesse Porter...

Who was subsequently starched in less than 30 seconds

GreenLightning wrote:

ShadrachSimmo wrote:

milpool wrote:Dawson pulled out of the fight against Kimbo and was replaced last minute by a bloke called Jesse Porter...

Who was subsequently starched in less than 30 seconds

Kimbos fights are so fixed its hilarious, so if this guy was a supposed Kimbo opponent....

mickey1975 wrote:

SteveDow wrote:

Coco wrote:It's 4x2's

I thought all fights in the pros had to be 3 minute rounds? Obviously not!

two minute rounds are very common in british rings. Almost every card has them.

TopGun wrote:

SteveDow wrote:Does anyone know who Flintoff has been sparring for this one?

Yeah I know who he has been sparring and let's just say I fancy Flintoff being stopped.

housesecond wrote: 2 minute rounds yes, but 6x 2's, not 4 x 2's. I've never seen a bout over 4 two minute rounds that either wasn't
an exhibition or a female bout.

Fatsam wrote:Unless the fix is in i am totally expecting freddie to see the headlights and get blown away in the first round.

taffytoon wrote:A professional boxing match has to be a minimum of 12 minutes ( on paper, obviously stoppages happen) and has to be a minimum of 2 minutes per round and a max of 3 minutes per round, as long as you get the 12 minutes made up of any combination it is fine.

dberry wrote:

taffytoon wrote:A professional boxing match has to be a minimum of 12 minutes ( on paper, obviously stoppages happen) and has to be a minimum of 2 minutes per round and a max of 3 minutes per round, as long as you get the 12 minutes made up of any combination it is fine.

Source of your information? 4x2's happen here in Australia as well, in fact I have fought a 3x2 pro fight (not my call) as well as 3x2's being common on TV Ringside fight s here in the seventies.

The Dark Destroyer wrote:Anyone else dreading this fight? I just hope they've matched him well enough.

Riddick Blowe wrote:

The Dark Destroyer wrote:Anyone else dreading this fight? I just hope they've matched him well enough.

Whatever happens, it's 'Just Another Black Eye For Boxing'

kells wrote:dawson will hav been paid well and know the script

orbtastic wrote:

dberry wrote:

taffytoon wrote:A professional boxing match has to be a minimum of 12 minutes ( on paper, obviously stoppages happen) and has to be a minimum of 2 minutes per round and a max of 3 minutes per round, as long as you get the 12 minutes made up of any combination it is fine.

Source of your information? 4x2's happen here in Australia as well, in fact I have fought a 3x2 pro fight (not my call) as well as 3x2's being common on TV Ringside fight s here in the seventies.

He's wrong, it's 8 minutes:

"In all Contests the number of rounds shall be specified. No contest shall exceed 12 rounds nor be less than 8 minutes of actual boxing. Rounds shall be of 3 minute duration with an interval between each round of 1 minute. In Contests of 10 rounds or less the rounds may be of 2 minute duration."

kells wrote:dawson will hav been paid well and know the script

jessi wrote:

Riddick Blowe wrote:

The Dark Destroyer wrote:Anyone else dreading this fight? I just hope they've matched him well enough.

Whatever happens, it's 'Just Another Black Eye For Boxing'

But is it though ?
Think about all the cricket fans who never really followed boxing before Freddie turned pro, it's going to bring a new audience and give people ideas, if one school boy joins a boxing club because of flintoff or one spectator who never went to a boxing match before now becomes a fan of boxing how can that hurt ?